Elite Dangerous VR Is An Absolute Nightmare - This Is Why

[@UpIsNotJump]

Hey all! These bad boys take quite an age to make so if you are a keen bean you can join me to help me make more here: www.patreon.com/upisnotjump I really loved making this so I hope the video makes you laugh!!! And yes I am a teacher hahah XD I teach all the sciences and maths at a high school level. The voice I use in these videos is my teaching voice, I don't swear in lessons though..

[@meth_]

UpIsNotJump ok

[@sirbreadstick]

If I get some money I'll surely start giving you some!

[@darthmatt920]

UpIsNotJump: another fantastically hilarious video!

[@teshakkaldro7301]

Hey if you want more of a nightmare, you should really find one of those combat zones. great times. specially if you have one of those BOSS capital ships warp in! gave me goosebumps

[@bravojr]

2 words would Kill me from excitement. "Descent Mod" Can you imagine if the mechanics in Descent were applied to this framework.

[@PreparedDeath]

The worst thing is because the game can be really relaxing, nodding off while gaming is quite common, nodding off in VR is quite a new thing, now, waking up because your ship is screaming at you whilst slowly drifting towards a white dwarf with the temperature shooting up, it’s terrifying

[@leechowning2712]

For that first about 10 seconds you actually understand what the pilot would be feeling. As your brain reboots in where are we.

[@sofieselene]

@@leechowning2712 Hell, I have lucid nightmares for that one, thanks

[@goldie8781]

That feels oddly specific.

[@Dr_Andracca]

I frequently forget why I stopped playing this game even though I love it, that's exactly it. Even with no VR waking up to a computer screaming at you is still terrifying.

[@mrmalcolm]

I nodded off once. Once. That was enough

[@jayl2298]

Y’know, this made me realize how the millennium falcon taking hours of repairs every single movie is actually pretty reasonable.

[@RexMK-]

If we are all being realistic, honestly they were lucky that the Falcon just needed a few hours to repair

[@Johnny_Awesome]

@@RexMK- Just YT-1300 things I guess.

[@Jenna_Talia]

Yeah people forget that space flight isn't like driving a car to work and moreso like being on a galleon in the atlantic ocean for months.

[@skychaserthedragon2046]

And really, their "repairs" were more like sticking a wad of gum on a leaky pipe in the context of this video

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

@@Jenna_Taliayeah, I think spaceship is actually the best word to make people understand that. They’ll immediately think “oh yeah ships are complicated as fuck” but if we called them space cars they’d ask why Han doesn’t just go to illegal space autozone

[@GEONEgaming]

I never thought a video titled 'Elite Dangerous Is An Absolute Nightmare' would make me want to play Elite Dangerous so much.

[@That1707]

And that's his point! If that really tickles your biscuit then sounds like the game might just be for you. :)

[@rubylazer995]

Trust me you will have to dedicate minimum an hour seting up he controls but it is so worth it

[@fxzn]

@@rubylazer995 default controls on HOTAS are fine imo.

[@BaltimoreFleks]

@DESTROYER67732 we r at 250 mil/h with double painite mining atm

[@TK0921]

Jacob heier honestly the money grind isn’t even a problem. Learning how to play the game is the real trouble for new players. If you can figure out how to play the game that’s about half the battle.

[@rockyravage7154]

You can control everything, while simultaneously not knowing how to control anything

[@fruittree1670]

bloody oath

[@schoolhomevrtechnologyassi6286]

Exactly like life then... ;~}

[@ProfiteerJayden]

Mood, i know all the keybinds on my own Joystick off by heart but i cant for the love of god tell which buttons i press

[@colemanwalsh7477]

Exactly how I felt when I first played the game lol. And before I even saw this video I would agree if your new to the game it will give you a unconventional fear of the sun lol

[@nicksmith2033]

@@colemanwalsh7477 What do you mean new players? Ive been playing elite for like 5 years and damn near every time i put on the index a star scares the hell out of me. Or having npc's come out of super cruise as you are boosting in the equivalent of a city block *cough* type 9 right in front of you!

[@Ballonthermo]

Pro tip : Download "vocals" then bind a word or a sentence to a key Congrats now you can control your ship with voice commands. Saying "activate warp drive" and seeing it happening is simply glorious and immersive AF

[@adammoore251]

Voice attack really helped with this, also made the immersion so much better.

[@Leon-kz9qu]

@@adammoore251 do you have a link to that program?

[@LupoAndy]

@@Leon-kz9qu They even got a demo. :) store.steampowered.com/app/583010/VoiceAttack/

[@GreatLordLunchBox]

that is cool

[@CRemy-pk1fh]

only works if you have fluent english tongue. My Google assistant is so confused when i speak.

[@NickInTimeFilms]

Congrats on being randomly selected by the youtube algorithm to be shown to EVERYONE. These VR vids give quite a chuckle, nice work.

[@PhilipZeplinDK]

Nothing random about it :) the algorithm is rather well understood these days :)

[@UpIsNotJump]

Maybe I understand the algorithm and am able to work it to my benefit (I don't understand it all)

[@PhilipZeplinDK]

If you want to talk about it, shoot me a message (just google my name). I work with the KZbin algorithm (as a marketer) for a living, been a speaker at VidCon, stuff like that :) Otherwise, I would suggest you google: "NovelConcept KZbin Native Ranking Factors" "Matt Gielen KZbin algorithm subscribers" "Matt Gielen KZbin recommendation algorithm" Read through those, and you'll have a good starting point :)

[@PlasmaBurns]

Nothing random about is right and algorithms dont decide what makes it on trending. The ADL and Southern Poverty Law Center decide that.

[@bigmanmark4334]

You took the words out if my mouth

[@quietsamurai1998]

I bought a Valve Index, and right out of the box, the left controller's joystick was busted. Bought Elite Dangerous on sale since it doesn't need controllers for VR, and it was the most incredible experience I've ever had. I have bad feet and a small play space, so seated VR is honestly my preference right now. When I was done for the night (just after finishing the tutorial), I took off my HMD and just started laughing. It blew Half Life Alyx out of the water for me. Sorry, I know nobody cares, but this literally just happened and I need to gush about it.

[@anonanon3066]

When i first played ED VR (i've never played ED pancake), i just sat there with an open mouth for half an hour whilst the autopilot showed me around. The first time i showed it to a friend was a fucking disaster. I accidentally launched it in VR cinema mode (basically, watching a desktop game on a virtual screen) and they didn't fucking say a thing. They just said it was meh. OBVIOUSLY

[@quietsamurai1998]

@@anonanon3066 When I tried showing my Dad elite, I made the mistake of having him wear the headset while I was autolaunching the ship from a station. Of course, the autopilot immediately started doing spins and flips to get out of the mail slot, and my dad was almost *immediately* too motion sick to continue

[@agahpashtollah4753]

CMDRs care and appreciate when other CMDRs have fun. - O7

[@Jenna_Talia]

Even if it was the most scuffed set up ever (Using a quest with a pc that "doesnt meet the minimum requirements" and a link cable that is apparently not usb 3) it did feel great. Made my asp explorer feel absolutely gigantic compared to regular gameplay.

[@OnyxBoom]

i feel you, had the same expirience. With combo of "T-Flight Hottas X" non-stop 7 hours session :-O

[@benji8690]

i played this game and had a panic attack as soon as i left the first station. this game is actually how i learned that i have a crippling fear of space

[@aetheriox463]

that must really suck

[@TheMerman]

same I cant ever play this shit

[@user-yc5fr8zu1m]

You should play mission ISS on VR. It’s a very calm game and you are guided by actual astronauts! They teach you about what it’s like being an astronaut and how to be one. You only go above earth Into orbit, no suns or other planets. You get a bit motion sick though so be aware of that before geting It. And it’s FREE! It’s a slow paced, easy way to get to not be afraid of space so much. :) You should give It a go.

