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Elite Sequel (kickstarter)
Just seen this on the BBC website - David Braben is proposing a new sequel to the classic game Elite
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165344
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165344
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
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decent space games are required these days
get the word out to big gaming youtuber's like TotalBiscuit
http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut?gl=US&hl=en
That should get the pledges flowing
Hahahahahahhaa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUM960MAbx0
Its not that bad considering how long game development takes these days - its only 18 months away.
By the sounds of the way David Braben was talking in the BBC video, they already have a lot of the infrastructure in place.
http://www.oolite.org/
Elite 2 was already released 19 years ago and it was excellent.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1754147
Looks interesting......although seems to be concentrated more on space action rather than a totally immersive universe (i.e. with planetfall).
Might keep an eye on it though - I quite liked freelancer.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
It's also the first time I've seen a Kickstarter actually mentioned on British TV - there was a piece about it on BBC News channel the other day. Really hope the retro gamesplayers that played the original on BBC/Acorn and those of us who owned the game on Amiga and Atari are aware of the sequel!
Whats even stranger is that, to the best of my knowledge, there hasn't been one set in the Star Wars universe.
I thought that as a kid, playing Elite on my Amiga. It would be immense, the story is so well known, races, politics, class of ships, weapons.
Looking for an affordable ship at a junkyard, finding your own Millennium Falcon. It would be awesome!
Elite was enthralling enough, but attach Star Wars to it ... blimey!
I'll still take Elite 4 though!
I think the two online RPGs are the closest they've got with Star Wars
That's bloody genius
...Why?