To be fair, most of the visually impressive PS4 games are PS4 exclusive or ported to PC, not the other way around like it is with Elite.You and I think alike! There are plenty of games that push the PS4 with amazing graphics and technical gameplay. Unfortunately ED isn't one of them. Don't get me wrong, ED does some amazing things that are cutting-edge IMO (mostly involving the Stellar Forge), but it falls far short (visually) of many of the other games I play on PS4.
I don't think it makes much sense to judge a new game based on the standards of a by-gone era.
Someone posted the following in another thread of mine (abbreviated):
This, along with various other threads and photos from the meet-ups make me wonder if we are all "Old Ducks" playing this game. Ironically I'm actually relatively young compared to many in this forum. My "Old Duck" PSN name was in relation to the average demographic on the Playstation - so when I'm playing Overwatch or Fortnite, the "Old Duck" is very fitting (and earns me some good laughs), whereas I'm beginning to think that I'm a "Young Rooster" when it comes to Elite Dangerous.
I do find the "ED on PS4 is better than Elite on Commodore 64, so what's all the fuss about bugs and graphics?" mentality to be a bit frustrating. If ED is played mostly by a bunch of old guys happy it's better than the C64, then it probably will never rise to the expectations of this "Young Rooster". After all, the original Elite had flickering graphics, so why complain about the terrible flickering shadows on PS4?
And if you are young, young enough not to have played the original Elite games, I'm curious - what draws you to Elite Dangerous? This is a sincere question, as I think many of us older folk (I am old enough to have played Elite on C64 as a kid) play at least partially out of nostalgia.
But on the other hand, ED was visually impressive when it first released on PS4 (except for the beige plague, but that's not a console thing). It was no Horizon Zero Dawn, but it was good enough for me. Remember, I'm not as fussy as people think, hence why I play on a Slim instead of the Pro. The broken shadow issue is a bug acknowledged by Frontier, one that's never been fixed despite their attempts.To be fair, most of the visually impressive PS4 games are PS4 exclusive or ported to PC, not the other way around like it is with Elite.
This engine allows the game teams to develop and debug their titles primarily on PC, without the need to concern themselves with the technical details of the individual target platforms unless necessary. It also makes for clean, structured code where the game logic only needs one set of verification at the beta stage of the project, greatly reducing the amount of testing time required for additional platform versions of a game.
and ladies!It's a past-time for the older gentleman.
and I was still (just) in my 50s!Dammit, when I voted on that I was in my 30s...
There are now ways to play even if you can't sit in a chair and can't operate a mouse and keyboard. By the time you're at that point hopefully we can just plug ourselves straight into the game matrix-styleI actually have something to look forward to in retirement. As long as I can sit in the chair, operate a mouse and keyboard and see the screen, elite dangerous is my retirement plan..
and ladies!
and I was still (just) in my 50s!