[@SpaceMissile]

ever tried subnautica vr? ha talk about fears of large, open spaces...

[@Djrealfake]

@@SpaceMissile bro no no no stop no, "ecological Dead zone detected" ahhhhhhhhhh

[@thefiend3078]

hey that's the universe, I live there.

[@doodlebub]

Lmao same

[@pootis-bird]

Thank you, Poopfart awesome

[@SgtSelim]

yes on earth

[@thefiend3078]

@@SgtSelim you don't live on the sun

[@SgtSelim]

@@thefiend3078 i live on a planet orbiting a star called the sun and that star orbiting a galaxy and that galaxy moving around the universe

[@boiofkoi]

“Ah, it’s really relaxing here." "Oxygen level critical-" "W H A T" (1:04)

[@FederationThunderbolt]

XD not the best one yet 5:53 to 5:56 "warning-" *"ILL CLEAN MY ROOM MUM I PROMISE!!"*

[@Govcheeze99]

spikey animator Has

[@SPRTN043]

I actually watched that a few times to figure out why he was on emergency oxygen. Then I logged in and found out you can manually turn off the life support XD

[@ScanpieNightmoon]

Hmmm 35 sec left and when he say WHAT he have 40 sec left.

[@SmiledElf]

I'm 1.5 years late but I wanted to let everyone know this is the video that convinced me to get a Vive.

[@wack3435]

7WoodenWelder Nice!

[@j.m9047]

Not the cosmos right? Because the cosmos is garbage. Get the original vive it's way better.

[@izzyint]

J.M I’m getting a S

[@codsworth3996]

Genuine question: I'm interested in getting VR. Occulus Rift S or the Vive? I save a lot of money with the Rift.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Went with the quest personally but still good.

[@KillerBot5100]

Learning progress of elite dangerous: “How do I move” “IM LUKE SKYWALKER BITCH OH SHIT THATS THE SUN-“ “It takes me 5 minutes to figure out how to use my warp drive but that’s ok” “IM BEING SHOT AT HOW USE WEAPONS” “Ok I’m able to do some simple missions and defend myself a bit but I’m still learning” “I am the bringer of doom, and the god of space and time”

[@thelastdunkonian2846]

It took me about half a year to go from “Ok I’m able to do some simple missions and defend myself a bit but I’m still learning” to “I am the bringer of doom, and the god of space and time” and I still can't survive if I get interdicted by anything more than a mk 3 lol

[@jusstyno]

the next step would then be: ''how do i use FSD again?''

[@attackmanatee02]

Speaking of starting off, I've figured out quite a bit, but how do i land and drive a river around a planet and for what purpose? Do I need to buy a rover?

[@thelastdunkonian2846]

@@attackmanatee02 you need to go to a station and buy a srv docking station which then allows you to buy an srv, you then have to go to a planet which is landable, (not all of them are) land look down at your crew menu deploy the rover and you're on your way

[@attackmanatee02]

@@thelastdunkonian2846 thank you very much. Is there any actual benefit to doing this or is it all just for the fun of exploring a planet?

[@JustinY.]

You must be the coolest teacher alive

[@hart_of_stone]

If his classes contain even a little of the personality of these videos then sign me the fuck up.

[@shutterfilms7276]

DUDE STOP BEING EVERYWHERE THIS ISN'T YOUR JOB

[@emeyeenaych]

So... how many monitors do you have?

[@speedbird227]

oi u fukin' cahnt u bettur pass da fukin' test next time.

[@Strange_Man1911]

I need a fucking teacher like this

[@FidgetTheRat]

On Board Computer: "I made you a poem: Roses are red Violets are blue L A N D I N G G E A R D E P L O Y E D"

[@FireheadLazzo]

F R I E N D S H I P - D R I V E - C H A R G I N G

[@AnchoredInPlace]

"Landing gear deployed And guess what? Fuck you" Not talking to you btw just thought I'd finish off the poem.

[@dumbotterlover2558]

@@FireheadLazzo ITS NOT JUST ME

[@theflock4916]

Bee J Roses are Red I eat food Violets are Violet Not fucking blue.

[@brandonmercer499]

Roses are red, Violets are blue, You forgot a fuel scoop, Humiliation will do. You've got to call the fuel rats, 'Cause you're the kind of guy To plot a course Without a way to resupply

[@SztywnyPatyk]

I really, really, really prefer This Is Why than the Fallout Machinimas - these reviews are that fucking amazing I can't believe it. *perfection*

[@TheDragonfriday]

SztywnyPatyk machinima is dead long time ago when they stop doing machinima videos like using games to make a series like halo machinima remember those days?

[@bystander9398]

100% Agree!

[@moth-corpse]

I’d agree if you could speak non-mong english.

[@SztywnyPatyk]

sorry, I'm not a native speaker

[@carnelobo8496]

In terms of entertainment value yea this is fucking amazing, but I think as a whole calling the video so "Fucking amazing/perfect" you can't believe it is one of the largest overstatements of the year. The actual critical analysis is quarter baked, but in terms of laughs and the awesome trademark dry humor of Brits it's great. Not that I don't like this, just on a base level I can say "What that criticism makes no sense" or explain something he complained about even though I haven't even played 2 of the 3 games he's "Reviewed". Not even getting into the "___ Is an ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!!! HERES WHY" when the video is "Oh this part is particularly inconvenient. And so is this. Oh I also dislike this aspect of the gameplay. I actually really, really enjoy this game. Thank for watching bye". But no really, he calls these games "Absolute nightmares" in the title even though he says he absolutely loves Gorn minus the more "Dangerous" aspects of it, and is actively defending Elite: Dangerous most of this video.

[@CostcoComrade]

Imagine how strange it must be to hear your science teacher swearing a bunch on his youtube channel that you just found

[@starsh1ptroop3r]

i mean i found my history teacher cuss out his friends in apex legends on youtube so, pretty much the same thing

[@matthrew]

@@starsh1ptroop3r ayyo miss woody get the fucking mozambique

[@ChrisD__]

@@starsh1ptroop3r I had a math teacher who was late to work because she stayed up all night playing Apex around the time it came out. All the students who had their lives more together than that gave her so much shit, it was awful.

[@starsh1ptroop3r]

@@ChrisD__ that genuinely sucks

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

My Spanish teacher nearly stopped himself from swearing yesterday and I nearly had a stroke so I can imagine

[@brandonsbluegaming1570]

its actually the company that's called thrustmaster, not the joystick. but to me that's even worse

[@KieranReed729]

Oh god

[@bowldawg4394]

"Admittedly, he had shoes on, but that's even worse."

[@Snoigel]

thrust master is literal ass. Logitech FTW

[@Yes-pg4oz]

@@Snoigel especially their steering wheels

[@Nova_Astral]

@@Snoigel i actually have a logitech joystick with 6 buttons, and a slider, its like over 10 years old but it still works perfectly fine. I've managed to play ED with it but thats because i mostly use it for steering since i don't have a VR (I'd still use a keyboard with a VR since I know how to keyboard work)

[@OraeviaYT]

"It's the real life equivalent of braking too late for a petrol station and accidentally colliding with Asia!" this happens to me regularly, its a pain

[@EdwardJohansson]

I know this is 4 months late, but it might help others. Set thrusters to 75% (this is bindable to a key) when you're 7 seconds away from the target.

[@SwitchyWitch_]

I know this is 3 weeks late but he is joking about driving to a petrol station and ending up colliding with asia regularly.

