alpha-acid Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Anyone going to try the Beta of this launch v soon. I used to play Elite back in the 80's on the originall BBC Micro, was the best game ever then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I was a little young for Elite on a BBC, but I played Frontier: Elite 2 on the Amiga in the 90's and it was the best game ever then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Anyone going to try the Beta of this launch v soon. I used to play Elite back in the 80's on the originall BBC Micro, was the best game ever then Really want to play it, but not beta test for £50. Fair play if they can find punters to fund the rest of the development in this way, but it's not going to be me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentbob Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Yeah, Eve Online took over from that concept a long time ago, apart from the Nostalgia aspect, I do not see the business model here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Eve online, when I tried it a few years ago, was not a patch on Frontier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Yeah, Eve Online took over from that concept a long time ago, apart from the Nostalgia aspect, I do not see the business model here.I don't really see them as similar, space ships aside. I thought Elite Dangerous was more action based than the spreadsheet simulator that Eve is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentbob Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 You obviously never went solo mining in 0.0, or pirating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 You obviously never went solo mining in 0.0, or pirating Heh. It's RPG style though isn't it? Not dogfighting like Elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 You obviously never went solo mining in 0.0, or pirating Heh. It's RPG style though isn't it? Not dogfighting like Elite. You did not have to fight in original Elite, well you had to escape pirates, you could just concentrate on trading. But to become Elite, you did indeed have to fight. I've signed up for Beta.indeed already playing even though Beta hasn't started. Its really a joystick game but trying to get a good joystick is almost impossible. Tried Xbox controller but just doesn't cut it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I was a huge fan of Elite on various computers over the years, but I think my memories are probably a bit rose-tinted. I've recently tried out "Oolite", which is a free updated remake of the original game, and I'm wondering why I never remembered the long, boring waits on the run in to the space station, all that "tedious mucking about in hyperspace" as Douglas Adams put it. Good for its time, I think my memories have perhaps been retro-fitted with some extra excitement that wasn't really there. Saying that, my best Elite memory was being ambushed in space by a huge mob of Thargoids, fighting an epic battle to defeat them, scooping up a bay full of Thargons, then a long journey to a very distant sun so I could scoop fuel to escape. In my moment of triumph, my docking computer then messed up the dock at the space station, the ship crashed and I had to start again. I hated "Frontier" after Ian Bell parted company with David Braben - long, boring landings on poorly-detailed planets didn't do it for me. I'm looking forward to the new one, but with a little trepidation - Braben seemed to overcomplicate the sequels at the expense of the simple fun of the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Reports from mates who stumped up the £50 are very favourable. Some haven't been seen for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Reports from mates who stumped up the £50 are very favourable. Some haven't been seen for days. Its amazing, it is really good brings lots of memories of the original back, views of planets are superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thargoid Killer Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 New Beta patch has made logins and docking permissions longer, but it's still only beta - we're testing it for them to iron out the bugs. Are you on Frontiers Elite forum? plenty going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 New Beta patch has made logins and docking permissions longer, but it's still only beta - we're testing it for them to iron out the bugs. Are you on Frontiers Elite forum? plenty going on there. No not on the forums, just playing spasmodically really until it gets a bit nearer release. I know that's not the true spirit of Beta but I only have so much spare time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 You obviously never went solo mining in 0.0, or pirating Heh. It's RPG style though isn't it? Not dogfighting like Elite. You did not have to fight in original Elite, well you had to escape pirates, you could just concentrate on trading. But to become Elite, you did indeed have to fight. I've signed up for Beta.indeed already playing even though Beta hasn't started. Its really a joystick game but trying to get a good joystick is almost impossible. Tried Xbox controller but just doesn't cut it Game is great, have to disagree with it being hard to get a good joystick though, I've had several. You not got an Amazon account?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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