ED Naysayers did you play the originals; Elite, Frontier Elite 2 and Frontier First Encounters?

kukri · Dec 30, 2014

I have read a number of posts on here criticising what the game is and how it does not meet the expectations that people had. This makes me wonder did they ever truly play any of the originals.

Personally I think it stays very true to the genre. You can choose your own path and the recreation of the feeling of space itself is excellent; there are large empty tracts, travel does take some time (not too much though) and is not falsely instantaneous. I also feel that the criticism that it is unpopulated is very unjustified considering there are far more ship encounters in this than in the first 3 games courtesy of Nav Beacons and Resource Extraction Sites.

I would like to thank David and his team for producing the game I had waited years for and for the fact that it remains true to the previous versions (I did get what I expected) I even love the spinning ship on load it reminds me of the excitement when the spinning Cobra finally appeared after 10 mins of the cassette loading (that was a long time) in the original version. I am pleased that I can introduce my son to something I enjoyed and it is not a disappointment, although I would love a second save slot so we can share the experience.

All in all thank you, have a great Christmas and New Year break and I am looking forward to the devs as they come, but please do not change it too much.

vortexsurfer · Dec 30, 2014

I did, and 'm not a naysayer anyway, just have do get my second post on the way because of spam policy in here. Sorry for using your thread for this

Closet_Monkey · Dec 30, 2014

Not only played them treasured them.

baael · Dec 30, 2014

yes in '87 on Timex 2048, and many more games

have a great New Year!!!

Cmdr. Numa · Dec 30, 2014

Not a naysayer either, but I will say that the original Elite was the game that got me to gaming in the first place, and I've played both successors.

Dabba · Dec 30, 2014

I would not consider you a naysayer Monkey, do others? Your criticisms have seemed well thought out and constructive to me.

I also played and loved all the elites, but then again Im not much of a naysayer, this is pretty much exactly what I was expecting and hoping for. Ill never complain with more content as long as they stay true to the core vision though.

TannakaObi · Dec 30, 2014

I've never played Elite before and I love ED! Also I've seen many of the oldies complaining. So the point is mute, this line put between players that have played Elite before and players that have not is imaginary and such posts just add fuel to a fire that should not be there.

Corwyn · Dec 30, 2014

Not a naysayer either, I love the fact that they've stayed true to the series. Keep up the good work David and ask of FD.

Closet_Monkey · Dec 30, 2014

Yeah i probably didn't read the op's topic closely enough.
I also agree that this game is everything i hoped it would be and iv'e been hoping for a long time.
I find the multiplayer aspect to be a cool concept but the marketing of it as an MMO questionable, people seem to have bought the game expecting an Eve type experience.

Titus Balls · Dec 30, 2014

Played Elite, Frontier and F:FE on the Amiga 500 and later on PC (so around 20 years of gameplay time).

I love this game but Frontier have made some frankly stupid decisions I hope they can fix in the future

Connor Caple · Dec 30, 2014

Played in 1984.

Had this stupid idea that ELITE technology might have advanced in 30 years as much as our Earth technology has.

Apparently someone decided to just make the same game (with more suns, clunkier gameplay and less overall features) that we had in 1984 with a horrid online-only requirement.

I just wanted an up to date version of - = E L I T E = - so what would I know, huh?

the-monk · Dec 30, 2014

The problem with Elite Dangerous is the fact its not a complete game yet. The framework is there and working but the game is lacking much needed content.

Unlike some people who have wrote the game of completely I'm going to give it time. As the new content arrives the game can only get better.

Heathy · Dec 30, 2014

ppl are comparing the game with games made AFTER the originals, those that took what the originals did, and improved on the features, gave the players more things to do, what was good then or a standard then, isn't the same now.

its like mmos, i mean most of them haven't changed in the core concept, but if a new mmo released today that say, didn't have half the features of everquest it would be a complete failure.

it comes down to expectation, one group expects to see what they saw 30 years ago in a shiny new wrapper with very little innovation, others expect to see something new or at least take inspiration from similar games that came after the originals. both aren't 'wrong'. at the same time one side is going to end up perpetually disappointed, either because the game keeps changing or because it doesn't change at all.

It is far too early to predict some sort of outcome. getting all defensive is pointless aswell, what if in 2 years time, the game has had so many updates that it really is unrecognizable to the elite we have today, will the ppl demanding no change simply give up? probably not. but will the ppl who want certain features be happy? who knows. we'll just have to wait and see.