Should I play in 2023?

[Kepler_22]

I bought this game a long time ago, possibly 2018 or 2019. I couldn't get through the tutorial and so uninstalled the game since I was over the refund threshold.

Is this game worth the time I'll have to put into it? I might still fail the tutorial but with enough attempts I could get through it

[Sighman]

Depends. If you want a game with clear goals, big flashing arrows pointing out where to go next, and a plot where you're the hero out to save the galaxy ... definitely not.

If you want a game you can experience at your own pace over many months and years, where you're nothing but an insignificant cog in a vast machine that doesn't care if you live or die, where your own skill and experience matters more than money, ships or guns, then ... maybe.

There's a youtuber who just picked up Elite recently after playing another space game for some time now, and their journey is really worth a watch. They've already posted 17-18 videos and have barely got started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpNzCBkgUiw

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

If you failed the combat tutorial back then, don't worry about it too much. It was harder than what you will experience at the beginning stages of the game.

[malorob]

I was like you when i first brought the game struggled for more than 6months uninstalled , reinstalled , uninstalled this went on for a year and then i decided to just learn how to play it.

8 years latter i have done more than 4k hours and have 3 accounts and i am still learning about the game everytime i play it.

the first 3 years all i had was a logitech 3d pro stick and everything else i used the keyboard.

now i am trying to help people like your self get into the game.

This game has alot to offer but too many people just want money and the best ships and they forget to learn how to play elite dangerous for what it can really do.

if you take the short cut yes it can fill a few hundred hours very easy but if you learn how to play elite correctly you will keep coming back to it over and over sum people have more than 10k hours

but in the end it is your choice. if you do take it up just know many of us here on the forums are more than willing to help out with tips and tricks and how to play all you need to do is ask.

take care o7 cmder

[funkynutz]

Did you get stuck on the advanced combat tutorial by any chance? Don't worry about that... Happens to pretty much everyone. After a week or two playing the game (and getting some experience with how things like your ship systems and combat actually work), you'll laugh at how easy it is to beat.

[1Nf@MOu$( Mr.Thorp )]

thats a question only you can answer. we arent going to know if you find enjoyment in it. we arent going to know if you feel the time investment is worth it. thats a you question. fire it up and see.

[Kepler_22]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Did you get stuck on the advanced combat tutorial by any chance? Don't worry about that... Happens to pretty much everyone. After a week or two playing the game (and getting some experience with how things like your ship systems and combat actually work), you'll laugh at how easy it is to beat.

I don't remember, it was many years ago. I think it was like just piloting or something

[Faiza, Star Made Knight]

Originally posted by Jammy:

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Did you get stuck on the advanced combat tutorial by any chance? Don't worry about that... Happens to pretty much everyone. After a week or two playing the game (and getting some experience with how things like your ship systems and combat actually work), you'll laugh at how easy it is to beat.

I don't remember, it was many years ago. I think it was like just piloting or something

I sucked at the flight tutorial too. Once you start playing though, you can just book taxis or save up to buy a ship that handles better than the sidewinder in the tutorial.

You should play.

[ZombieHunter]

If you go to a Nissan forum and ask if you should drive a Nissan the answer is going to be yes.

So yes you should play. But if you need the validation of others to play the game then perhaps not.

[Fallenone]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

If you go to a Nissan forum and ask if you should drive a Nissan the answer is going to be yes.

So yes you should play. But if you need the validation of others to play the game then perhaps not.

+1

[[XGS]DonkyBoY]

There are plenty of us that started playing at launch and still put in hours, And with the game still selling the are new commanders joining.

There is a LOT of ways to play and make a living so you can play the way that suits your desired gameplay. No need to feel trapped if you want mine 1 day but change to hunting pirates the next its upto you.

And many many hours of grinding if you want to buy the best ships with all the upgrades even own your own space station.

You should be able to find people to play with if thats your thing, Elite has a pretty good community with many YouTube video & Twitch streams for information guideance entertainment.

The Yamiks / Obsidian Ant / Down to Earth Astronomy to name a few.

[saucison78]

Play Legacy Horizons, Odyssey pretty much screwed everything live had going for it. You do this by going to the launcher and select your version.

