After Elite II: Frontier, and Elite III: First Encounters, when I heard of Elite: Dangerous, it sounded odd to me and I didn't get the "Dangerous" name could refer to the rankings. I thought it referred more to a dangerous type of game where yes, it even sounded dumb when I first heard it. Now the name works fine enough as the game has proved its reputation similar to how "Star Wars" had evolved far past the oddness of it's name. That said, I kind of wished ED could have been named something like a serial "Elite 4 : Galaxy" but I guess it was basically a reboot of the franchise and the Frontier image in general.
Well, a lot of aspects of the game particularly the lore, point to it being a sequel to FFE which took place in 3250 and introduced the Alliance in game.
Much of the lore and locations in Elite2 and Elite3 continue in ED as well as design evolution of some of the older ships and their manufacturers.
IMHO, I don't think they wanted to call it "Elite IV" because it's not really a sequel.
Nor is it a reboot.
Well, a lot of aspects of the game particularly the lore, point to it being a sequel to FFE which took place in 3250 and introduced the Alliance in game.
Much of the lore and locations in Elite2 and Elite3 continue in ED as well as design evolution of some of the older ships and their manufacturers.
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