Elite Dangerous

Egan · 07-18-15, 08:03 PM

I loved it at first but I'm done with it now. Such a marvellous, unparalleled sandbox they have created, so thick with possibility, all those stars and worlds and black holes and nebula.....So much possibility, so little imagination put into what to do with it all.

It's worth noting that a lot of the stuff that was promised just seems to get pushed further and further away to make room for things like combat arenas, dreadful 'go here and pick this up them go there' type missions and the Powerplay rubbish. As for the lack of the offline mode...well, the other thread has my feelings on that, suffice to say I don't believe they ever had any actual intention of including an offline mode.

If they pull out something really special, I'll have another look, but I don't think they will. I'll wait for No Mans Sky and see how that turns out.

07-18-15, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Egan

So much possibility, so little imagination put into what to do with it all.

Red Devil · 07-19-15, 02:38 PM

Sounds similar with Ubisoft programmes. Great ideas, great graphics and good story lines but zero for testing, riddled with bugs. Every Ubisoft game I have has been the same.

Egan · 07-20-15, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Devil

Sounds similar with Ubisoft programmes. Great ideas, great graphics and good story lines but zero for testing, riddled with bugs. Every Ubisoft game I have has been the same.

Actually, bugs or poor testing are two things I can't really complain about with Elite. Not that there haven't been bugs, but the ones that have appeared were usually dealt with in a timely manner.

Early on, for example, there was a lot of weirdness with the trading system, but that seemed to mostly have been Frontier screwing around with it for testing purposes, and although you can complain that some of the design decisions have been lousy, they at least work the way Frontier intended them too.

Red Devil · 07-20-15, 10:44 AM

Cheers Agan

Red Devil · 07-22-15, 02:48 AM

Checked my Nvidia settings and checked game recomendations and it says Elite Dangerous - Not Recommended on my setup.

GeForce GTX 750 ti

seaniam81 · 07-22-15, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Devil

Checked my Nvidia settings and checked game recomendations and it says Elite Dangerous - Not Recommended on my setup.

GeForce GTX 750 ti

Really? Min requirements are
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
CPU: Quad Core CPU (4x 2GHz)
RAM: 4GB RAM
VIDEO: Nvidia GTX 260 / ATI 4870HD
HDD: 7GB Available Space

I had this running on my old rig with a GTX 550ti

Recommended is
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
CPU: Intel Core i7 - 3770K or better / AMD FX 4350 or better
RAM: 8GB RAM
VIDEO: Nvidia GTX 770 / ATI Radeon R9 280X
HDD: 7GB Available Space

Not to hard

07-19-15, 02:38 PM	#3
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Sounds similar with Ubisoft programmes. Great ideas, great graphics and good story lines but zero for testing, riddled with bugs. Every Ubisoft game I have has been the same. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

07-20-15, 10:44 AM	#5
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Cheers Agan __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

07-22-15, 02:48 AM	#6
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Checked my Nvidia settings and checked game recomendations and it says Elite Dangerous - Not Recommended on my setup. GeForce GTX 750 ti __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

07-18-15, 08:03 PM	#1
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I loved it at first but I'm done with it now. Such a marvellous, unparalleled sandbox they have created, so thick with possibility, all those stars and worlds and black holes and nebula.....So much possibility, so little imagination put into what to do with it all. It's worth noting that a lot of the stuff that was promised just seems to get pushed further and further away to make room for things like combat arenas, dreadful 'go here and pick this up them go there' type missions and the Powerplay rubbish. As for the lack of the offline mode...well, the other thread has my feelings on that, suffice to say I don't believe they ever had any actual intention of including an offline mode. If they pull out something really special, I'll have another look, but I don't think they will. I'll wait for No Mans Sky and see how that turns out.