Elite Dangerous

This game does not respect your time well. It's very grindy even with the various guides out there that help cut down on the grind. Then there's the recent stuff of using real world money to purchase the new ships. It's a real shame as there's quite a lot of cool and interesting stuff here, but the time investment to do stuff is too much for me to ever recommend this game to anyone. This setting aside the awful new player experience the game currently has at review.

Forget the nonsense about a steep learning curve. There's a whole commnuity and resources available to help. It will suck you in..... Try it.....

A game I've sunk more time into than my real life. I honestly can't recommend this game enough.
It can be very difficult to get into early on as it doesn't hold you'r hand and the universe is big, like really big. But once you've found your footing and figured out a few of the base mechanics then you'll truly enjoy this game.

Strong learning curve, but a fantastic looking game, and there are countless things you can keep yourself busy with. Strongly recommend to anyone who enjoys space simulations

Elite: Dangerous still holds it's own in the battle for the best space games to play. Explore a giant galaxy, mine, trade, fight, survey, search and rescue or just grind money to buy all the cool ships and try them out. Find engineers to improve your components the way you want to play, long range, super-charged, tough or quick, you choose and design your ships the way you want. For the price and the content, you cannot go wrong. I like to play this as an alternative to my other favorite space game which isn't a game yet. See you in the verse O7

Been gradually pushing more and more for micro transactions which when introduced was only cosmetics. Now it includes game play elements such as ships (and early access to ships)

Stop making launchers for shitty niche games... I have a steam account, use steamworks you fungal infection of a publisher.

Elite itself is good though.

So I haven't played this game for a good 5-6 years, as it was always way too empty and lonely for me. Now I got disappointed by the development of Star Citizen and the unconvincing Starfield and thought I would give it a try again. Boy I haven't been disappointed! I can discover hundreds of million of star systems and planets like in NMS, but the graphics and the engine are simply more convincing. I can walk around on stations and planets like in Star Citizen or Starfield, but the sheer vastness is fantastic. If you go out of the standard bubbles of civilization, there is a good chance you will discover new planets and life forms, maybe even find your personal asteroid mining field. It feels to me like this is now the game I actually hoped for from NMS, Star Citizen and Starfield. The universe is also not empty anymore - NPCs and intelligent alien species are found everywhere. I decided that I will go on a mission of discovery and research - but honestly every style of play now finds it's niche in this game! Thank you to the devs for polishing it so much and giving me the VR experience I always dreamed of!

Including Xbox I have over 240 hours in this game and I still have no idea what I'm doing.

The flight sim system is really well made and fun once you get a hang of it but the 1:1 scale of the galaxy is way too big for it's own good combined with all the systems thrown at you at once it can be really easy to get lost or overwhelmed if you don't have the patience. For example I still have no idea what engineering does because frankly the game explains things poorly. Otherwise it is still a very relaxing game to just fly around and explore.

I would recommend only if you enjoy major time sinks.

utter misery. wonderful visuals and ship designs completely ruined by the fact the game is a press 'J' simulator where all you ever do is jump from system to system. I've heard the engineering grind has gotten less miserable recently but honestly you couldn't pay me to pick this game up again in spite of that.

It's great. Here's the thing: it's too big. It's a mile wide and an inch deep. The dev team has so many good ideas, but only rests on any one of them long enough to get something that technically works before moving on to the next thing. Odyssey was a disaster at launch, and even years later it's still a buggy, shallow mess.

I'd like to see the team add some much-needed polish to existing game mechanics. Despite all that, though, it's generally a good experience. The ships feel fast and powerful, combat is generally pretty satisfying (although engineering and the associated grind is basically mandatory), the visuals and audio design are awe-inspiring, and the way they incorporate player actions into storylines genuinely sets a high bar.

IF your in to this type of game, its awesome. The visual effects are beautiful and the sound's the ships make are amazing. Great way to burn through hours of your day. It does get very grindy as you get further in the game, and extreem grind if you want a carrier. but you play it your way. Don't forget your Limpets !

