Comments on: Elite 4: “We are looking at console,” says Braben

By: Whizzo

Whizzo — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:26:09 +0000

I approve this change in position!

Combat in Elite was just awesome and something that had me playing it over and over on multiple platforms, Elite 2′s combat made me almost cry in despair. When the most successful way to kill opponents is to load up on shields and ram them there’s something wrong with the combat system!

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:06:43 +0000

We could just change point 6 to “Make it fun to play (i.e. nothing like Frontier)” if you like? Because that’s really what I was getting at.

By: Whizzo

Whizzo — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:00:30 +0000

I think Blerk’s manifesto is reasonable, although point 6 is open to debate if they get the remnants of Particle Systems to do the inertial physics combat because I-War combat = fun, Elite 2′s combat = bollocks.

By: pjmaybe

pjmaybe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:21:53 +0000

I bet this finally gets released the day before my thumbs fall off.

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:07:00 +0000

By: patlike

patlike — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:02:52 +0000

I’ve got a bit more on this for tomorrow. It sounds very mysterious.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:53:35 +0000

1. Make a huge and varied universe.
2. Fill it with spaceships and space stations.
3. Fill it with civilisations.
4. Put some players in it.
5. Give them a load of freedom and a huge bundle of missions.
6. Make it dog-fighty-shooty and not real-world-physics-bollocks-boring.

Job done.