Not me, since, as a backer for this game. I already own everything that is Elite Dangerous and Odyssey as well, but my support worker. Being the type of guy I am, with the mental condition I have. I need a support worker to come to my studio apartment and check in on me each day. They monitor me taking my BSC reading (Yes, I diabetic.) and my diabetic medications, help me clean my room, and then prompt me to take a shower. They also sit and talk to me, watch the television with me as I do, and most of the time, I am at my computer and this time, I was playing Elite Dangerous - Odyssey when the new support worker knocked my door whilst I was doing those passenger missions in my new Anaconda. He noticed the game and this was the first time he was even aware there was game like this. He was impressed and wanted to see more of this game. So, I did things , as I was doing, like using the Frame Shift Drive, Supercruise and then I showed him docking with a space station and landing on a landing pad. After requesting permission to land and then landing on worlds, disembarking from my ship. Telling him that atmospheric worlds was so far beyond the scope of this game at that this time......

Then I went into my room to dig out my boxed copy of the BBC Micro version of the original game still in it's box with all the documentation along with the same for the C64/C128 version of the game, and then Frontier: Elite two and told him this was origin of that game I'm playing right now and then I booted up one of the earlier version of the game and my computer is hooked up to the large wide screen television as well as it's monitor. So it's possible to run two games like this at once . The next day, I showed him the abandoned versions of Frontier two and three First Encounters. Which he thought was cool as well, but he's really impressed with Elite Dangerous Odyssey......

I also showed him Oolite and how he can download it for free and he did and played it a few times, but really needs to read the documentation more.....

I asked him today if he was going to buy Elite Dangerous (Including the other expansions that come with it....) and Odyssey and he said he is tempted. He also told me he was very used to building computers and has a set up with 8 cores and no hyper-threading. ( I only have four on mine , two of which I think is virtual.) So, he should have no problem running his game. In fact it should run beautifully on his......

How should I advise him?
 
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Refer him to the Steam reviews section, ignoring the shorter reviews (good or bad) and read the wordier ones, they tend to be pretty reflective of what EDO is like.

If I were you I wouldn't want to be responsible for any frustration (technical or otherwise) on his side, which may or may not happen.
 
Not me, since, as a backer for this game. I already own everything that is Elite Dangerous and Odyssey as well, but my support worker. Being the type of guy I am, with the mental condition I have. I need a support worker to come to my studio apartment and check in on me each day. They monitor me taking my BSC reading (Yes, I diabetic.) and my diabetic medications, help me clean my room, and then prompt me to take a shower. They also sit and talk to me, watch the television with me as I do, and most of the time, I am at my computer and this time, I was playing Elite Dangerous - Odyssey when the new support worker knocked my door whilst I was doing those passenger missions in my new Anaconda. He noticed the game and this was the first time he was even aware there was game like this. He was impressed and wanted to see more of this game. So, I did things , as I was doing, like using the Frame Shift Drive, Supercruise and then I showed him docking with a space station and landing on a landing pad. After requesting permission to land and then landing on worlds, disembarking from my ship. Telling him that atmospheric worlds was so far beyond the scope of this game at that this time......

Then I went into my room to dig out my boxed copy of the BBC Micro version of the original game still in it's box with all the documentation along with the same for the C64/C128 version of the game, and then Frontier: Elite two and told him this was origin of that game I'm playing right now and then I booted up one of the earlier version of the game and my computer is hooked up to the large wide screen television as well as it's monitor. So it's possible to run two games like this at once . The next day, I showed him the abandoned versions of Frontier two and three First Encounters. Which he thought was cool as well, but he's really impressed with Elite Dangerous Odyssey......

I also showed him Oolite and how he can download it for free and he did and played it a few times, but really needs to read the documentation more.....

I asked him today if he was going to buy Elite Dangerous (Including the other expansions that come with it....) and Odyssey and he said he is tempted. He also told me he was very used to building computers and has a set up with 8 cores and no hyper-threading. ( I only have four on mine , two of which I think is virtual.) So, he should have no problem running his game. In fact it should run beautifully on his......

How should I advise him?
It depends on what they were most interested in.

If they would be happy with Horizons - ship-based play - I'd say it's a safe bet.

If they are more interested in Odyssey and what it has to offer, make them aware of the current problems - mainly FPS and GPU getting cooked. Providing they have a good download connection, they could get it via Steam and if EDO is unplayable they can get a refund. Best option if they like EDO more is to wait until the next update lands and see how the FPS is doing; further, to wait until update 7. Time is on their side.

Be sure to post back and let us know how they get on!
 
Refer him to the Steam reviews section, ignoring the shorter reviews (good or bad) and read the wordier ones, they tend to be pretty reflective of what EDO is like.

If I were you I wouldn't want to be responsible for any frustration (technical or otherwise) on his side, which may or may not happen.
Well, he did say he was going to buy the game through Steam.
 
Tell him the truth. The performance makes it a dodgy proposition. That there isn't any story and he has to find his own entertainment. If he's fine with that it's a good experience.
I always have been, but I guess you mean telling the truth by telling him everything that could go wrong and right now, I haven't said anything more about it. They haven't either. Although it's hard to ignore when he see's that I'm still playing the game.
 
It depends on what they were most interested in.

If they would be happy with Horizons - ship-based play - I'd say it's a safe bet.

