Jul 27, 2012  Building on their experience with Diablo-esque action RPGs Soldak Entertainment is currently adding the finishing touches to Drox Operative; a most ambitious sci-fi RPG, that shockingly does at certain points actually play a bit like Diablo.Or at least that’s how I felt while giving its preview beta a thorough try.

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Coop: This is key. Something where I can play with my friends. Spaceships: I want to be able to fly spaceships!

Preferably with some level of customization, but failing that, a decent level of variety will suffice. Exploration: Something that encourages/rewards exploration. Tech: Upgrades and stuff are always super cool. A point: Something to actually do.

Space Engineers is pretty cool but ultimately I spend a few hours in it and wonder 'the fuck am I doing?' . Relatively complete: Early access is OK, but I've got Astroneers and have been waiting forever for substantial updates and they're slow coming, so I'd prefer something that's actually got a little bit of content.There's my list! If you've got a favorite space game that ticks those boxes, please, let me know!. The games really good, I’ve enjoyed the hell out of it. It’s one of the few games I repeatedly return to.

But I love both space games and elite.If you look at a lot of the bad reviews on steam they’re from people with 400+ hours in the game. I’ve got at least 1000 if not double that. So, unless something really turns you off I’m pretty sure you’ll get a good 40-100 hours out of it.The big problem with the game is that the gameplay is a flat plane, it’s pretty much the same at 20 hours as it is at your later 490 hours. They don’t really gate content.

So when you’ve seen one spawn zone, you’ve pretty much seen all the spawn zones. The space trucking in the early hauler is not very different from space trucking in the anaconda. A change in money earned but not gameplay.However, I like that about the game.

But it’s 180 degrees from most rpgs out there so a lot of players really struggle with it. They apply what they know about other rpgs to elite and that style of gaming doesn’t work well with it.So, if you like the gameplay you’ll enjoy elite for 400+ hours until you get bored and start thinking about the 1000s of interesting things it could be doing to be a better game. And gradually become more and more disappointed (maybe bitter) that it’s doing none of those.

But, it was a good 400 hours.If you’re a grinding out better ships/equipment type of player. Elite leaves a lot to be desired.

I felt that the combat was pretty much the same.I think most people want it to feel like you’re moving from small fighters to large fighters then to gunships to corvettes. But it really feels like you’re moving to alternative fighters. There are differences. And the expensive ships will generally have a much easier time than the earlier ships.Skill plays a very important role. If you’re a good player in an early/cheap ship and I’m a bad player in a more expensive ship, there’s a good chance you take me out in combat.The engineers expansion has changed some of that. It’s pretty grindy and the rewards are enough that they give definite advantage to the people that get the modifications.

But for the most part the combat is still very much the same in my opinion.FWIW, I mostly play pve. I like the combat. I like upgrading my ships. I like trying to improve as a combat pilot.

I think most people don’t see a significant difference between the tiers of ships so they don’t feel rewarded for grinding to get them. But imo, if you enjoy the gameplay then there really isn’t a grind since its pretty unimportant. It's a game where you need to find what you like best.

Currently the best way to make money is basically to play space trucker simulator. Personally I like combat so I decided to be a bounty hunter.

I go into high intensity combat areas and look for bounties to claim. I don't make as much money as fast as someone who's doing a max efficiency trading route but I have fun with it.

It's also fun with friends since some assault missions are easier with multiple people. There is a lot to learn in it and it doesn't really tell you exactly what there is to do so you need to find what you like to do. If you go in with little to no knowledge then yes it is boring because you won't know all there is to offer. If you go in with little to no knowledge then yes it is boring because you won't know all there is to offer.This is me. I bought the game a couple weeks ago, even bought a new graphics card for the 2nd comp solely for the game.Managed the tutorials.

Got that first mission out the way with. And then I just left it with me in that space station/city.It gave me three options after that mission to go and see some people depending on what I want to do.

One being combat based, one trading and the other planetary landings. Only none of those really appeal to me just yet. I'd like to just go around mining asteroids.

Am I too early in the game to start doing that? Is there missions based on that? What do I need to do it?The game just completely lacks any sort of nudging which might appeal to some but after I finish work the last thing I want to do is spend 4 hours watching tutorial videos with lots of fluff included on youtube.Maybe I'll try it again after this month is out of the way with and I've a couple months off work to have a proper crack at it. Elite: Dangerous misses your last point about being complete. The game had a Kickstarter that got $8m. A nice amount, even for an ambitious game.Then it had a full game price tag on release. It lacked much of the final content that was promised.

Not that it was a lie, but for a gamer who hasn't done very extensive research (since their website is a mess), it is hard to understand the structure of their pricing model. The game will be released as the base game, with a season 'included' in the initial release. Then, four subsequent 'seasons' will be released as DLC. So far, they have release Horizons, which came out at $60. So, fans put KS money in, then they put money into the base game (that's fair). Then they put $60 in for Horizons.

To be fair, if you already had Elite, you could get a discount on Horizons. Either way, you're probably spending close to $100 for content promised as part of a full game during the Kickstarter.In the past, they have released a price package that is every future season pass plus the base game. That costs a couple hundred dollars. Whether you think that price is worth it is up to you, but I personally am not in the habit of paying that fat of a stack of cash for something that will get finished at an undisclosed time in the next 5 years.

What's more, that package was only available occasionally, and it no longer shows up on the website at all. Afaik, it's been a long time since they've advertised it.Horizons has since been on sale and now is usually going for $30. They have three more planned 'season' releases, along with individual DLC of $12 each.

According to the Kickstarter FAQ:We do not plan to make it subscription-based. Once you have purchased the game up front, you will be able to play thereafter for no further cost.I suppose that their contradictory follow-up comment is more accurate:We do plan to charge for additional updates, to be available sometime after the original release.

These will offer additional content, features and gameplay.DLC in a game is fine, and seasons are fine. But the DLC in this game fits the original promise of what the game was supposed to include: planetary landings, capital ships, freight ships, fighters, the ability to get out of your ship, base building, etc. I played ED when it came out.

I played a lot of it. But there wasn't much there.

Or at least there isn't yet.Proponents of the game will usually tell you, 'But it has a whole Galaxy in it!' You'll find very soon that the game while polished-looking lacks the additional elements that make it feel like a full, living world. You stay in your ship, complete missions, buy and sell cargo, and occasionally get attacked. It looks beautiful, but it's not worth the price tag I'm.And just to keep up with friends and the player base, you'd have to add every new season of DLC at at least $30 per. I highly recommend you watch an unbiased (aka not bought and paid for) reviewer play for about an hour. If what they do in the hour looks fun, pick it up on a sale.

Just know what is in the base game and what you need the DLC for.OR, INSTEAD:. Keep an eye on it and wait until the subsequent seasons come out.

It's going to be a great game someday, it's just falsely marketed as a finished product. This is an unpopular opinion, but try No Man's Sky on sale. It went through that fiasco last year, and the dev team has been working on the game nonstop to make it what they promised it would be. I've played both major updates and seen real improvement. They're even working on a real multiplayer. Keep an eye on Star Citizen.

The latest alpha update will be very telling of how development is going. The game is a reasonably priced one time fee (thanks in part to their ridiculously successful Kickstarter). And their development is very transparent. If you don't mind the voxels, Stellar Overload is another early access game that is shaping up to be very fun.

There is a main quest and a creative mode.Sorry I can't be of more help. I too am waiting for several good, in-development space projects to drop.

Saira bano. In the meantime, I play a lot of space themed board games.

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