The graphics and sound of Elite are absolutely spectacular as are the flight models of the ships. I also really enjoy the varied pace of the game. It's an almost ideal combination of relaxing game-play peppered with times that put you on the edge of your seat with your heart pounding. I really like the sales structure of the game franchise because it means that for the next 10 years we get a big update once a year and several smaller updates throughout the year. This means that every few months, we get new things to see, new ships periodically, and new game-play every so often. That will help keep the game fresh for a very long time to come. I consider the cost we have to pay for all that content to be a real bargain. I like the scope and size of the game. The 1:1 representation of the galaxy is something really special to me. It means that I can go places and see things that no one has ever seen before including the developers and that no one is likely to ever see again. I really like the wide variety of things to do and to try in the game-- everything from finding things on planets or doing assault runs on planetary bases to doing community goals along side of thousands of fellow players, to arena fighting in CQC, to plying trade routes all across the galaxy. I like the open-ended aspects of the game-play. Very little is scripted. I can do whatever I want for however long I want to do it, and when I get tired of it, I can go do something else. They really meant it when they said you get to write your own story. I very much enjoy how the game gives you a sense that you really are navigating a starship across tremendously huge distances in space. None of that just popping in and out of star systems that are supposed to be hundreds of light years away from each other. It is a constant amazement to me to fly at tiny specks of light that turn out to be huge planets that my ship and SRV are just tiny flecks on. It really puts into perspective the sheer vastness of the galaxy we all carry out our real lives in. I live in a huge city and hardly ever get to see very many stars at night, but with Elite Horizons I not only get to see a huge star field nightly, but I also get to live the virtual life of someone who regularly navigates that vastness of the sky.
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