[@Josh-bb3xi]

Meanwhile... [riding the 5 second arrival line with my balls retracted into my chin]

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

@@Josh-bb3xi I generally stick closer to 7. It still gives you a decent deceleration time, but minimizes the chances of overshooting.

[@Battlenude]

gdamit people! Just disengage at 6sec mark. THE 6SEC RULE! And you'll be fine. For a long Supercruise, find a key on keyboard or Button on HOTAS, string it to 75% thrust, and use it

[@TheTWEEK95]

Step 1. don't fly into the sun Step 2. don't fly into the sun Step 3. STAY TF AWAY FROM NEUTRON STARS AND WHITE DWARFS!

[@Kondiqq]

Neutron stars are great when you travel through deep space. Just set your throttle to 0 when you jump to them and you're safe 99,9% of the time. It's really easy to fuel scoop at the end of jet cone - just fly in away from star direction, pararell to the cone, slow down when you're near it and gently fly into it (still facing opposite direction than the star is in). White Dwarfs, though? Avoid at all cost. I mean, when you jump with throttle on 0% and you quickly turn around 180 after jump, you are safe, but it always almost gives me a heart attack cause of being really close to exclusion zone after jump (that you can leave if you got heat sinks, and a bit of luck, and if you act really quick, but not recommend it...), so I avoid them. They are ships killers.

[@TheTWEEK95]

@@Kondiqq yea Neutron stars are okay but I'm terrified of White dwarfs! I don't go to systems with them anymore because I flew into one on my 2nd day of playing and almost had a heart attack lol and I blew up...

[@trickydicky2594]

@@Kondiqq Thank you!

[@skwissgarsk]

@@Kondiqq ​ Yeah, fuck GD215, white dwarf, like 2 or 3 jumps away from the spawn system, and it's station is like 20 minutes out from the nav beacon.

[@lilianahudler4378]

Fuck that, neutron stars are awesome. They look gorgeous and can cut down on travel time massively. Fuck white dwarfs though, deceptive Little Devils.

[@d.thieud.1056]

Scared of aliens? Wait till he encounters a THARGOID

[@eraimattei]

Oh boy. He is in for a surprise if he doesn't know what a hyperdiction is.

[@eraimattei]

@@belowaverage7539 the Thargoids will not attack you if you are not carrying any alien technology. Except the scouts but those are only found in non human signals

[@TheSonnyJExperience]

@@belowaverage7539 i started playing 11 days ago and had to do the same thing. I got all the way to Maia and looked up what they were and found out everything around me was "Thargoid territory" i did my shit and jumped back as fast as possible PRAYING not to be hyperdicted LOL its so stressful

[@belowaverage7539]

​@@TheSonnyJExperience lmao. Imagine my surprise. I was just merrily floating through space blissfully unaware until I was told. like swimming through lake placid but not knowing there are giant alligators ready to snacc lol. Welcome to the black BTW! Here's a tip for getting materials for your FSD! So you're unlocking farseer but for those G5 FSD upgrades your going to need materials like germanium, phosphorous, sulphur, manganese, iron and some others. I found a great spot for these while trying to unlock professor palin for G5 thrusters. it's actually probably best for later game Material farming since it's kinda far outside the bubble and you need to already have these to upgrade a Diamond back explorer to get there faster. What I did was equip a diamond back explorer with an A rated FSD and upgraded it to at least G4 at felicity far seer. don't forget to pin the "Optimize mass" Blue print from her as you will use this on just about all of your ships. I then took all modules off of the DBX except a 3D shield generator, detailed surface scanner, planetary vehicle hangar, and one cargo rack that can hold at least 25t. I then down graded my core modules besides my FSD all to D rated modules because D rated is lightest and will help increase your jump range by quite a bit by reducing overall mass. you will also need this ship to unlock professor palin since he makes you jump 5000 LY away from your starting system as 1 part of how to unlock him. You can use this ship a lot to get around since it can jump so dang far and it's CHEAP. In the system HIP 17403 go to the moon of planet "A 4" it should be the fourth planet of the first star in the system. It has a moon and should be the only moon in the entire system. on this moon is a crashed thargoid ship. It's still alive but AFAIK it can't hurt you. You'll need Sensor fragments from it for professor Palin later so you can pick those up while your there BUT what is also great about this moon is that there are like 4 or 5 spots that are "biological signals" or some such. You can reveal these in your left nav panel by scanning the entire surface of the moon with that detailed surface scanner. Scanning the surface will also show the "Crashed Thargoid Ship" in your nav panel as well so you won't have to rely on coordinates to get there. Go to these with an SRV and you can mine all day for upgrade materials on one moon. They are also super close to one another so you won't have to drive far to get to each out crop. the down side is the gravity is really low so that's going to make driving a bit difficult but it's absolutely worth it. Imma be back there farming mats tomorrow after i upgrade the thrusters on all of my ships tonight lol. What you can also do to get materials is go to ship wrecks and scan beacons for materials and collect collect materials from node spawns around the ships. You can then trade these to material traders for the materials you need :D. Good luck out in the black and unlocking your engineers! it's quite a journey!

[@TheSonnyJExperience]

@@belowaverage7539 I already have the fsd booster. Haha got it yesterday and a new ship. My python has a 45 jump range so far and otw to 55yr jump range! I explore a lot lol

[@Ryan-ij3ge]

While this game isn’t for me I’m glad it exists. Developers are too worried about making games “accessible” sometimes they forget to make them enjoyable.

[@SpaceBearEngineer]

I'm not sure why you're glad awesome looking space flight simulators with utter shit control schemes exist. Making a game *playable* and *not shitty to play* definitely seem like a not bad part of game design. In fact, I would say having the ability to interact with a game in a convenient way (like, say, using the VR controllers to immersively utilize virtual buttons in your virtual spaceship cockpit...wow isn't that a radical idea) is kind of a pre-requisite for a game being "enjoyable".

[@Milamberinx]

This control system seems perfect. Using VR controllers to twiddle huge virtual panels panels without any haptic feedback while trying to pilot a ship sounds like a fool's errand.

[@Yolen16]

before judging this game one should try an airplane simulator game

[@Sareth94]

didn't work for Steel battallion - for the exact same reason you mentioned.

[@caffeinatedspider3224]

Jordan Thomas "I would say having the ability to interact with a game in a convenient way ... is kind of a pre-requisite for a game being 'enjoyable'." Two words: Dwarf Fortress.

[@Trueflights]

You can bypass having to memorize all of the controls with a simple >$20 program called Voice Attack. It lets you assign voice commands to various controls and you can even have it reply back to you. You can use simple commands like "gear Up" to retract your landing gear or complicated combo's like "Combat Mode" to arm your weapons, target the merest threat, transfer power to weapons and shields, and even play some nice battle music for you. After a bit of fiddling with the program, you can basically give your ship its own AI that you can interact with and it raises the immersion scale of the game to an 11. After using it, I would never play the game without it and I use the program in many games that I play now.

[@prestonvanderfinch4651]

Came here to suggest this and ask how well it worked!

[@lauraz6382]

Wow that sounds amazing! I will have to look into it, thank you!

[@iscander_s]

Too bad it isn't implemented in game.

[@brianfbatista]

This actually made me want to buy Vive and Elite Dangerous just to experience it!

[@TheFuzzypuddle]

Why 11 ? Why not just make 10 as good as 11? --- Because this one goes to 11! :P

[@AqueousShunt]

Best review of Elite Dangerous ever! As an Elite player I laughed so hard I nearly forgot to retract my hard points.

[@omaki82036]

what the fuck are hard points.

[@DecayLupus]

@@omaki82036 Where the weapons are placed in the ship. Could also be a slang for penis.

