Page 1 of 1
Elite: Elite IV Coming This Hardware Generation
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 7:01
by News Reader
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.
Braben reveals more on The Outsider, Elite IV[IGN]
Author: Luke Plunkett
Category: David Braben Elite Elite IV
Publish Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:30:00 EDT
Read more...
Source: Kotaku
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 12:08
by FatherJack
Frontier Elite was so buggy it was scarcely playable. It'll be hard to top the games now around that are so clearly based on the original in some way.
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 12:36
by buzzmong
Elite II was fun I thought, never played the first though.
Looking forward to a modern version though.
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 13:39
by Dr. kitteny berk
buzzmong wrote:Elite II was fun I thought, never played the first though.
Looking forward to a modern version though.
eve?
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 15:06
by spoodie
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.
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 15:44
by buzzmong
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
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 16:03
by friznit
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.
Posted: October 26th, 2007, 17:26
by Killavodka
friznit wrote:the AI simply won't appreciate how fucking cool my newest bad ass toy is, however often I show it to them.
fix'd
