Elite Dangerous

[AluminumHaste]

I've had this game since alpha, but just never bothered to play it, so my friend sent me a video of his showing him taking out an assassination contract, man this game is fun.

 

[chakkman]

Looks great. Actually how i would want the X series to be.

[AluminumHaste]

God X3 is sooooooo shit, was so stoked for it, and it turned out to be absolute garbage.

[Bikerdude]

man this game is fun.

Yes but hard, my best mate has been playing since kickstarter.

[Morat]

God X3 is sooooooo shit.

Retract that comment, heathen!

 

Actually, I'm curious. What didn't you like about it? I poured a ton of hours into that game. I loved taking out Xenon Q ships with the flamethrower laser (forget the name) and just zooming through sectors in a maxed out Kestrel.

[chakkman]

I had a hard time just getting into the X games (played part 1, 2 and 3). They're sorta like "i push the player into the water and see if he can swim". Nothing really explained, no tutorials or anything. Yes, you learn a lot in the game, but frankly, especially part 3 is so complex with all those menus (did i say the small font in the menus, and the complexity of those suck?) that there should at least be a proper tutorial. Or a hint "how to play the game". They were always fascinating for me, but i never really got into one of them. Which is a shame, because i bet they're not bad at all. Just bad to get into.

[AluminumHaste]

Sorry I meant x rebirth, god what a travesty.

[demagogue]

I liked X3 (AP) just to blow time cruising in space pretending I have important space shit to do. I never got particularly far in it because I treat it more like a sim than a game.

 

But I liked watching the Elite videos. Viscerally it's good, it makes you feel like you're really in the cockpit with the creaking and shaking and engine rumble, and authentic little details. That's its comparative advantage, I'd say. Immersion.

 

I probably 'play' SpaceEngine the most, just searching out cool screenshots of planets. It's not even a real game.