Discovery Scanner - 13/06/2022

[Crazy Joe]

I hate to even say it but elite dangerous odyssey might be finished after starfield releases , but we will see , I expect loads of bugs and glitches but so far it looks good ,it has ship interiors , atmospheric planets with animals , plants , interesting terrain , its everything people wished odyssey could have been . so sad

As far as I can tell its strictly a single player game. Most of the stuff they showed in the game play/announcement trailer seemed squarely aimed at Star Citizen though. I got the feeling that whomever did the game design had a good look at Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous and No Mans Sky and decided to take the best ideas of each of these games, avoid all the headaches that come with multiplayer and just create something that would work as a best of all worlds single player experience.

Whether or not they manage to avoid the usual "curse of Bethesda" needs to be seen. I guess we'll find out in 2023.

Who knows, maybe this will force Frontier Developments to give a clear insight into what they are planning for the future of the Elite Dangerous franchise.

 

[Profane_Pagan]

Well they better do something with Console, if they actually want ppl interested in playing anyway, I mean it would be foolish to completely write off the new gen consoles going forward.

3 years ago only around (less than) 20% of Elite's playerbase was playing on consoles (Xbox and Playstation). And it was not fated that every one of the console owners would have upgraded to EDO. An EDO on consoles would have meant a port to last gen Xbox and PS, and next gen Xbox and PS systems, 4 times the work. Everybody was shocked by this decision, (the dev team too), but given the bumpy start of Edo and the review bombings, revenue loss, seems like Frontier had to cut off an arm (or rather some fingers) to keep the whole game afloat. And bear in mind Microsoft bought Bethesda -even though Bethesda have just a couple hundred people they have the fundings for Starfield's Xbox release. It's Microsoft after all. Starfield by the way is being developed only for Xbox Series S and X consoles. But yes, hopefully if EDO produces good sales numbers maybe in the future they can develop an updated, optimized Odyssey to next gen consoles. But it seems like consoles were never financially lucrative for Frotnier. So who knows. Elite is a great, but face it, a niche game.

 

[Darrack]

I hate to even say it but elite dangerous odyssey might be finished after starfield releases , but we will see , I expect loads of bugs and glitches but so far it looks good ,it has ship interiors , atmospheric planets with animals , plants , interesting terrain , its everything people wished odyssey could have been . so sad

O7

 

[Factabulous]

I hate to even say it but elite dangerous odyssey might be finished after starfield releases , but we will see , I expect loads of bugs and glitches but so far it looks good ,it has ship interiors , atmospheric planets with animals , plants , interesting terrain , its everything people wished odyssey could have been . so sad

if that's all you want go play Borderlands 3 - it has all that. As do many other games. so sad.

 

[Gordon Freeman IV]

With the gameplay trailer for Starfield by Bethesda, if Frontier rethinking there decision to halt any and all console development?

I just hope that they give us ship interiors or better atmo worlds if not im defecting to starfield. Im sick of black screen teleport and just translucent shaders for sky with no liquids.

 

[Frop]

I just hope that they give us ship interiors or better atmo worlds if not im defecting to starfield. Im sick of black screen teleport and just translucent shaders for sky with no liquids.

It'll be sad to see you go, Gordon. Godspeed.

 

[Mark Zero]

I just hope that they give us ship interiors or better atmo worlds if not im defecting to starfield. Im sick of black screen teleport and just translucent shaders for sky with no liquids.

You can't really "defect" to playing another game, you just play another game. But I sure hope you have a great time with Starfield, looks promising.

 

[Fizzatron]

You can't really "defect" to playing another game, you just play another game. But I sure hope you have a great time with Starfield, looks promising.

LOL, I've been playing Valheim with my son recently, am I defector now too?

 

[Factabulous]

LOL, I've been playing Valheim with my son recently, am I defector now too?

Only if you promise never to return. At least I think that was the implication of Gordon's choice of words

 

[ubermick]

LOL, I've been playing Valheim with my son recently, am I defector now too?

 

[Mark Zero]

LOL, I've been playing Valheim with my son recently, am I defector now too?

Not to veer too far off topic? Valheim is a fantastic game and well worth disembarking for from time to time.

 

[Fizzatron]

Only if you promise never to return. At least I think that was the implication of Gordon's choice of words

I am composing my open letter as I type.

 

[Mark Zero]

I am composing my open letter as I type.

Make sure you mention "broken promises" and then refer to possible future development ideas that were in a kickstarter video once and never promised. Also make sure you phrase it in the style of breaking up with a romantic partner, to really drive home the sense that FDev is somehow forcing you to quit their game against your will. But at the same time, also make sure you insult their development intelligence and act like your feelings are their fault.

Just personal recommends for if you really wanna aim high on the Bazmeson scale. Take or leave at your discretion, though.

 

[Factabulous]

And don't forget to demand Ship Interiors. people always forget to mention them, so I don't think fdev are even aware of the demand.

 

[Wobblin-Gobblin]

With the gameplay trailer for Starfield by Bethesda, if Frontier rethinking there decision to halt any and all console development?

I guess Starfield will be the new 'ED'. Not a whole galaxy, but story-driven and all the stuff, ED will never have (IMO).

 

[Ian Doncaster]

I guess Starfield will be the new 'ED'. Not a whole galaxy, but story-driven and all the stuff, ED will never have (IMO).

That plus singleplayer only seems more like it will be the new "not ED", doesn't it?

 

[Mark Zero]

That plus singleplayer only seems more like it will be the new "not ED", doesn't it?

Madness. If there's one thing I've learned from the space game community, it's that only one space game can exist at a time.

 

[Profane_Pagan]

I guess Starfield will be the new 'ED'. Not a whole galaxy, but story-driven and all the stuff, ED will never have (IMO).

Elite is not a single player narrative driven franchise with dopamine hooks, you are not the hero of an epic saga, you never was, not even when Elite games came out as single player games. Then why is it a problem for you to accept its nature? Its a sandbox, one person can only build a simple sand pyramid with it while the next player can use this sandbox to - methaphorically - build an awesome castle for themselves. Elite provides a different kind of emerging personal story which you can have if you stay curious and explore the inner workings of the game and its game universe. Starfield is a single palyer Bethesda RPG it is a different horse. This game will be the gateway drug to space sims for a lot of Bethesda RPG players who came from fantasy and diesel punk Bethesda RPGs. And they will look for other space sims and they will discover the few established franchises which all sratch a very specific itch.

 

[ubermick]

I am composing my open letter as I type.

Ooo, I need to recruit you to Mark and I's new squardon if you're handy with an open letter...

 

[Factabulous]

I guess Starfield will be the new 'ED'. Not a whole galaxy, but story-driven and all the stuff, ED will never have (IMO).

Say you never understood what genre ED is without saying you never understood what genre ED is