Elite Dangerous 2024, Is It Worth It?

Today we take a look at Elite now, back then, and even in the future. 10 years later, is it still worth a buy?
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- Chapter Information -
0:00 Intro
0:20 Ships
1:44 Game World
2:26 Story
6:30 The BGS
7:50 The FPS
8:44 The Price

[@kidm0bius190]

forgot to mention the monstrous grind.

[@ryean8212]

Unfortunately that's one of my favorite things in video games, doing the same thing over and over might be boring to some, but for me even a slight decrease in run time in something I've done thousands of times is an achievement, efficiency at its best is rewarding, And getting loot from getting better at the video game is a nice bonus, That's why Monster Hunter is my favorite franchise, you can fight the same monster multiple times but learning their moves and turning the battle into a dance is just pure candy.

[@the_part_time_geek]

You're correct about the grind... but if you're into that sort of thing, it can be a beautiful and Zen thing. I haven't played in a couple of years, but one thing I used to love doing is fire the game up in VR at 2 or 3 in the morning, find an asteroid cluster, and just mine for several hours.. Me, my ship, the rocks, the void, and the shining primary off in the distance, the interplay of light and shadows keeping me company in the cold. It was a sort of vibe thing that, admittedly, isn't for everyone.

[@gabereiser]

You can get $300m in like a week with a couple friends

[@R0d_1984]

@@ryean8212 I don't mind grind, but the grind for my pre-engineered FSD and the complexity broke me, haven't played in 6 months, and i LOVE the game...sigh

[@Rainman_games]

@@R0d_1984the pre Eng FSD broke you!?!

[@dvdmuckle]

For what it's worth, the engine changes introduced into Odyssey are now part of the base game too, which means the base game does now require a slightly beefier computer than when the game first came out, which imo makes sense. That being said, some of the on foot activities of Odyssey, such as the on-foot Combat Zones, are particularly taxing in system resources.

[@mookithehamster5639]

On foot combat zones are mainly taxing on cpu and ram.

[@ivomuniz]

"slightly" is a hell of a understatement

[@marsMayflower]

The titan content is truly epic, now if i could only keep my vette in the fight for more than 1 minute

[@Android_ELITE]

I played elite for a good while actually years ago, had fun solo and doing some missions with friends, little bit of exploration, even came back to get my name on a couple first footfalls near nebulas when odyssey released. the thing that ultimately drove me away was that if I wanted to progress further it seemed like I would have to spend dozens of hours grinding tedious repetitive tasks to engineer modules. personally I’m not a fan of that. it was a duel in kraits with my buddy that ultimately opened my eyes to how necessary the engineering grind was; I could match him shot for shot and even outfly him occasionally and I’d just get shredded because he had upgraded guns and shields. never really played much after that.

[@JosephLinares]

I wholeheartedly agree. I started with Elite in 2017 on the PS4 and moved to PC Odyssey about a year or so ago. 2500+ hours combined and I still find reasons to play every week.

[@Coffee-vw2bu]

One thing I didn't see mentioned is the absence of P2W, which is another selling point of Elite over games like EVE Online and Star Citizen. If you get blown up by some ganker in a fully engineered FDL or Cutter, it's because they worked for the ships, not paid real money for them. While you can spend money for ARX, as mentioned, they only affect your ships and weapon colors. EDIT: Of course, it happened. FDev has just announced, today, 23 of April, that you can pay to purchase the Python Mk2 three months early for real-world money. Additionally, pre-configured ships can also be bought with ARX. Modern monetization strikes again! God knows they need the money though, lol.

[@indigointoblack]

I did say that its purely cosmetic but yea I probably should have illustrated it clearer.

[@lsswappedcessna]

technically Odyssey is P2W because exobiology is fucking busted

[@niklasdahlgren7641]

I would argue that the SC PtW is not that clear cut since everything can be earned in-game and the ships you buy are no better than anyone else earned in-game.

[@Underb00t]

I heard green pew pews make it better :v

[@zevjohnson]

then it still falls on the problems that WoW had with people spending lifetime amounts of time on the game to become very skilled/powerful to the point where they're unbeatable to the average person (the majority of players) and take another lifetime amount to even have a chance against him. Though even that, to me at least, was more bearable than knowing I was screwed because I didn't want to spend money on a "free" game.

[@torquaymouse2236]

I'm just going to say " This is my all-time favourite game ever" I've been playing nearly every day since kickstarter back in 2012, if your even slightly intrested in space flight, give it a go!

