Elite / Frontier Your Favorite Elite
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Hard to say.
If you compare Frontier to the original FFE then Frontier is the better game overall, but, if you take the new modified FFE versions (Open GL/D3D) then FFE wins.
If you compare Frontier to the original FFE then Frontier is the better game overall, but, if you take the new modified FFE versions (Open GL/D3D) then FFE wins.
The updated versions of some of the classic ships do look just gorgeous in the FFED3D version. The Cobra Mk III and ASP Explorer for instance are really nicely rendered. I can only imagine what it would be like if the entire game were updated like this.
I think FFE has the best of both worlds, but so far I've spent most time with Frontier Elite II, and that's over a decade ago.
As for having most fun, too early to tell. It just feels like only yesterday that I stopped playing FE2.
I think FFE has the best of both worlds, but so far I've spent most time with Frontier Elite II, and that's over a decade ago.
As for having most fun, too early to tell.
It just feels like only yesterday that I stopped playing FE2.
Definitely Elite for the the most fun .
it will always be frontier elite 2 for me, probably because it was the first one i played way back at the age of 12
I voted for FFE,
but Oolite would come a very close second for me (sorry DB !)
Why ? well Oolite kept interest in Elite (albeit a new version) going for 25 years and counting.
Plus it has the ability to add mods, something I'm sure DB & IB would have envisioned for Elite if it were possible in 1984.
For me Oolite is the game Elite should have been.
But FFE being a better game than Oolite and now getting updated thanks to the Russian guys, FFE (for me) is the best game on the list.
but Oolite would come a very close second for me (sorry DB !)
Why ? well Oolite kept interest in Elite (albeit a new version) going for 25 years and counting.
Plus it has the ability to add mods, something I'm sure DB & IB would have envisioned for Elite if it were possible in 1984.
For me Oolite is the game Elite should have been.
But FFE being a better game than Oolite and now getting updated thanks to the Russian guys, FFE (for me) is the best game on the list.
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That's the problem. I'm still coming back to them and switching between them.
If we don't count modified version, I'll have to vote for FE2. FFE was cool, but way too unfinished. I've heard it even failed to update the velocity after changing frames of reference without JJFFE, so FE2 it is.
Great!
Plenty of voting going on!
Glad you were finally able to make up your mind DraQ, but yes it is difficult, especially so with Oolite and FFE3D around, but as I said in the first post, vote for your own reasons which is "best". After all, we will look for different things in the Elite games and happened upon the series at different times, so its interesting to get your views. Really though there isn't really a "best" Elite game. They are all good in their own ways.
I wonder if this poll would tempt DB himself to vote?
Um, maybe not!
Plenty of voting going on!
Glad you were finally able to make up your mind DraQ, but yes it is difficult, especially so with Oolite and FFE3D around, but as I said in the first post, vote for your own reasons which is "best". After all, we will look for different things in the Elite games and happened upon the series at different times, so its interesting to get your views. Really though there isn't really a "best" Elite game. They are all good in their own ways.
I wonder if this poll would tempt DB himself to vote?
Um, maybe not!
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Its not heresy at all Michael. What your demonstrating is just how diverse the Elite fan base actually is, and just what a dilemma DB will have in eventually creating Elite IV. If its too simple, people will complain, if its too complex, again people will complain. Thanks for voting and sharing your views Michael.
Heresy! Newtonian! Astronomically correct! Seamless planet landings! Hydrogen scooping!
</glittering_gem_of_hatred_mode>
Meh. Well implemented complexity greatly enriches and improves the game without detracting from gameplay. Allow me to demonstrate:
-Running and walking in real life is a complex task.
-This flash simulator of running is thankfuly much simpler. Is it easier?
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I keep running backwards
EDIT: That's the most frustrating **** game I've ever played.
I would second that TJ and as for you, you DraQ you!
That game reminds me of a game called Somotori Dreams
See it here and I dare you not to laugh!
http://www.fun-motion.com/physics-games/sumotori-dreams/
Yes, I have nothing against complexity (note: I voted for Frontier and it's flight model), but others might and they spend the same money as we will (hopefully) on Elite IV. That's all I am saying.
Oh, speaking of buying, just found and bought a copy of V2000 off of Amazon for £2.37. Been looking for that for a while!
D-Fend & DosBox at the ready!
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Heresy! Newtonian! Astronomically correct! Seamless planet landings! Hydrogen scooping!
</glittering_gem_of_hatred_mode>
Meh. Well implemented complexity greatly enriches and improves the game without detracting from gameplay. Allow me to demonstrate:
-Running and walking in real life is a complex task.
-This flash simulator of running is thankfuly much simpler. Is it easier?
I would argue that implementation is more important than simplicity or complexity, especially in that game's case!
Michael
The original wireframe Elite has to be the best for it's groundbreaking features, way ahead of it's day. It's the one that is the best in my memory. However, playing it again recently (via oolite) it didn't live up to my memory of it. So my vote went to FFE (I was lucky to originally buy the patched version) because, thanks to FFE3D I'm still playing and enjoying it today all these years on.
That's how it is with me. Elite was great and I played it loads all those years ago, but Frontier - dare I say it - made it obsolete, which is why I can't get into Oolite. Then First Encounters improved on Frontier!
So, whilst acknowledging Elite's place in history, First Encounters has been more fun for me over a longer period of time. This is why I will always vote for it as my favourite "Elite" game.
Well, until Elite IV comes out anyway
So, whilst acknowledging Elite's place in history, First Encounters has been more fun for me over a longer period of time. This is why I will always vote for it as my favourite "Elite" game.
Well, until Elite IV comes out anyway