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Elite 4 is being resurrected by David Braben himself as a kickstarter campaign, the name of the game will be Elite: Dangerous due in March 2014 (never). As of now £429,356 have been raised, the goal £1,250,000. I was a big fan of Frontier and I'll probably throw some quids in around Christmas. Anyone interested? |
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Firstly, I love the original* Elite and it is one of my top ten games of all time. I have spent most time on the Nes version (Braben's own favourite version) and have a save game on it that is rated "Deadly" (one below Elite). The choice of name is odd; Dangerous is 2 rankings below Elite. :) It's quite telling how big a game this is, that all 5 £5,000 pledges have already sold out. As ambitious a kickstarter the desired amount is, £1.5M is fuck all development money with a team of 235 people. I have serious doubts (given the vapourware status to date) of Braben's capability to deliver this anywhere near March 2014. I don't think he'll take the money and fuck off with it, but I can easily (and I'm being completely serious and not exaggerating) see him taking the money and come March 2017, still not have delivered anything tangible. By which time, the game will start to look a bit dated, public interest in it will drop and it'll go back to a long hiatus. The only difference being, that a lot of innocent, perhaps poor, gamers will have lost money on it. Great developer, poor businessman. Part of me thinks the best thing that could happen would be for them to be taken over by a big games publisher who won't tolerate endless delays and scope creep. I also think focussing on Xbox development (rather than PC) would help prevent them over-complicating it (which is a large part of the reason for the delays to date). The best version of the original was on a console, after all, even if the BBC version was more iconic. It's a shame, I'd love to see the game. I just know I'd be spitting blood if I invested hundreds in it and it fell through. I will back it, but probably 'only' £40-50. If I had more confidence in their ability to deliver, I'd be having a space station named after me... *played Elite 2, but it wasn't anywhere near as enjoyable/immersive, despite the massive scope. |
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I loved Elite on the BBC B (oh to be middle class in the 80's). My main concern is how much fun would a space trading game be now, the closest thing that I remeber was the game Earth and Beyond, which was only really appealing to geeks like me. I really hope that they include the original game with it, and once I have done my first couple of missions and bought the automatic docking system. I will re live the days of middle class England. I will buy a biege Ford Sierra, Eat salad out of wooden bowls and will be drinking more soda stream than any of you. |
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"I loved Elite on the BBC B (oh to be middle class in the 80's)." Yes, you can just picture the 5 people who paid £5000 for the top tier rewards, can't you? 80s computer geeks who now run their own companies and can afford to piss away what amounts to a year's wages for a lot of the world on a fucking videogame. Good times. |
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In the meanwhil I pledged 20€ , I'm confident they'll deliver something worth more than that ... in March |
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Human souls are the future of trading. Casio watches forever. |
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