SlackR
Banned
I got a permit for Beta Hydri and told that the regions commanding officer needed me their ASAP to discuss something... Excitedly I set off on the 200+ LY trip. Unfortunately when I get there there's no communication waiting, only the same permit offer which is unavailable because I already had it. Hmmm.
Then I spot a station in the same system that gets my excitement up again... The Black Mausoleum! I thought this place sounded familiar! Anyone who's read Wanted, will know it's the same dilapidated station used by smugglers and pirates... A real crap hole and very exciting and dangerous!
But when I arrive its turns out to be an extremely posh orbital station, with palm trees and shiny floors! (The first I have seen since the Alpha days). Moreover the only mission available was a mercy mission to bring them food because they are starving! Huh?
This game is beautiful but it is way too shallow at the moment. I want my missions to lead me somewhere interesting if they tell me to travel 200+ LY to speak to a guy... I expect him to be there! I'd also like the fiction and the game to tie in better. It's just too flaky to be acceptable at the moment.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a moaning post, and it won't stop me playing every spare minute I have, it just illustrates how much more awesome this game can become (and hopefully will) by just paying a little closer attention to "storylines".
... Even a sandbox needs consistent lore and plots to make it believable. I want to believe, but at the moment my imagination is having to fill in too many gaps.
Then I spot a station in the same system that gets my excitement up again... The Black Mausoleum! I thought this place sounded familiar! Anyone who's read Wanted, will know it's the same dilapidated station used by smugglers and pirates... A real crap hole and very exciting and dangerous!
But when I arrive its turns out to be an extremely posh orbital station, with palm trees and shiny floors! (The first I have seen since the Alpha days). Moreover the only mission available was a mercy mission to bring them food because they are starving! Huh?
This game is beautiful but it is way too shallow at the moment. I want my missions to lead me somewhere interesting if they tell me to travel 200+ LY to speak to a guy... I expect him to be there! I'd also like the fiction and the game to tie in better. It's just too flaky to be acceptable at the moment.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a moaning post, and it won't stop me playing every spare minute I have, it just illustrates how much more awesome this game can become (and hopefully will) by just paying a little closer attention to "storylines".
... Even a sandbox needs consistent lore and plots to make it believable. I want to believe, but at the moment my imagination is having to fill in too many gaps.
