Sales wise
I do apologize, I couldn't help myself
Lunar Year Sale - what a joke!
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imagine saying a game is not worth more than 5$.
then being upset that it costs more than that, because you actually DO want to get the game.
can someone explain the logic behind all of this?
if the game is worth only 5$ to you, that money is better spend everywhere else.
if you want the game, it is worth more than the price you ask for.
but congratulations, not many people manage to contradict themself with that few words
then being upset that it costs more than that, because you actually DO want to get the game.
can someone explain the logic behind all of this?
if the game is worth only 5$ to you, that money is better spend everywhere else.
if you want the game, it is worth more than the price you ask for.
but congratulations, not many people manage to contradict themself with that few words
I've got this bridge I'd like to sell you.
Unless, of course, you happen to be a console player.
Aren't Frontier suppose to be restarting the console port when they consider Windows Odyssey to be stable?
Would the OP go to a car dealer, and complain that the newest model only has 20% off, but the 6year old one has 80% off.
Simplistic, but it's the same thing.
Simplistic, but it's the same thing.
I respect your experiences but it was a terrible launch and hasn't really seemed to come that far despite ten patches. I'm just dipping back in after a six month break and I feel like nothing has changed.
Good job nobody is going to force you to either buy or play it then, isn't it?
Odd that the majority of my in-game friends are now pretty much playing EDO exclusively, they couldn't possibly be having fun, could they?
Was it made by Apple, or Commodore?
Yeah Ill bite. Imagine selling a product under the illusion its a finished product and its ready to go. You buy the product and it actually regresses your experience compared to the product before it you really liked and were looking forward to expanding on. Ten months later many of the problems that were there at the launch are still in the product despite promises and apologies and vows to fix everything. The company lied, and it seems they cant even polish their product to a finished level. That is why Odyssey is worth five dollars.
Elite is wonderful, Horizons although it took time was pretty sweet in the end. The development time and price that was paid for Odyssey seems like such an utter waste to me. This is obviously one pilots opinion but after a week most of the stuff it brings to the table got old and are things to avoid. I literally play Odyssey like I did Horizons and I appreciate some of the new tiny touches but theres still some glaring problems with lighting and effects and I am disappointed with the planet gen. The amount of pop in and terrain morphing when approaching them is ridiculous. You see the situation from super cruise and aim for an area that maybe looks interesting and by the time you get to it the terrain has morphed and reloaded 3 or 4 times that by the time you get to what you saw it doesn't even look like the same thing. What you thought were mountains turn into tiny hills. What you thought were deep valleys turn into creek beds.
It seemed like for example in Horizons on planets (Just making up figures) say they went from -2000 (Fissures / Valleys etc) to 0 (Sea Level) to 2000 (Dramatic Mountains), it feels like Odyssey planets go from like -250 to +250. Yeah having some light in the sky is very nice and the novelty of getting out of the ship onto legs is cool but I just think of all the time and effort for what we got and it leaves a bad taste. Yeah I think five dollars is about right.
Funny 99% of my friends list hasn't been on in months. I think everyone is taking your advice. When I want to play spaceships I play Elite. It has no peer in my opinion. But the years of content drought for some bad mini games with poor performance and planet regression just aren't enough to keep me here. Yeah I have to come back occasionally for my fix, but when I see barely any progress and a bunch of lip service of course there's zero faith in the company to push boundary's and lay better expectations.
People wanted next level and they got half baked crap. Dr. Kay Ross is gone, I have a feeling either bailed or was asked to leave. Something definitely went wrong in Odyssey and people weren't happy. Would love to have been a fly on that wall.
Elite can still give what it gives, but what was sold almost a year ago isn't a finished product. Luckily it can still be enjoyed without being forced into anything that is new which I do appreciate.
I think its okay to not be happy with lies and a crappy product. People here forget that, if you want to love it and defend it that's great for you. I get it, I was in a phase like that myself years ago when I thought Frontier was the greatest thing since sliced bread and I had faith. The company's ethics and capability have been a big turn off however.
I think five bucks is fair. If Braben wants to send me back the remainder of what I paid Ill take it.
I really want Braben to turn off Elite and release the code like he said he would so the excellent and passionate community can fix the game and start producing content that is actually needed.
I tried that the last time I went to a car dealer. No matter how often I shouted that the new car is crap and poorly reviewed I still didn't get a discount.
Then EDO obviously is not for you, OP, at any price. I recommend coming back next year and see how discounts progress over time. At one point in the future, 80% is definitely realistic and it will have way less issues too. In the meantime, I play EDO exclusively, in VR, and already got way more out of it than from many other games for my 40 Alpha bucks. YMMV.
O7,
O7,
Don't forget to add the cost of the video card, so you can play normally. This price depends on the region where you live and the brazenness of the sellers in your area (1-2k$)
I can't think of anything worse.
Take it or leave it - that's the deal
And they do need a lot of cash to recover from the failed EDO launch.
I mean low sales and 7+ months of extra dev work to improve EDO must cost FD a lot of money
However, I dont feel sorry for pre-ordering EDO, twice.
Simply because i dont really want to see Elite being shut down - as it happens with online games that cannot recover their operational costs.
(even tho this might look like i'm encouraging sloppy works - my review on steam is still negative for EDO)
Edit: forgot to add.
I definitely enjoyed EDO since launch - despite the performance and the bugs.
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i don´t need to imagine that, because that is basically how i feel regarding odyssey.
i´m utterly disappointed with what we got, and not at all impressed with the progress, either.
most of that should have been done before they release.
plain spoken, i expected better from frontier. that trust is irretrievably gone now.
in the end, i got many hours of entertainment for around 100€
if it gets better, i´m sure i will have many more
you could say i´m at the acceptance stage of griev now.
What I'd really like to see is a sale at the Frontier Store... Then I might be tempted to get another copy of EDO for one of my Alt Commanders...
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