Elite Dangerous Review: It’s Full Of Stars

The Elite series has been around for almost 30 years, with the last game having graced our monitors 20-years-ago. Given that, it’s safe to suspect that Elite Dangerous has a lot to live up to. Does it? Or should we abort this docking?

The resurgence of space-based video games have been very popular amongst the crowd funding community, and Elite Dangerous is here because of that communities support. The most famous title of the lot is Star Citizen, raising over $68 Million dollars, and both have been compared to one another time and time again.

While the two games occupy the same genre this is not an appropriate comparison. This would be like comparing a smoothie to a beer for nutritional value because both are considered a beverage. There are different goals in place to follow certain gameplay and lore guidelines for what each studio wants to bring in the final product, and both are unique.

Both games are going to have a persistent universe that dynamically changes through player’s actions driving the narrative and economics of the game. Star Citizen is being designed to be a story-driven, immersive and realistic experience in almost every way possible, where Elite Dangerous brings more traditional arcade gameplay features from the genre.

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