[@neilsmith8427]

Great video good to see positive ones about elite. Its a special game that shaped alot of the industry. Elite needs to survive

[@murdurmuffin7872]

Elite needs to be BETTER. We've been promised, and let down, repeatedly for a decade. There's SO MUCH POTENTIAL, but the devs refuse to capitalize on it. Elite needs to evolve.

[@KinkyJalepeno]

They need to stop ruining it then with crap like Odyssey and pandering to investors. Start listening to players, stop being greedy and ignorant and include VR !

[@LordTea1]

@@murdurmuffin7872 in contrast to many other games out there, Elite has evolved - a lot. Only the core elements of the 2014 game are still present in the latest 2024 version after 18 large updates. And there are more large updates to come. That can not be said about many 10-year old games still on the market. At the asking price of now $25 Elite with Odyssey is an absolute steal.

[@irish7460]

Shaped the industry? in what way? as far as I can't tell, nobody gives a shit about it.

[@Graterstuuf]

Elite in 1984 was special.

[@tonysanderson7741]

ED is still truely an epic game even after 10 years, its the game to have in VR and VR is becoming stronger by the months. Would love to see Odyssey work in VR rather than a grey box flat screen, more variations of stations, it has lost players but i'd expect if a few tweeks here and there were made and some extra level of love then the player base will pick up again.

[@Jezato]

I've spent 1000s of hours in elite, trading, exploring, mining and bounty hunting in asteroid fields. It's a great game but it's really missiing out on a much bigger player base by not including more systems like ship building/design/modularity and base building like Starfield. I look forward to Elite Dangerous 2, hopefully they'll improve and innovate based on the best of what the current space games have on offer .

[@Profane_Pagan]

Ok let me add bc I felt silly bc I started with nitpicking: Indigo this video is a must seen for people who are interested in ED. Thank you for making this. I love how the story of ED is the history what we live through. With a lot of immersive events, news segments...

[@pgm1673]

The Taranis moment we had last week was truly epic. I have never seen anything like it in a game.

[@thelionsam]

Great intro/summary 👍 10k hours + and counting in game.

[@OwOUwUOnO]

Is there any possible chance I would be able to use a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS controller along with the mouse & keyboard? I've had a few games that would disconnect & reconnect with noticeable feedback delay the HOTAS whenever I'd move press any hotkeys or move the mouse around.

[@bigbangerz5856]

Elite is a great game “for players who haven’t been negatively impacted by various Frontier decisions” and/or are happy to ignore them and move on because it doesn’t effect them or they simply don’t care. Personally I think Elite has a good 200hrs gameplay in there for most people but it could be so much more and it is to a core group who basically fall under the 1st sentance…

[@indigointoblack]

I think that ultimately the hate this game receives is overblown. Skyrim is not a perfect game and is still to this day broken even though it’s been released like 10 times. But people still love Skyrim. Star Citizen has over half a billion in funding now, and the bots still don’t work. As for the past, I wasn’t there for a lot of it, but for the now… Elite is 25 bucks, comes with mountains and mountains of content that is finished and functional, the opinions on the content vary. Regardless, beyond worth it imo, and that opinion will never change. It was worth it to me full price, but now… even more so.

[@Deepkeel]

​​@@indigointoblack Comes with tons of functions that were finished, but they gave up on the Xbox community a bit before the Series models were announced, Odyssey never came to Xbox, despite their promises.

[@bigbangerz5856]

well you say that @@indigointoblack but imagine for 1min Frontier decide to drop support for something that effects you say joystick and hotas controls you'd be pretty pissed then I bet...

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

​@@bigbangerz5856he would, as would I. But that is a strategic decision on Frontiers part. It's not personal, you're allowed to be pissed, but that doesn't invalidate other peoples love for the game.

[@bigbangerz5856]

I literally said that in the OP@@ImBarryScottCSS

[@toasty1510]

Never forget when I first learned about automatic stabilization, between switching it it off and on in mid combat really gave me an immersive experiences. Performing maneuvers that place you out of enemy weapon range and you unleashing a barrage of weaponry. Or that one time pirates attack, leaving me for dead space! Bought my ship HP down to 1%, cockpit canopy broken. I thought I was stuck, then my buddy told me to turn off the ship and turn it back on. Did that and got home safely on one freaking percent!

[@Boemel]

Haven't played in 2 years but i remember the day the first Hyperdiction happened and i was logged in every night all night. It was so exciting all the things happening.

[@JRo250]

Completely agree with everything you said. It's a fair and balanced synopsis of the game. I also agree regarding the cost/value equation of ED; it's a bargain. Beyond that, dude, awesome voice-over and presentation skills. Your audio is immaculate, including the oft missed compression, voice EQ, and excellent mix which makes for very easy listening. Your projection and articulation into the mic is also topnotch, pro level. Nicely done!

