Elite Dangerous

Wait, that's what E:D is? Then sign me up. I've avoided it since the negative feedback, but that sounds comfy as fuck

is this game playable on kb&mouse

It's basically Euro Truck, except you can take breaks inbetween trucking to participate in big battles or bounty hunt.

It's not for everyone but it's got me hooked.

Well shit, that sounds pretty nice, actually. Are the battles or bounty hunts any fun?

When the fuck are any of these "space sim" games going to add ships that are actual ships and aren't just fighter jets in space
I want to fly something I can fucking walk around inside of, goddammit

Big battles are pretty hard to find outside of community events, and even then you have to travel pretty far to get there. Smaller 2 on 1 or 1 on 1 battles are really fun, you actually have to learn how to control your ship in order to win, so it's not completely casualized.

Watch a few videos, see if it's for you. I'd tell you to pirate it but it's still uncracked.

The next update will add passenger ships apparently which look more like normal planes. I don't think I've heard anything about walking around, but people say it's coming.

Star Citizen

I honestly want both. A big ship to walk about and chill in while I get somewhere and a smaller ship for when I want to explore or grab shit.

Will do. This game went from zero interest to something I might actually want.

he meant the DRM

whew, I also forgot to mention that this doesn't look like it does anything to either lessen the grind, or justify the grind that's currently present in the game

So this game is basically Truck Simulator in SPACE right?

How many times before you learn?

I still kind of want it. Ever since that No man's buy shit I've been getting interested in space games. This, X3, and space engineers have gotten my interest so far.

Look at the casual everybody, look at him and laugh

Just play X3 for space trucking

Definitely wait for a discount. The steam version was very discounted at a certain point, I'm sure it'll happen again

Well you know some people like it. I personally hate monster Hunter because of the grind, but for some reason I really like ED's grind.

I miss the original X2 for space trucking. That was back when the game had progression and you started out working your way up doing trades. They ruined the series with their questing gameplay that gives you easy millions from the start and the ridiculous free everything plot missions.

I bought X Rebirth instead. I can't even do space trucking in it, I can at best be the space dispatcher. Into the regret category it goes.

dear god why user

Why would you not torrent it before

There's shit like Elite Trade Net that maps out the most lucrative trade routes for you and all you have to do is head to the closest port, pick up the supplies, and deliver them to the highest paying port nearby. I just load up a nice playlist and kick back to music while I waste my time making virtual money. It's not really awesome so much as super comfy.

Every once in a while you'll get pulled out of hyperspace to do some dog fighting and they'll blow up your ship if you suck but there's insurance for that and all you lose is your cargo.

I think that really defeats the purpose of the game honestly.

Sounds perfect. Space truckin' is my bag.

going to tons of stations to get data and spending time going through lots of annoying, slow to load menus is not fun

I liked Eurotruck Sim 2 because it felt like space trucking on the Earth.

I've been space trucking since around Frontier.

That's why I think that part of the game was supposed to be played in a way where you check the stations where you stop, and if they have good prices you bookmark them and then come back to them.

It just breaks the immersion for me

If you don't use a trade route planner, you're doing the exact same thing but for less money

Well that's because you're not supposed to know everything that is happening in the universe.
It just makes more sense that you use your own planning to make more money rather than cheating. It's more fun and rewarding

Have fun, user!

I'm not in it to get the max upgrades, I'm in it to explore space and fuck people up.

I think that is the purpose of the game.

Using an external non-official site to exploit the market?
I honestly doubt it

why not in a real space trucking system I imagine everyone would post where they get the best prices for what on the space Internets all the time.

The most arbitrary "I win any argument about video games" excuse ever

Rebel Galaxy also does the space trucking thing. There's even a faction that does nothing but deliveries and offers ships designed specifically for that task.

I guess that would be fine, but consulting a database is not really comparable to hearing something from another player

not even a sniff of the X series?

Wake me up when it's finished and a collector's edition is out with all expansions for no more than 30 bucks.

Set an alarm for 2020

Get it, user.
If you want to be a trader, you could get a designated trader ship, but I recommend getting an Asp.
Best looking / sounding / feeling ship in the game.
It's primarily used to exploration, but it can function as medium capacity trader.

Sorry, an Asp Explorer.
The other model of is just a cheaper, shittier explorer.
Make sure your first ship you buy is the Type-7 transport, though. Think of it as a stepping stone to the Asp.

Why would anyone play Elite Dangerous when games liek Rouge System and Rodina exist?

Kill yourselves.

I got an Asp Explorer within 50 hours of game time, don't exaggerate.

What do these games do better user?
I know you're just shitposting, but at least try better next time

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Why are you on this board again?

Kill yourself.

You mean Rogue System.

Unfinished early-access shit, that the dev has forgotten about.

Ditto buddy.

That's just weak. Don't do that dude.

And yet it still contains better gameplay than Elite Dangerous. Pathetic.

