Elite is a bit crap and has lost its way.

[Dead Fred]

Playing the BBC Micro version of Elite was a visceral experience.
This isn't.
Its a dice rolling by board hopping exercise engineered by people who like board games.
Elite should not be a board game.
Frontier you have failed to deliver the 8 bit experience.
In your universe god does roll dice.

Any way to get ahead quickly is nerfed. All players must suffer needless grind.

The feeling of freedom and release of the open universe,.....and do what you just did 10,000 times. Its not fun.

I have a pair of dice I can throw them all day but I dont because it is boring.
Elite is boring.
Its really sad.

I'm not trying to be defeatist or point any fingers or lay blame anywhere, but pffff. Engineer this, do that to get said ship . Where is the freedom of the universe?
It isnt. Its like Apple. Do it my way. Its totally structured and there is no freedom.
At the end of all this once you are elite in everything?

Perhaps I'm missing the point, but I thought ELITE should be visceral seat of your pants stuff. Perhaps it is but you continually nerf any way to get there.

Its a chore.

Yes fruntear I'll get out of bed today and do my massive dice rolling work for tuppence......

Or I could just do real life and suffer the same monotony.

 

[Sir.Tj]

Thanks for the constructive feedback.

 

[Crank Larson]

Are you having a bad day?

 

[Mxpower76]

So in 1984 you would have had to write a letter if you didn't like the game. Maybe a phone call. Or quietly stopped playing like most people did.

 

[Viper2kUK]

Now if only there was a troll post I could reply to....hmmmm

V2k.

 

[Han Zulu]

So in 1984 you would have had to write a letter if you didn't like the game. Maybe a phone call. Or quietly stopped playing like most people did.

I think some dialup BBSes existed though. Remember my first flame-war in mid 80's.

 

[Nick Sticks]

So in 1984 you would have had to write a letter if you didn't like the game. Maybe a phone call. Or quietly stopped playing like most people did.

Yes, write a letter to the lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen, start it with Dear Mr Echo....

 

[Galactic Midden]

Definitely have another beer

 

[Vingtetun]

https://youtu.be/Si2D-8gLK6g

Yup. Boring. ;-)

(Ps the editor of the video is aware of his spellings... he suffers really badly with dyslexia but doesn't detract from camera work)

 

[Crank Larson]

Definitely have another beer

I dunno... Doesn't seem to have worked so far!

 

[Iron Duke]

There is a downloadable emulator and the 1984 game available.. enjoy..

 

[Deleted member 110222]

There is a downloadable emulator and the 1984 game available.. enjoy..

I really, really need to install that.

 

[Achilles7]

https://youtu.be/Si2D-8gLK6g

Yup. Boring. ;-)

(Ps the editor of the video is aware of his spellings... he suffers really badly with dyslexia but doesn't detract from camera work)

Thanks for the heads-up...I love easy targets!

 

[verminstar]

Can I haz yer stuff?

 

[Rabzee1980]

Can I haz your stuff

 

[Slopey]

I can takez your stuff

 

[Ian Skippy]

Yeah, ED with HOTAS and VR is not nearly as visceral as the original. Plus in the original you earned 200m cr/hr easily, and the game was super diverse and varied. A shame we lost it all.

 

[verminstar]

Please? i have dibs I was first

 

[Han Zulu]

400 billion stars to explore in a whole emulated Milky Way galaxy... it was sooooo much better in the 1984 version.

 

[ChiefRedCloud]

Playing the BBC Micro version of Elite was a visceral experience.
This isn't.
Its a dice rolling by board hopping exercise engineered by people who like board games.
Elite should not be a board game.
Frontier you have failed to deliver the 8 bit experience.
In your universe god does roll dice.

Any way to get ahead quickly is nerfed. All players must suffer needless grind.

The feeling of freedom and release of the open universe,.....and do what you just did 10,000 times. Its not fun.

I have a pair of dice I can throw them all day but I dont because it is boring.
Elite is boring.
Its really sad.

I'm not trying to be defeatist or point any fingers or lay blame anywhere, but pffff. Engineer this, do that to get said ship . Where is the freedom of the universe?
It isnt. Its like Apple. Do it my way. Its totally structured and there is no freedom.
At the end of all this once you are elite in everything?

Perhaps I'm missing the point, but I thought ELITE should be visceral seat of your pants stuff. Perhaps it is but you continually nerf any way to get there.

So, other than posting what seems like a bored troll post, why are you bothering with something you do not enjoy playing?

Just curious ... I don't really care ...

Chief