Destructoid article about Odyssey

[Dagwit]

Destructoid - which I've never heard of, but Google seemed to think I'd be interested - has an article in which a pair of Frontier developers are at pains to refute the accusation - made by, among others, me - that Odyssey is just a First Person Shooter tacked onto the existing Elite.

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is a 'layer across the whole game'

Frontier doesn’t want the expansion to feel ‘compartmentalized’ Frontier Developments is starting to open up about Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, the...

www.destructoid.com

The gist seems to be 'you'll be doing the same things you always have done, but on foot'. In a game whose raison d'etre is flying spaceships, but hey ho.

I was particularly struck by the sentence:

'Odyssey is a visible new entry point for the long-running game but "not at the expense of the existing player base," according to lead designer Gareth Hughes.'

As a (VR) member of the existing player base who's feeling a bit expended, I'm not entirely convinced by this. Somehow I doubt it amounts to a promise to definitely absolutely bring back VR.

I think the article's a nice bit of spin. But if you're so minded, have a read and see what you think.

 

[ECity]

...Frontier developers are at pains to refute the accusation - made by, among others, me - that Odyssey is just a First Person Shooter tacked onto the existing Elite.

Guy spreads completely bogus rumor based on nothing then imagines an article is FD responding to him.

 

[Deleted member 257907]

I don't think it's tacked on because it is not like a last minute idea they came up with to boost sales like for example Fallout 76 tacked on a battle royale.

 

[Rubbernuke]

Interesting:

Planetary exploration will be a matter of "How far can I go before my suit energy starts to run out? Am I going to be able to make it back to my ship? Am I going to be ambushed while I'm out there?"

"We're playing around with how heat, gravity, and radiation will affect the player," said Hughes.

"We're still balancing that stuff. It has to be enough of a threat without suppressing your ability to actually go out and explore. It's a really fine balance to make these environmental factors meaningful without them affecting the gameplay loop so severely that it's no longer fun."

"identify organics in your locality on the planet surface"

More info there- looks like the environment will play a role- so no spacewalks on the planets of death

 

[cheesenbiscuits]

Interesting:



More info there- looks like the environment will play a role- so no spacewalks on the planets of death

Weren’t engineers mentioned at some point? In which case modified gear could be a thing.

 

[Rubbernuke]

Weren’t engineers mentioned at some point? In which case modified gear could be a thing.

True- it seems if you stitch these interviews together you get an information hanky!

 

[VR Golgot]

Hmm, some extra wee bits in there.

"We're playing around with how heat, gravity, and radiation will affect the player," said Hughes.

"We're still balancing that stuff. It has to be enough of a threat without suppressing your ability to actually go out and explore. It's a really fine balance to make these environmental factors meaningful without them affecting the gameplay loop so severely that it's no longer fun."

Players will also be able to disembark at ports. They're intended to be "social hubs where you can meet other players, find mission givers that you might not otherwise experience, and create a safe space where pilots can meet and do piloty things," according to Hughes. "The social element is important."

Think those are the first mentions of radiation + port mission givers. (Although they did mention meeting Engineers previously iirc).

The intention to not ‘tack on’ a side game is good. Guess we’ll see how well the worlds merge. (The principles of 'return to ship safety' explo / multi-vehicle base assault co-op [seemingly mooted in the initial PR] / opportunistic pirating of settlements etc are all fine. Guess it will just depend on the mechanics / implementation).

 

[Rubbernuke]

Hmm, some extra wee bits in there.






Think those are the first mentions of radiation + port mission givers. (Although they did mention meeting Engineers previously iirc).

The intention to not ‘tack on’ a side game is good. Guess we’ll see how well the worlds merge. (The principles of 'return to ship safety' explo / multi-vehicle base assault co-op [seemingly mooted in the initial PR] / opportunistic pirating of settlements etc are all fine. Guess it will just depend on the mechanics / implementation).

I do want them to spread this gameplay over to Powerplays side of the toast though.

 

[thistle]

Interesting:



More info there- looks like the environment will play a role- so no spacewalks on the planets of death

That sounds promising.

 

[VR Golgot]

I do want them to spread this gameplay over to Powerplays side of the toast though.

If I could photoshop you running through a settlement, the propaganda under you arm smouldering due to incoming fire, I absolutely would

 

[Shir]

They do mention that you will be able to "disembark" your ship on foot when in ports. Quite a lot of people have been wondering about that on the forums..

 

[Rubbernuke]

If I could photoshop you running through a settlement, the propaganda under you arm smouldering due to incoming fire, I absolutely would

?

You'll find me running round with a sack collecting its inhabitants more like, and it would be me doing the incoming fire

 

[babelfisch]

I do want them to spread this gameplay over to Powerplays side of the toast though.

The Power play side of the toast always lands on the ground.

 

[thistle]

I do want them to spread this gameplay over to Powerplays side of the toast though.

You had to go there ...

Although it does make sense.

 

[Rubbernuke]

You had to go there ...

Although it does make sense.

What else am I going to say- its me after all

 

[Lightspeed]

I do want them to spread this gameplay over to Powerplays side of the toast though.

Ask your vanished CM friend the question and see what kind of smile he gives you

 

[Rubbernuke]

Ask your vanished CM friend the question and see what kind of smile he gives you

 

[Virgile]

Interesting :
" Hughes told me that human settlements are "populated by the factions you're used to seeing." You can accept missions from NPCs, trade with them, "massacre them," play the role of pirate – the usual. Elite Dangerous "doesn't tell you who you have to be and when you have to be that."

Players will also be able to disembark at ports. They're intended to be "social hubs where you can meet other players, find mission givers that you might not otherwise experience, and create a safe space where pilots can meet and do piloty things," according to Hughes. "The social element is important."

 

[cheesenbiscuits]

I’m a little concerned my cmdr will seem to have a split personality,I’ve been a mild mannered space jockey for years. Now as soon as I get out of my chair I’ll be jumping through windows and tea bagging the dead and dying.

 

[Rubbernuke]

I’m a little concerned my cmdr will seem to have a split personality,I’ve been a mild mannered space jockey for years. Now as soon as I get out of my chair I’ll be jumping through windows and tea bagging the dead and dying.

Or selling the meat for outrageous profit?