If they are more interested in Odyssey and what it has to offer, make them aware of the current problems - mainly FPS and GPU getting cooked. Providing they have a good download connection, they could get it via Steam and if EDO is unplayable they can get a refund. Best option if they like EDO more is to wait until the next update lands and see how the FPS is doing; further, to wait until update 7. Time is on their side.

Be sure to post back and let us know how they get on!
Yes, I made a point f telling him that now a lot of players have been aware of issues more with the Odyssey expansion than the original game it self. I mentioned the problem with the fame rate associated with it. Even though, I personally haven't had any bad issues with it. Aside from my slowed internet over the last week. It's since rolled over and now works like a charm.

I also showed him the wonders of Star Citizen and how it's still effected by noticeably slow frame rate upon starting the game that lasts for quite while as it loads in the bad ground. But he seemed very interested in that . There's a lot of need to tell him about that one as well. For the moment, I just kept telling him it's very impressive tech demo, and not a game yet. For all it's marvels, it's still very much bugged.

Then he tells me his suffers from carpal tunnel, but not from playing a lot of video games, but from formerly working as a chef and having to do a lot of chopping. This will surely effect how many hours in can put into either game....
 
Then he tells me his suffers from carpal tunnel, but not from playing a lot of video games, but from formerly working as a chef and having to do a lot of chopping. This will surely effect how many hours in can put into either game....
 
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Not me, since, as a backer for this game. I already own everything that is Elite Dangerous and Odyssey as well, but my support worker. Being the type of guy I am, with the mental condition I have. I need a support worker to come to my studio apartment and check in on me each day. They monitor me taking my BSC reading (Yes, I diabetic.) and my diabetic medications, help me clean my room, and then prompt me to take a shower. They also sit and talk to me, watch the television with me as I do, and most of the time, I am at my computer and this time, I was playing Elite Dangerous - Odyssey when the new support worker knocked my door whilst I was doing those passenger missions in my new Anaconda. He noticed the game and this was the first time he was even aware there was game like this. He was impressed and wanted to see more of this game. So, I did things , as I was doing, like using the Frame Shift Drive, Supercruise and then I showed him docking with a space station and landing on a landing pad. After requesting permission to land and then landing on worlds, disembarking from my ship. Telling him that atmospheric worlds was so far beyond the scope of this game at that this time......

Then I went into my room to dig out my boxed copy of the BBC Micro version of the original game still in it's box with all the documentation along with the same for the C64/C128 version of the game, and then Frontier: Elite two and told him this was origin of that game I'm playing right now and then I booted up one of the earlier version of the game and my computer is hooked up to the large wide screen television as well as it's monitor. So it's possible to run two games like this at once . The next day, I showed him the abandoned versions of Frontier two and three First Encounters. Which he thought was cool as well, but he's really impressed with Elite Dangerous Odyssey......

I also showed him Oolite and how he can download it for free and he did and played it a few times, but really needs to read the documentation more.....

I asked him today if he was going to buy Elite Dangerous (Including the other expansions that come with it....) and Odyssey and he said he is tempted. He also told me he was very used to building computers and has a set up with 8 cores and no hyper-threading. ( I only have four on mine , two of which I think is virtual.) So, he should have no problem running his game. In fact it should run beautifully on his......

How should I advise him?
Buy him a copy as he sounds like a decent bloke and have a go at playing in private group together.
If you both enjoy playing together it might be worth encouraging him to buy horizons.
If he's not keen, it's only £30 and you might find a different game to play together.

Ultimately you've found a support worker who has similar interests to you which is great! Even if you don't enjoy the same games you can at least enjoy chatting about gaming.
 
My opinion: It runs like a three legged dog, and is barely in alpha state (even though it's stated it's a beta product).
 
Odyssey isn't perfect far from it.
It's got alot better since rollout that's for sure.
And it can only get better? Glass half full....
Not a white Knight but doom isnt the new meta hehe.
 
How should I advise him?
Buy it on Steam and give it a go, if it's not their thing then there is always the refund. Offer to help get them settled in the game and see how it goes. I'm not saying that the investment is negligable but it's not like buying a car or a house or anything like some act like it is here.
 
Odyssey isn't perfect far from it.
It's got alot better since rollout that's for sure.
And it can only get better? Glass half full....
Not a white Knight but doom isnt the new meta hehe.
Let me fix that for you:

Odyssey isn't perfect, far from it.
It's got alot better since rollout that's for sure and it still has a long way to go before it gets close to perfect.
And it can only get better? Looking at the past, don't hold your breath.

The base game/horizons: yep, good game.
Odyssey: Nope. use that drive space for something else.
 
I get it. The concept they ran with namely a fps shooter, wasn't in keeping with elite lore.
Boots on the ground we wanted. Just not jack boots..
So we got a shooter. And it's hard, really hard, to unlock latest engineers, cos some of the mats needed are borked.
And some planets look dodgy.
And it's as black as pitch out there in the ironically nicknamed "Black".
All the on foot missions involve killing and robbing. Very little legit missions.
Can't find disable or restore power missions again unless you know the criteria for finding them in the galmap.
Pvp is borked.
Theres more bugs now than there was in horizons.
True.... all of it.
Don't stop me playing it though. Have not touched horizons since.
Could have been alot better yup totally agree.

o7
 
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