I loved Elite. I loved Frontier Elite a lot. Nothing has really made me feel like playing space games (except Eve, I'm avoiding Eve because I have a job already). I love Minecraft. So when the creator of Minecraft says he's going to make his own Elite, I get all shivery.
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the fact it's going to be a subscription model this time is unfortunate
I loved Frontier Elite and Frontier: First encounters. This game has so much promise, yet the subscription model makes me want to vomit.
It seems the time line is even longer than the unfeasibly long ICAR
Yeah, subscription makes it a no-go really.
It does sound like Notch has been seeing the videos people have done of redstone computers in Minecraft, and built his new game around that...not really that appealing to me. Even if you have access to other peoples "programs", that subscription is there to pay for a feature you're not really using.
I'd get it for the single player. Not sure I can be arsed with Assembler, though. There's a reason I don't code in it now!
mmm, did like E2 and E3 also. I like the idea that it may get people playing with assembler who haven't had the oppotunity, but I'm kind of with Rob on this one...
Reading through the Twitter comments that have been compiled, it is even more daring than I imagined. If people want the computers to be useful, they have to code all the software from scratch.
I am not sure where the accessibility is here. There's sandbox and then there's SANDBOX. And this is almost saying "You have a computer with a DOS prompt. Make windows" and then let the community do it.
Is that as fun as mashing blocks?
it's not just writing windows from scratch it's writing windows from scratch IN SPACE!
It may be a good idea to come to this game in 40 years when all the ground work is done and all we have to do is go and cherry pick the best bits of open source spaceship. :)
Humm a subscription based sandbox internet space ship game, where have i heard that idea before?
www.eveonline.com
This is sandbox well beyond Eve.
It also only barely counts as a game... It's a compiler with a vary complex GUI...