Nah, she was more of a woman there, not that kid i think.
State of the Game
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ThanksFor parity, I'd like to post a spider meme. They are less my fun, but some people like them better
Darn, now i have the theme running circles in my head...
Hmm, has text, so is technically a sci fi cat meme.
Ah, that's fine, if it sinks, it sinks. It was fun writing it while that *$!"& client was upgrading/syncing. I still haven't forgiven them for not giving us LEP owners an Odyssey Steam key, which would have bypassed those stupid FD servers for updates. But then, that would have allowed us to leave reviews, so I kind of get why.
Dunno I'd have left steamy smooches all over the steam review pages, so FD would probably be more embarrassed than anything.Ah, that's fine, if it sinks, it sinks. It was fun writing it while that *$!"& client was upgrading/syncing. I still haven't forgiven them for not giving us LEP owners an Odyssey Steam key, which would have bypassed those stupid FD servers for updates. But then, that would have allowed us to leave reviews, so I kind of get why.
SIt's been 3 minutes since last doom post
I like to think of ED as the Best Game I Won't Recommend. It does take a special frame of mind to appreciate, and even myself, I don't always have it, with long breaks over the years.Dunno I'd have left steamy smooches all over the steam review pages, so FD would probably be more embarrassed than anything.
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Do you like those kinds of games where you do stuff, and other stuff happens as a result?
Yeah
Well don't play ED then
So why do you play it?
Because it's freaking awesome!
fixed that for you
Same here (except for the long breaks bit - I keep trucking along). At least EDO got me away from trying to upgrade my way into getting everything to look awesome - as the problematic optimisation seems to cause even newer GPUs to choke a bit. Driving/walking/flying around looking at things makes me wonder if the issue is largely with problematic topology (too many nodes, complex geometries). If FD manage to optimise it fully (and framerate has steadily been creeping up for me with the latest patches), I hope it won't compromise the beautiful landscapes the procedural generation is throwing at us.
SWell you're kinda right, but I haven't played for about a year. I realized I was playing it because that's what I did, not because I truly enjoyed it - because I was invested in it, like you say.
I came back to see what Odyssey was up to, because I was hoping it would make the game 'freaking awesome' again. And also hoping it would be a poopshow because that would be entertaining in its own way (and punishment for FDev not listening to me).
Sadly we got poopshow.
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Maybe I've survived this far since I play short sessions and never really get that invested in it.
There was a risk I would throw my toys for good when the Thargoids were introduced. Fighting them was my favourite part of the original Elite, and I had hoped the new mechanics would be along the same lines. The new Thargoids are definitely pretty, but fighting the cyclops etc feels like gimmicky boss-fight dance-offs like pretty much any old MMO out there. I'm sick of those types of fights after 15-ish years of tanking raids in games like World of Warcraft. At least fighting the scouts etc are more like it. Although even then the mechanics of having inciters, berserkers etc feels like raid mob pulls as well = booooooring.
FD has shown some real guts bringing the galaxy alive through Stellar Forge and the BGS, and the tech behind stars and planets is fantastic, bold and unique. But I wish they would stop copy-pasting generic game elements from other genres. It is grating!
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Happy happy 10K'th post - very well done one and all!
Unfortunately, I know all too well about this...
