Elite on Kickstarter...

[Darkflame]

If you compare it to special edition retail games, its pretty good.

That said all sorts of factors come into this.
Not only do I want a new Elite, I want more Elite-like games too. I want more big-scope spacy games, and if this is a success it will encourage more. I also want too see more procedural tech in games. Spore was a nice exploration, but thats about it.

The cynic in me sees it as a way to release endless dlc.

Could be.
But for the price their asking + the dev time, they couldn't possibly offer everything they are talking about.
I'm happy for DLC if its big and significant, and the core games still great on its own.

[Firefox]

Gyron?

Yup!

[Molloy]

Games cost a lot of money. I heard recently that Supreme Commander 1 cost $11.5 million. Looking for a tenth of that isn't really all that extravagant. They've kept the company going farming out predominantly licensed fare for years so I wouldn't begrudge them asking for a few quid to work on their pet project.

[axel000]

Not only do I want a new Elite, I want more Elite-like games too. I want more big-scope spacy games, and if this is a success it will encourage more. I also want too see more procedural tech in games. Spore was a nice exploration, but thats about it.

This.

[axel000]

[Darkflame]

Bloody gorgeous.

*ups pledge*

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Very nice, but isn't this just akin to "looking at the pre-rendered screenshots" on the back of the box...

[axel000]

Yes this is a rendered in-game model. Good to see the design of the ships they are using though, way better than frontier.

[Fil]

After nearly 20 years you'd expect the ships to be a bit nicer looking, yes.

[axel000]

In what way ?

[venusian]

Are those heat vents at the back/top? Putting the cabin/control deck/whatever right next to them doesn't seem so clever.

[defsdoor]

Have you seen a Lightning ? Having the pilot straddling a jet doesn't seem too clever either but sometimes function has a higher priority

[Stuart B]

Blimey..

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... r-frontier

[Darkflame]

Sad, but not too unexpected. They got a lot of employees for only relatively minor hits the last few years. (Lost Winds and Kinect stuff arnt going to take 200 staff..)

This could indicate that they dont expect Elite to be funded now, or it could be irrelevant as $1.2m wont last long either by itself. Maybe they were hoping for a Wing Commander style success getting $5million+ or something.

[pogo]

It does say they are rebalancing: letting a few people go in particular areas and recruiting more in others. So not quite game over for the company. And it seems premature to call it on the Kickstarter drive. It needs to get well over £20,000 a day from here to the end, and until recently was nowhere near but for whatever reason it picked up at the end of last week, passing £20,000 once. Even if it's only a temporary blip if they can do that a few more times then they've a chance.