I've been playing Elite Dangerous off and on for nearly 10 years now, with most of my playtime spent on the console version, which was unfortunately abandoned by Frontier Developments. I was able to transfer my account over to the PC version when console support was dropped, but I’ll admit, I’m still a little salty about that. That being said, despite the frustrations, I’d still highly recommend this game—if you know what you're getting into.

Like many MMOs, Elite Dangerous is a grind. Progression can feel slow at times, and some activities can become repetitive, but it’s the kind of grind that’s rewarding for those who enjoy immersion and long-term goals. The beauty of the game lies in its vast, open universe, the depth of its mechanics, and the sheer scale of exploration available. There's really no other game on the market right now that scratches the same itch for a space simulation that is this expansive and this detailed.

Even more so with the Odyssey expansion, which allows players to walk around on planets and inside stations and complete missions on foot. It’s a huge step forward and adds a new layer of immersion, making the universe feel even more alive. There’s something uniquely satisfying about hopping out of your ship and exploring a planet or station on foot, something that was missing for years. However, I will admit that on foot content has its flaws.

While the game is far from perfect and still has its bugs (and some features that could use more attention, like anti-aliasing), the community is solid, and if you enjoy space sims, Elite Dangerous offers a truly unmatched experience in its genre. If you're looking for a game that rewards patience, exploration, and tactical gameplay, then Elite Dangerous will be a really rewarding experience for you.

so after 3000 hours into this game i can confidently say this is one of my favorite games. if you are able to beat the grind and get through the engineering grind. then have at it! if you like a high learning cliff. go at it the galaxy is 1-1 scale so good luck with the short jump ranges. my only gripe is a lack of furry cosmetics for the suits. 10-10 game.

It looks like a massive game with lots of content, I just can't get into it.

One of the tutorials, on mining, has a bug that doesn't let you complete it. That's insanely frustrating.

I got a mission and was trying to go to a destination but I don't seem to be getting any closer and I can't seem to activate the frameshift drive or whatever.

The controls don't seem hard or bad, but figuring out precisely what you need to do is a very, very big part of this game. It seems there are lots of tedious steps you have to take in precise order for every action.

It's almost like having a second job. One you don't get paid for.

Elite Dangerous is massive. Ridiculously massive. You start in a tin can with barely enough firepower to scare off a pigeon, but before you know it, you’re flying a million-credit spaceship, pretending you know what you’re doing. One moment, you’re cruising through a neon-lit station feeling like a legend, the next, you’re 65,000 light-years from home, out of fuel, whispering "Oh no." But that’s the beauty of it every tiny success feels huge because the game doesn’t care if you win or lose. It just exists, and you either get on with it or spend your days spinning in space like a lost sock in a washing machine.

And the freedom! Want to be a bounty hunter? Brilliant until some 14-year-old in a fully-engineered ship turns you into fireworks. Fancy exploring? Great, but hope you like staring at rocks for hours. Even space trucking has its moments nothing beats the thrill of successfully hauling 300 tons of cargo without getting jumped by pirates. After 289 hours, do I fully understand what I’m doing? Not really. But do I love it? Absolutely.

This is THE BEST space game, I really love it and having so much fun.

There's so much content and so much to do, that in 5 days I already played 47 hours...
The galaxy is so huge and beautiful that I can't describe it...
The physics of this game is incredible, I really love how you can control your ship, and how the distance is real (Light years, light seconds...), Planets are in real size and you can land on them as well, The stars that we know is real and you can travel to them (Sirius, Alpha Centauri, Betelgeuse (EVEN BLACKHOLE ON THE CENTRE OF OUR GALAXY (Sagittarius A)) etc...)
Yeah it can be kinda grindy but I'm sure that you will love exploring the galaxy and game itself.

closer to a sim then no mans sky, less features but definently better immersion for roleplay

So I was expecting to get into this game, have a horrible experience and ask for a refund within 2 hours. But I was pleasantly surprised.

Game offered me a preset of keybinds for the exact hotas I have and so far I had 0 issues with them.

Gameplay loop I still haven't fully figured out but flying simple missions and upgrading the ship has been fun so far.

