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From: Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: My favorite game is EDO
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:48:11 -0500
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vallor wrote:
> Elite Dangerous Odyssey: it's my go-to game.  (I have Starfield,
> but haven't been playing that lately.)
> 
> It's said that EDO is a mile wide and an inch deep,
> but there is depth to the game if you look for it.
> 
> Actually, it's more of a simulator, with gameplay bolted
> onto it.  Yet exploration, trading (space trucking), bounty hunting,
> and space battles can be done in PVE or PVP environments.
> 
> And the environment is big.  Real big:  a 1:1 scale simulation
> of the Milky Way.


A Cobra fits in 1 ft. by 1ft. on the sceen.  There is way more than 1 
sq. ft. of real estate aboard a Cobra.  It is about the size of the 
Millennium Falcon which seats 4.


> As a live service game, Frontier Developments has to keep adding
> fresh content.  One thing they just added is "Supercruise Overdrive
> Frame Shift Drives", which act like ordinary supercruise, but
> have a "boost" function.
> 
> Cmdr Buur compares "vanilla supercruise" with "SCO supercruise" here:
> 
>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95WWfIa5bB0
> 
> Unfortunately, the missions in the game are procedurally-generated
> for the most part, and chained missions don't seem to be in the game
> anymore.  However, for those wanting to role-play and have an adventure,
> I highly recommend the adventures at Elite Dangereuse:
> 
>     https://elitedangereuse.fr/en/
> 
> o7, and see you out in the Black...
>