I haven't played anything else since PB hit which I think answers the question. I have a HOTAS arriving imminently and I plan to add a gaming laptop so I can play on the move.
That said I think ones opinion is determined by what you see when you play the game. If you see only the game mechanics then it will feel empty and soulless eventually. However the way I see the game I am CMDR Kilvenny, James T Kirk, Dan Dare or one of the Guardians of the Galaxy living the life that I dreamed of 40 years ago travelling through space. The realisation of the Milky Way, billions of systems and huge distances suddenly make sense.
That said I think ones opinion is determined by what you see when you play the game. If you see only the game mechanics then it will feel empty and soulless eventually. However the way I see the game I am CMDR Kilvenny, James T Kirk, Dan Dare or one of the Guardians of the Galaxy living the life that I dreamed of 40 years ago travelling through space. The realisation of the Milky Way, billions of systems and huge distances suddenly make sense.
Try an Elite Drop Ship
I love the game but after alpha, beta, gamma and now release I do feel played out after a prolonged session. Saying that I'm back at it again the next day.
I for one am not bothered about getting out of my ship. Landing on planets will be interesting but if it didn't happen I would not be bothered either.
As the game is now I would give it a solid 7. As I like open sandbox games and railroaded play the story walk on this rail only games are very boring imop.
Ive defo got my moneys worth and my cost/hour is going down every day. It won't be long till FD are paying me to play it...
I for one am not bothered about getting out of my ship. Landing on planets will be interesting but if it didn't happen I would not be bothered either.
As the game is now I would give it a solid 7. As I like open sandbox games and railroaded play the story walk on this rail only games are very boring imop.
Ive defo got my moneys worth and my cost/hour is going down every day. It won't be long till FD are paying me to play it...
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What half crossed my mind the other day while looking at the reviews and stuff is, that its getting such a good reception even in its current state frontier might start to think it doesnt need finishing, its current state is good enough, I think a lot of games companys would settle for it. The incentive to complete it has possibly been effected. But I dont think frontier would settle for it.
And another thing I was thinking is how much can the change, we are already playing, changing the rules mid game, How would adding the needs of crew suddenly work, or changing the rep system and mission depth when most people have already started them, making large changes to the game thats already in motion.
Its not an ideal situation,
And another thing I was thinking is how much can the change, we are already playing, changing the rules mid game, How would adding the needs of crew suddenly work, or changing the rep system and mission depth when most people have already started them, making large changes to the game thats already in motion.
Its not an ideal situation,
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Sargon
Banned
Yes. In fact I would have been more than happy with it had we been limited to just the initial "sausage" area with only 2500 systems and no further additions.
But to be honest I would have liked it to be also just a single player experience. A virgin galaxy untouched, explorable only by me and no one else.
One which I could boot up into knowing that whatever system I hadn't visited yet was going to be pristine and waiting for me to discover.
At least this is what was mentioned during kickstarter and frankly what I feel was taken away in favor of the 'multiplayer' aspect.
With so few to really interact with at any given moment in space, so little meaning to players doing anything within the systems.
My hope is that someday a sealed, single-player galaxy version will be published.
That day I'll clear my save-game and start over. Since I see few reasons to sacrifice a purely on-my-hard-drive game to the MMO aspect which at best is a drop in the ocean at the moment.
But to be honest I would have liked it to be also just a single player experience. A virgin galaxy untouched, explorable only by me and no one else.
One which I could boot up into knowing that whatever system I hadn't visited yet was going to be pristine and waiting for me to discover.
At least this is what was mentioned during kickstarter and frankly what I feel was taken away in favor of the 'multiplayer' aspect.
With so few to really interact with at any given moment in space, so little meaning to players doing anything within the systems.
My hope is that someday a sealed, single-player galaxy version will be published.
That day I'll clear my save-game and start over. Since I see few reasons to sacrifice a purely on-my-hard-drive game to the MMO aspect which at best is a drop in the ocean at the moment.
Would I love it - Yes.
Would I be investing as much time into it - No.
It's what is here that makes me clicky the Elite icon, it's what is coming that keeps me from hitting save & exit earlier
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Would I be investing as much time into it - No.
It's what is here that makes me clicky the Elite icon, it's what is coming that keeps me from hitting save & exit earlier
.That could be fixed without adding new features though.
No, it is currently utterly lacking in depth. Which is what I'm assuming will come down the road. The skeleton and skin is there atm, but we need the meat.
I think that I would still love the game as well. While I really, really want to be able to walk around inside my ship and outside of it in the hangar, just to get a feel of how big it is and how it looks, the game as-is, is just something I absolutely love. Sure, the missions would get boring after a while, and eventually there'd be no point in farming credits. But that wouldn't stop me from doing some random bounty hunting or dropping into conflict zones.. Because I have fun doing that, regardless of the reward. That in addition to the prospect of one day saving up for a fitted out exploration ship and just going to chart the distant star systems could keep me playing indefinitely. I still want to see everything from the center of the galaxy to the very edge of known space.
No chat no game. Albeit blowing stuff up and doing excessive sightseeing would keep me going for a while. If we're talking about planetary landings, first-person content and, the gods forbid, new station designs, then oh my, yes, I would! Even could live with the current number of ships.
