Personal thoughts:
- I have no issue with the pricing. It's cost me far less than WoT did, even having bought Horizons separately. For that matter, it's easy to spend more on many games if you then move to the "latest and greatest"
- The technology they have is looking good. The new 64bit version does have the option of better graphics, though at the expense of increase demands on a PC. Hadn't realised until I checked yesterday that it does appear to use all 4 of the cores in my ancient i5, meaning that it's still GPU bound, despite using a CPU that's a good 4-5 years old
- I like what Horizons has added, even though it's actually not that much. I like the added variance of planetary landings.
- "Grind" is an interesting word. Why not call it just a huge time sink, which pretty much any game is, whether it's Chess (which I played a LOT when I was a kid), or this
- I DO agree however that the content could be improved. Personally I'd like to see the options for say creating your own faction, i.e. building a base, and working out from there. That might meaning say finding a new free star location with an good reason for being there, then supplying it, defending it etc.
I DEFINITELY want to see the Thargoids. The possibilities are ace. Alien race. Opportunities for the explorers to act as scouts, the traders to supply ships at the front and the combat people something new to fight. Also brings in the opportunity for say fleet carriers and other genuinely massive ships. Clearly somewhere for a billionaire to blow his wad of credits at.
- I have no issue with the pricing. It's cost me far less than WoT did, even having bought Horizons separately. For that matter, it's easy to spend more on many games if you then move to the "latest and greatest"
- The technology they have is looking good. The new 64bit version does have the option of better graphics, though at the expense of increase demands on a PC. Hadn't realised until I checked yesterday that it does appear to use all 4 of the cores in my ancient i5, meaning that it's still GPU bound, despite using a CPU that's a good 4-5 years old
- I like what Horizons has added, even though it's actually not that much. I like the added variance of planetary landings.
- "Grind" is an interesting word. Why not call it just a huge time sink, which pretty much any game is, whether it's Chess (which I played a LOT when I was a kid), or this
- I DO agree however that the content could be improved. Personally I'd like to see the options for say creating your own faction, i.e. building a base, and working out from there. That might meaning say finding a new free star location with an good reason for being there, then supplying it, defending it etc.
I DEFINITELY want to see the Thargoids. The possibilities are ace. Alien race. Opportunities for the explorers to act as scouts, the traders to supply ships at the front and the combat people something new to fight. Also brings in the opportunity for say fleet carriers and other genuinely massive ships. Clearly somewhere for a billionaire to blow his wad of credits at.