[@indigointoblack]

Thank you! o7

[@topflightrec7200]

DMAN that was the greatest comment I’ve read in a while, explained why I was immediately sucked in, the voice made it very easy to listen and watch through. Props!

[@ShockandMaw]

What's the VR controls like with motion controllers? Is there any support? I've been considering getting into it but i can't find any good answers on that. I have a Quest 2.

[@gabereiser]

You’d be better served with a HOSAS like the VKB NXT Gladiators. Theres no touch controller support.

[@asingularhuman]

I just use an xbox controller and it works great, there are no motion controls and it would likely not work very well if there where any.

[@tallll70]

Do you know what is the game play space in ED? I mean the space used to change content in depends where you are? You spoke of skybox, i guess you meant something like spacebox or universebox which displays area which can be traveled to, that is super nice... Like in case of SC it started with 1mil x 1mil x 200k, then it expended for solar system size to roughly 100mil x 100mil and Pyro will be or is for some about double, i was always wondering what it is for ED or NMS, NMS also uses single solar system which changes it's content during warp and that's how big gameplay space is in there really

[@ali07saad]

i stopped playing around 2018 when i got triple elite, never got the chance to do engineering as the material gathering was just too much for me, even with enough mats it was just gambling on results. i understand that it's end game thing but still it felt like taking forever just to unlock an engineer and level up to upgrade a heat sink. is it better now?

[@Glorious_Memes]

For a game that can sometimes go on sale for less than a McDonalds visit and will give you thousands of hours of gameplay while still discovering new things, I'd say its worth it

[@victoryeung2844]

Bought this game quite awhile ago and forgot about it. Just start it these 2 days. Play the the tutoroil once and then auto launch my sidewinder, absoultely my mistake, totally panic at the space. What an experience ! Just like car broke down on nobody land. Clear the scave, run tutorial 3 more times. Done around a bunch ultra low risk delivery jobs and got a bit kowning of the control and the on screen display. It is a good game.

[@pablo.gonzales945]

I’m a brand new player about a week in and I have to say where has this game been all my life!! Exploring the community a bit I can see how some veteran players have been wronged in the past, and may feel bitter. But as a completely fresh player I have nothing but great things to say about the game and I’ve convinced some of my other friends to play too :)

[@pluto419]

I remember the event of Titan tirranis, i was there on hip 22460, we had two dozen ships or so in the instance dicking around until the cutscene kicked in, truly amazing. I've been playing for a little over 3 years now, and its truly a masterpiece of a game

[@Tamburello_1994]

Subbed for positive ED content

[@Sir-Complains-a-Lot]

As long as its not pvp, right?

[@asingularhuman]

whenever I see someone use "ED" as an acronym for elite dangerous I need to remind myself what they meant.

[@kaplishk]

Elite Dangerous is really a niche of the space genre because it the only game that let us explore our Milky Way Galaxy with gameplay on top of it.

[@tgherman3619]

Been playing since release. I've done a little bit of everything. Just got a fleet carrier, helped kill Titan :Oya and all that good stuff. This is the perfect space game for me.

[@Kindofsavvy]

I got this game from a giveaway but i havent touched it yet. It looks intimidating, any recommendations for getting started or finding a community to join to learn from?

[@Rykaas]

Avoid new player guides, they're just about how to do everything as fast as possible and kill the all fun out of it. I started after watching some new account playthrough. That really helps

[@asingularhuman]

play the tutorials, and just play the game and enjoy it.

[@ttownscott]

Newbie here. I just bought Elite Dangerous, and it starts me out in a bunker with a mission to get stuff from another bunker. But when I get to that bunker, I run out of oxygen and battery for my cutter and can't seem to operate my controls and die. Is there a good beginner guide?

[@indigointoblack]

There are tons of guides out there, most of which will focus on money. If you are talking about the very first tutorial mission you get in to, thats teaching you some of the Odyssey (fps) mechanics. Hold ALT on your keyboard to bring up your util wheel and you can recharge your suit, you need quite a bit to overcharge to do so, and to overcharge a door without access youll need to activate "illegal mode" lol, which is Q when you have your charger out I believe, best to check your keybinds.

[@ttownscott]

thanks @@indigointoblack I'll check my bindings

[@georgetaggart7714]

How powerful of a pc should i have? The specs on steam seem minimal. I want to try but not confident in my 5 year old gaming laptop

[@indigointoblack]

Elite's optimization is very here and there, the most intensive it will get on your system is probably a High Intensity On Foot Conflict Zone. Space is pretty light and can run well on a lot of systems, I would also try Supersampling on Normal at 1.25x as elites anti aliasing is like... either not working right or broken and makes the game look way worse than it can.

