Elite: Elite IV Coming This Hardware Generation Elite is a classic. Frontier: Elite II isn't as...recognizable, but it too is a classic. First Encounters (Elite III) was...well, it had problems. Which brings us to Elite IV, David Braben's fourth crack at an interstellar space combat/trading sim. First announced a long, long time ago, we've heard neither jack nor shit on it since, but in a recent interview he's promised that the game is still in development, and is actually going to be released. This generation, even, if you want to believe him. And we do want to believe him. Dearly.
spoodie wrote:You can't land on planets in Eve and the other perceived downsides could be removed for an offline Elite game; grind and overly complex economy.
Although without all those people space may feel a bit empty.
Most of the people you don't interact with in Eve, and the ones you do are probably complete cocks.
/misses Eve from 2 years ago when 6k players was an average weekend load, not 40-50k
Privateer and Freelancer both beat Elite into a pulp. X2 (and X3: More of the Same) is probably the best (i.e. refined) Elite style game.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of them and still play X3 sometimes for in-space non-clicky pew pew-with-a-joystick and the Star Wars Mod which, frankly, is second to none. But after playing an MMO version (Eve) it gets very boring very quickly, mainly because the AI simply won't appreciate how fucking cool my newest bad ass toy is, however often I show it to them.
Elite: Elite IV Coming This Hardware Generation
Elite is a classic. Frontier: Elite II isn't as...recognizable, but it too is a classic. First Encounters (Elite III) was...well, it had problems. Which brings us to Elite IV, David Braben's fourth crack at an interstellar space combat/trading sim. First announced a long, long time ago, we've heard neither jack nor shit on it since, but in a recent interview he's promised that the game is still in development, and is actually going to be released. This generation, even, if you want to believe him. And we do want to believe him. Dearly.