[@Phat_man]

nice

[@Faker_Tab]

@@DecayLupus lmao 😂

[@ehh2681]

I’ve been playing elite for almost 2.5 years and I still forget to retract my hardpoints 🤣

[@danielmoran3578]

The really cool part about this is that the tutorials have become 1 tutorial that tells you about hardpoints and all the other difficult stuff

[@Kalina47]

“WARNING-“ *_I’LL CLEAN MY ROOM, MUM, I PROMISE!_*

[@ryanhughes6405]

Oh God

[@donosporidium]

**Frame Shift Drive Charging**

[@markussimo1]

Voice commands are essential for VR. You can set your own commands for any input. And you can say cool shit like "deploy landing gear", "divert power to engines" and "engage warp drive". Then be reminded that you are not a captain of a spaceship. You are just alone, in a room, in the dark.

[@jodyschultz5870]

You ARE the captain of a spaceship and you are never alone. Your are among friends and fellow pilots.

[@theswede3330]

I WANT HIM AS MY SCIENCE TEACHER

[@ransom182]

I want him as my daddy

[@chipsinatube]

@@ransom182 You better not be one of his students talking like that!

[@tylerc3447]

Honestly, same

[@tylerc3447]

The Swede my teacher did try and make a literal cloud in a bottle, which is cool. But having a teacher that is a KZbin is awesome

[@polabora]

For your homework I want you to acomplish our today game space missions number 345, 425, 743 & 1755- for tommorow, record me a gameplay with orginal voice record. There will be downgrades for every f-word. Have a nice evening kids.

[@facepalmdaily4404]

2:36: "I'm a big boy!" Literally laughed out loud. Hahahahaha.

[@christinamarie7420]

Same 😂😂😂

[@Karlosovic77]

I went back and rewatched it several times, funny AF 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@SpaceMissile]

such a mood

[@eternalsunshine1651]

I had this one experience when my hull was breached & I lost cabin pressure due to too-greedy bounty hunting & had 2 minutes to LIGHT SPEED WARP to a nearby station & pop thru the force-field airlock... I made it thru that mail-slot with only 2 seconds to spare. I literally jumped out of my chair and yelled to celebrate LOL

[@belowaverage7539]

DUDE YES! Nice!!! lol.

[@thelastdunkonian2846]

...and then it turns out you forgot to request docking and you get blown to smithereens

[@snowy-wyclw]

@@thelastdunkonian2846 lmfao

[@AbyssalMerc]

This is why i spring for the half hour life support module

[@Kanitoxx]

@@AbyssalMerc I keep D rstin my life support, just synthesize oxigen if you are getting blue

[@ViktorMartin113]

the scariest part of all this is that o learned u are a science teacher. Kinda in a good way tho. if you teach classes even a tenth of energetic your class would be awesome

[@passel5953]

If he was my teacher I'd probably not have fallen asleep in most of my classes

[@sneakycactus8815]

DieSturmgeschutz sounds like you should be worrying more about English class rather than science.

[@ViktorMartin113]

one wizardy boi Yes, because I have to use perfect grammar in a youtube comment. Right?

[@ViktorMartin113]

Chris Gramatges that could be the case. I mean i could edit it 🤔

[@Stahlwollvieh]

Well I mean, your name is all wrong too, technically. First of all it's "...geschütz", secondly "Geschütz" is a neuter, making the correct article "das". -> Das Sturmgeschütz There you go, I fixed it for you.

[@Haargeroya]

Holy crap this is probably the best video I've seen of yours. Actually laughed out loud more times than I have in a while. 6/10

[@SztywnyPatyk]

it has a little something for everybody

[@PowerofRock24]

Best VR game review this side of the galaxy! Just not enough story or hand holding in this video and it's really difficult and I don't even know what a "sun" is. 6/10

[@belowaverage7539]

"the game is scary" E/D noobs: But what if i fly into a star??? long time E/D Vets: Yeeeeeeeah that happens somtimes.......... :/ i've got 300 hours in the game and dropping out of warp onto a star is still terrifying.

[@KewaiiGamer]

bro i feel you. i'm trying to play no man's sky since it's a little less terrifying to beat my fear of space. But warping onto stars is extremely terrfying for me and sad since i really love space..

[@koboldcrusader]

oh just wait until you drop into a system only to realize your fsd plopped you right in the cone of a white dwarf :)

[@belowaverage7539]

@@koboldcrusader lmao I bet it's like getting blown in the face by an atomic leaf blower lol

[@KewaiiGamer]

@@koboldcrusader I finally managed to start playing ED. yellow-orange stars are not so scary anymore. Brown and red dwarfs are less scary than what I was expected. Never seen a white dward but ive seen what I believe was a neutron star. Kinda proud of myself now that i finally am able to play it :D

[@Earthstar_Review]

It's even worse without a Supercruise Assist module and this guy keeps trying to convince me to doff it.

[@theonefrancis696]

Most of the negative reviews are literally "omg this game is too hard", "It has no story", "why can't I play it on my Windows 95", "Star Citizen is better". This kind of shit makes me want to quit gaming forever.

[@CyberGenesis1]

That kind of shit makes me laugh

[@godisdead4416]

Star Citizen IS better though... Pffft.Yeah right. Whenever it actually comes out, then sure, whatever.

[@Zero-ks3pc]

That’s right, let others influence your enjoyment instead of tuning them out or laughing at the fact they have nothing but negativity within themselves to share, them momentarily feel sad they are so pathetic.

[@olivercuenca4109]

Franthony The thing about professional reviewers is that unlike most of us we don't get games given to us for free by the companies. If I've spent forty quid, there's no such thing as "too hard". I'm learning how to play this game goddamnit.

[@theonefrancis696]

Insert Name Here don't get me wrong, I'm not against people who are "learning to play" at all. I'm not a professional reviewer either, but there is a huge gap between pointing out actual game flaws or strong elements and complaining about silly stuff.

[@trombonemain]

Wait...you’re a teacher?! You look like a college student!

[@grahamnumber7123]

@Big Steve A Science teacher that doesn't understand science and overshoots planets despite the slow down warning. That said i think no keybourd could be a nightmare with this game.

[@miniyodadude6604]

@@grahamnumber7123 i think thats something called a joke.

[@grahamnumber7123]

@@miniyodadude6604 I was leg pulling not name calling. Hardly fair was refering to the structure of many mmo games get in early to have a chance :-) Nothing meant badly.

[@Loebane]

@@grahamnumber7123 There isn't a slow down warning. That's a notification that the gravity well is causing you to slow down.

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

@@grahamnumber7123 yeah, elite doesn't hand hold you enough to give you a slow down warning xD

[@captainhat760]

Hear me out: Elite Dangerous VR BUT With voice commands

[@boxfox4879]

Captain Hat Nothing like letting neighbors know I’ve begun mass genocide of everything by screaming shoot over and over

[@aledwilliams3875]

Apparently there’s a PC mod for this exact thing...

[@captainhat760]

@@aledwilliams3875 *perfect*

[@_Snazzee_]

Box Fox FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!

[@samw1501]

www.hcsvoicepacks.com/ I say "Departure Handover" and the ship checks I'm refueled/restocked, retracts landing gear, and rises 30 feet directly into the air.

[@ryank1231998]

2:30 "The THRUSTMASTER" omfg no way that's legit. God I love rewatching this channel. 958k/1m LETS GET ITTTT

[@MBOmnis]

It is legit. That's the name of the HOTAS joystick. :p

[@TheSmuey]

@@MBOmnis The name of the brand, actually... I have it standing right here, besides my desk... The EXACT SAME one... A Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS X

[@razaelll]

Yep. They make arguably the best mid-range consumer joystick and steering wheel peripherals in the market.