[@AuraSparks]

Great video, excited to start my Elite Dangerous journey very soon

[@ToCoSo]

Awesome vid!! Great that people are noticing how good Elite is, its not the usual game, its a cool environment you can play in and has the best community. Playing with people makes Elite amazing!

[@bigcat514]

Nice vid 👍. How is Elite work out in co-op? Is it clunky, non existing, or awesome, or…?

[@bogdanrotaru6101]

please for the love of God bring VR for on-foot, that's the only thing holding me to return to elite. Once you play it in VR, you can NEVER return to flat monitor

[@Dummyplugg]

100% When Odyssey came out with no VR I played for a little bit. But then it became clear that VR wasn't going to happen. I haven't played since.

[@krellis1000]

I bought ED + Odyssey 3 weeks ago and have already got my money's worth, and have only scratched the surface. I also still have the original Elite badge from the 1980s BBC micro version.

[@tomii1132_]

I remember like it was yesterday when we first encountered thargoids. No one knew it was coming and it was pretty scary. Also, the thargoids planet bases were epic. We were landing our ships around and exploring the beuty there... there is so much more u didnt notice but whatever. I guess people have to try it themselfs...

[@vincore2845]

I'm very much liking the change to the narration of your videos. I think you nailed it in this one. GG

[@vincore2845]

Imma comment my own comment... I think this might be one of your best videos yet. totally loving the mix of narration and in-game footage!

[@user-on4lv8eu9h]

One thing that must be said about Elite's story is that it is told in the most realistic and /immersive/ manner. You learn about events either by participating in them or reading about them in the news, some episodes can take months to reach their conclusions, alternatively you can ignore everything and do what you like far away from trouble... and it's the same in Elite.

[@Gazooka]

The way they can fix the engineering is to make it just require materials with no credits to upgrade completely (no multiple rolls just the one per grade) or use credits to roll the grade up to full with no materials, the odyssey weapons and suits are worse as they require both parts and credits, honestly it should be one or the other, or it’s free if you have all the materials and would cost a surplus if you don’t have any materials (discount if you have some of them).

[@LumusDigital]

the only thing personal that upset me about Odyssey DLC was lack of VR this game is amazing to play in VR and i would have loved to have Done That In Odssey As Well

[@indigointoblack]

If odyssey was fully VR supported it I would be absolutely insane

[@YoreHistory]

PLaying Elite Dangerous with VR/HOTAS + HCS Voice Packs+Voice Attack is honestly the closest to flying in space you will ever get. Just a next level experience.

[@aavvv_]

I’m really enjoying starting over again after a four year absence. It is a space game experience like no other.

[@STRIDER_503]

What I like about this game is it doesn't force you to do all the stuff it features, YOU choose what you want to do in this game. It's the freedom that makes this game appealing to those who play it, me included.

[@josephmcandrew7937]

You sir are a salesman. You got me, I bought it. So far I played the tutorial, tried a combat mission, which I did not complete becuase the server had an error when I got to the planet. When I logged on a spent an hour trying to find a station, kept finding satellites. After refueling I spent quite a long time to get to a planet surface flew around a little until I decided to just log out. Idk man this first few hours are not hooking me at all.

[@indigointoblack]

thats why the game has a smaller concurrent playerbase, but doesnt die. the thing i like to compare it to even though i havent played much of it myself is tarkov, it is BRUTAL to new players, maybe even more so than tarkov. you will be constantly reminded that you are a part of this world, not the world itself. you will be lost, confused, not know the limits of the systems you play with. Elite isnt the typical kind of "fun." its rewarding. as a new player you are spawned on the edge of the bubble for some reason in odyssey, where everything is far away and one small mistake will leave you without fuel, where you will be left to die unless you call the fuel rats. you will be weak, you will fall a lot. its hard, but if you make it, you probably will never forget it.

[@dewalashape1224]

Feels like a dev account trying to market the game

[@samarthur407]

Hah, I wouldn't be surprised tbh.

[@davewills6121]

Lets thank our lucky stars FRONTIER doesn't fall under the SONY banner, otherwise it would be Adios Amigos

[@jackmarston2515]

This game would rule over all other space games if it had some more interesting planets and ship interiors.

[@thenetrunner2331]

Started playing elite around 2018 and loved every moment of it, then wehen odyssey launched, was unhappy with the state of the game (as many were/are) and moved to star citizen (which has become my most played game in recent time). But i'm definitely gonna check out elite D again, still have plenty of asteroids to crack and stars to visit =] and boy do i love the asteroid mining in elite

[@CarBENbased]

I noticed the steam page you showed said VR supported. Have they added VR support to the FPS portions of the game or is that still Horizons only?

