Polygon and Twinfinite interviews - more Odyssey details, unknowns, and Walking-In-Ships not at launch
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What it’s like to map a galaxy in Elite: Dangerous
Real explorers making their mark on virtual worldswww.polygon.com
It usually makes sense to actually expand the strongest suit of a given system precisely to maximise its competitive advantage and differentiating selling point.
Yes, it would make sense to expand the strongest suit by implementing a refined atmospheric flight model, expand on things to find instead of the current stupid minigame, and finally build upon the excellent spaceship experience of the game. Surely you wouldn't add FPS...
Viajero
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Re explo i don’t know about you but i think that new planetary tech looks gorgeous!
As for first person... gimme!
Shame for VR tho... I guess we can’t have it all...
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Well know you know. 9 years now for me.
New features either earn you a fortune (mining changes) or are utter grind fests (material gathering)
Could go either way.
I'll wait until it's out.
My attention is already divided enough: I got a refer on my first nursing exam so need to work harder
It will be like the previous updates. Deliver in a hurry, without much content and variety. And full of new bugs of course.
working on other games. lol
I want a space Sim more Battlefield than Fortnight. Interiors and see my foot touch the ground. 2022 we can take our helmets off.
Bare minimum, without clouds and weather effects of the surface. I think we can agree that after all these years FDev could have gone way further.
My point was that FDev has done the opposite what you said - instead of building on what made this game special, the ships, the flight and the sights most effort has been sunk into... a thin layer of FPS.
Yeah. Players of other sims want their core gameplay improve, their planes fly more realistic, their cars feel more in depth, and not interested in commuting through the airport or putting their racing overalls on. Space sim fans however, want everything - and will get nothing as this project starts to look like SC.
Viajero
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I disagree, the new planetary tech we saw today actually expands one of Elite s strongest suits and main selling/differentiating points which is (imo) the 1:1 galaxy, science based stellar forge related exploration elements. The fact it has been shown as the first dev diary further reinforces the point.
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J/k. We've been around here awhile and I'd like to think we're good enough forum friends to disagree amicably.
Indeed, although I still can't get used to you not having the mod hat on lol.
From fdev CMs in private chat today, apparently. See chat in
at 01:33:43. We don't know WHAT in the Polygon article is incorrect, at the moment.
And they always forget to add the gameplay to the game also. We have a really good 1:1 empty "sandbox" to
this wont be out in 2021...and if it is, it will be bare bones basic.
Viajero
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What it’s like to map a galaxy in Elite: Dangerous
Real explorers making their mark on virtual worlds
www.polygon.com
i really doubt all the planning, coordination and actual execution of DW2 for example was simply “screenshots”. Those are just a nice by product of the actual exploration gameplay.
OH!, sure you mean pressing 1 button for 100 hours, THATS GAMEPLAY!.What it’s like to map a galaxy in Elite: Dangerous
Real explorers making their mark on virtual worlds
i really doubt all the planning, coordination and actual execution of DW2 for example was simply “screenshots”. Those are just a nice by product of the actual exploration gameplay.