Oddly enough, that's one of the reasons given why planetary landings weren't in the initial release.
HIGHLY doubtful; source?
So, Elite: Dangerous? A few words if I may...
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HIGHLY doubtful; source?
Just try to fit planetary surfaces in 22 kilobytes.
Edit: just ignore me, I think I misunderstood the previous remark.
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There was an early interview with David Braben (I think) as to why planetary landings wouldn't be in the first release of E: D, given that Frontier had already pulled it off in both Frontier and First Encounters. The reason given was along the lines of "well we know we can do procedural worlds and terrain, but adding believable content to the terrain such as a large number of realistically sized cities, with different architectural types, to convey the feeling of being on a world with millions of inhabitants to the level expected by today's gamers is outside the scope of the initial release, as we need more time to do it justice". There was also talk of planetary landings being phased as well (i.e. airless moons, followed by outposts on atmosphere worlds would possibly come before landing on major inhabited worlds).
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I'll try to find the interview - but we are talking back sometime in 2013-ish.
*Edit* However, this quote from the Kickstarter FAQ has the same implication (IMHO), based on the question "Can I land on planets?":*Edit 2* See Reddit here - section 'On the planets' : http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDanger...future_of_elite_dangerous_planetary_landings/ which leads to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM0Gcl7iUM8&feature=youtu.be&t=1m16s - right from the man himself.
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Yep. I did mean E: D not the original '84 Elite.
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Troll thread?
Anyway, your argument for expecting 5 years worth of development to have been done in 2 appears to revolve around the fact that the year is 2015. Exactly, it's 2015. Have you seen the state of gaming lately? They release early and update often (at least at first). This game is definitely of it's time.
Anyway, your argument for expecting 5 years worth of development to have been done in 2 appears to revolve around the fact that the year is 2015. Exactly, it's 2015. Have you seen the state of gaming lately? They release early and update often (at least at first). This game is definitely of it's time.
Actually it's a perfectly valid "excuse" (personally, I'd call it a reason, but lets engage negative bias for a while hey...).
Just coz someone has made something in the past, doesn't mean someone can just instantly replicate it with a snap of a finger. Industries like housing, sure. And if you can, it's because all you've done is written a clone, and people will notice that (and shoot you down for it too)
Personally, show me an MMO that got it all right on day dot and you're statement may be remotely valid.