[@combatwombat594]

I actually have a Thrustmaster racing wheel lol One of the best gaming devices I ever bought :p

[@unargentinocualquiera1624]

There are no accidents

[@brutlern]

"Being able to see a planet doesn't mean is f'ing near by" - pure gold right there.

[@somedude4805]

"Ever since I was a kid I have WANTED a game that did this, and it PERFECTLY rekindles that excitement of the unknown when you look into the sky." Man, you took the words right out of my head. I just found out about this game, and I am disappointed that I was unaware of it before. But you are absolutely right; this game IS exactly that kind of space game that rekindles that childhood sense of wonder.

[@theghost3629]

Welcome to elite, enjoy losing your sense of time in real life, if you play this make sure you dont have any plan in the upcoming hours, for real, you can be playing 7 hours and you wont even feel it, its impressive, theres just too many things to do

[@somedude4805]

@@theghost3629 Thank you! I've become acutely aware of the "time sink" aspect of the game. It doesn't lessen my enthusiasm. :)

[@trey534]

@@somedude4805 Try out star citizen, way better

[@somedude4805]

@@trey534 I've seen videos about it, and to be honest, being absolutely raped by "micro-transactions" in the thousands of dollars doesn't appeal to me.

[@trey534]

@@somedude4805 ? You can get everything in game. You have the option to buy things but don't have to

[@SunflowerAspenPlays]

"it's the real life equivalent of breaking for a petrol station and accidentally colliding with asia" Is one of the funniest things i've ever heard.

[@johngelnaw1243]

Well, it's funny-- except he's complaining that he always overshoots, while there's a huge red flashing sign on the dash saying "SLOW DOWN". The computer tells him he can't jump with weapons/scoop/landing gear deployed-- and on the freakin' HUD are the "Hardpoints Deployed" arcs. Apparently, he can't be bothered to read all the information the game is providing him that would have answered the vast majority of his issues. It's entertaining, but this review reminds me of Jeremy Clarkson-- if you take the review seriously, you have to wonder if the reviewer should be allowed to walk around in public unsupervised. :)

[@borisahsmann7190]

@@johngelnaw1243 When the game tells you to slow down, it's already too late. If you slam the brake, most of the time you overshoot anyway. Also for a new player there is so much on screen and the tips given are admittedly not great so it's totally fair criticism. Elite is just a very overwhelming game when you are new.

[@maruchannuudle657]

Boris Ahsmann true, if your told to slow down your way too late most the time. Hardpoint or landing gear or hatch, is like three different command functions that require multiple buttons to be used on a controller. Iv had this game over a year and I still get confused by pressing the wrong button combos sometimes and blasting into a space station wall and then get fined by the system authorities for destroying everything 😂

[@PowerofRock24]

I have 500 hours in Elite Dangerous and I still collide with Asia... I check the map for just a moment and in the next moment the Great Wall of China is engulfing my vision.

[@LowKey_YT]

This entire video had me laughing so hard I was in tears. Great work - I came to Elite from Star Citizen so most of the concepts were pretty familiar already, and I knew how to set up my HOSAS, so that helped a lot. I play exclusively in VR and you really have to have EVERYTHING mapped to your sticks to have any chance at success. The learning cliff (not curve, since curve implies a slope and this is definitely a vertical climb) is huge but well worth the effort. Again, thanks for the laughs - awesome video!

[@thyhog4775]

"Aaahh, it's really relaxing, yeah" "Oxygen Critical" "What!"

[@delta4phoenix4]

Thy Hog Sounds like a case for the Fuel Rats.

[@firewars7636]

Best part

[@AramZero]

"i'm a big boy!" i cried.

[@dinoaurus1]

Sounds line youre not a big boy

[@alexisislas-gonzalez5991]

@@dinoaurus1 Is that.... a Jobbythehong reference?

[@dinoaurus1]

@@alexisislas-gonzalez5991 who the fuck is that

[@Tolwrath]

In Elite Dangerous, I fly the largest cruise ship available. I have also committed war tourism. I went and helped destroy a capital ship, while transporting people destined for the same system, before I could afford the re-buy cost of my ship. I am also regularly asked by my passengers to hunt down and murder someone on the way to their destination, and usually accept. Occasionally, I'm also asked to sell my passengers to slavers, but I would never do that because I'm not an amoral psycopath... oh wait... I endanger non-military personnel by taking them into battle against their will, and accept hit contracts from mysterious wealthy patrons, and think of it as a normal part of being a cruise ship captain, while secretly hoping that with each planet I land on, I'll finally find a race of zoomorphic (non-furry) catgirls. Maybe I am a psycopath.

[@tomstratman9977]

Tolwrath nah man that’s nothing to what I’ve done.

[@ashere1801]

Is the game fun?

[@Jenny_1996_]

Sorry, bud. Found record of exactly four species that could be called "people", at least by some stretch, besides humans: Mudlarks (mostly accidentally genocided by 1st Empirial world humans), Thargoids, Guardians, and the fully self-aware Artificial Inteligences the Guardians created. Not even a hint of anything else. Well, except kind of different Thargoids, which was a thing from an earlier Elite game that Frontier intended to bring to Elite: Dangerous, but the players fucked that up well and good so course was adjusted (god damned xeno-hunting troll-souled players), but I could see Frontier managing to still work the concept in.

[@nonname1239]

@@ashere1801 it is once you get a grip of it and have a good endurance cause grind

[@lilianahudler4378]

That's what Raxxla is going to be. Just a bunch of fucking catgirls.

[@meat5069]

So I love using Elite Dangerous in VR and have actually always just used keyboard and mouse. I just used key combos like Alt+(any key near WASD) because I learned the game on console where you also have to hold one of the right buttons to change the options that the Dpad can perform. This way I can keep my hands on WASD and mouse so I don't have to double check the key I want to press. Also helps that the visuals look amazing.

[@Jacob-ko2li]

Legend has it that if you map all functions to the same key, you become the ruler of the galaxy

[@Ghostkeal]

or your ship sets on fire one of the two

[@cheesewizard3965]

Or the head developer reaches through your computer screen and slaps you across the face.

[@argebarse]

getting slapped by David Braben would be the highest honour the game could bestow

[@suaec9059]

Warning! Temperature Critical!

[@charlesmiller3725]

You totally need to do a "Subnautica VR is an absolute nightmare"

[@Devantejah]

This.

[@firegodjr8331]

The UI sure is, lol. Couldn't get past the starting area without a headache from the tablet UI that nearly touches your face.

[@acompy]

This. Needs. To. Happen.

[@shinyary2]

@@firegodjr8331 There is a mod that fixes this and a lot of other issues with VR that the devs never bothered to fix. Google subnautica mod (it's nearly completely painless to set up and seriously it's great once you have it).

[@Thornskade]

@@shinyary2 Is it this one? www.nexusmods.com/subnautica/mods/173 I wasn't sure what to look for, but that sounds pretty much like what you mean.

[@MagiRaz]

When I first started this game it was annoying a frustrating. I didn't know how to fly, I didn't know how to advance, I didn't even make it out of the station in my first sidewinder before station security blew my ship to slag for the safety of the inhabitants, cause I was flying into shit like crazy. I now have 396 hours in the game. I don't just fly my ships, I make them dance. This is one of the few games where I really felt like my hours of learning, NOT my hours of grinding, are what defines me as a pilot. I have multiple ships of various sizes kitted out for different tasks. I would not hesitate to give a new player, who thinks bigger more expensive ships makes you better, a combat kitted Anaconda and then fly circles around them and rip them to shreds with an Asp. This is a game the rewards your, you the player's, experience. Not your in game pocket book.