This game beats out all the rest in the space sim genre. Fully recommend this game for anyone who's longing to live a thousand years in the future.

Worse game I have ever played. Its no longer designed for new players. The devs may have made a large game, but the learning curve is high only because they did not give new players a chance to find their way into this game. Older players exist in this game because they have been gradually adapted as it developed. But now its a complete mess if your just learning to play this game.

It could be that the devs make it hard to pressure you to buy in the in game items which would be the started ships.

The low price when its on sale is to lure you into the pay extra later.

Even if you watch you tubers and have many open wikis you will fail and get very frustrated.

Its like the devs intended to make you suffer if your into that kind of madness.

Even the space ship controls are a disaster. This game is nothing like No Man's Sky. The so called learning curves just destroys the game.

I can't recommend buying this game. The developer is very unprofessional, currently running a beta test of an upcoming "system colonisation" feature in the game's live environment. Yesterday there were lots of crashes and connection errors, and today I can't log in at all. Customer service tells me, "Due to an increase in the volume of support requests we're currently experiencing longer than expected response times."

Alright, it's been fun. I have played this game for a long while now, first on xbox back in 2016 and fell in love with it, I moved to PC when they added the on foot gameplay. I'm quadruple Elite on for the second time now. I've went to Colonia and the center, did a dive into the black, fought the bugs and defeated a Titan, I've spent hours upon hours mining just because I enjoyed the hunt, toppled pirate leaders and flushed the enemies from my Federal systems (Z. Hudsen will forever be my president). This game offers you a lot to do and you can do it all with your friends. Like i said it's been fun, but I'm done. You see things about an influx of players but its just an influx of people who want to grief whatever new content is coming to the game. The newest update is a perfect example, and those of you that play know what I'm talking about. I just cant bring myself personally to play this game anymore. Is it a fun game? Yes. But I'm tiered, the real community is tiered. I'm not saying you shouldn't play this game, this is honestly my favorite space sim. But its time, I've made peace with my last "frameshift drive charging", my last "honk", my last "The rumors were true...", and my last egg cracked. I'm retiring to my new station courtesy of the new update. Fly safe commanders, and don't forget your limpets <3 -o7-

Elite Dangerous is a very cool very in-depth space game that is very fun to play when it's working, unfortunately it is currently being "maintained" by the most incompetent group of people who ever lived and they break the game every 5 fucking minutes

**Buyer beware: If you buy this, link accounts, start the game, but don't actually play, it gets completely busted.**

I set up accounts late at night earlier this week, signed in through the launcher, adjusted gameplay settings, and said "I'll come back fresh tomorrow".

Nooopppeee. Didn't work. Circular, failed login loop, ended up re-purchasing through Frontier. To be fair, it was like $6 on steam sale, so I didn't care much.

But then it gets worse.

I came back to actually play tonight. I'm playing in SOLO MODE. And I get kicked out of the game because of server problems.

SOLO MODE. AND SERVER PROBLEMS.

Bad timing/coincidence on everything. Enough to make me say no thanks. Literally no options to pick region/zone/server, so I'm just SOL.

Was excited. Not anymore.

frontier servers are literally the worst ive ever experienced for connection consistency

Don't play this game.
Never give money the Frontier Development.
FDev can't erect a hard on. They screw up EVERYTHING they touch. I am not sure how they even get out of bed in the morning. The company will try and minitransaction you to death because they have no talent and are run by donkey high on drugs.

It is criminal how little attention this game gets, It is 10 years old and STILL is receiving constant free updates, I can only think of a handful of other games that have that level of dedication and support

The micro transactions are cosmetic based, and are reasonably priced if you're the type to buy them

The games claim to fame is its a "1-1" map of the milky way, literally billions of stars and planets you to explore. If you're a space nerd its fairly accurate to what we have identified stars to be, from mass to luminosity to behaviour. Complete with OBAFGKM stars, neutron stars, black holes etc. Various famous constellations and nebula can be visited, accurate (to a point) with what we'd expect the general scenery of space in those reigons to look like.

