I agree with everything in this thread. The sheer size of the galaxy and the planets we can explore are enough to get me hooked for a lifetime. Anything else is a nice bonus.
The only thing I have a gripe with (in the third post of this thread and elsewhere) is the notion that this game is supposed to run for ten years.
Ten years is not the perceived or planned lifetime of this game. It's the duration for which the game is envisioned to be in active development.
If that is realized and this game someday truly becomes something built for ten years, it's total lifetime will easily surpass twenty.
Eve online has left behind 12 years. It doesn't seem like stopping any time soon too. I expect nothing less from Elite: Dangerous.
The only thing I have a gripe with (in the third post of this thread and elsewhere) is the notion that this game is supposed to run for ten years.
Ten years is not the perceived or planned lifetime of this game. It's the duration for which the game is envisioned to be in active development.
If that is realized and this game someday truly becomes something built for ten years, it's total lifetime will easily surpass twenty.
Eve online has left behind 12 years. It doesn't seem like stopping any time soon too. I expect nothing less from Elite: Dangerous.