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Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale? (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by Forgottengoldfish@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Different genres. Starfield is mostly you running around on foot, having shootouts, and interacting with people and human-sized environments. The space combat is basically an elaborate mini-game.

Elite Dangerous is mostly about flying space ships around.

Personally, I liked Starfield, though I think that it's weaker than most prior Bethesda offerings. I stopped playing Elite Dangerous, though I have enjoyed some past space-combat-and-trading games, like Escape Velocity. Just never really hooked me. I didn't like the Elite Dangerous "faux online multiplayer" thing at all

multiplayer breaking immersion in crafted environments is one thing that I'm not a fan of, and unnecessarily adding that just seemed obnoxious to me. The cockpit UI felt like it was more-oriented towards VR use to me, which may be good if you have a VR headset.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago

It may make you happy to know that ED has solo mode. Player fleet carriers are still around (as they act as psuedo stations out past the edge of developed space) and the markets are still effected by player actions, but you don't have to worry about Cmdr Immersion Breaker screaming by in his hot pink jankmobile, or ganking you with it.

It's also worth noting that compared to the size of the universe in ED, the amount of "crafted" environments is relatively small (but definitely there). The universe is so big that depending on where you are in it, you can also go long periods without encountering other players. It's a simulation before any sort of RPG.