Seriously? ... Another "Why can't this be like that other game thread"??

Vorxian

Vorxian
deckroid said:
No, this game, at present, isn't (big gasp of air) EVE, Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, World of Warcraft (for market place I assume?), Kerbal Space Program, Freelancer, the entire X series, Limit Series, Space Engineers, Freespace 1 or 2, or any of the Star Craft games. And thank the lucky stars it's not. I like the originality of ED.
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You missed out Pulsar Lost Colony and Interstellar rift. :)

You're welcome!
 

afreeflyingsoul

afreeflyingsoul
deckroid said:
Please excuse me this pre-second cup of coffee rant.


Scrolling through my morning reading today I find not one, not two but THREE posts about how Elite Dangerous needs to be more like another game that the Thread Owner likes SO much. Really? Then GO. Load up that other game you like and play it. For the last two years these forums have seen some awesome posts ranging from How To's to serious debate over the existence of man in the universe at large. We have seen funny posts, screen shot posts (usually ending up as part of my ever growing wallpaper collection, thanks CMDR anikaiful for starting that monstrous thread that STILL isn't a Sticky) and GOODBYE posts. The one group of posts that I usually skip, but still occasionally read, are the whiny Why Can't This Game Be More Like Blah. I don't think I have ever wanted to shout at someone "Shut up and enjoy what you have" as much as when I read these dang things.

Short Answer: Because this isn't that game.

Shorter Answer: Cuz.

No, this game, at present, isn't (big gasp of air) EVE, Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, World of Warcraft (for market place I assume?), Kerbal Space Program, Freelancer, the entire X series, Limit Series, Space Engineers, Freespace 1 or 2, or any of the Star Craft games. And thank the lucky stars it's not. I like the originality of ED.

But I can understand why someone doesn't like it. I can understand why someone wants it to be like another game. I can. Somethings I do not like about ED. Somethings drive me nutso crazy. However, like the gambler who knew he was being swindled said... It's the only game in town. And to these people who constantly are complaining I say this: Go to Kickstarter and make a plea. Create a list of what you want your game to be, detail out what your expectations are and what goodies you will give out for the different levels of donations. Don't worry if you don't know how to code or create things as you can always hire that done with the money you raise. Do these things and get your game made. It worked before, it can work again.

Where did I put my coffee cup?
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Yeah, but why can't it be more like Rainbow Sexy: Seige?

That's really what this game needs.
 

Vorxian

Vorxian
PyrateLV said:
Elite Dangerous should ALWAYS strive to be its own individual game, but there is nothing wrong with implementing features that some other game has that would make this one better.
If it would work and fits in EDs specifications, I wouldnt care if they added something from EverQuest
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Exactly! Like in ship features, station features and legs of that from Pulsar Lost Colony and Interstellar rift!
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
No game is perfect, and that's fine.

I've not played a whole lot of space-based games - Wing Commander long ago, the Dead Space series, but those are more survival-horror/FPS, Mass Effect, which I loved, No Man's Sky, which I also enjoy, and of course Elite, which I can't seem to stop playing.

There are certain things I do like very much from each of these though, but I accept that each is their own thing too. Not that I wouldn't love to see the truly seamless transitions from station to space to planet surface that NMS does in Elite, and I'm more than certain the die-hard explorers would welcome the sort of level-of-detail that is possible in NMS (you can scan every rock, flower, fish, bug, bird, whatthehadesisthat?! you find), not to mention actually having things to find and tools for finding them (beacons, transmission towers, even locations provided by NPCs - even if it is all in a fairly simple manner).

Who can forget the rush of blowing up a capital ship in WC? Or air-dropping a MACO (think SRV) in ME? Not to mention the precision of combat and fully custom weapons in DS (I still love my Sniper Rifle/Shotgun combo from DS3).

I also accept that Elite is barely into puberty here, and changes are coming - systems will be fleshed out, refined and hairs will grow in strange places (around the mailslot please, so all those NPC's can find it? Sick of seeing them trying to mate with the front wall of the station and getting blown up all over my ship).

Today's word is Patience. It brings good things to those who have it.
 

Martian Successor

Martian Successor
What we really need is a fully armed and operational SRV patrol variant "cop car" from "the other game"

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Jim Chapman

Jim Chapman
I think Elite: Dangerous should consist of steering and rotating coloured blocks in various shapes, so that as they fall down to the bottom of the screen, they form complete layers of tiles, which then vanish, so adding to your score.
 

Junky Juke

Junky Juke
I like this kind of vent. Shows passion. And there is nothing bad to defend something we like a lot. If you look more closely to the features of this game, you will find a lot of little thiny bits that recall something from other videogames.
FD is trying to be original, unique as all the old series of Elite. They desire to conserve their own personality: to be Elite. But the developers of this game are well aware of the great features other games do have and I'm shure they are constantly looking for ideas from the World around them. So, ok OP I understend your passion, but listen to the guys saying there's no growth without looking at those who have more wisdom and experience in certain sectors of development.

If I was a FDev I would be very happy to have such a big cauldron full of opinions, statistics, comparisons..... polls! :O
 
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Punished Mobius

Punished Mobius
We like other aspects of other games and also like ED. And we would like to see the good aspects of other games become good aspects of ED as well. Is that so hard for you to grasp? If we wanted to play that other game we would. But we don't we want to see ED get better rather than fire up another game. **** us for caring I suppose.
 

afreeflyingsoul

afreeflyingsoul
deckroid said:
Please excuse me this pre-second cup of coffee rant.


Scrolling through my morning reading today I find not one, not two but THREE posts about how Elite Dangerous needs to be more like another game that the Thread Owner likes SO much. Really? Then GO. Load up that other game you like and play it. For the last two years these forums have seen some awesome posts ranging from How To's to serious debate over the existence of man in the universe at large. We have seen funny posts, screen shot posts (usually ending up as part of my ever growing wallpaper collection, thanks CMDR anikaiful for starting that monstrous thread that STILL isn't a Sticky) and GOODBYE posts. The one group of posts that I usually skip, but still occasionally read, are the whiny Why Can't This Game Be More Like Blah. I don't think I have ever wanted to shout at someone "Shut up and enjoy what you have" as much as when I read these dang things.

Short Answer: Because this isn't that game.

Shorter Answer: Cuz.

No, this game, at present, isn't (big gasp of air) EVE, Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, World of Warcraft (for market place I assume?), Kerbal Space Program, Freelancer, the entire X series, Limit Series, Space Engineers, Freespace 1 or 2, or any of the Star Craft games. And thank the lucky stars it's not. I like the originality of ED.

But I can understand why someone doesn't like it. I can understand why someone wants it to be like another game. I can. Somethings I do not like about ED. Somethings drive me nutso crazy. However, like the gambler who knew he was being swindled said... It's the only game in town. And to these people who constantly are complaining I say this: Go to Kickstarter and make a plea. Create a list of what you want your game to be, detail out what your expectations are and what goodies you will give out for the different levels of donations. Don't worry if you don't know how to code or create things as you can always hire that done with the money you raise. Do these things and get your game made. It worked before, it can work again.

Where did I put my coffee cup?
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You know what Elite needs: Minigames! Why can't elite be more like Final Fantasy 7!
 
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