• BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    10 years, I was a much different man when I first played this game. Part of my would like to forget the time and start fresh with all these updates.

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      7 hours ago

      I’ve started fresh a number of times with these updates and unfortunately what that does is just highlight how disparate and tacked-on many of them are. They do not make for a coherent, well integrated experience at all. I’m certain it’s a better experience to just be a long time player who logs back in for every update.

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      10 hours ago

      Why not? Not only you was much different, the game was a different man too. I want to like this game, but the gameplay loop and activities seem not for me. I played it for a few hours years ago and might go back and try again.

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        9 hours ago

        I’ve played it after several of the updates and it’s pretty much the same game with a new coat of paint. A mile wide and an inch deep. But the game keeps getting wider and playing it now for the first time would probably be pretty great.

        I loved it when it first came out because since I was a little boy playing Atari in the 80s I wanted to play a game where I could fly to space, between planets, and back in real time. This was the first game that gave me a satisfying experience like that. And it’s still my favorite part.

        Edit: I played Star Citizen after which is a better experience for that, I put ~80 hours in so if it never comes out I got my $50 worth of play time. But I stay fairly close to development on it hoping I’ll get to play a finished version someday.

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          3 hours ago

          I’m about to start ELITE: Dangerous (played the ELITE game on NES way back…) which also have the first person element nowadays. Did you try that one yet? I still wait for Star Citizen to be “completed”, in the sense that I do not like playing Early Access periods.

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      1 day ago

      I remember feeling like I was scammed when this was very early development and even after initial release… bros really redeemed themselves.

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        They did for sure, and he’s now careful about what he says which is smart. He learned a ton through that very public failure.

        I’m looking forward to their next game.