Elite: Game talk
29 Aug 2021, 3:36pm
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Let's step back from the tree for a moment and look at the forest. ED gameplay is solar system exploration, with elements in the solar system sandbox changing by a loading screen process (hyper drive). New elements introduced to this sandbox in the past have included new ships to pilot, new alien structures, a new alien race to interact (fight) with, new guardian gear, etc. Not counting their odyssey (fortnite jr) experiment or 'new' cg gear where they take existing content and modify the stats, the last new content added to the (space) sandbox was guardian slf fighters, about 3 years ago. Since then it's been great story writing but gameplay is not connected to any of it. My observation is that the sandbox hasn't changed after all these years because they exchanged new playable content for new lore such as this story. That allowed them to shift developers to more profitable projects, while not acknowledging that no new playable content is coming.
My solution? Bring the team back to make one last unique system. Populate that system with pharm isolators, military supercapacitors, salvation as a jameson's zombie guardian ai engineer, a trade route worth player's time, a panther clipper shipyard, guardian shield and thruster mods in a station on raxxla. But only make it available to pilots who make it to elite combat in the original sidewinder in their first gaming session, on a friday the 13th with a blood moon, a bear market and peace in the middle east. Oh wait, they did that already. Nothing else to see here, move along citizen.
29 Aug 2021, 8:28pm
AykutdnrDo you currently recommend Odyssey?
If you treat it like an alpha/beta it's passable. But as a $40 alpha/beta I cannot recommend it.
29 Aug 2021, 11:40pm
AykutdnrDo you currently recommend Odyssey?
Maybe. It's a fun thing, to walk on station and meet people face to face. But, it's not optimised well and there needs to be more refinemet on the gameplay.
30 Aug 2021, 12:03am
BluecrashWe have been working out the progression, and all the things to see in that system here:
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A lot of those screens look to have come straight from Canonn Research.
I'm currently stuck with HIP 22711.
Can confirm that HIP 22460 10B has only thargoid sites, no guardian sites, despite what it says in the Nav.
AykutdnrDo you currently recommend Odyssey?
Yes. Loads of bugs and loads of fun. Quite breathtaking at times.
Never had any tech problems with it but holy-crap, I'm terrible at missions. Fail every time.
30 Aug 2021, 11:34am
AykutdnrDo you currently recommend Odyssey?
Yes.
I've been playing Odyssey almost exclusively over the last month and I've had fun. I think I got my money's worth.
30 Aug 2021, 11:47am
AykutdnrDo you currently recommend Odyssey?
No, you will spend a lot of time grinding all your weapons and suits. It took me 2 months with short breaks. If you play for a few hours a day or weekly, forget about grind weapons/suits
30 Aug 2021, 1:00pm
AykutdnrDo you currently recommend Odyssey?
I do, but the content needs to be improved a lot.
In fact I'm just playing Horizons content.
30 Aug 2021, 1:09pm
30 Aug 2021, 1:38pm
Horizons remains the gold standard that Odyssey has yet to reach.
30 Aug 2021, 2:30pm
Frankly i can't see how anyone would be happy paying $40 for this and any recommendations are likely skewed by Covid lockdown lowering ones standards.
30 Aug 2021, 9:08pm
BurstarI cannot recommend Odysseus. The gameplay is a 20 year old fps concealing a 40 hour grind with an option to grind another 60+ hours clicking on exotic rocks. Then there's the bugs and at best side-grade in planet generation tech...
Frankly i can't see how anyone would be happy paying $40 for this and any recommendations are likely skewed by Covid lockdown lowering ones standards.
I agree with every point
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