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That's not a good comparison either. Elite: Dangerous had their alpha in 2013, playable beta mid-2014, with a 1.0 release end of 2014 that was a complete game.
by munchbunny 8y ago
That's not a good comparison either.
Elite: Dangerous had their alpha in 2013, playable beta mid-2014, with a 1.0 release end of 2014 that was a complete game.
Star citizen had a very scaled down version (Crusader) available end of 2015, as what amounts to an alpha.
I personally hope Star Citizen delivers, but there is really no equivalence here. Frontier delivered much faster.
- lstodd 8y agoIn terms of gameplay E:D didn't deliver. I ceased keeping track in mid-2017, but by then it was inferior to FFE.
- munchbunny 8y agoWhat's FFE? Whether or not you liked E:D, it's still a fully released game that felt polished, albeit shallow. But that's besides the point. Parent poster was drawing equivalencies between the two games' release timings, and my point is those equivalencies aren't actually comparable.
- mynameisvlad 8y agoI think it's Frontier: First Encounter, which is a 1995 game that's the precursor to E:D in the Elite series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_First_Encounters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_First_Encounters I don't see how E:D is inferior to it, but YMMV.
- m0llusk 8y agoWhat exactly was delivered? Physics based flight model? Procedually generated planets and cities? First person interactions with voice and face control? Large sandbox game environment based on comprehensive fictional world building? What we are discussing has never been delivered before which might explain some of the perceived delays.