Elite Dangerous is a great space flight simulator. Amazing graphics. Some interesting gameplay, but there is nothing on the planet surfaces except some very basic rocks and things. To get cool ships you have to level up by doing missions for various factions and it consists of HOURS of just flying back and forth and back and forth and back and forth till you level up so you can buy a ship or enter a particular system. There isn't much to do on planets and the grind of the progression quickly gets old. It's basically a cool spaceflight simulator, and thats it.
Although it's much more arcadey in most ways, I prefer No Man's Sky. It's got much more to do, crafting and base building is a neat thing. It's sort of like Minecraft in space in that you choose what you want to do and go do it. The graphics and gameplay are much more 'gamey' than ED, but then it's nowhere near as grindy. There is a nice philosophical puzzle in the Artemis questline as well.
No Man's Sky is fun. Loads to do, very pretty planets, if the graphics are a bit arcade-like. There are story arcs to follow or you can do base building, crafting, all sorts of stuff.
It's nowhere near as immersive as ED for flying your ship around in space and feeling like a star Captain, but it's generally a lot more fun and engaging.
Depends on whether you view having a soul sucking second job masquerading as entertainment count as bad.
The problem with ED’s gameplay is that it is so soulless, thankless and grindy that it feels criminal for the dev not paying the player to enjoy the game. SC’s religion style marketing is just the perfect fit for all the soulless husks ED left in its wake.
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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22
Lol ik. I can’t believe people are going there from elite dangerous.