ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous - The Journey So Far

[Kaocraft]

Delusional weasels, stretching the meanings of words to suit their own convenience in the most obvious of ways. They think they're being clever with slippery wording, but are just waving a giant red flag for all to see. In this insane world, it's a gameplay trailer because it's done in-engine rather than being pre-rendered. OK that's a pretty worthless definition of gameplay and I'm not inclined to trust a person who keeps insisting that this is a reasonable way to use words, and I'm super not interested in learning their additional boutique definitions for more important words like "fair" or "true" or "honest".

At best you could call this machinima. Those 4 screenshots on IMGUR told us more about the game than the entire trailer.

It's not "gameplay" if it doesn't convey anything about what the game is like to play. Come up with all the edgelordy pseudo definitions you want; the trailer did not convey gameplay. Here's what a gameplay trailer looks like, for anyone who has forgotten or otherwise been mind-wiped somehow:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCgT-XOPr4

 

[Oytis57]

Delusional weasels, stretching the meanings of words to suit their own convenience in the most obvious of ways. They think they're being clever with slippery wording, but are just waving a giant red flag for all to see. In this insane world, it's a gameplay trailer because it's done in-engine rather than being pre-rendered. OK that's a pretty worthless definition of gameplay and I'm not inclined to trust a person who keeps insisting that this is a reasonable way to use words, and I'm super not interested in learning their additional boutique definitions for more important words like "fair" or "true" or "honest".

At best you could call this machinima. Those 4 screenshots on IMGUR told us more about the game than the entire trailer.

It's not "gameplay" if it doesn't convey anything about what the game is like to play. Come up with all the edgelordy pseudo definitions you want; the trailer did not convey gameplay. Here's what a gameplay trailer looks like, for anyone who has forgotten or otherwise been mind-wiped somehow:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCgT-XOPr4

It's nice to realize I was not alone in this,but you know "once fanboy..forever fanboy" same old story,and I also remember all the ads/trailers/art "before" ED launch,most of it never made to the game.

 

[londonx]

It's not "gameplay" if it doesn't convey anything about what the game is like to play. Come up with all the edgelordy pseudo definitions you want; the trailer did not convey gameplay. Here's what a gameplay trailer looks like, for anyone who has forgotten or otherwise been mind-wiped somehow:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCgT-XOPr4

I think you are just head-butting against the wall of the English language, "gameplay reveal" (even without the "trailer" label) and "gameplay demo" are certainly quite different in their insinuation. I mean basically you are getting hot and bothered about word play when an Alpha release is just around the corner. Why not just wait for the hundreds of player videos to appear then? I certainly would be suspicious of someone sounding the war drums and digging up the dirt over it instead.

 

[Hydrino]

Delusional weasels, stretching the meanings of words to suit their own convenience in the most obvious of ways. They think they're being clever with slippery wording, but are just waving a giant red flag for all to see. In this insane world, it's a gameplay trailer because it's done in-engine rather than being pre-rendered. OK that's a pretty worthless definition of gameplay and I'm not inclined to trust a person who keeps insisting that this is a reasonable way to use words, and I'm super not interested in learning their additional boutique definitions for more important words like "fair" or "true" or "honest".

At best you could call this machinima. Those 4 screenshots on IMGUR told us more about the game than the entire trailer.

It's not "gameplay" if it doesn't convey anything about what the game is like to play. Come up with all the edgelordy pseudo definitions you want; the trailer did not convey gameplay. Here's what a gameplay trailer looks like, for anyone who has forgotten or otherwise been mind-wiped somehow:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCgT-XOPr4

LOL. It was "In game", not just in engine. Disagree with your assessment. It does reveal key parts of gun-toting game-play on foot even though it is brief. If you've played one FPS you've played the basics of all of them and this just shows a few snippets of the ED version of that. Ammo, crouching, running, walking, looking down scope, couple of weapon types, personal shields and characters taking damage (shields not present), the hud elements, ships fighting in the area of on-foot battle. So not a Demo, as someone else said, and short to fit the format, but it is a "reveal". Most folks know how to hit pause to check out details that move quickly and game companies know this.

 

[Thepirateorc]

Yeah I still watched it, but I sure was expecting more than a 30 second micro-teaser...

Planets look incredible though. Hopefully the dev diary is due to be released soon so we can see something more.

Im sure they said it was coming out in December, here's hoping.

 

[Thepirateorc]

Greetings Commanders!

Elite Dangerous has taken giant leaps over the past five years, with the Horizons and Beyond expansions changing the game forever. Throughout that time, an untold number of pilots have earned their licenses and gone on to achieve greatness among the stars. Take a look back on the journey so far with our new video and tune into the Game Awards this Thursday 10 December to see our next steps in an exclusive Elite Dangerous: Odyssey gameplay trailer!

Thank you for joining us on this journey. Without you, Elite Dangerous wouldn't be the same.

Regarding the pre order bonuses for odyssey, will console players receive the same opportunity, such as the pioneer suit and will console get a beta for odyssey?

 

[moonsword]

Looking forward to play Odyssey on my new 55‘‘ LG OLED TV!
Can‘t wait..

 

[Pigletslastand]

Yes, yes and Yes!!! Great to see Frontier recognising it's fans and their awesome achievements. The gameplay that has been spurred on by individual cmdrs and groups of dedicated cmdrs is what has made this game so special.

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