[@indigointoblack]

Still Horizons only unfortunately

[@Astro648]

Fantastic video, keep up the great work!

[@CH-hp6ow]

VR Headset + HOTAS + Voice Attack also makes this the coolest VR experience I have played so far. I last played a couple years ago though and didn't get to check out the FPS gameplay with this setup so not sure how it translates.

[@Mike-yv9qs]

VR is no longer supported

[@CH-hp6ow]

@@Mike-yv9qs whaaaaaaaaaat!? That makes me sad even though I don't have a PC or headset to play it anymore. Others not being able to experience how cool this was sucks

[@Mike-yv9qs]

@@CH-hp6ow You can still use it, but it's unsupported now, so any VR issues/bugs may not get resolved.

[@eaglesfan815]

is it enjoyable on a controller / mouse and keyboard?

[@indigointoblack]

I only play on mouse and keyboard, and while a controller is totally doable, I don’t prefer it myself. I even use mostly default binds.

[@sogagette]

it makes me sooo happy to see some positivity for Elite. most players that used to love it have just hopped on the hate train that came from the Odyssey disappointment and have completely forgotten about the nice memories they've made and how special it is as a game. i hope more people drop this corny, unreasonable and forced hatred they harbor for ED and at least start appreciating the fun they had in it once upon a time

[@chrissumner6046]

I got well over 2k hrs and still loving Elite, thankyou Big Daddy Braben 😁

[@jericslater889]

The basement of this game absolutely great. THe Dev mess it up by themselves.

[@RikkiNakesone]

I'm not good at the space combat, or surviving it. I focus on exploration, how's the FPS side of the game now? is there more for that than before?

[@indigointoblack]

more so been polished up and visually tweaked, like the game looks really really good now if you supersample (fdev please give us proper AA) and exobiology is like one of if not the best money in the game.

[@AikweidHaast]

Your channel is really well put together so far, mate. I reckon a solid "Getting Back Into Elite" type video could do well and ease the re-entry of players back into the game.

[@indigointoblack]

great idea, will do!

[@Markuskittelsen]

It is illegal to make such a good video with so few subsribers!!

[@AshyGr33n]

How bad is the grind? I quit the game bcs I hated grinding Engineer. How long is it roughly gonna take to deck out an Anaconda?

[@indigointoblack]

Well if you’ve already got the engineers unlocked, probably not as long as you’d think. But there is a lot of game to be had without even touching engineering, it is surprisingly optional.

[@E1Streamz]

One of the best most imersive and relaxing games i have ever played, Recently ported my console save over to PC and was blown away by how much better it looks and feels especially with the odessey stuff. I only wish i had more time to play this game as you really do need to sink a few hours at a time to feel any real benefit. I also play EVE (Echos and online) but Elite is my favourite space game, and the comunity are helpful and welcoming

[@sgtthumbless7285]

The only reason I'm not playing elite or anything by Frontier Developments is mainly because they dropped all development for my platform after promising us to continue development. The only reason I'm missing out is because thats what frontier chose.

[@Rykaas]

I've played other space games before Elite but there was always a "lack of freedom" which is ironic considering the genre. This is the first game I've played that allows me to go and do whatever, whenever, however

[@JC30-kq4gm]

so if i buy elite delux edition it comes with odyessy ?

[@indigointoblack]

Yep!

[@ContraGrain]

My favorite aspect of elite really is the chill gameplay. My maimship at the moment is a dolphin.

[@cmdramethyst.8625]

Thank you so much - I've always had a special place in my heart for the Elite series as a whole, and I'm delighted to hear somebody praising it in the midst of so much bashing it gets. Yes it can be grindy, but it's also *massively* open-ended. You can be a courier, pirate, trader, assassin, industrial thief, mercenary, exobiologist, explorer, miner, anti-xeno hunter, fuel rat and loads more besides, and I love it. I just wish they'd let you have a second swing at getting a Cobra Mark IV =|

[@indigointoblack]

if youd like a real love letter, check out "Into Black" its one of my best videos.

[@cmdramethyst.8625]

@@indigointoblack I'ma go watch it now ! :D

[@tynrova9639]

No ship interiors killed it for me. All the hype of the much anticipated space legs update made infuriatingly disappointing after they said every ship was made with interiors in mind.