There are multiple major game systems you could sink your teeth into, exploration, alien space combat, human space combat, trading, power politics, ground combat, minning, colinization. etc.

The game can seem a little overwhelming at first as the aim is realistic space controls, and complex systems, the good news is you really can go at your own pace and get as into these systems as you want.

I cannot recommend this game enough, especially for the price its set at now.

It's highly difficult to get into and after nearly 4 hours of playing I still know a fraction of what there is to learn but it's really fun. Endless worlds to explore

One of my favorite space games. The graphics are beautiful, gameplay mechanics are fun enough to keep you playing, and while for me I found it a bit hard to get money at first, the more you play the more you really seem to understand the game and your options, and plus even when you earn your first say 200 million and unlock a great ship, there's still much ways to go in terms of improving it or just getting more in the game, it really keeps you going. Overall, 9/10

This is primarily a spaceship simulation. The major difference between this game and other space games, is that this one tries to be closer to "real". The learning curve is steep at first, but there are many sources (websites, 3rd party, etc) of help if you wish. I found that I really enjoyed sinking my teeth into it, learning and figuring out how to do things in game. The planets in this 1:1 representation of the Milky Way galaxy are generated using astronomy data, with a variety of alien flora, gravity, terrain, temps. You cannot yet land on planets with atmospheres (animals, forests, water, etc). They do give the ships faster than light travel, but they show travel times and distances for appreciation of the true scale of space. The primary income sources are trading, mining, exploration and combat. Ships should be outfitted according to their task. There are a large variety of missions. There are many user groups to help and enjoy the game with.

grindy. time consuming. for new players that is. a returning player with knowledge of the game can start from scratch and be a king in under a day, even making as much as several billion by weeks end with the correct info and strategy.... ie- ngalinn\mainani reputation grind is factually an incredible way to jump start your beginner funds as well as provide ranks in the imperial navy way early in game. using inara to provide comodities lists for mining missions (that you dont even need to mine. just buy and fill order, easy money right?). and even using silent running and heat sinks, and instant throttle zero during interdictinos to quietly cruise away from pirates before they can ever shoot you. happy day comanders O7 we salute u and await you in-game.

Steep learning curve. Game has more and more layers to it the deeper you look. May be addicting, but I don't think so. I can stop anytime I want to. I think.

If you wanna play Elite Dangerous and have a good time, you gotta chill out and just be in the universe. Don't go in with a goal; find one by accident, one that you enjoy pursuing. The vibes, the flight controls, and the epic moments are immaculate and so rewarding.

Don't seek someone else's happiness.

This game is terrible. Don't waste your time or money on it. Piloting a ship it no fun, counter intuitive, and the graphics are absolutely terrible. Eve looked better in 2004. I can't even get through the tutorial without hating everything about it.

Mind bogglingly boring. Incredibly arcane instructions. Minimal amount of content. Maximum amount of jank. Save your sanity, dont get it.

The flight system is intuitive and deep and at about 20 hours in it seems that I have barely scratched the surface of possible gameplay.

I do wish there were more tutorials, though, but there seems to be plenty of online videos covering every aspect.

i love the concept and the game definitely seems fun, but its just no new player friendly, the tutorial was fine, flying was fine, the dealbreaker for me though was trying to go to a planet for a mission but even having the mission bookmarked and locking onto it the hud doesnt show me where the planet is or where im going, after almost half an hour of flying blind i finally find where to go but the game wont lock onto the planet so i figured i could just supercruise straight to the planet and it would slow me down when i get close to the planet like the tutorial showed, no i flew straight through the planet because when it didnt slow down and i tried to manually stop the game didnt let me because i was going to fast so i had to emergency stop after flying through a planet which should have killed me if the game doesnt automatically force you out of supercruise before you do and when i finally inched my way along by using supercruise for a few seconds at a time and i got the the planet, i was on the opposite side of where my mission was and when i tried to fly around the planet after 5 minutes of flying as fast as you can without supercruise i had barely made it 1/10th around the planet, also nothing is hotkeyed when you start theres 5 hotkeys for the menu but no hotkeys for any maps when you start out, not to mention when you get options for starting equipment there is 1 free option and 10-15 payed options, i know i get the game for cheap but a payed game throwing payed content at you like that is kind of a slap in the face, call it a skill issue if you want that i cant figure out the terrible ui and none existent control setup of this game but i dont feel like spending 10-50 hours just trying to learn how to do basic stuff in the game, like i said the concept of the game is top-teir, but the execution from a starting point is pretty flawed, im sure when you know how to play the game its great and you can overlook stuff like that

