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The developers behind the sequel to legendary videogame Elite have, to the anger and dismay of fans, announced they've dropped the promised offline singleplayer mode. The game is due to be released in under a month. With the title having raised about $1.5 million from Kickstarter, and millions more in subsequent campaigns that advertised the feature, many of those following the project are livid. A complaints thread on the official Elite forums has swelled to over 450 pages in merely three days, with backers demanding refunds. It is down to the discretion of Frontier, the game's developer, whether to process refund requests of original backers.
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Anger as Elite:Dangerous Drops Offline Singleplayer
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Lagg on Tuesday November 18 2014, @07:57PM
If you guys want an Elite done better than the guys who actually did Elite this [oolite.org] is a good bet. I've not bothered keeping up on any of this crap because I knew this would happen and Oolite is more than enough for me especially with the huge extension repos. I don't know why anyone thought it needed to be continued. This kickstarter scam completely lacks the charm of the originals (and I don't say this out of nostalgia) and particularly Oolite. You can really tell which of the two was made with passion and love.
Hint: It's the one without the stupid obligatory multiplayer that plagues so-called "AAA" games today, the flat out lie regarding DRM (grep "DRM-free" and look at their response, that's called DRM you morons), complete lack of extensibility (grep "script your own missions") and outright missing features if you opt out of always-online bullshit (grep "How will single player work", it's a doozy).
I don't know why people think that just because someone wrote a game at one point means they're unconditionally competent. These pricks talk about wanting to squeeze performance out of hardware in the same way the originals squeezed it, then proceed to tell you that you won't get features unless you connect to a server and give you obviously bullshit reasons that this is the case.
Frankly, I'm insulted that this is going to be released on my birthday. I'll go donate some monies to Oolite instead.
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Wednesday November 19 2014, @10:16AM
Seconded. Oolite is the mutt's nuts. It's the original Elite but completely open for players to add their own ships, missions, equipment and even game mechanics. So much fun.
Newbies should know that the two or three hundred expansions in the game's built-in manager aren't the only ones available - you can download older, but usually still-compatible expansions which can be found all over the web, but they are mostly linked from the wiki: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Category:Oolite_expansion_packs [alioth.net]
Shame about :Dangerous though - I didn't back it but I kept a close eye, and the trailers were simply orgasmic. It also sucks that they're going back on their word, I expected better. Hopefully they see the light and cave to the backers' demands.