[@bilLYNX]

Was getting the dlc for planet coaster and saw this and cant wait to try it out

[@radio-silence9506]

If they just make Materials tradable between players, it'd be a near perfect game for me. Let me buy engineering mats instead of making ED a 2nd full time job please :(

[@Titere05]

Truth is I alternate between Star Citizen and Elite because whenever I play one I end up missing things about the other, so in my mind they are equally good, minus the bugs and performance problems of SC. I will say this though, there is nothing like Elite out there. Star Citizen just doesn't scratch the same itch. If enjoy exploring like me, Elite is like the Death Stranding of space games. You just jump and jump for thousands of light years to see what's on a distant nebula or the other side of the galaxy. Then you get paid handsomely for it.

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Last night I was trying to figure out where I wanted to go, looking at various PoI and nothing was really jumping out at me. So I went for the tried and true answer - UP! Just fly directly up from wherever you are and see how high you can get, still fun now and have found some amazing systems on the way. 10 years in I still love exploring in this game.

[@eoconnor2000]

I originally played Elite but stopped because the engineering grind turned me off so I played Star Citizen but unfortunately it is not a complete game and is more about the new technology. I mean everyone is wating to go from one system to another , or an improved flight model, economy or even map. Elite has billions of systems - great map and great flight model so while waiting for SC 3.23 I decided I would try Elite again. I looked up videos on how to make the grind less combersome and really started to engineer my ship to the point I was able to survive my first multi pirate battle. In these last few months I have engineered my ship and even joined the Thargoid War. The best part is the progress I have made like my fleet carrier or engineered ship will not be reset. Elite is not perfect (No ship interiors which was another turn off when frontier said they were not important) but for those who are willing to put these aside there is is a really good space game to enjoy. I am glad Frontier is putting more emphasize on Elite.

[@janvidb4377]

elite dangerous deluxe edition is 9.99 right now, should I? I always try to go back to star citizen and try to enjoy it but always fail. would this game be a better chance?

[@indigointoblack]

This game is much more complete than star citizen. And will have things for you to do and see for hundreds if not thousands of hours. But, something to keep in mind, it’s hard. Very hard on new players. Now, of course there is plenty of fun to be had, both exciting and very calm and relaxing even. But you will die, crash into things, not know how to do things a lot. Although I haven’t played much myself, I like to compare Elite to Tarkov in a weird way. Tarkov is often described as more rewarding, rather than typical fun. Elite is kinda similar in that way. If you make it through, you’ll never forget it.

[@nevilovermann797]

I'm fairly new to the game. I've clocked about 80 hours in it and I think this is one of the most amazing games I have ever played. For anyone interested in space sims this is a must play. I'm sure it won't be for everyone, it's a hard sci-fi experience to the core, but it is truly spectacular.

[@BurnerJones]

I haven't played this since 2016 but you've convinced me to give it another shot.

[@indigointoblack]

you got a lot to catch up on XD

[@horndogfred5246]

"Its been years since Odessey launched" And still no fucking ship interiors. Fucking destroys the immersion.

[@Deepkeel]

I only abandoned playing this because I cant afford to get a new PC still, used to be on the Xbox side of the game, but the devs abandoned Console before the Series models were announced(?), way back when Odyssey was about to come out.

[@goldkat94]

I paid 60$ as one of the first backers and they promised me everything that is ingame right now. As a reward for my investment I have to pay twice to get the content. Thats fckd up!

[@yazzzlet3549]

I never come back because every time i click on a video i see people defending the same old problems and it reminds me that the problem isn't the devs but the community

[@MrRocksW]

Great video and very good summary

[@dirtyvinyl8817]

I have 2003 hours in that Dangerously Elite game. Ive been to Beagle Point and I've seen the center of the Galaxy. I've seen the largest star and some of the most breathtaking nebulas. I have only 4 more leaders to serve in the powerplay and have mined Void Opals, LTD, Painite, you name it, just to pay for a fleet of ships. I have won a free Anaconda at Hutton Orbital that came with a pretty cool mug from the gift shop. and i'm so close to my own carrier... and with this short video, you have shown me how little ive played this game. wow. P.S Please Frontier update the ship HUD omg... it did not age well.

[@indigointoblack]

ship hud i still think is pretty sick but in terms of QOL yea it could use some looking at. and to be honest, there are things out there thatll make me feel the same way, even after hundreds or even over a thousand hours somehow elite can still make me feel like im new lol, its insane.

[@jlsabinas8578]

All this is fine and dandy, but I need something 'in my face'. I need an RPG with characters that talk to you and give you choices. If a game like 'Outer Worlds' were installed within the game, Elite would get a lot more players. Heck, I think that's the next step in the games evolution.

[@nkkdenis]

It's like calling a world boss spawn in WoW a storyline :-D and omg it also spawns again and can be repeated if you've missed out!!

