First Impressions

[Momatty]

Pre-order cancelled.

 

[Rudi Raumkraut]

(...)
All of this we basically ignore because we're used to it and we enjoy the basic spaceship flying bit enough to put up with it, and many of us learnt it a bit at a time as it was added incrementally over the years. But a lot of it is very definitely not good, especially not for beginners who have a huge amount to learn already without having to fight weird UI choices as well.

exactly!

but good all the beginners got pushed away by Fdevs poor game design.
Otherwise the Orange Sidewinders would get even worse

 

[Dutchman141]

So how many times has ED been doomed by now? I lost count.

I'm realy glad these new players who got the game for tree are here to tell us these things, we'd never find out without them.

 

[RogerO18]

I'm not excited about the new Cargo Mission balancing. Bring back the old Cargo Mission rewards.

 

[Bottom Hat]

The netcode is dreadful, I catch loads of Dolphins but never any Tuna...

Hooray for crap jokes lol!

 

[Mrc_NorthEast]

So what is the ED new player retention rate?

I was a new player as of this fall, with a steam sale. Then I picked up an alt Epic freebie acct. I stuck around, although frak you Fdev (any syfy bsg fans here?) for the mining NERF, and FRAK you again on thinking you'll get more $$ out of me for Odyssey. But the Horizons game and all that it encompasses should keep me occupied for awhile.

 

[Stelar 7]

Ahh inexperience, always fun to read that voice.

 

[Retropolitan]

All of this we basically ignore because we're used to it and we enjoy the basic spaceship flying bit enough to put up with it, and many of us learnt it a bit at a time as it was added incrementally over the years. But a lot of it is very definitely not good, especially not for beginners who have a huge amount to learn already without having to fight weird UI choices as well.

This is completely true. I know that my own reaction - which might be shared by others - is that it seems a bit self-important for someone to play a game for three hours and:

1. Think they know enough about it to pass judgement on it
2. Go to the game's forum to deliver that judgement.

 

[starman]

28 days later of Elite ...

 

[Rudi Raumkraut]

This is completely true. I know that my own reaction - which might be shared by others - is that it seems a bit self-important for someone to play a game for three hours and:

1. Think they know enough about it to pass judgement on it
2. Go to the game's forum to deliver that judgement.

Self-important or not...
Bashing him out of fanboy-ism doesn't make his judgements untrue
And more or less they just reflect these three early hours.

For many people this can be enough to judge, especially when used to modern intuitive game interfaces and not a polished remake of a 80s game.
Luckily this people don't experience all the bugs in that 3 hours, so their judgements still is mild

 

[Dutchman141]

28 days later of Elite ...

Wow, that's a long time ago I saw that movie!

 

[Crank Larson]

especially when used to modern intuitive game interfaces

You mean those that just have move and shoot, yes? Anything that requires thought is just too much effort...

 

[Rock Hunter]

OP sounds ready for their own YouTube channel. Some pertinent points lost amid the ‘look at me’ silliness.

Ho-hum. The river of time keeps flowing, maybe see you downstream.