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  • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlOh, the irony
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    1 year ago

    This isn’t a news article though. It’s an opinion. Content on a news site is not automatically a news article. That’s like thinking Fox monologues and calling it news because fake judge Janine or the gagged Cucker show is on Fox News



  • I’m always torn about Elite Dangerous, similar to Eve’s grind I beleive. It’s a space game that requires hundreds of hours and 3rd party databases to have any sense of efficiency. There’s no true interplayer economy so you’re still free to operate solo (except that one time people with fleet carriers kidnapped noobs to slave mine). I have 900+ hours in 3 years and still don’t feel like I can do anything I want. I enjoy the sights, but they’re really repetitive. I relax while mining, but the payout just isn’t on the same level as some gaming methods. There’s no campaign and the lore is just small journal entries, so progress is only measured by purchases. You’re free to write your own story, but eventually you grow tired of the sandbox. The alien invasion events spiced things up about 9 years into the game’s life, but even that has become a little stale. Build the meta ship, work the events methodically, go home. The real world time sunk into travel for necessary upgrades is tiring.

    But then, every once in a while, I’ll use my laptop on the big screen with great sound quality and I remember what makes this game so special.