[@tristanglock4925]

Just wanted to add some comments from someone who played elite dangerous for a while and gave up. The BGS is very minimal. You'll rarely notice its happening and I've rarely ever heard of players actively engaging with it as the actual effects of faction changes are minor at best and I myself never touched it. From all I've seen odyssey and the main game are almost completely separate. Their mechanics have little interaction, and for the most part act as separate games. If you where hoping for mixed arms combat with grounded forces and space ships then I'd steer clear that's not at all how ground combat works as the two are not balanced for interaction. The story is minor at best and as the first review said individual players have little effect on the actual story and the mechanics by which players interact with the story changes amount to one type of combat and nothing else. If you're not a combat focused pilot or hate a story moving out without you and mostly occurring in the background then the story is not for you. Lastly I've never found the career part of elite dangerous to be particularly interesting or balanced. Most players make 99% of their money mining void opals and that's about it everything else is secondary and pretty basic. Mining weirdly is the only profession to get any sort of improvements to make it more interesting and even then they're fairly minor. At the end of the day if you're looking for a space sim that is immersive beyond just the visuals and with depth beyond just the flight model I'd say move on and look for something else.

[@inukrieger5206]

ED is one of my favorite space games, i always look for someone to play togher do mission togher a fight as example in multicrew togher some fly a ship the other the atack ships as example in my anaconda.

[@Nyxson]

Strange seeing myself mentioned in the video like that... Not in a bad way though 😊😊 Thank you for that. And thank you for showing your side of the game and why you love it and want to share your passion with everyone else. Your passion is really contagious. Wish you all the best and amazing work on the video. Cheers.

[@indigointoblack]

Thank you for the comment! Really cool to run into you here!

[@SgtAwesome97]

I notice you didn't mention anything about the agony that is the engineering grind. Understandable given that knowing of it would chase away new players. But I agree with a lot of what you said.

[@peteramaranth85]

easy answer, pc : sure its grindy but you'll have fun with ya mates or exploring/bounty hunter etc your self or with friends, on console: no its dead, even the reviews show you its dead no ones there

[@BrandonS-lk2qc]

Excellent content and quality production. Subbed.

[@indigointoblack]

thank you!

[@cmdrsorrowful4823]

i have thousands of hours in elite and some memorable adventures with players. also i say that the game is not an energy rush of epicness, it is more subdued and melancholic and "boring" even. it is commonplace for gamers to listen to podcasts while playing the game. but if you get attached to your ship and progress in game then you acquire the persona of a pilot, who in real life must handle long periods of boredom during travel, but this boredom will be merged with your new identity as a commander and make you feel like a ship captain even more. rumor has it that base building is gonna be added to elite one day.

[@murdurmuffin7872]

Also for those interested in Elite Dangeous: The game has a MASSIVE "go here and there and over there" collection grind to it, and you will be spending at least a month straight of hard play to get the ship you want, and then engineered to a viable state. The introduction of new features and continuing development is very slow, and often disappointing compared to the expectations set by the dev's communications and marketing. For example, it's been 10 years and you STILL can't walk around the interior of your ship. You could stop playing the game for 3 years, come back, and there will be MAYBE a new ship, or a gameplay loop that you have to pay 50% of the base game price to "enjoy". Believe me, I'm trying to stick to things that will matter to a prospective customer and leaving out the plethora of frustrations that have caused me to uninstall the game 3 times in the last decade. I have hundreds, maybe thousands, of hours in the game and I can confidently say the ONLY part that is worth it is the experience of flying your own ships to pretty much any world in the Milky Way Galaxy. No other game quite captures that feeling as well as E:D, but man is there a huge price to pay.

[@Sighman]

Depends how you play. Many people don't focus on getting one ship, or fully engineered modules. They just play, take materials rewards when they do missions, deploy collector limpets after destroying an enemy ship. If you decide you want a fully engineered Corvette in the first couple of weeks, that's on the player. The game doesn't force you to do it.

[@indigointoblack]

idk I dont think its quite all that, the grind is very annoying and a kill joy at times 100%, but considering how much game you can get without even really touching i think it is still worth it, and now that the fdev side of things is looking pretty lively, maybe itll get addressed. a few thousand hours says to me though you got some worth at least right?

[@scorpion29a]

The only time that "grind" is annoying, is when people want instant gratification, watch those "get rich quick" videos and burn themselves out. There is NO endgame, no goal to E:D. You do what you want, you set your own goals. It's a sandbox and you don't have to rush it. Just play at your own pace and have fun the way you like. I just can't understand the obsession with getting the "best" ship in game, fully engineered, etc... you don't need it. Must be a generational thing :P Playing the game for the sake of playing it and having fun, not being told how to play and what to do and being hand held, it seems to be a dying art.

