• BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I’ve played it after several of the updates and it’s pretty much the same game with a new coat of paint. A mile wide and an inch deep. But the game keeps getting wider and playing it now for the first time would probably be pretty great.

    I loved it when it first came out because since I was a little boy playing Atari in the 80s I wanted to play a game where I could fly to space, between planets, and back in real time. This was the first game that gave me a satisfying experience like that. And it’s still my favorite part.

    Edit: I played Star Citizen after which is a better experience for that, I put ~80 hours in so if it never comes out I got my $50 worth of play time. But I stay fairly close to development on it hoping I’ll get to play a finished version someday.

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      3 hours ago

      I’m about to start ELITE: Dangerous (played the ELITE game on NES way back…) which also have the first person element nowadays. Did you try that one yet? I still wait for Star Citizen to be “completed”, in the sense that I do not like playing Early Access periods.

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        39 minutes ago

        I got a copy of that to play with my son. Turned out it’s online and we shared an account so he played it and I watched on occasion.

        He loved it but it’s done with it. It’s something I could install and have a go at it now that I think about it.

        I’ll give it a go this weekend.

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          37 minutes ago

          The only reason I still hesitate is, because of the potential time sink and then it might be not for me. I watched a few YouTube videos, but still no conclusion for me so far… Biggest fear of playing new games is the time.

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            12 minutes ago

            That’s fair. When my kids were young I gave up games all together for years. Now that we’re empty nesters I have lots of time! 😈