I Imagine the world of Elite would be like this.
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Artemis Zodiac
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trust me if FD gives us something amazing like that image to explore in game...I will drop to my knees live in this forum and let you all form a orderly line..
ill even wear mascara for added effect
cmon FD make me eat my words eh?
Here is some of the dev's vibe (from the art book, text removed)
http://imgur.com/a/6gsEZ
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It's the old story of the Tortoise and the Hare and we all know how that ended. I'll keep my powder dry until you come back with a review on release.
trust me if FD gives us something amazing like that image to explore in game...I will drop to my knees live in this forum and let you all form a orderly line..
ill even wear mascara for added effect
cmon FD make me eat my words eh?
Don't make promises you can't keep
remember the sock eating promis from Reddit [haha]
One of the best movies that give me that Elite feeling, and even when landing on the Settlements I get that Blade Runner Vibe in my old bones...
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f2/7e/b5/f27eb57f0550b895c4a4be35e96362a6.jpg
Even the people, I can imagine would fit just right into the Elite Universe.
So, that is the vibe I get, what do you get
i think I'm in agreement with you on this, I think the devs have taken some inspiration from Blade Runner as can be seen in some of the structures in game and the Feds being a corporate entity. It's a grotty, messy universe in places and I`m fine with that.
Artemis Zodiac
Banned
Don't make promises you can't keep
Lysander im a man of my word...
if it does happen and I have to eat humble pie...well you and sleuty will be the first 2 in the line he he...oh and Moonax you go sloppy 3rds...lol
Those are awesome.
I just want to leave the following unorganized thoughts here for the participants of this thread:
All places ingame have the art style I love about Elite, still they are prod. generated. They are similar and ofc don't feel handcrafted.
These are the backbone of the ED universe, I actually love that since it makes sense to me that space colonisation is somewhat standardized.
Then I saw the engineers bases, first time I saw Trophy I took it all in and drove/flew around for quite some time. It gave me goosebumps.
I expect cities on earth and other siginificant places to be the same in the future, even the moon is closed off atm right?
To think that a game that puts so much effort into its artdirection and sounddesign will never have places like on those pictures is wierd to me.
Actually looking at Farseer INC.. well they are already here.
It might not be for everyone that not the entire world is handcrafted, for me it is THE thing I love.
Best of both worlds, giant real scale galaxie filled with prod. generation and then spiced up with some handcrafted stunning locations.
It makes those so much more memorable doesn't it?
Actually I'm fairly confident that FD can deliver on the art/graphical side as they developed the Cobra engine and know what it can do and how to improve same. They have already stated it can deliver at least 16k fidelity at present but the hardware is not available to exploit it. We have seen a big jump in graphical fidelity while still being well optimised and I think this will only improve as the engine evolves thru development.
SC on the other hand is trying to adapt with great difficulty and problems an older generation engine that has already been surpassed. By the time of release, if and when it happens, it will be more outdated and they may be in a dead end in relation to what they can achieve with same. What looked like a quick fix using an off the shelf engine may be the greatest mistake SC ever made, hobbling it from the beginning.
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Artemis Zodiac
Banned
the day that happens zimms ill buy you a new one....if I was to go away id never get to see if ED will become the game I like to imagine it to be would I now.
I go through phases....I been through the crazy fan boy stage under my old commander name that shall remain secret...and the known player groups ect in this game.
I just got bored of waiting for content that I desire and thought was coming sooner than later like FPS stuff.
back on track a wee bit though....
when I first visited tod the blasters base I did get goosebumps....the look and atmos of the place was unlike any other station or port I have visited.
that gave me a good vibe for sure.....(shush lads don't tell anyone I had a fun moment
)When we get cities I definitely want some Blade Runner, Appleseed, Nar Shadaa, Ghost in the Shell, and (I know I'm strange) a bit of Terry Gilliam's Brazil would be fun.