First thing you are shown when leaving the tutorial is a page asking you what ship you would like to purchase with real money. You'r then put on the spot to spend more money as they will increase the price of these ships if you choose not to buy premium currency with real money at this point.

This is something i expect from a mobile game, I've not played space games in a while but maybe this is similar to other games in the genre?

This game is like some toxic partner - you can't escape it or you don't want to. You have a Stockholm Syndrome and you just keep playing it, enduring all the suffering, because she's the only one giving you what you really want. Er, I mean the game. Not any X4, not SC or NMS, only Elite Dangerous.

And this is my abusive relationship with ED. It goes back to my ps4 days. Whenever I said "I'm done, I'm not touching this garbage anymore", I kept coming back either after a year or two just to be annoyed at the lack of QoL or the fact that developers are ignoring the players and their requests. Too busy with in game shop I guess.

And yet... here we are... again.

Sure wish I could give it a "neutral" rating.

Easily the best space sim I've ever played. It somehow makes delivering truckload of Agronomic Treatment enjoyable. Cruising into an astroid belt and blowing up some pirates isn't bad either. I've spent several hundred hours in this game and still haven't run out of things to do. Looking forward to seeing what else FDev has in store for the galaxy.

Amazing graphics + extensive sounscape, from the busyness of a station to the weird noises when jumping to the next system or the cracking rock sounds when scanning... a rocky planet.

A helpful community, lot's of community made tools to make stuff like exploration easier.

Many paths to take, choose your focus commander !
Combat?, trade?, exploration?

Trade even gets further defined into commodity trading or passenger hauling.

Mining perhaps?
We got laser mining, sub surface and even core mining where you get to blow up a asteroid.

Or save up to buy your own personal space station sized ship, the fleet carrier.

Is this a slow burn game? Yeah
Are the controls confusing and take time to get used to? Oh yes
Is it a significant time sink? Absolutely

However, ED is basically the greatest sandbox game ever made. I've played EVE Online, Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, etc. and enjoyed my time with each - but nothing compares to the 1:1 scale of the Milky Way galaxy, the level of depth of many of the systems and ships in ED and the level of detail and realism that has went into crafting ED's galaxy. If you have an interest in space, this game is basically your wet dream.

I almost bought this game when it was on sale, but decided against it. A couple of months later, I looked into the game and decided it was for me and went ahead and paid full price and it's worth every single penny I paid. I have been having a blast with this game. It doesn't hold your hand and it has a pretty steep learning curve, but all of that is worth it! Getting into your ship and blazing a trail across the cosmos and learning as you go is such a fun experience! Happy to join other commanders on this journey! o7

"Elite Dangerous" presents itself as an ambitious and evolving title within the space simulation genre. The game offers a vast, open-world experience that allows players to engage in various activities such as trading, exploration, and combat, all set against the backdrop of a realistically rendered Milky Way galaxy.

While "Elite Dangerous" boasts impressive graphics and a deep, immersive universe, it is important to note that the game remains a work in progress. Many players find that the experience is significantly enhanced when playing with friends, as cooperation and teamwork can add layers of strategy and enjoyment that solo play may lack.

Despite its potential, the game still faces some challenges that prevent it from achieving its full promise. Certain aspects of gameplay can feel incomplete or lack the depth expected from a title of this scale. As a result, some players may find that their experience does not fully meet their expectations at this point in its development.

However, it is encouraging to see that the developers are actively working on updates and improvements, indicating a commitment to enhancing the overall experience. The community surrounding "Elite Dangerous" is also robust, with players sharing tips, strategies, and experiences, which can help new players acclimate to the game’s complexities.

