At $4 you’re not making a big investment, so why not just try it yourself and see?
Thinking of buying the game
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The cynic in me suspects it was a new account created to promote the Stop Killing Games campaign.
I remember seeing an interview with the great Braben talking around the time it released on PC, he described elite as a hobby. I really like this description and think it's quite apt.
I started, and still play, on Xbox in addition to oddy via GFN. I play as a character I role play so my goal is to enjoy myself, develop my character and I find that things just tick along nicely regarding materials, rank and such.
I started, and still play, on Xbox in addition to oddy via GFN. I play as a character I role play so my goal is to enjoy myself, develop my character and I find that things just tick along nicely regarding materials, rank and such.
Now you mention it the OP does seem strangely obsessed with game death.
Damn, it's the game's supposed to be played, not me
Yeah, it's a foolproof plan to scrape the forums of niche games for those juicy... three more votes
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I'm not sure what you're on about, but count me in, your suspicions are probably correct.
Note-I have heard the term stop killing games lately but have no idea what it's about.
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Two, because I already voted (twice, in both the UK and the EU)Yeah, it's a foolproof plan to scrape the forums of niche games for those juicy... three more votes
In short it's a initiative to legally force game publishers to ensure players have some sort of access to the live service games, once the publisher pulls the plug on the game servers. It's a bit more complex than that, but that's the jist of it.
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I think Ross has expressed that the most realistic fundamental idea is to at least try to start a discussion between EU lawmakers and game publishers on how the problem could be solved in a way that's most satisfactory to all involved parties while still ensuring consumer rights of purchase.
Ideally, it would mean that, by legislation, all new video games (that are developed after the law passes) should remain playable, even if with some reduced functionality, after the company as stopped running the servers that it might be reliant on. This would happen by either the games offering an offline single-player mode, or alternatively a way for users to run some form of servers of their own (at their own expense). Or whatever is necessary that the game remains playable even if the company completely stops supporting it.
(The motivation was kickstarted by what happened to the Ubisoft game "The Crew": When Ubisoft shut down the servers, the game became completely unplayable. No way to play it at all.)