Open PVP, if you look hard enough. the arena sadly ruined this a bit.
First Person Shooter, basically the developers watched too many space sims such as SC and decided to implement this. The game never needed this and is not why people were playing, it has always been about combat, trading and exploration, wait for it...in SPACE, the fps mechanics is the worst i've ever seen, no i'm not exaggerating this.

There's still a small population on Horizons Legacy, people like me that see Odyssey for what it truly is, a mistake.

Not that performance is a big problem in ED but it also runs far better than live.

ED probably have the best tutorial of all the space sims i've tried, i'm still using default Mouse and Keyboard controls. A lot of people claim using a Joystick is superior i personally used both, for maneuvering it has an edge, but for targeting nothing beats a mouse period, i guarantee most of the hotas users out there is using assisted targeting, on a mouse it's much better manually.

But use what you feel most comfortable with, i have 25 years on a keyboard and experience means more than the type of controller you're using.

[HorribleGamer]

once you learn that you dont need to move the mouse much, the game becomes easy to play.

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by saucison78:

Play Legacy Horizons,

Assuming you don't want to make any progress, and are happy to lose anything you do when they eventually shut down the legacy servers... That's generally bad advice.

Odyssey pretty much screwed everything live had going for it. You do this by going to the launcher and select your version.

You can still play Horizons in Live. The only thing that changed for Horizons is the UI and the graphics upgrade.

Open PVP, if you look hard enough. the arena sadly ruined this a bit.

This again? Barely anyone touches CQC. If you want PVP in Open, you literally just have to go to a busy system. I was in Sirius last week and there were dozens of other CMDRs...

First Person Shooter, basically the developers watched too many space sims such as SC and decided to implement this.

No... A lot of the community were asking for it. Now they've got what they asked for, they sound like those of us who didn't want it in the first place... Making the exact complaints that we gave as warnings... That's if they're even still around playing the game... While many of us who didn't want it in the first place, are still around, and mostly enjoying it... Go figure.

The game never needed this and is not why people were playing, it has always been about combat, trading and exploration, wait for it...in SPACE,

This much we agree on. It didn't need it... But in trying to please the people who wanted it, we got it. And I've been making the most of it, and actually enjoying it...

the fps mechanics is the worst i've ever seen, no i'm not exaggerating this.

If you're comparing it to the likes of Quake/Unreal Tournament? Yeah... But I've seen a lot of fps games... And Odyssey is about average in that regard.

There's still a small population on Horizons Legacy, people like me that see Odyssey for what it truly is, a mistake.

Enjoy not making any progress that you can carry over, when they eventually shut down the legacy servers...

Not that performance is a big problem in ED but it also runs far better than live.

In space? Then you're more in need of a new GPU than I am, with my 6 year old mid range card.

ED probably have the best tutorial of all the space sims i've tried, i'm still using default Mouse and Keyboard controls. A lot of people claim using a Joystick is superior i personally used both, for maneuvering it has an edge, but for targeting nothing beats a mouse period, i guarantee most of the hotas users out there is using assisted targeting, on a mouse it's much better manually.

"Assisted targeting"? There's no auto-aim, unless you mean gimballed weapons? I'm a joystick user, and I like railguns and/or plasmas, if the ship is agile enough... Which don't come in gimballed variants.

[EJR]

Originally posted by Sighman:

Depends. If you want a game with clear goals, big flashing arrows pointing out where to go next, and a plot where you're the hero out to save the galaxy ... definitely not.

If you want a game you can experience at your own pace over many months and years, where you're nothing but an insignificant cog in a vast machine that doesn't care if you live or die, where your own skill and experience matters more than money, ships or guns, then ... maybe.

There's a youtuber who just picked up Elite recently after playing another space game for some time now, and their journey is really worth a watch. They've already posted 17-18 videos and have barely got started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpNzCBkgUiw

Just started watching his videos and it's pretty fun and wholesome seeing the game through the eyes of a new player, saw some decisions he made that I once made when I was in his shoes. Him being amazed at ED's galaxy took me back.

[Maria621 -UK-]

yep