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[wendymaree]

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[BLOODUK]

You know the strange thing, i never played elite and i dont think i will this one either im all for nostalgic gameplay but the triangles and boxes dont do it for me

[Nemesis]

I downloaded this game from another website before and i really gotta tell you, it sucks! The interface are hard to get use to, the graphics are real bad, the missions are all the same.In one word,

[Borodin]

It has a high reputation, and quite a few people who have played it remember it fondly. That said, I never could get past the mechanics of a gentle, accurate planet landing. It was something of an required arcade sub-game, if I recall correctly, and I'm about as good at arcades as I am at understanding Sumerian. Which is to say, not at all. After about a dozen tries, I removed the game from my hard drive.

[Astral]

I played it on my old Amiga 600, i think for landing and any staf like dat there is an autonav system :whistle:

[punch999]

this is a great game u just dont understand it

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Astral@Jan 4 2005, 01:12 PM
I played it on my old Amiga 600, i think for landing and any staf like dat there is an autonav system* :whistle:

I played it on the PC, and there wasn't. I also just checked the documentation at HOTU, and there isn't. Perhaps I could have been clearer: the problem isn't simply the final moment of landing, but in navigating through the tunnel approaches to the space stations, let alone maneuvering into jump lanes, etc. The documentation urges the new pilot to repeatedly and carefully practice these procedures. I did so, and I never got the hang of it. Feh. Each to their own, but this was my reaction.

this is a great game u just dont understand it

There's a difference between "you don't like," and "you don't understand." The former is simply a noted difference of opinion. For the latter to be true, you have to show that the person you're discussing something with clearly doesn't grasp the essentials of the topic. I don't think you've managed the latter, here.

[xoopx]

i played elite plus on amiga, i think you need to buy the auto-docking module thing, until then you have to crash a lot, like in the original elite. so annoying.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by xoopx@Jan 4 2005, 02:10 PM
i played elite plus on amiga, i think you need to buy the auto-docking module thing, until then you have to crash a lot, like in the original elite. so annoying.

That sounds right. I suspect the original developers saw it as a reward to the player that would also bypass a repetitive, time-consuming portion of the game. For me, though, it was too much a crashing hassle right from the first. After a dozen or so tries, I handed in my pilot's license, and went on to other titles.

[Astral]

Yeahhhh k: xoopx got the point, you should by some stufff for your ship to have some goodies One think that i am remeber is that i have stuck for good to thise game until it must be some girl that unstuck me from it