[@technomen0872]

Yea I know what you mean... at some point you just kinda become one with your hotas(it whatever one uses) and therefore your ship... white dwarves still scare the shit outta me though

[@jamieseeterlin8206]

@@technomen0872 as they should

[@Yes-pg4oz]

I've lost 3 pythons to this one god damned white dwarf

[@the5thmusketeer215]

I cant think of a name rn Yep! The first time I came across one, I did a few jumps and arrived at this cool looking white star that was “further off than usual” when arriving at a star... My next jump was partly obscured by it so I started supercruising around it when suddenly, all the “WARNING” and “TAKING DAMAGE” alerts started going mental and caught me completely by surprise. As I was a Trader and was used to being attacked when dropping out of Hyperspace, I initially thought I was being attacked by another ship, but no... and in my panic and consternation, it took me longer than it should have to realise what was happening, by which time I’d sustained a lot of heat and module damage and was finding it difficult to get away from the star. What’s worse is that I’ve been a casual Amateur Astronomer for most of my life and it took me THAT LONG to suddenly realise that this wasn’t a brilliant white star that was “small because it was far off” but just small because it’s “a white dwarf” and was now way too close for safety... I eventually broke away after cooling the ship and getting the FSD back online, and made a point of avoiding that particular waypoint on my local Trade routes in future. That whole episode reminded me of a very famous episode of the British TV Comedy, “Father Ted” if you’ve ever watched it, where “Father Ted” and his incredibly dim novice priest “Dougal” are stuck in a tiny caravan on a crappy holiday in the middle of nowhere, and Father Ted whiles away some of the boredom by correcting some of Dougal’s hilarious misconceptions about the world around him... At one point, Dougal and Ted are looking out of the caravan window, while Ted holds a couple of toy plastic cows in his hand and says: “No, Dougal... THESE are SMALL cows but (pointing out of the window) THOSE cows are just FAR AWAY.....”

[@IWearShoes31]

I'll shred any ship in my fully kitted Vulture also at Cleve hub I remember they had a "news report" in game you can read talking about scraping new Sidewinders off the side of the station since it was a starter station

[@qscott777]

I know this is an old video, but I'm just picking it up and it absolutely blows my mind, even a decade after its release. Specifically the elements of scale and speed. The way you described this towards the end of the video was perfect!

[@NotAnElf]

8:25 You know you're getting old when you look at all that and think "Oh yes, that'll be fun to hoover up off the floor."

[@stiimuli]

it was quite a mess XD

[@Lightning9060]

Just got my mum a new dyson for xmas and im thinking the same thing 😂

[@danielrhymes4593]

"Scoring (Elite Dangerous) ten out of ten is like rating your favourite protozoic organisms out of ten" well listen here mr. youtuber maybe i'm the kind of nerd who'd DO THAT. ... Naegleria fowleri. That's a 10/10. Oof, yeah, eat my brain you funky little microorganism.

[@lc_dubb9947]

K

[@atrigraham]

K

[@casual5054]

Yes I'd let anything eat my brain, except for a zombie, that would hurt :(

[@bigj2580]

This sounds like something someone in an anime would say.

[@luckymandragoran8471]

Hmm im more of a Diatom man myself

[@43615]

here's a protip: to avoid overshooting in supercruise while arriving as soon as possible, set your speed to 75% (blue zone) when the remaining time to arrival says 7 seconds. you can set a key for that in the settings. also: hutton orbital in alpha centauri is a really beautiful station. you really should travel there. _don't tell him guys_

[@eduardofreitas8336]

Tell him what? Hutton orbital is the most amazing place to go in ED. A bit far but TOTALLY worth it.

[@Knudaholic]

And you get a free Anaconda when you get there

[@chromaticabberationsgiveme9811]

@@Knudaholic That's only if you fly there with a large ship.

[@Josh-bb3xi]

7 seconds is weak sauce, try riding 5 seconds.

[@Quarrel47]

I always bounce between 6-7, but you hit 5 and it seems it can mess you up

[@ghostfire5973]

This is probably my favourite one of your videos I don’t know what it is about it but it’s just special to me.

[@xXShowGameXx]

I often come back to this video 🙂

[@skeleton8559]

Thank you for the FTL music at the end, I love that soundtrack so god damn much

[@synanthrope]

the combination is so beautiful

[@sector3475]

Now, how about OST from "Space Rangers 2"? Maybe you don't even heard about this game... but still.

[@jellyfisharedumb9783]

AND the beginning

[@QuasoTheSapphicShipper]

Good waifu choice, Centorea best girl

[@Ashybashy375]

Wait you're a teacher... of science too?! You've become 10,000 times better. These videos are great and you're HILARIOUS. Don't stop these videos!

[@TheHiddenRoar]

when playing VR i really recommand looking into voice attack. using voice to do stuff on your ship feels amazing and makes it way easier. just saying stuff like "request docking" "engage FSD" "divert power to weapons" "deploy heatsink" instead of putting keybinds for it is just too good. and it feels very immersive. thats what made me fall in love with it. Voice attack A.S.T.R.A.

[@Akoenu2]

^ this. I wouldn't think of playing Elite without setting up Voice Attack, it greatly simplifies controls since you don't need to remember every single keybind. Especially for out-of-combat functions that you only use occasionally, where you have plenty of time to go through them via voice commands. Frees up the joystick binds for in-combat or "active" use functions.

[@CMDR_Ishar]

6yrs later and this video is still completely relevant :D As a new ED player I totally feel the pain expressed in this video! Great game though, as far as I'm concerned. Mining, bounty hunting, exploring, exobiology. so many different things to do depending on what I'm feeling. Not a lot of games can offer that so fully

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

wonderful review! Played the original Elite in the 80s & am so glad they didn't "dumb it down!"

[@MrNncon]

SpectreSoundStudios yah but it should let i build a better hud.

[@remyzk9424]

Didn’t expect to see you here

[@lolmcswagger7247]

I'm a bass player who doesn't change my strings, roast me.

[@TheMetalShed]

?????????????????????????

[@MartijnVos]

It's in some ways a return to the original, rather than Frontier and First Encounters. Manual docking is back, but Newtonian physics is gone. But everything that's back has gotten way more detailed.

[@CaedoGenesis]

You are constantly outdoing yourself bro, I'm thoroughly impressed AND entertained by this. Great job buddy! So at the mention of FTL, are you going to be playing/covering Into The Breach?

[@philippsilberer599]

Caedo Genesis WOW, Caedo you are also here? :D

[@UpIsNotJump]

Caedo Genesis I'll definately be playing it, I plan to do a video on it if I have lots to say. Thanks for your awesome words :D

[@Shouziroku]

Pro Tip: Get VoiceAttack and get a good profile downloaded. It may take an hour to set up completely, but after that you will be able to give orders to your ship like if it had Siri. If you want to know HOW much simpler it becomes, well, I've been playing with a PS4 controller while on PC. Just saying "Deploy landing gear" and VA will "press" the button on the keyboard for you. You can even make it talk back to you.