In summary, "Elite Dangerous" is a noteworthy endeavour with significant potential that shines brightest when enjoyed in a multiplayer setting. While it may not fully satisfy every player at this stage, it is evident that the game is on a trajectory toward improvement, making it a title worth keeping an eye on as it continues to develop.

I've been playing since it was an Xbox release, and the PC is only better. The graphics are stunning, the different play routes to take are endless, and it is overall just an incredible game. If first person sandbox space exploration /trading /piracy is your thing, this may be the game for you.

It's No Man's Sky! But in reverse!
aka: Elite:Dangerous Devolution DLC

So, I've owned the game for like 10 years. I had stopped playing not long after the Horizons DLC came out since it was game breaking and I didn't want to buy it. Was suppose to add in planetary landing and driving around on beautiful planets and moons with a bunch of vehicles to allow you to do that... can engineer you ship fittings... the engineering thing was a random number generator of what you got, only 1 rover with word of "many more to come" and horrible fps if you tried to land.

Just came back to the game 2 weeks ago and the ship side of things is still the same as it was, fun. They gave me Horizons for free, they changed the engineering stuff a little but otherwise the DLC looks unfinished. Planet side you drive around in a rover that handles badly and shoot rocks (they said there would be multiple types of rovers but only delivered 1 in 10 years). Horrible gameplay that I didn't want to pay for then, and wouldn't pay for now. They never finished the DLC in the 10 years it's been out. Extended vacation for the devs is my only guess on that.

Now the new DLC... you can get out and walk around on those horrible looking planets and take samples of horrible looking "plants." Again, another DLC, 10 years on, that delivers what looks like a discounted Temu pocket console version of No Man's Sky. I won't be buying it either. But they did add another moon rover... a single rover was added that requires you to buy this dlc... what happened to the rovers we were told we'd get with the prior dlc? The plants look like something you'd see in a itch.io tech demo.

For now the only thing keeping the game alive is their selling of ships through their cash shop. Apparently they are experiencing an uptick in players, but like myself... they won't be sticking around due to the lack effort put into the game by the developer.

So the list of the bad:
Planets: walk/drive around in a desert or on a giant ice cube looking at random rocks or really poorly drawn plants. If it was the late 90's this would be acceptable. Devs went on vacation after release of Horizons.
Engineering: completely destroyed any balance in the game. Some changes were made to engineering, then the devs went on vacation. And that leads us to the next problem:
Balancing: Devs went on vacation. It's an unbalanced mess that hasn't been touched since release.
Fighters: destroys FPS, again... Devs went on vacation instead of fixing it.
Multicrew: Have your friends fly with you in your ship, got added and then the devs went on vacation and never finished it.
Ships for IRL money: ok, early access to ships to help beta test... ok, cool with that. But it's turned into a "pay to win" model to help pay for.......... the devs going back on vacation.
The New Ships: some are tied to the Horizons DLC, others tied to the latest DLC. They don't tell you which they are tied to. Most of them are just rehashes of the same model with a few minor changes. They went on vacation before sending out the memo to their customers.

If the devs could come out of retirement and do what Hello Games did with NMS and fix the problems, balance the ships, finish the things they started, make it look like a 2025 title and not some Temu/Itch.io technical demo that would be great! Or just shut down the servers and say "Well boys, we tried and we are giving up... pip pip cheerie oh!" would work as well.

Awesome graphics and endless options.

After flying into the sun 3 times, I have concluded that I might not be elite but I'm certainly dangerous, mostly to myself though

it's... complicated. It feels like a singleplayer game masquerading as an MMO. All forms of communication are basically delegated to third-party apps, but it makes the universe feel like a dead one to me. Joined a max capacity squadron to see if it would liven up the place but it did not: with a limit of 500 players per squadron and the promise of a squadron chat, it seems like nobody wants to use the chatting features in-game. Instead, there are all these clans presenting themselves as roleplay entities, but I do not subscribe to their roleplay. I do not share the vision. I feel crushingly alone in a galaxy that pretends to be full of people