Love for Elite

Humbo

Humbo
I've played Elite since 1984 and it has always been the most important video game to me. In many ways it changed the meaning of what a video game could be.
Elite dangerous, being the latest incarnation has again captured that feeling I had playing the original with added aspects seen in frontier and FFE.
When I saw the kickstarter I was instantly on board and have never looked back, sinking hundreds of hours in the game.
Each time I play ED I sit there for a few moments looking around the environment - spaceport, planetary surface, deep space and imagine what I would have made of this 20 years ago. I just feel so lucky to be able to play what for so long was just a distant daydream.
For me the greatest joy is the simple moment to moment experiences in Elite, I try not to get too focused on any one aspect of the game and have never considered gameplay to be a "grind" as I just play the game as it emerges. I don't worry about credits, rankings,engineer mods or reputation - I generally play in smaller ships (viper III, eagle, Keelback, Cobra, Asp) and continually try out different things in the game.
I am constantly stunned by the beauty of the game, the vastness of space, the ships, the sounds and music.
I love to watch videos from other players like Obsidian Ant, Kerrash, Josh Hawkins, Shabooka, Isinona (probably the closest to my play style) .
I also love watching the live streams from frontier seeing the passion from the community.
Elite Dangerous and its community has turned gaming from something I do to something I belong to.

Much love to all the hardworking people at Frontier for bringing this into my life and also the community in general for their passion, imagination and humour.
Thank You!
Commander Humbo
 

c00ky1970

c00ky1970
I too played original Elite in 84 but didnt get to experience any further ierations until now. And I have to say its great, it still needs buffing, but teh brilliant thing is that the game is being buffed!

Well Done FDev!

All we need now to make the game perfect are space whales! ;)
 

Humbo

Humbo
c00ky1970 said:
I too played original Elite in 84 but didnt get to experience any further ierations until now. And I have to say its great, it still needs buffing, but teh brilliant thing is that the game is being buffed!

Well Done FDev!

All we need now to make the game perfect are space whales! ;)
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Thanks Cooky1970
Well we have a space cow! ;)
Didn't they have space whales in star glider 2?
#EDIT - yes they did:

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Dutchman141

Dutchman141
I agree wholeheartedly with you Humbo.
I'm an old 1984 player too and enjoy ED in exactly the same way as you with the only difference that I like big ships.
When I heard that ED was in the make I was incredibly excited, I was bummed out too because I just switched to Xbox 360 gameplay.
I just couldn't bring myself to upgrade my gaming pc every other year anymore.

The hype was real when I heard that ED would be released for the Xbox One too.
The day ED came to Xb1 in GPP was the day I bought the Xbox One.
I've played about every Elite inspired game but none of them comes even close to Elite's new iteration Elite Dangerous.

Sometimes I try another game and some are realy fun too but after a while I just have to go back to ED, it's the game I've hoped for since the original back in 84 and the only game I realy care for.
Unlike some here on the forum I think Elite is fantastic and it gets better with every update.
Not everything in every update is my cup of tea and I'm not blind for the things that need some fixing or tweaking but those are a huge minority compared to all that I do like, immensely I might add.

o7
 

nanite2000

nanite2000
Right on, Commander!

To me, this game is the closest I will ever get to leaving planet Earth and seeing the Galaxy. Who cares if it's not 100% perfect? I embrace those imperfections and idiosyncrasies, and treat them as a reminder to stay grounded in reality.

I genuinely believe FDev feel the same way about how they approach development of the game.
 

V'larr

V'larr
I admit, I'm that guy who came into the thread expecting a big "but" followed by a personalized set of complaints and a "I'm leaving, at least for now" at the end.

Happy to be disappointed, in this case!
 

Cubed

Cubed
I'm there with you too. Elite Dangerous is the game I imagined playing when I was playing the original elite all those years ago. I've been playing since premium beta and I although I only have a Python, a Vulture and 250M in the bank, I always look forward to my next session. I'm not one for trading or grinding my way through the ranks, I have no end game ship, I just launch and see where I end up. I loved the game in beta, even though there was only 5 systems to explore, the game has come a long, long way since then and I'm looking forward to see what is still to come.

I have spent hundreds because of the game over the last couple of years, including TrackIR, HOTAS and VR. No other game has immersed me as much as this, my tired old mind has long since lost the ability to fill in the gaps like with the original and I'm thankful for the art and sound department for helping make ED look and sound the way it does. I always take time to admire the views and the sounds whenever I play and still the game manages to surprise me. For instance;

Just the other day I was bounty hunting it a HazRes and an Anaconda with a nice bounty caught my eye, mostly because of the name, it was the name of a friend I used to work with years ago. Anyway, I sent him a message and it turns out he was a kickstarter backer and he named a NPC after himself.

