ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Odyssey | The Road to Odyssey - Mission Playthrough

[Deleted member 182079]

Have to admit that looked pretty unpolished and uninspiring - at times I thought 'hey this looks/feels just like MGS5' but a more glitchy version of that.

I'll buy it still of course but genuinely hope it'll get some more TLC over the coming weeks. Also got to remember this is only part of the final product and not a standalone one (thankfully).

 

[Serpentis Ictis]

I like it - less CoD, more Rainbow Six.

Plenty to work on, but plenty to enjoy. And the old adage, if you don't like it, don't play it...

 

[Old Duck]

Remind me, what hoops do we need to jump through to download the alpha / beta?

 

[[VR] Mad Life Crisis]

I can't see the video.

 

[Stompy]

... I could see flying to some beautiful planet with an incredible view (like a moon in fast orbit of a gas giant) and making myself a home at that specific outpost for a week and just enjoying my space legs while running various FPS scenarios. Then flying my spaceship becomes more a means to an end rather than the end itself.

Your comment is giving me serious Mandalorian vibes. I love it!
Now I've gone completely off the rails...I'd love to be able to do things like manually repair parts of my ship. Ooh! What if, instead of having an AFMU on board, you land on a planet and repair instead! And I'd love to have real-time meetups with a client, like, this person will be here at 18:30 local time for you to deliver whatever it is you have for them.
Shame, I'm building up an experience in my head that surely won't be part of the game, but that's okay, the graphics in my head are crap so at least the real thing will look better.

 

[Morbad]

Remind me, what hoops do we need to jump through to download the alpha / beta?

Preorder and have the newest launcher?

 

[_bryan]

I can't see the video.

This is not the one I originally saw, but it looks to be it. The one I saw was cut down to just show the "raid" mission.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_xFJThTGJw

 

[Winterwalker]

I can't see the video.

This is the mission playthrough on it's own.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLjC47iwlY




Recommend searching youtube and watching the full hour stream though, lots of insight on where this one base scenario fits in.
Aaaaaaaan ninja'd!

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

These missions, are they OPEN only?

 

[Angus]

The gameplay looks a lot like what I was hoping for, rather than what I was expecting. Seems like it plays more RPG than FPS
Looks great and I don't know what I'm going to do for the next 3 1/2 weeks now!

I think you've put your finger on it.

 

[[VR] Mad Life Crisis]

For anyone who can't see the video follow the source link.

Source: https://youtu.be/wqZWTMENCG8

Cheers.

 

[Muzz UK]

I'm getting Payday Heist kind of vibes. Does look very cool obviously needs a bit of work and tweaking but the concept is great and it'll be nice to get out our ships. I think a lot of players will get a more of a feeling of the size and scale of Elite stepping out of their ships for the first time. The Elite base game improved over time so I'm sure Odyssey will. Only thing I note is the AI looks doesn't look to challenging until larger reinforcements arrive. Intrigued to know if two player groups can end up at the same base how will PvP work on foot?

 

[stormyuk]

These missions, are they OPEN only?

Why would they be?

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

Why would they be?

Well, they looked like they teamed up, stormed a building. That’d be great with your mates, planning your attack over comms, in single player, you’d have to rely on NPCs.

 

[Fawkner]

Well, they looked like they teamed up, stormed a building. That’d be great with your mates, planning your attack over comms, in single player, you’d have to rely on NPCs.

That's the one thing I'm worried about as I don't fly in a wing or anything..... Billy no mates come to mind...lol

 

[stormyuk]

Well, they looked like they teamed up, stormed a building. That’d be great with your mates, planning your attack over comms, in single player, you’d have to rely on NPCs.

It was purely against NPCs. I assume like any missions, they will be available in all modes. Open, Private Group or Solo. They could have played in Open or Private Group.

 

[SCiARA]

Well, they looked like they teamed up, stormed a building. That’d be great with your mates, planning your attack over comms, in single player, you’d have to rely on NPCs.

plus if suits are specific, imagine taking on those guards in the lighter tool suit

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

It was purely against NPCs. I assume like any missions, they will be available in all modes.

Yes. I know it was AGAINST NPCs, but I thought 2 humans played together. Against the NPCs. Something you could only do in OPEN.

 

[stormyuk]

Yes. I know it was AGAINST NPCs, but I thought 2 humans played together. Against the NPCs. Something you could only do in OPEN.

Private Group mode exists.

plus if suits are specific, imagine taking on those guards in the lighter tool suit

Yeh lone players will have to use different tactics (if it's possible on that type of mission) or do different missions.

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

Private Group mode exists.

Yes. I am aware of that. Ok. Let me try this way.

Where in OPEN or PG a couple of mates could do a mission, in SOLO would I be assigned an NPC team mate? If not, is that mission, in fact, available in SOLO?