[@TheZoenGaming]

VR is incredible with E:D. I tried E:D back before the Horizons release and hated it, but with a VR HMD I spend at least an hour a day in this game. As for VA and a HCS voice pack, this is probably one of the best things you can do for VR immersion and overall fun. Get Orion or Astra if you want some good dialogue; Verity if you want better immersion, since Verity Croft is the same voice actress as the female ship AI of E:D. Astra is the one that is updated most often. Here is the Verity vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKmbo6p8ZbF7jbc

[@bernardoheusi6146]

He is a big boi

[@DogeCharger]

This video sums up how I felt after fighting in a CZ for a mission and jumping out back to the space station with 2% hull integrity and a destroyed canopy

[@circusmunkey]

The fact that hes in a sidewinder the whole time kills me

[@lukebrainman]

I think for a few shots he was in a T6 and a Cobra

[@PyroRaptor841]

Some with python too

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

Mining with a sidewinder, no wonder it was a pain in the ass lmfao

[@Chris_winthers]

Well he was in a vulture for a bit

[@lugnut59]

He had an adder for a minute

[@Dizzeke]

"oxygen critical" "WHOT" got me fucking rolling

[@Kallichore09]

"Aahhh..." "Oxygen Levels critical." "W H A T ! ?"

[@y-callos3970]

The most accurate elite dangerous review is right here whether you are playing vr or not. This had me in stitches, thank you.

[@VindicatorJones]

LOL I love your take on Elite Dangerous.. Its one of those games you either love or hate.. Even after about 5000 hours in game, just when I think I have seen it all, I will discover something new.

[@PhilipZeplinDK]

The biggest problem for me with Elite, is the setup time. If I stop playing for a month, it becomes a massive hassle to get back in: Have to set up VR again, set up joystick, set up control scheme again (because that shit keeps resetting), set up Voice Attack (to avoid all the controller issues, and for MASSIVE immersion) - all in all, it takes me 1-2 hours to set up playing Elite Dangerous, if I've taken a long break. So it just becomes a hassle to get started.

[@Overlysalted]

I know that feel. When I bought it, I regretted after the first 5 hours... but after that, I couldn't stop playing. I put 120 hours in two weeks into this game. Help.

[@OspreyKnight]

You mean like a menu item?

[@MrSkippingpig]

Vindicator Jones You must have been doing the same thing a lot of times to be seeing new stuff after 5000 hours!

[@WASTHATABULLET]

MrSkippingpig actually no maybe actually exploring the planet's can net u some self rewarding exploration time especially with the roadmap planned on this game.

[@snavsmatiq]

Man, when you brought up alien I thought that was going to transition to the Thargoids, the actual alien race in Elite Dangerous

[@JuiceHead3]

i suspect youre being paid by big VR

[@10mei72]

JuiceHead If you don't let your kids use the VR set 24/7 they will die

[@Rubytyr]

Money well spent if so

[@i_eat_alone_at_lunch7457]

Come on i need that new fallout mod review juicehead

[@CrazyWeeMonkey]

JuiceHead hey hey be quiet if you don't want to get *demonitized*

[@hamburgersteak7215]

Where's the junkmaster review

[@tristancooper1442]

I give you, the game definitely isn't for everybody, but flying around different star systems and space stations, playing as an intergalactic trucker, doing small courier jobs on the way and listening to a space cowboy playlist feels so good.

[@ColtDouglasMusic]

It's like you made these videos to suite my sense of humour. The meme at the beginning? 10/10

[@theRPGmaster]

Kjartan The Viking Same! It's brilliant.

[@TaldrenDR]

For VR, I highly recommend you look into VoiceAttack and look into the HCS packs for Elite Dangerous. Being able to offload commands from buttons to voice commands helps A LOT. Plus, the computer now talks to you.

[@luffycj]

This guy gets it

[@brucethen]

2 words..... EXPLORER JUMP

[@CyberianFaux]

There actually is a story with factions and such but you have to figure out how to navigate through the right menus to get that information. There is even a news thing you can view that gives you insight into current events in the galaxy. You can actually affect the outcomes of the news and story of the factions by using the news reports to participate in events and other things. The world in this game is actually directly affected by the players but, again, the game never directly tells you this.

[@swordsmancs]

My buddy has a semi-realistic driving controller set up (complete with gas, brake, and clutch pedals, a gear shift, and steering wheel) and my dad had a flight stick he uses to play Elite Dangerous, and from the moment I first saw gameplay of it I’ve always wanted to like, get a really complex controller set up so everything is properly mapped and makes sense, and just have a little area solely used to play Elite Dangerous in the most immersive way possible VR headset, flight stick, custom buttons next to the arm rests in my chair, said chair able to lean back but doesn’t rotate or roll to match the chair in-game, pedals for acceleration and braking, use the gear shift for stuff like hyperjumps with extra buttons for opening/closing the cargo bay God it’d be so much _fun,_ like I’m literally designing the interior to my own spacecraft

[@HeIifano]

I NEED more of your "This is Why" series. Please god give me more. I can only rewatch these so many times.

[@Japinaaa]

I have found out you can pretty much rewatch them countless times, and still they are making me lose my shit.

[@mikehunt9286]

the planet engulfs ur screen and suddenly becomes bigger than ur mum

[@UpIsNotJump]

I was very proud of that one

[@siddhayak]

UpIsNotJump oh don't I feel sad for you

[@MrKapusta]

no u

[@coladecker3792]

Mike Hunt ur mom gay

[@Gordon972]

eks dee

[@lucasj.pereira4912]

This is a very important video for me. I saw this, don't remember when or why, but instantly bough VR and the game because of it, even I didn't understood nothing from the video, like, commands, what happens, etc. So, a few months ago with more experience in the game I just saw the video again... OMG! A lot of things make sense, it's perfect. And now, i'm a explorer, have my great ship, love the game, it's part of me now and watched this again.... Dude! I'm crying. Thank you UpIsNotJump and the nice community around Elite Dangerous. I am happy. Sorry for bad english/grammar. Second language issues.

[@PowerofRock24]

Glad to have you on board, CMDR! Fly Dangerously.

[@lucasj.pereira4912]

5 years later and still playing the game and this is one of the best videos about ED and VR.

[@kodiakulv5148]

I was so ready to rage at this video for all the points being made... Until the 4 minute mark when you drove it all home. Well done.

[@AcitoriaVakarianIdunno]

15:07 accurately represents almost anyone playing FTL. You almost have a subconscious *NEED* to dance in your chair when listening to the soundtrack

[@shanonfree8210]

FTL?

[@AcitoriaVakarianIdunno]

Faster Than Light. The game the track is from.

[@JustinY.]

Wait you're a teacher? *Nice*

[@briannairb793]

That's because he is always on top due to like bots

[@stan5794]

FOOOOORRRRR FUUUUCKSSSS SAKE OF COURSE YOU'RE HERE

[@snake4322]

STOP. GODDAMN. BEING. EVERYWHERE. STOOPPPPPPPPPPP

[@Cygnus0lor]

🖕

[@helloimlilac]

2 comments on 1 video? Hm

[@stanced3277]

* hears Up Is Not Jump is a teacher* Me: 1:07

[@epicsandvich014]

Coming back to this video after forever, and almost 200 hours in elite dangerous, it’s refreshing. Also, after playing copious FTL, I noticed that was the first background music

[@Skeithization]

When I started the game there were no training missions to speak of, so it's actually an improvement!

[@MrtrenchTrucker]

I am a trucker in real life and a space trucker in Elite! I play with a 3d TV and I gotta say, WOW! they did an amazing job with elite! 10/10!

[@Devantejah]

A.. Hutton Trucker perhaps?

[@soulfirez4270]

Get a VR headset if you love elite then in vr it will be like a wet dream .

[@BaconNarls]

I thought i had a hard time learning this game.. you made this look like a someone gave a 3d printer to a homeless man who is fresh outta jail

[@AlexK-sk4qb]

There are a lot of games (especially space types and MMO's) that have a ton of control but are almost entirely ruined by being completely unintuitive, having no clear objectives, and just having generally crappy game design.

