So.. errr.. will you all be hanging around the elite dangerous forums still??? Its been clear for years that lack of competition was a key pillar in keeping elite alive... Diablo iv has been enough to get me to stop playing.
Well, I'll be here to the end (mod ban hammers permitting... Oh, and death) if possible.
I'd
like to think that both Star Citizen and Elite won't be much affected by the release of Starfield; on the grounds that, while 'similar' (read: Space), they are completely different game types - MMO and all the other things etc. My 'liking' to think is that perhaps the number of players
might drop a bit but then re-stabilise. Of course, I might be wrong. However, I don't want to be wrong: I loved this game even if I don't play it much anymore (mainly at the moment due to work commitments) and wanted to see it succeed.
I say 'wanted' because there are few - perhaps now only 1 or 2 - of some 20 players that actively play Elite that I knew near game-start - the others haven't touched it for years. On top of that since DB and MB lost the helm to the ship - for whatever reasons - it's changed. In my eyes not necessarily for the better. YMMV: newer players are liking it so let's hope it keeps going for a lot longer.
On that note, I will say that Elite
will lose me to Starfield. So there's at least one player that will be lost. Sure, I'll log in occasionally to ED and have a poke around, but that's about it. I hit the glass ceiling in Elite and can go no further. There's a caveat to this: Note that my ceiling wasn't game-defined. I have one Elite rank (combat - was at 12% deadly when EDO was released but somehow went to Elite for killing scavengers - on foot); I have no large ships, no King/Admiral rank (or whatever they are), but it's just not for me anymore. NOBODY publicly has found Raxxla despite it being 'a tiny bit obvious' (to quote the late and great MB). I've not discovered anything new or interesting that otherwise has only given cash for a reward (e.g. discovering an ELW or a plant with a freaking whisk).
But back to Starfield. I hope it takes me a year or two (hopefully more) to complete the main game: I want to do the side missions, explore, set my bases up. Add new mods, that will hopefully come with complete new massive missions to keep me occupied.
One thing I liked about the Starfield Direct video is just how ridiculous you can make your ship. That 'mech' design was a freak! But what that means to me is the developers/designers have been 'free' enough to allow you to create absolutely insane designs.
I am looking forward to a story to follow - I've never done that except in game produced before 2003 (showing my age?). AND I want it an open world experience. 1000 planets is enough for me.
MOST importantly - if I do a reset on a save - I want it to be engaging and fun from the start. There's another game I play still in Alpha (NOT a space game, so no, not Star Citizen) that every year or two wipes save and IT'S SO MUCH FUN starting from scratch! If I can do that with Starfield - and have a new path to take - I'll take it! So long as it's fun - and I think it will be because I'll see things that were not available to me previously as a different character type. Start Elite again from scratch, though? No way! There's no chance in the world I would ever start ED again because I know what would be involved.
I think the main thing that draws me to Starfield is that (A) it's open world and (B) has a story. I want both - and if I don't have MMO or co-op, so be it.
My long-term hope is that they'll produce a co-op version. That would be
awesome. If it doesn't happen that's fine if it continues to be a great game.
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I don't think microsoft would let them release something so bad its like an early access game or anthem.. it would at minimum be AAA launch quality with so many eyes on it. Everything will at least be finished, there might be some systems that change over time etc.
