Yeah the only thing you couldn't do was to own stations or anything like that. But its safe to say that elite and its sequals are the foundation set but a lot of gamers will say that there still isn't much that came close to it.
Sent from my iPhone On 21 Nov 2011, at 01:23, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Well, there were actually several different versions of Elite, but all > have the same basic story or goals so I'll give you a generic > description of the game. > > As I recall basically you are something of a priviteer picking up > contracts as you go, and get rewarded for carrying out certain > missions. > > In one mission you might dock at a space station, and you are warned > that the sun is about to go nova. You can dump your cargo, and try to > rescue as many people from the station as possible. If you do you get > bonus credits you can put towards ship upgrades or buying another ship > altogether. > > In another mission the galactic military is being attacked by a > stealth ship, a cloaked enemy ship, and the galactic military will > higher you to hunt down and destroy the cloaked ship. > > In another mission the Thargoids--the main bad guys in the game--swarm > and takeover a space station. If you attack and destroy the station > you will be given a reward for stopping the Thargoids invasion. > > There are various missions like that in the game. Some are rescue > missions like the first one i described and others are strictly > military in nature like the second and third examples I gave here. Not > only that but you can mine moons, asteroids, and planets for minerals > like silver, gold, and platnum you can sell for ship upgrades or a > bigger and better ship. So its got a mining and trading feel to it as > well. > > Which brings me to one of the best features which is the game has > several classes of ships you can buy and use to carry out missions. If > you didn't have the credits for a newer and better ship you could > perform minor upgrades like swap out that wimpy pulse laser for an ion > cannon, buy more powerful shields, and a docking computer to automate > docking with other ships and stations.Basically, think priviteer in > space and you'll get the jist. > > Cheers! > > > On 11/20/11, Christopher Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've never played Elite, could you give me a description of the goals, scope >> and type of play it had? I get that it has jillions of worlds, which is >> very cool, but I want to know some specifics of the objectives and play of >> the game, if it's a popular model, to see if it fits what I want to make. >> >> Chris Bartlett >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