[@adrianpenatesuarez1718]

Alex K Are we talking EVE Online here?? 🤔🤔

[@AlexK-sk4qb]

Adrián Peñate Suárez, that's one of them. Again, it's not essentially bad, it's the awful interfaces, tutorials and arbitrary complexity.

[@YukonHexsun]

Don't forget X3. Is there some kind of trend with space sims having shit tutorials or none at all, and unintuitive design? X3 is worse though.

[@Badgerman494]

First canopy breach I ever experienced scared the shit out of me. The rush back to a nearby station as my oxygen slowly ran out was the tensest I've ever been since the Sonic underwater level

[@ScientistMan96]

A MASSIVE tip for people wanting to play Elite with VR, get the program Voice Attack. It uses spoken commands to activate keyboard macros. Meaning you can still use your keyboard as normal, but with your voice. Still need a joystick for the basic flight, though.

[@deusvult7881]

I have Orion and Dark, not sure if i want Verity just for the additional stuff

[@cmdrf.ravelli1405]

After 3 years using it I couldn't play without voiceattack. And I dont play vr, but homemade headtracker. Definitedly a must for playing ED

[@kael13]

And how many hours does that take to set up?

[@cmdrf.ravelli1405]

Kael it's fun, who cares?

[@ScientistMan96]

To set up voice attack? No time at all, if you buy a premade profile from HCS Voice Packs. I personally use the ASTRA pack. Comes with preset macros for every command you need, several custom commands, and a studio recorded voiced response for everything so it sounds like an AI. And since it's all preset, no fussing with binding all the commands yourself. Just set the in game keyboard as needed, run a script included as a VA macro, and it'll remind all the VA macros to the keybindings you set in elite. The set up does add ~$40 On top of the price of elite, but SO worth it for the incredible immersion and rapid response times to things happening around you in game. And cuts down repetition. Just ask the AI for a landing pad, and it'll do all the menu navigation to call one up. No touching of anything but the flight controls needed.

[@XenHat]

I don't own any kind of VR gear (yet????) and I can confirm that mouse/keyboard experience is at least half as terrifying. I nearly sh*t myself exiting my first jump. And the feeling that you're going to violently hug the sun never really goes away, 60 hours in.

[@shaamaan]

Press X while in whitchspace (i.e. transit to another system) to throttle to 0, making all hyperspace exits 100% safe. 30km/s sounds like a lot, but you'll still need to travel a few hours like that to actually hit a sun after a warp-in.

[@ZakkWurzbach]

You need thrustmaster... makes this game so much better

[@fillerisnameria6212]

Keyboard and mouse is actually fine, just the default keybindings are trash.

[@nonname1239]

Remember the first time you tryna ride a neutron star?

[@Adhzap]

@@ZakkWurzbach i play with mouse and keyboard. jsut set ur mosue to relative and swich rolling to keyboard. FA off and u can pvp almost everything when ur used to it. some of the best pvp pilots use moseu and keyboard still

[@miniman3112]

Dear god, this is the perfect review that this game deserves! You clearly explain why this game isn't for everyone and that it's not for jump-in-jump-out action or story aspects, but you beautifully described why it's such a perfect fit for VR and gave a glimpse of how breathtaking it can be inside a 2D video. Great editing as well! I think I have fallen in love with your channel and will immediately start binge-watching every single video...

[@Mars-rn6nm]

Powerfred AGREED

[@SweRaider1993]

It's only highlighting the first few hours of the game. The reason it's 6/10 will become clear to you once you've spent enough time with it. That initial bump of learning new mechanics in the game is the only form of fun there is. Once you've learned all the mechanics and that novelty has worn off there's nothing to keep you playing anymore. No proper social- or guild systems, end-game content, etc. like you'd see in a traditional MMORPG that keeps players around.

[@o_mateuscampos]

Today I wanted to go back to Elite Dangerous and play a little bit of it but I decided to watch this video first and now I remember why I thought this game was so boring. Thank you, BowieBeforeDoingDrugs, you saved me a lot of time

[@brothertim1322]

For VR, many of the basic controls can be accessed in the "functions" window on your right. Silent running, cargo scoop, landing gear, and a bunch of others. So you don't need to bind them if you don't want to.

[@delta4phoenix4]

brothertim but if you need to access them often it really is more comfortable to bind them.

[@nathanderweise_]

Should we tell him about the Thargoids?

[@therealawesomequest]

nathanderweise shhhh let him be hyperdicted first.

[@DonTekNO]

with his ability to read simple on screen informations and understand them or better the lack of it, he won't even make it out of the sidy ......

[@Danjiano]

He gets hyperdicted at 0:58

[@therealawesomequest]

True, but he doesn't mention it so they obviously whipped his mind.

[@TehKola2]

Fairly sure that is from a youtube video someone else uploaded.

[@TheAdrift]

1:12 “honey, our neighbor is yelling at the sky again! What do you think it’s about this time?”

[@GretchenDawntreader]

love the editing. Planet whizzes by "LOL BYE"

[@GretchenDawntreader]

I first tried ED with keyboard and mouse and found the act of trying to land and take off in a station rather like being a drunken hippo in a greased bathtub. A flightstick helped a LOT but of course I could still see my keyboard to use occasional commands and just had movement, firing and throttle on the flightstick. It was a pretty cheap $30 one, you don't need a $400 HOTAS to play, you really don't. I don't have VR though, yeah doing all the commands without seeing the controls sounds like a whole higher echelon of skill.

[@michaelcaplin8969]

I've never subscribed to someone just by watching one video (I've subscribed to maybe 12 channels in the entirety of my 12 year hard core KZbin adventure). But, 30-45 seconds in, I knew I needed all your videos - past, present and future ones - in my life.

[@ThomasGeelens]

Same my fried, good stuff.

[@jakejutras2733]

Thomas Geelens I'm fried too dude!...

[@Nyghtking]

So basically in order to play you need to pull a dark souls, bash your face against the wall that is the game for a couple hours, and then either your head caves in and you give up, or the wall breaks down, you git gud, and you start playing.

[@tangerinetech5300]

No, he had most of these problems cause he bought a flight stick and remapped everything himself instead of googling the best setup for his flight stick.

[@Bean41]

Pro tip: when you hit 7 seconds ETA decrease to 75% throttle. This can be bound to a (or 8,000,000,000 buttons at once) button.

[@nonname1239]

Wonder if you can bind to your brain

[@stanettiels7367]

Bean 41 Isn’t it 0.7 sec ?

[@christianteller661]

hotas + voice attack + vr = bliss but you right button setup is a huge pain at first

[@Broekmanium]

This all is so recognizable and even though the sarcasm level is at 99.99%, it is the best "review" of the game out there haha.

[@Emperor-of-the-Tuna-Fish]

When in frameshift, you can avoid jumping past planets and stuff when you're approaching them by keeping the throttle in the white-marked area. Your ship should keep the appropriate speed to avoid going too fast on approach. It might feel like it's going slow, but it's keeping it correct for you.

[@Danjiano]

Matthew McMahon Or set (another) button for 75% throttle. Press it once you're 7s away from your destination (not lightseconds).

[@espalorp3286]

Real pilots aim straight at planets and let the surface do the braking

[@MoonPatch]

"Jolly Alarming" Ah, a good ol' Britishism

[@omaracevedo4784]

I think that Elite dangerous captures the reality of open world space exploration. at times its exciting doing the missions whether its space dog fighting by yourself or with your squadron, stealing, search and rescue, etc. then there's the boring parts of it like deep space exploration were you won't see anyone, all you'll be doing is just hopping from system to system with the occasional landing on dead worlds or the joy of being the first to discover a new planet or system that hasn't been discovered previously. But that's what i believe space exploration is all about.