I had my first days and nights with Elite in 84.. and as a 15 year old teen, ran into huge fights with my dad. But Elite gave me the space bug.. hand me a ship and I would most likely never come back.
I got Elite Dangerous, when it got launched.. the first look and feel was just great.. and short after my Python I got bored.. lack of content.. not that the 84 version had more (I think I looked for that constrictor for a good 6 months jumping from system to system over all galaxies). So I decided to give it a break and come back later to have a look. Took a bit till I got Horizons.. Yuck, what a mistake..
I personal don't need to drive around on planets, if I want to drive, I start iRacing. They added more resource grinding by adding planets.. great!
When I found out, that there were no Targoids in Elite Dangerous, I had my first big WHAT! moment.. Next of those I had in Horizons blown into my face in one day. First I had when I suddenly had cockpit modes.. the next moment wasn't far away.. why on earth do I need a angle to enter the atmosphere?? I can park beside a sun to fuel up, but I can't take the entry heat? So my spaceship turned into a space shuttle suddenly. And right after... it turned into a very slow commercial airliner... 770km to target, 42 minutes, Concord would have left me in the dust.. yeah, that is about what you can do in a 380 on Microsoft Flight Simulator. Hello?!?
When I was hoping for more content, wasn't for more grinding or nonsense.. Galaxy Drive is at least still outstanding... People can build their on stations like in the X series, with protection and patrols.. there would have been so many more things to do, before those stupid planet landings.. is like in Star Citizen.. they offer a space flyer and need to add a first person shooter (at least I got the over 1k$ back when I wrote in 2016, nothing will happen till 2022, is just to long, want my money back.. and had it a few days later in my Paypal).
I am 1 rank before Elite in Trader, I think 2 away for Explorer and somewhere mid range in Combat.. was just a mess with Bounty Hunting at the time when I stopped Dangerous, scratch one friendly and have to leave the area. So I played my fair share and gave it a fair chance.. but Horizon feels very much rushed and best word is "messy".. perhaps thanks to the console platforms. The first day a commercial airliner brings cockpit modes.. I play Elite Horizons again... so lets face it.. my time is over in this game,took Horizons 2 days. Bummer.. good memories.. Still have the original booklet of the 84 game, is the only manual of a old game I ever kept.
Lets see.. I might keep Dangerous on my drive, but Horizons is not for me.. that I know for sure, ruins my game experience and feel.
Wish you all happy grinding...