[@gareth6972]

@@scorpion29a My issue with that is the amount of people who've rather disingenuously told me that 'you make your own fun.' Which I'm absolutely okay with, except it's really difficult when it's just a big sandbox with very little to actually interact with, at least with any semblance of depth. I was hoping Odyssey would give a breath of fresh air to the game I felt it had been needing for so long, but the fake gameplay trailers they showed and the absolutely lackluster features it added only frustrated me all the more. I don't care about 'instant gratification', I'm more than happy to play the long game, I just wish the journey to get there was actually fun. Also when it comes to engineering, you say you don't need it...but let's be honest, the difference between an engineered and a ship without engineering is so vast that whilst in the strictest, most technical sense you don't need it, I think we both know the reality is that yeah...you kind of do.

[@DeltaFidelias]

@@scorpion29a My issue is that what I WANT to do is combat missions and/or easy courier trading missions. After a month of playing basically only Elite Dangerous as my game of choice, I still couldn't afford a combat ship. So I outfitted my starter ship with the best I could afford and.... yeah, I wasn't even putting a dent on the easiest of combat missions. The grind DOES exist. You can mitigate it if you enjoy playing the economy game, but I don't want to interact with the economy. At all. So progress is extremely slow.

[@RedBeardAUGames]

Elite dangerous currently on sale 60%-70% off get it while it's hot

[@elderrook]

Great video. Well thought out and explained. Only gripe I have is with the f&%#ing idiots at KZbin who thought the perfect place for an ad interruption was in the middle of the titan explosion sequence. KZbin is getting to be a poor choice in platforms.

[@Tanvaras]

Been with Elite since day 1 of Alpha, bought 5 copies for my kids and I to play. Frontier was a great company back then., but as time went on, their ideology changed for the worse. Look at Odyssey release (for those that had to buy it) major cash grab and we are now what, 19 updates to still fix issues. On top of most other FD titles tanking, they have come back to try and re-vitalize the game. But will this bring back the players that left..... I am not confident on that. Upside, Elite has so much promise, and maybe, just maybe, Frontier will actually put some real effort back into the game and start making the game what we all hoped it would turn out like. Really do hope a game which I grew up on from the original Elite on C64 continues to improve now FD are refocused on it. Time will tell.

[@brandonquirk2289]

If you like space games play elite period. It’s a simulated galaxy that you can literally live a life in

[@jellowiggler]

so much too do, soo much to see.....BGS 2.0 coming, new ships, the culmination of the thargoid war.....I've been playing since 2019 and there are still types of gameplay I haven't even done. Thousands of hours in and there are game play loops I haven't experienced yet. Insane. You are correct, it is the best time to get into Elite. The software and service are in the best shape its ever been in. The price is low. The player engagement is high. Frontier Developments has been forced to pear down and concentrate on titles that have been delivering. Elite Dangerous is one of those. It's a good time to put on your space boots and go for a fly!

[@oak-a-kola6630]

I agree with the history part. I remember when thargoid probes started to appear, and then BAMMM first interdiction recorded. I was shitting my pants just traveling through Merope and neighbour stars. Really, you just had to be there

[@AllericEnslin]

As a Star Citizen nerd, i've been struggling to get myself into it, though i really want to

[@michaelmorrigan614]

It's a shame Frontier abandoned it for their more lucrative movie tie-in games. I've pretty much moved on, but I have a lot of memories with Elite.

[@indigointoblack]

It is still being developed to this day, with this year being one of the biggest years in content the game has seen in a very long time, if not ever.

[@HikingFeral]

I have just come back to Elite and while I am still a noob and never really mastered the game I'm really excited that they are pumping out new content and improving ED. Frontier have a new long term paying customer from me because in my opinion in 2024 - Elite Dangerous is just the best and most complete space sim game in existence. Sure Star Citizens dog fights look fun but the rest of the game looks like trash and is a nats hair away from being a full on scam and starfield may as well not even have ships, there's no point whatsoever in flying the ship just fast travel. It's Skyrim with a sci-fi paintjob. Elite is worth a try and it's won me over.

[@NoXion100]

Excellent summary of this game. I've been playing since late 2022 and have over 2500 hours in it. Even taking into account that I bought it before the price drop, it's been totally worth it in my opinion.

[@indigointoblack]

2021 myself, although the odyssey launch basically pushed me out for a year until i finally really got into it, and im so glad i did, i cant believe i almost missed out on it.

[@barrycompton8972]

Thank you. Good content. I enjoyed this, thank you.