I still claimed the bounty.
 

Madrax573

Madrax573
So many old games get a remake or 'update' and they really lose their flavour.

For me Elite Dangerous and the newer X-com game still capture the feel and flavour of the originals and have actually been able to put into the environments (GFX, sounds etc) what our imaginations used to have to do.

Still loving just flying/driving around and doing whatever I feel like after a good year and a bit!
 

Octanoz

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I played one of the earlier games as well. (Don't ask me which I was very, very young). Very much enjoying this one.

I got such a big smile on my face when I horribly overshot my first station approach just like I used to do in the old game!
 

Zeeman

Zeeman
V'larr said:
I admit, I'm that guy who came into the thread expecting a big "but" followed by a personalized set of complaints and a "I'm leaving, at least for now" at the end.

Happy to be disappointed, in this case!
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ED is full of bugs and flawed logic...

BUT...

It's still an fantastic game!

Z...
 

Humbo

Humbo
V'larr said:
I admit, I'm that guy who came into the thread expecting a big "but" followed by a personalized set of complaints and a "I'm leaving, at least for now" at the end.

Happy to be disappointed, in this case!
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Its true I don't have a big butt, I thank a low calorie diet! ;)

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Zeeman said:
ED is full of bugs and flawed logic...

BUT...

It's still an fantastic game!

Z...
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Why yes, your but does look big in this post.
OK enough of the butt jokes, thanks to all for your comments - I don't post often so its nice to see others feeling the way I do! :)
 
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IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
You'll get no argument from me, though in 1984 I was doing very little gaming on PC.
I spent most of my time either with a rifle in my hand, studying and practicing martial arts, or swimming.

I'd not even heard of Elite until last year, and my first glance at it was pre-Horizons. A space-game, but you can't land on planets? I gave it pass.
Then in July, while waiting for No Man's Sky to release, I was looking for something to do, and lo, Horizons had dropped, and I could get a nice bundle that included the base game, Horizons, a couple paint jobs for ships I haven't flown in months, and here I was.

Then No Man's Sky released, and I still go back and forth between the two. What one doesn't have, the other does.
 

AgamemnonWhen

AgamemnonWhen
Repped, so true, OP.

1000s of hours in, and I still keep finding things that make me go "oooh". My 13-year-old self would be having a total geek-spasm if he could see how far we've come since the BBC(B)/Spectrum days of my youth!

For all it's faults (and to be fair, I don't have much beef with many of them), Elite: Dangerous is astonishing. Kids today, first world problems, etc. etc.
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Humbo said:
I've played Elite since 1984 and it has always been the most important video game to me. In many ways it changed the meaning of what a video game could be.
Elite dangerous, being the latest incarnation has again captured that feeling I had playing the original with added aspects seen in frontier and FFE.
When I saw the kickstarter I was instantly on board and have never looked back, sinking hundreds of hours in the game.
Each time I play ED I sit there for a few moments looking around the environment - spaceport, planetary surface, deep space and imagine what I would have made of this 20 years ago. I just feel so lucky to be able to play what for so long was just a distant daydream.
For me the greatest joy is the simple moment to moment experiences in Elite, I try not to get too focused on any one aspect of the game and have never considered gameplay to be a "grind" as I just play the game as it emerges. I don't worry about credits, rankings,engineer mods or reputation - I generally play in smaller ships (viper III, eagle, Keelback, Cobra, Asp) and continually try out different things in the game.
I am constantly stunned by the beauty of the game, the vastness of space, the ships, the sounds and music.
I love to watch videos from other players like Obsidian Ant, Kerrash, Josh Hawkins, Shabooka, Isinona (probably the closest to my play style) .
I also love watching the live streams from frontier seeing the passion from the community.
Elite Dangerous and its community has turned gaming from something I do to something I belong to.

Much love to all the hardworking people at Frontier for bringing this into my life and also the community in general for their passion, imagination and humour.
Thank You!
Commander Humbo
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Could not have put it better myself, I agree with every single damn word you've written there. Honestly, if I could go back in time and show this game to my '84 self he just would not have believed that such a thing would EVER be possible.

Incidentally, just yesterday I discovered a new video maker who's stuff you might enjoy. Like Isionona he's a skilled pilot who uses text to tell a story. It's a different style, faster paced, more humour and his video editing Kung Fu is very powerful indeed!

https://youtu.be/j_NfecmvVNM?list=PLZxt9LP7bkw4B1pN_Q-i3_R15Z6-QlCR-

P.S. did you see that Isinona resurfaced recently?

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/337516-FYI-Isinona

P.P.S. feel free to send me an in-game friend request, sounds like out playstyles are similar and I'm always looking for new things to do!

P.P.P.S. click my sig for more stuff that I like
 
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