The gameplay of Elite Dangerous is very well made, as doubtlessly just about everyone who plays it knows. However, while what there is is excellent, I feel there simply isn't enough variety in the in game world. The different planets and stars are fantastic to look at, but bear little to no effect on gameplay, outside of their size. Something I personally, and likely loads of other people have wanted to see in a game like this is varying flying conditions. We already have open flight, but I think it would be fantastic to see things like more technical close quarters flight, such as flying through an expansive cave. We already got a taste of this with landing in space stations, but now because of that taste I want to experience it on a real scale. Imagine flying through a derelict shell of an abandoned massive starship. I'm not talking about one of the already in game capitol ships here, I'm talking like a Death Star esque small moon, with loads of different barely big enough tunnels to fly though. Or how about breaking up the monotony of the planets and moons themselves? Have you ever seen a picture of a broken moon? Imagine flying through one of those, possibly being able to extract resources with mining equipment.
I love Elite Dangerous, it's easily one of my all time favorite games, and possibly even in my top three, but I feel it's gaping flaw is that there simply isn't enough variety to justify playing it for long periods of time. The planet landing DLC will hopefully get rid of some of this monotony, but until then I will have to satisfy my dreams of flying though the cracks in a planet's crust through my own imagination, which is easily distracted.
Look at this image. imagine seeing something like this in game.
http://img04.deviantart.net/5391/i/...dow_of_the_broken_moon_by_justv23-d4xqocq.jpg
(Credit to the image does to JustV23 it's artist. I wish I could draw that well.)
I know these features probably won't make it anywhere near the final game, but I'm such a big space nerd, and so passionate about stuff like this that I can't help but suggest them. Even if all I'm doing is shouting at a brick wall.
I love Elite Dangerous, it's easily one of my all time favorite games, and possibly even in my top three, but I feel it's gaping flaw is that there simply isn't enough variety to justify playing it for long periods of time. The planet landing DLC will hopefully get rid of some of this monotony, but until then I will have to satisfy my dreams of flying though the cracks in a planet's crust through my own imagination, which is easily distracted.
Look at this image. imagine seeing something like this in game.
http://img04.deviantart.net/5391/i/...dow_of_the_broken_moon_by_justv23-d4xqocq.jpg
(Credit to the image does to JustV23 it's artist. I wish I could draw that well.)
I know these features probably won't make it anywhere near the final game, but I'm such a big space nerd, and so passionate about stuff like this that I can't help but suggest them. Even if all I'm doing is shouting at a brick wall.