If you're gonna make a claim that something is better then you should probably support that claim with, you know, anything.
you posted two webms of nothing happening and clicking on two of 50+ buttons, does that make them good?

Then why don't you make a thread about a game you like? Are you stupid?

Dunno user you seem like you're shitposting and you're either really autistic or really angry. Can't pinpoint which exactly.

If threads about good games were successful on this board I wouldn't be raiding this one.

Satisfying controls, more challenging, better suspension of disbelief, better gameplay mechanics during combat, etc

Back to 9gag with you.

So you're not even gonna try and you're just going to shitpost.

Please feel free to post any examples of these. From what you posted it neither seems more satisfying, challenging or to have better gameplay.

You'd have to go play them. I played Elite Dangerous. If I hadn't I couldnt talk shit on it. Neither can you in this case.

Elite Dangerous as shit, even /edg/ on 4chaim admitted it was shit before the exodus.

Let me give you the rundown.

Anyone who defends elite after everything they pulled is a fucking idiot with absolute godawful taste.

If this game was Eve: Dangerous it would be the greatest shit ever

It's such a dick tease. Basically perfect controls, awesome in VR, nice enough graphics and all that, a huge universe..

and fucking nothing to do.

All it needs is PVP for conquering systems, and establishing stations there for modest rewards.

Also the game needs more shit to spend money on, there's nothing to buy but a new ship and equipment for it.

So you can post no proof to support your claims but you do have two really boring webms
makes sense

So you mean like most people currently posting on Holla Forums?

Talking with yourself much?

You do know we have IDs and timestamps for posts right?

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The guy admitted he was actually raiding the thread because he doesn't like it, I don't think you should bother

Why though?

Is there any reason besides balance why they don't just let you toggle flight assist for translational movement? Why the fuck would those features be linked?

Kerbal space program, for instance, has "SAS", which makes the ship stop spinning, using whatever control elements are available, but otherwise flight is still newtonian.

I'm sure I'd get used to it if the game was actually interesting enough to play, which sadly hasn't been the case. But why would you make the feature that makes your combat slightly more interesting also turn off rotational dampening? It's like they WANT to scare off all newbs.

It's not like they don't have a whole fucking UNIVERSE full of useless, lifeless empty bullshit if they want to go full patrician somewhere else.

Wait, what's the problem with this?

Horizon was a fucking mess of lies, unfinished features and a total waste of time. They're most likely going to charge 50 bucks for this shit as well and release it in "beta" so it can't be criticised because "it's in beta, they'll fix it". The game will remain an empty copypasted grindfest.

ED is fucking junk.

Honestly, I had a lot more fun with X:Rebirth.

Back when it launched, it was horrid. No question. I pirated it to test it out, deleted it an hour later, and I STILL felt ripped off.

In the two years since, though, they've patched many [though far from all] of the most egregious issues, and there are a number of mods that help too. Picked up a copy from GOG in the summer sale for like $7, and had a decent amount of fun with it.

Fair warning, the story campaign is a bit shite. It ends on a cliffhanger, too, and none of the expansions or free DLCs continue it. I think it's meant to essentially be the tutorial or something. You also only ever get to fly your one ship, and you don't even get to rename it. You can order around as many other ships as you want though, and you can land on a battleship and command it around from the inside. There's a mod that replaces the generic hanger bay environment on a battleship with a bridge, so you can captain it around properly, which is fun. Ships AI is pretty dumb though.

It's probably still shitty to people who played the previous X games, but I think it's a bit more accessible than them now. I might try again to get into X3 now that I'm done with Rebirth.

I've been wanting a decent space sim for a while.
After waiting until no man's sky came out so I could weigh all my options and it being terrible this looks to be the best option because Star Citizen at upwards of $100 million production costs and is quite honestly NEVER EVER: The game

It's not a real space sim. is the closest there is.

Hey, give it a shot. You can always refund it if it's not your cup of tea

Everyone that disagrees with me is the same person!
Funny how you didn't address this guys points.

What?
It was you that said you were raiding the thread. Do you have brain damage?

Also that guy's points are pretty subjective, they don't really make the game bad. I mean shit most of them are just criticizing a DLC, which I think everybody can agree was pretty shitty.

Needs player trading tbh fam, especially with engineer commodities. I'd happily pay straight credits to other players it exchange for mission reward stuff like modular terminals.

He probably won't be able to figure out that he does not like it in only 2 hours.

the live just started
youtube.com/frontierdevelopments/live

It's 4 hours, I think that should be enough

Launched fighters seem cool

still want them to actually add gameplay, fun missions, large scale battles, player trading, pvp, player factions, conquering territory, mining to not be awful, grouping to not be awful, more social features for the online segment, and I'll just stop now because yeah.

You sure about that? I thought it was 2 and indie devs were already complaining about it.

Game got potential, maybe one day the devs will fix it. For now I can only see myself playing it in burst from patch to patch.

I just set goals for myself. Getting a Python is my current goal. I'm about 20m away.