Elite Dangerous Reviews

So I haven't played this game for a good 5-6 years, as it was always way too empty and lonely for me. Now I got disappointed by the development of Star Citizen and the unconvincing Starfield and thought I would give it a try again. Boy I haven't been disappointed! I can discover hundreds of million of star systems and planets like in NMS, but the graphics and the engine are simply more convincing. I can walk around on stations and planets like in Star Citizen or Starfield, but the sheer vastness is fantastic. If you go out of the standard bubbles of civilization, there is a good chance you will discover new planets and life forms, maybe even find your personal asteroid mining field. It feels to me like this is now the game I actually hoped for from NMS, Star Citizen and Starfield. The universe is also not empty anymore - NPCs and intelligent alien species are found everywhere. I decided that I will go on a mission of discovery and research - but honestly every style of play now finds it's niche in this game! Thank you to the devs for polishing it so much and giving me the VR experience I always dreamed of!

**Buyer beware: If you buy this, link accounts, start the game, but don't actually play, it gets completely busted.** I set up accounts late at night earlier this week, signed in through the launcher, adjusted gameplay settings, and said "I'll come back fresh tomorrow". Nooopppeee. Didn't work. Circular, failed login loop, ended up re-purchasing through Frontier. To be fair, it was like $6 on steam sale, so I didn't care much. But then it gets worse. I came back to actually play tonight. I'm playing in SOLO MODE. And I get kicked out of the game because of server problems. SOLO MODE. AND SERVER PROBLEMS. Bad timing/coincidence on everything. Enough to make me say no thanks. Literally no options to pick region/zone/server, so I'm just SOL. Was excited. Not anymore.

frontier servers are literally the worst ive ever experienced for connection consistency

Elite Dangerous is a very cool very in-depth space game that is very fun to play when it's working, unfortunately it is currently being "maintained" by the most incompetent group of people who ever lived and they break the game every 5 fucking minutes

Alright, it's been fun. I have played this game for a long while now, first on xbox back in 2016 and fell in love with it, I moved to PC when they added the on foot gameplay. I'm quadruple Elite on for the second time now. I've went to Colonia and the center, did a dive into the black, fought the bugs and defeated a Titan, I've spent hours upon hours mining just because I enjoyed the hunt, toppled pirate leaders and flushed the enemies from my Federal systems (Z. Hudsen will forever be my president). This game offers you a lot to do and you can do it all with your friends. Like i said it's been fun, but I'm done. You see things about an influx of players but its just an influx of people who want to grief whatever new content is coming to the game. The newest update is a perfect example, and those of you that play know what I'm talking about. I just cant bring myself personally to play this game anymore. Is it a fun game? Yes. But I'm tiered, the real community is tiered. I'm not saying you shouldn't play this game, this is honestly my favorite space sim. But its time, I've made peace with my last "frameshift drive charging", my last "honk", my last "The rumors were true...", and my last egg cracked. I'm retiring to my new station courtesy of the new update. Fly safe commanders, and don't forget your limpets <3 -o7-

Worse game I have ever played. Its no longer designed for new players. The devs may have made a large game, but the learning curve is high only because they did not give new players a chance to find their way into this game. Older players exist in this game because they have been gradually adapted as it developed. But now its a complete mess if your just learning to play this game. It could be that the devs make it hard to pressure you to buy in the in game items which would be the started ships. The low price when its on sale is to lure you into the pay extra later. Even if you watch you tubers and have many open wikis you will fail and get very frustrated. Its like the devs intended to make you suffer if your into that kind of madness. Even the space ship controls are a disaster. This game is nothing like No Man's Sky. The so called learning curves just destroys the game.

utter misery. wonderful visuals and ship designs completely ruined by the fact the game is a press 'J' simulator where all you ever do is jump from system to system. I've heard the engineering grind has gotten less miserable recently but honestly you couldn't pay me to pick this game up again in spite of that.

This is primarily a spaceship simulation. The major difference between this game and other space games, is that this one tries to be closer to "real". The learning curve is steep at first, but there are many sources (websites, 3rd party, etc) of help if you wish. I found that I really enjoyed sinking my teeth into it, learning and figuring out how to do things in game. The planets in this 1:1 representation of the Milky Way galaxy are generated using astronomy data, with a variety of alien flora, gravity, terrain, temps. You cannot yet land on planets with atmospheres (animals, forests, water, etc). They do give the ships faster than light travel, but they show travel times and distances for appreciation of the true scale of space. The primary income sources are trading, mining, exploration and combat. Ships should be outfitted according to their task. There are a large variety of missions. There are many user groups to help and enjoy the game with.

It's great. Here's the thing: it's too big. It's a mile wide and an inch deep. The dev team has so many good ideas, but only rests on any one of them long enough to get something that technically works before moving on to the next thing. Odyssey was a disaster at launch, and even years later it's still a buggy, shallow mess. I'd like to see the team add some much-needed polish to existing game mechanics. Despite all that, though, it's generally a good experience. The ships feel fast and powerful, combat is generally pretty satisfying (although engineering and the associated grind is basically mandatory), the visuals and audio design are awe-inspiring, and the way they incorporate player actions into storylines genuinely sets a high bar.

It is criminal how little attention this game gets, It is 10 years old and STILL is receiving constant free updates, I can only think of a handful of other games that have that level of dedication and support The micro transactions are cosmetic based, and are reasonably priced if you're the type to buy them The games claim to fame is its a "1-1" map of the milky way, literally billions of stars and planets you to explore. If you're a space nerd its fairly accurate to what we have identified stars to be, from mass to luminosity to behaviour. Complete with OBAFGKM stars, neutron stars, black holes etc. Various famous constellations and nebula can be visited, accurate (to a point) with what we'd expect the general scenery of space in those reigons to look like. There are multiple major game systems you could sink your teeth into, exploration, alien space combat, human space combat, trading, power politics, ground combat, minning, colinization. etc. The game can seem a little overwhelming at first as the aim is realistic space controls, and complex systems, the good news is you really can go at your own pace and get as into these systems as you want. I cannot recommend this game enough, especially for the price its set at now.