ELITE Dangerous

[Mímir]

I really really want to like this game.

I had fun outfitting my ships and flying around in them for a little while.

Ultimately, space just bores me. The only difference between systems is the number of orbs floating around and the textures on them, more or less. NPC's fly the same ships all the time, and behave the same.

When I played, I realized I might as well just stick to one system with plenty of pirate NPCs and an asteroid field, because no matter how much time I spend flying around and exploring, I won't get to a "better" system. At best, I'll get one that is more or less the same.

Exploring is also a drag. Warp to some system, scoop fuel at a sun while scanning the system, then on to the next system. Rinse/repeat. Zzzzzzz.

Granted, I take it that more gameplay features have been added, but when I played it was like having the largest sandbox in the world but no toys to manipulate it with.

Mouse and keyboard isn't an issue at all, the game is just slow and heavy and that feels a little strange using a light and fast mouse for. It doesn't take long to get used to though.

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