The fact that people are thinking this is probably why they want to put an end to the bug fixing and move on with the game. They haven't touched in anything interesting in Odyssey yet, so I suppose it all comes down to what they're planning on doing with walking around on planets.
Is ED nearing the end of its lifespan?
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On the bright side, that never happened.
Yes having "is this game dead" thread is soooooo uncommon for any games. And so important. Game company die because of those, one dev see one and bam, no more game. The company goes bankrupt immediately and lots of people cry.
It's a known fact.
I mean, what's the alternative ? To continue developping the game as long as it's profitable ? No, it's best to prove RandomUser69 to be right. Company have feelings to, you know.
I tried to check the pulse and breath of the game through my Steam Library and found neither. It's scary.
Hey, now hang on a minute there. Don't ya go getting too upbeat about things and making people all excited.
Blame Fdev, DB said it was to "move story forward" and then the CM piled on saying it was necessary for said story.
They are guilty of creating the hype. What kind of massive story event need to cut so many features to make it happens ?
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That does not make much sense. If Elite is still commercially viable and turning a decent profit at 10 years why would FDEV shut it down? Conversely if Elite was operating at a loss why would they drag it on for 10 years?
It's like expiry dates on food - one second after that date, the food instantly becomes toxic and inedible
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The "10yr plan" was never a thing. It was a statement taken out of context and heavily misrepresented.
Let it go dude, Google+ was never going to happen.
The excuse for that drought was that Odyssey needed the vast majority of development effort. What's the reason now?
Some big "story" that will come in the future. According to both DB and the CM in their respective post on a cut feature.
Well, apart from the fact that we all cynically know that that is a big old 'white' lie to make it sound nicer, I feel I need to give you a proper answer.
So, at the risk of revealing my source, I have seen classified internal documents detailing future plans. They are going to integrate megaship (not carrier) boarding mechanics, where you have to rescue people with pumpkin suits, who are being held captive by thargoid allies - the marmoids.
These guys are basically slices of marmite on toast, cut in half (so they don't have to walk sideways), who you can only defeat with stealth tactics. The trick, is that because they can only see from the non marmite side, is to get behind them and burn off the marmite with a flame thrower, or remove it with your tongue if the megaship has an atmosphere.
By my standards of random made-up crap, I feel I should have put more effort in, but I haven't had dinner yet.
My source, I don't know her old job title, has left frontier. Although she looks suspiciously manly, even if very poor streetlights, is called Davina Brebus.
Thargoids are ammonia based. Their marmoid would smell and taste, like pee. Literally. And it would be highly toxic.
Now, all hope isn't lost. The Icelandic cook a specific shark which has high concentration of ammonia in its body (to resist the cold). They ferment the flesh for days before cooking. Still taste like pee, but it's not toxic anymore.
It would be a good opportunity to introduce the "Cooking" rank. Starting at "mostly pasta" and going all the way to elite.
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Unfortunately I think this is what they tried to do with Odyssey, and because it got botched by time pressure, the rewrite only made things worse. Another properly managed rewrite is the only real cure, but that'd take more resources than Frontier are willing to assign, judging by consoles being dropped.
Evidence:
Bugs: see the Issue Tracker, if you can get it to work.
Console being cancelled: see the thread here
Cosmetics being broken: could be considered hyperbole, but many cosmetics appear markedly different in Odyssey to as advertised and how they used to be.
Lighting being broken: see this thread or this thread
Combat music not working: Actually not one I'm aware of, or maybe I'm just used to it.
No new ships: self-evident.
Story: Highly subjective, but the way that the story is running on recycled assets instead of being dev-supported is a valid concern.
Performance down the toilet: Odyssey, even in equivalent situations to Horizons. Most of the threads going into this (example) are pretty old so may be outdated, but the fundamental issues are evidently still present. Here's another example.
The overall impression is that Frontier are not exactly on top of things.
Mostly pasta lol!
There has to be a "crème brulee" rank, although I imagine I misspelled that?!