State of the Game

I saw a saw in Arkansas that can out saw any saw you ever saw.

If you see a saw that can out saw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw.
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Is it a good time to pick up Odyssey, or does it need a lil longer to settle?

(giving the alterantive view to Darth, who I'm not even sure has tried the exxpansion for himself)

If you're not into combat I'm sure you know - in space - there are times when it's shields up and run away, rather than fight and die and it's similar with EDO. Apart from the planet tech (which is very much better imho - saw a snow field yesterday to die for) like all good diplomacy, if you draw a gun that only means you failed. And there are several missions that might require you to be stealthy but don't include combat. (Even for me combat can be fun if it's contextualised and not constant. It isn't.)

Searching for bacteria and other lifeforms is also fun imo (especially when there are multiple forms to sort out from each other) and a much better reason for explorers to set down on far distant planets than 'yet another' cache of taifette 100 yards from the last one. The worst possible case is you might need to dial resolution back a notch on your machine but I'm playing all high settings, planet materials on ultra on a laptop. i7 but still a laptop and able to do all the things above.


Talking of lifeforms. Here's a pic of two cats during the late Devonian period, about 320 million years before cats ...

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(giving the alterantive view to Darth, who I'm not even sure has tried the exxpansion for himself)

If you're not into combat I'm sure you know - in space - there are times when it's shields up and run away, rather than fight and die and it's similar with EDO. Apart from the planet tech (which is very much better imho - saw a snow field yesterday to die for) like all good diplomacy, if you draw a gun that only means you failed. And there are several missions that might require you to be stealthy but don't include combat. (Even for me combat can be fun if it's contextualised and not constant. It isn't.)

Searching for bacteria and other lifeforms is also fun imo (especially when there are multiple forms to sort out from each other) and a much better reason for explorers to set down on far distant planets than 'yet another' cache of taifette 100 yards from the last one. The worst possible case is you might need to dial resolution back a notch on your machine but I'm playing all high settings, planet materials on ultra on a laptop. i7 but still a laptop and able to do all the things above.


Talking of lifeforms. Here's a pic of two cats during the late Devonian period, about 320 million years before cats ...

shutterstock-696793927.jpg

an alternative to winter's alternative, (who I'm not sure has had sufficient sleep and is probably hallucinating the idea that looking at plants is worth 40 usd)

Odyssey is about 25-30 usd too expensive for anyone who wasn't really looking to play a wierd fps game but purchased elite instead and now finally has their chance.

or your idea of playing the game is screenshots.

give it 2 more months and it might be worth the money for other players
 
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NMS just didn't appeal with the cartoony graphics, whereas I always found EDH visually bang on for my taste - but it does sound like NMS has undergone a revolution of improvement, and I think now fully VR compatible so maybe it's time to give it a try whilst I wait for Odissee (sorry, couldn't help it... 🤣) to be sorted out.

I just love the gritty 'realism' of EDH though...
You'll love the gritty realism of NMS with its' flying pets, talking cucumbers, and fully emulated planetary scale weather (I may be lying about some of this).
I bought NMS when it came out, and keep updating it, but I must confess that after about 20 mins of it, I get bored.

I've never got the 'thrill' behind base building, it does nothing for me, it's a shame I can't get into it, but hey hum.
I like the 1970s rock album art style - but the rest of it just feels like a mobile phone / arcade game to me (no depth) - which is a shame, as I want to like it.

They certainly are busy adding new stuff to it all the time, which is impressive.

Not really sure where this post is going, so will stop here - t'ra

EDIT: link for 70s album cover / NMS inspiration (I suspect) : https://www.rogerdean.com
 
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hallucinating the idea that looking at plants is worth 40 usd

Well .. NASA just spent $2.7bn sending Perserverance to Mars looking for signs of just that?

You might think that's a waste of money too. And if you're not an explorer, maybe logging plants not your thing. But you have combat around bases, @Nekozji said he isn't into that. I'm saying it's fun, especially bacteria colonies for me.

Not for us to say, what's worth what to whom though. That's up to them, don't you think.
 
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(giving the alterantive view to Darth, who I'm not even sure has tried the exxpansion for himself)

If you're not into combat I'm sure you know - in space - there are times when it's shields up and run away, rather than fight and die and it's similar with EDO. Apart from the planet tech (which is very much better imho - saw a snow field yesterday to die for) like all good diplomacy, if you draw a gun that only means you failed. And there are several missions that might require you to be stealthy but don't include combat. (Even for me combat can be fun if it's contextualised and not constant. It isn't.)

Searching for bacteria and other lifeforms is also fun imo (especially when there are multiple forms to sort out from each other) and a much better reason for explorers to set down on far distant planets than 'yet another' cache of taifette 100 yards from the last one. The worst possible case is you might need to dial resolution back a notch on your machine but I'm playing all high settings, planet materials on ultra on a laptop. i7 but still a laptop and able to do all the things above.


Talking of lifeforms. Here's a pic of two cats during the late Devonian period, about 320 million years before cats ...

shutterstock-696793927.jpg
Awwwwww.... just look at the little critters... just hangin' out, waiting to evolve fur....
 
I like the 1970s rock album art style - but the rest of it just feels like a mobile phone / arcade game to me (no depth) - which is a shame, as I want to like it.
Some of the graphics of NMS reminds me of 60th SciFi stuff, but it is not 100% right, its like they tried and added too much color. The NASA nailed it with some of their Galaxy of Horrors posters https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/galaxy-of-horrors/
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Well .. NASA just spent $2.7bn sending Perserverance to Mars looking for signs of just that?

i didn't realize nasa was a game

You might think that's a waste of money too. And if you're not an explorer, maybe logging plants not your thing. But you have combat around bases, @Nekozji said he isn't into that. I'm saying it's fun, especially bacteria colonies for me.

the dude said he wasn't into combat but your response is suggesting something based around combat... not sure if you're not listening to him or just think you'll convince them that they were wrong to not like elite's brand of fps combat.

looking at plants is not something someone sane would pay 40 bucks to do as an addon to the exciting world of elite exploration that currently exists and is possible with what they already have

Not for us to say, what's worth what to whom though. That's up to them, don't you think.

that's exactly what someone who is asking what they should do wants. someone to make the decision for them. if they wanted to make up their own mind they wouldn't be asking.
 
Good morning Thread.
It's another much-too-hot day with barely breathable air and not enough sleep.
Coffee supply is steady, booting sequence initiated. Brain in the process of powering up. Efficiency at approx 40%.
40% is good, can you maintain that all day?

It's a nice steady 24 degrees in my office today - I'm off work, the sun is out, and I can go for a nice long walk to the garden centre. -
The excitement / fast pace action in my life never stops - not sure how I keep up with it :)
 
40% is good, can you maintain that all day?

It's a nice steady 24 degrees in my office today - I'm off work, the sun is out, and I can go for a nice long walk to the garden centre. -
The excitement / fast pace action in my life never stops - not sure how I keep up with it :)
I'm expecting efficiency to stay within 20% and 50% mostly.
I want Summer to be over. The yellow face is burning me.
 
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