Why does everyone call ED a space flight sim?

DeletedUser191218

It’s always a justification given for certain less entertaining elements of the game. It isn’t a space sim. Have you seen what astronauts do? Elite is NOTHING like reality so can we please just get FDev focussing on making an enjoyable and engaging space game?

That’s all I had to say really. Feel free to agree or disagree at your own leisure.

Enderby

Vedmo

Tarman

DaveB

Not that many, only about 3735928559 times..

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Vedmo

Not that many, only about 3735928559 times..

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PhanttoM

It’s been the standard thing to call these types of games since the 90s.

Wingcommander series were called space sims.
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter series were called space sims.
Freespace series were called space sims.

None of the above were realistic. Heck, they didn’t have 6 degrees of freedom.

Gaarp Kobayashi

Xious

Well. the fact is. I started playing ED in 2015 and it is now 2018 and in a few weeks, it will be 2019 and I’m still playing it.

Who cares what people call it?

UNST3RBLICH

You’re right. It’s a space flight sim.

Stewart_

I would be exceedingly disappointed that if in 3304, humans still have the level of technology as in 2018. It would mean humans haven’t advanced at all.

It’s always a justification given for certain less entertaining elements of the game. It isn’t a space sim. Have you seen what astronauts do? Elite is NOTHING like reality so can we please just get FDev focussing on making an enjoyable and engaging space game?

That’s all I had to say really. Feel free to agree or disagree at your own leisure.

Commander Danicus

Morbad

IMO, the least entertaining aspects are the ones that are least well simulated. All those placeholder mechanisms that are barely even abstracted, like the sorry excuse we have for the economy, or the painfully slow improvements to NPC behavior (though I will admit they are improving).

Guest193293

SnowyNI

Gun Star

Its a game. get over it. I have yet to see a game labeled as a SIM get actually realistic. There is always a couple things off. Except maybe a real military flight simulator and I’ve seen some of those do some crazy things.

StuartGT

It’s always a justification given for certain less entertaining elements of the game. It isn’t a space sim. Have you seen what astronauts do? Elite is NOTHING like reality so can we please just get FDev focussing on making an enjoyable and engaging space game?

That’s all I had to say really. Feel free to agree or disagree at your own leisure.

Elite has made a lasting impression on developers, worldwide, extending even into different genres. In interviews, senior producers of CCP Games cited Elite as one of the inspirations for their acclaimed MMORPG, EVE Online. Þórólfur Beck, CCP’s co-founder, credits Elite as the game that impacted him most on the Commodore 64. Developers of Jumpgate Evolution, Battlecruiser 3000AD, Infinity: The Quest for Earth, Hard Truck: Apocalyptic Wars and Flatspace likewise all claim Elite as a source of inspiration.

Elite was named one of the sixteen most influential games in history at Telespiele, a German technology and games trade show, and is being exhibited at such places as the London Science Museum in the “Game On” exhibition organized and toured by the Barbican Art Gallery. Elite was also named #12 on IGN’s 2000 “Top 25 PC Games of All Time” list, the #3 most influential video game ever by the Times Online in 2007, and “best game ever” for the BBC Micro by Beebug Magazine in 1984. Elite’s sequel, Frontier: Elite II, was named #77 on PC Zone’s “101 Best PC Games Ever” list in 2007. Similar praise has been bestowed elsewhere in the media from time to time.

Elite is one of the most popularly requested games to be remade, and some argue that it is still the best example of the genre to date, with more recent titles—including its sequel—not rising up to its level. It has been credited as opening the door for future online persistent worlds, such as Second Life and World of Warcraft, and as being the first truly open-ended game. It is to this day one of the most ambitious games ever made, residing in only 22 kilobytes of memory and on a single floppy disk. The latest incarnation of the franchise, titled Elite: Dangerous, was released on 16 December 2014, following a successful Kickstarter campaign.

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