So what space faring games capture the magic of Elite?

queamin · 16 Aug 2007 at 19:15

Sometime simple is best and it was ground breaking at the time.

Surfer · 16 Aug 2007 at 19:19

Shadez said:
I still fail to see why elite is so much "better" than x3, just because it was the first doesnt make it the best. Is Wolvenstine better than FEAR, is DUNE better than supreme commander.

It was the first and as such will always be highly regarded but it doesnt make it the best ever of its genre.

do you remember the 1st time you had sex? name, place etc how about the times after that?

i suppose nostalgia adds at least 96% to my score of it

Same with Dune 2. Havent played an RTS since which captures the same feeling.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 16 Aug 2007 at 19:20

Frontier: Elite 2 was fantastic and remains one of my fondest PC memories. I always thought it knocked the original for six too, and at least you got a docking computer to start with this time around

It was also one of the first games (, after Civilisation) I'd ever seen with an intro movie at the start. For a recently ex-8bit computer owner, that was a revelation.

Edleake said:
What is the premise of X3?

I like space 'sims' and recently download, via steam, Nexus the Jupiter Incident but quite fancy and Elite-esk game such as the above.

However I fear a joystick is required to get the most out of X3, am I correct?

Nexus is a very interesting game, and seems to be one of those 'might have been' buried gems that litter PC gaming history. With a bit of polish, and some work of mission design and difficulty settings, it might have given Homeworld a run for its money.

Bleek · 16 Aug 2007 at 19:38

I agree.

However, you didn't answer my fuggin question! :mad:

Vicar · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:26

I still play Elite again, since I discovered Amiga Emulation, the game still as good as ever, only downside is it doesnt entertain my Sidewinder joystick. But I dont mind the keyboard again

Glaucus · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:26

queamin said:
I wish he do elite 4 then maybe do a MMO

NAh he should cancel elite 4.

Do a game plan, def MMO. Gte the backing and fincial report then make it. Not drag it out ofver a decade.

I doubt it will see the light of day, as there's no structure. By the time it's developed it'll be rubbish graphics and wont work on the next version of windows.

ACESHIGH · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:29

I have been enjoying SpaceForce Rogue Universe.
It takes a little getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, its really great. And yes i am a bit of a flightsim fan.

http://www.spaceforce-game.com/news2.aspx

Bleek · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:43

The dismal reviews of Spaceforce are more the adequate at curtailing any interest for me.

NeilF · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:49

AcidHell2 said:
NAh he should cancel elite 4.

Do a game plan, def MMO. Gte the backing and fincial report then make it. Not drag it out ofver a decade.

I doubt it will see the light of day, as there's no structure. By the time it's developed it'll be rubbish graphics and wont work on the next version of windows.

Remember Elite 2 - Frontier... It was utterly amazing (for its day) but totally unplayable?

Jokester · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:51

NeilFawcett said:
Remember Elite 2 - Frontier... It was utterly amazing (for its day) but totally unplayable?

Think you're confusing it with First Encounters, Frontier was far better then Elite in my opinion but FE was bug ridden.

Jokester

Glaucus · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:55

Jokester said:
Think you're confusing it with First Encounters, Frontier was far better then Elite in my opinion but FE was bug ridden.

Jokester

yeh, first encounters Every time I brought a new ship it would crash. So that ruined that game. there's only so much you can do with your starting ship.

queamin · 16 Aug 2007 at 21:05

Jokester said:
Think you're confusing it with First Encounters, Frontier was far better then Elite in my opinion but FE was bug ridden.

Jokester

To true

Hellsmk2 · 16 Aug 2007 at 22:45

One of my strongest/ fondest gaming memories came from Frontier - Taking off from a planet and having silly amounts of police in hot pursuit with laser beams all around. Absolutely intense every single time!

I can't understand why no space sims since since have implemented planets in the same way. It adds so much to the atmosphere when the planets you fly past are actually inhabited AND you can fly right down and land on them or just enjoy the scenery.

It's really crap how in modern space sims planets are just there to look pretty and add bugger all to the game.

(I also preferred Frontier to Elite though both were epic!)

NeilF · 16 Aug 2007 at 22:51

Frontier had realistic vector flight though didn't it? So all combat just become high speed jousting? ie: The two ships fly towards each other, fire at each other as they pass, then turn around and slow down..... slowly... then pick up speed towards each other again.... slowly... and then repeat... over and over...

Dano · 16 Aug 2007 at 22:54

Hellsmk2 said:
I can't understand why no space sims since since have implemented planets in the same way. It adds so much to the atmosphere when the planets you fly past are actually inhabited AND you can fly right down and land on them or just enjoy the scenery.

It's really crap how in modern space sims planets are just there to look pretty and add bugger all to the game.

Too true, I just hope Infinity actually sees the light of day.

For those that don't know:

http://fl-tw.com/Infinity/index.php

Jokester · 16 Aug 2007 at 22:55

I just used the turrets on my Panther.

What amazed me is that it all fitted onto a single floppy.

Jokester

queamin · 16 Aug 2007 at 22:58

Jokester said:
I just used the turrets on my Panther.

What amazed me is that it all fitted onto a single floppy.

Jokester

haha those were the days

Vicar · 17 Aug 2007 at 01:56

Jokester said:
Think you're confusing it with First Encounters, Frontier was far better then Elite in my opinion but FE was bug ridden.

Jokester

Oh dear a front end pro Amiaglist..... The shame off a good space gamer pro.... Elite is a rule of thumb dude.... Reat of Elite game suck bottom drower.....

aka the Drunk poster but it is true......

aka Drunkjacker...... alllo? the phone is did.....!

Gribs · 17 Aug 2007 at 13:07

Shadez said:
I still fail to see why elite is so much "better" than x3, just because it was the first doesnt make it the best. Is Wolvenstine better than FEAR, is DUNE better than supreme commander.

It was the first and as such will always be highly regarded but it doesnt make it the best ever of its genre.

Elite was better than X3 in that it felt big. With the gates X3 doesn't feel like a massive universe but just a few boxes. Frontier with X3's graphics, building complexs and multiple ships would be perfect.

Surfer · 17 Aug 2007 at 13:24

NeilFawcett said:
Frontier had realistic vector flight though didn't it? So all combat just become high speed jousting? ie: The two ships fly towards each other, fire at each other as they pass, then turn around and slow down..... slowly... then pick up speed towards each other again.... slowly... and then repeat... over and over...

Haha! i remember that. Endless dogfighting at extreme long range. By eck that was hard. Only time got close enough was when i rammed them deliberately.

I think Frontier was the one with the extremely dodgy autopilot that crashed your ship into planets as well heh.