I haven't played since 2015 and thinking of starting again, should I and is Horizons worth it?

Quester91

Quester91
Cmdr Eagleboy said:
I guess you went of bit of insult here :)
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No, it wasn't an insult at all.

I play Space Engine, and I have no goal in mind except wandering around. I enjoy it. So?


The point is that I usually play videogames with a clear goal in mind, I want stuff, I want to experience stuff at my own pace. This game blatantly makes the climb towards the goal I WANT very foggy, tedious and incredibly repetitive. Its forcing me to go at the pace developers want, which I feel is incredibly artificial and almost insulting.

You want different things, so you'll recommend the game because you play it your way, I don't recommend spending more money for a dlc, because I play my own way and for me isn't worth it. Maybe OP has tastes more similar to mine than yours.


Do I think your way of playing is weird and I don't understand it at all? Yes, but I don't judge people. I judge stuff I buy, and Elite is a game that evolved very little and definitely isn't worth buying twice, once is enough, not even if the planets are gorgeous for an afternoon or two.


Hey, wasn't I in your ignore list? ;)
 
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Genus

Genus
Engineers is kinf of fun, and lumping it around a planet in your Space Buggy is great. Aside from that, not much has changed and best wait for 2.4.
 

Ignition

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No, dont come back.

The game experience is exactly the same as beta 2014 and didnt change since then.

You should wait until 2018 and see if the improvements to the gameplay are real or pure fluff.
 

Sole Hunter

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Definitely not, the game is in a real bad spot right now.

Basically, the engineers update (2.1) killed what was left of the game. The updates 2.2 and 2.3 are both great addition to the gameplay and core aspect of the game but they don't add a lot to the overall experience. Let's not even talk about 2.4 because it's pretty much as deep as a puddle and added nothing interesting.

I suggest you buy Star Citizen since 3.0 is very close from release or wait a good 2 years before you ask this question.
 
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Stigbob

Stigbob
Horizons is loads of fun really worth the cash, engineer speed-build ships, tanky doom chariots and/or make yourself a long range super cool running explorer.

Plus you get to drive ineptly round alien ruins.
 

Kaybe

Kaybe
Yes, Horizons is very much worth it. 2.3 and 2.4 were 'meh', to put it likely, but 2.0 through 2.2 were all quite solid (aside from npc crew permadeath).

Passenger missions are also very good and reliable money makers, and you need Horizons for that.

Engineers ... absolutely worth the grind. Absolutely.

In terms of the core game, there have been lots and lots of quality of life changes in the last two years.
 

duckofdeath

duckofdeath
I have a second CMDR that's purely in Open and without Horizons access. I would recommend you to get the update while it's on sale (if it's still on sale? :D ). The engineers and new features adds a lot to the game.

Don't get back into the game if you hope missions should be better. The only difference now compared to 2015 is that we're spammed with 40x7x2 missions on every station. They're still the same missions we had in 2015. (Meaning we're still as detached from the BGS as we were then and it's all still unconnected procedurally generated everywhere, even the "follow on missions")
 
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Tadeus72

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hobblygobbly said:
Thought I'd update the thread.

I bought Horizons a few days after making the thread and been enjoying it a lot thus far, I do like the feeling of personal customisation of my ship I get from engineers.

Any way I seem to get flooded with killing skimmer missions, is there some criteria that causes it to be so prevalent like the system's state? I've been to a few neighbouring systems where I've been spending most of my time now and it's similar, making up the bulk of my combat missions on my mission boards.
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Guys, guys, really... lol. Read OP's last post. He bought it and he likes it :D
 
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