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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: My favorite game is EDO
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 02:30:13 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

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...

-- 
-cmdr vallor
p.s. I run EDO with SteamPlay on Linux.