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6 Games Considered

6 Options ConsideredPriceSteam RatingGenre
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Elite: Dangerous
$29.99MixedSpace Sim / Open World / MMO
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Warframe
Free–Action
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
$19.99Mostly Positive–
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ARK: Survival Evolved
$59.99MixedAction-Adventure, Survival
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Destiny 2
$59.99––
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Elite: Dangerous

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Yoshiyuki
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Exploration at every level of detail

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Full exploration of the galaxy is planned, allowing you to be able to jump from star system to star system, and fly around within a solar system from planet to planet, eventually going all the way down to a planet's surface at a 1:1 scale in a later update. Planetary landings will require a lot...
Yoshiyuki
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Built with future expansion in mind

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When Elite Dangerous come out, development won't stop. To build a game with the huge scope of Elite Dangerous, not all of it can be done at once, so the developers have adopted an approach of incremental improvement. Various game play elements are being designed as a foundation for later featur...
Yoshiyuki
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Very realistic representation of space & star systems

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Elite Dangerous uses publicly available real world star maps that we have of the Milky Way consisting of 150,000 star systems. Although in the current beta, full access to the entire galaxy is limited, in the final game, you will be able to visit any of the 400 billion stars in our galaxy on a 1:1...
Yoshiyuki
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"Mile Wide and an Inch Deep"

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The game has a serious problem with depth and requires the user to repeat the same few fun actions over and over again. The world is massive and beautiful but feels empty. The game gets stale quickly despite being visually stunning.
Yoshiyuki
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Really complicated to learn

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Looking up faqs and trade routes from first hand users will be the norm for figuring out many aspects of Elite: Dangerous. On top of this notes will have to be taken, which is made more difficult by the fact the game does not support in game not taking. So a pad and paper is recommended to remember...
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Steam Rating:Mixed
Genre:Space Sim / Open World / MMO
Controller Support:Full
Co-Op:Multiplayer
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Warframe

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Zack H
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Fast-paced, space ninja action

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Warframes are essentially space ninjas that can move incredibly fast. Just running won't be enough, so you'll have to build momentum by sliding, jumping, and rolling. Each of these moves also help you dodge enemy attacks, while allowing you to attack. It takes a while to get used to the fa...
Zack H
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A huge array of weaponry

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Warframe boasts over 300 weapons, split into 3 classes: Primary, Secondary, and Melee. Primary weapons are the big guns such as assault rifles, shotguns, bows, and grenade launchers. Secondary weapons are the sidearms, usually handguns, machine pistols, and thrown weapons. The melee weapons consist...
Zack H
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You can choose your own play style

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In Warframe, there are tons of weapons, both ranged and melee, that will let you fight however you like. Maybe you want to be a long-range sniper, or a massive melee beast with a huge hammer, or maybe you want to stick closer to the ninja tradition and use a sword and a bow. Whatever you prefer to...
Zack H
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Great selection of classes

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In Warframe, you're able to play as one of the many Warframes, which are essentially character classes. You start off by choosing one of the three basic frames. Excalibur who specializes in swords and has an ability to equip an energy sword and shoot beams of energy. Volt who uses electricity...
Zack H
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Great contact physics

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Many online titles and MMOs feature combat with poor contact physics, so it often feels like you're not actually hitting the enemies. In Warframe, hitting an enemy with a hammer will make them fly and sliding at their legs will make them trip. This makes it feel more like a single player game t...
Zack H
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Can get repetitive easily

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At the very core, Warframe is a game that needs a lot of grinding. You'll always be grinding for new blueprints, relics, materials, credits or just leveling your existing equipment. After a while some of the mission types such as defense (where you fend of waves of enemies), will get really bor...
Zack H
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New content is poorly optimized

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Warframe was released in 2012 and has received a lot of improvements over the years. This includes updating the old tilesets with new textures, which has caused a lot of performance drops. The prime example would be the Earth tileset update, which caused performance drops and made it unplayable to...
Zack H
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Crafting new equipment takes really long

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The crafting system in Warframe involves very long wait times, varying from 12 to 72 hours. The wait times can be be skipped by paying platinum (bought in the in-game store with real money), but most of the time it's not worth it.
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Genre:Action
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited

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Built on twenty years of game lore

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Elder Scrolls games have always placed the world's unabashedly bizarre mythology in the forefront, and ESO is no exception. Between quest storylines, hundreds of in-game books, passing NPC dialog, and the landscape itself, ESO presents a world that feels bigger than the player and can be incred...
Kristaps
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Immersive first person play

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While the game can be played in third person (which may work better in PvP), there is an option to play in first person view which keeps in tradition of the view found in other Elder Scroll titles. This gives this MMO the feeling of playing Skyrim or Oblivion, which should appeal to those who are f...
Kristaps
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Unrestrictive class system

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ESO's character system is based on skill lines; each class provides three. There are dozens of other skill lines, including all weapons and armor, which are open to all characters. Resource stats (Health, Stamina, Magicka) aren't tied to class either. This means any character can use any ge...
Kristaps
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Limited skill bar encourages build variety

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There are only six skill slots (five regular and one "ultimate") available at any one time. A character can swap between two equipped weapon sets, making at most 12 total skills available in combat. With well over 100 skills to choose from, finding two characters with exactly the same bui...
Kristaps
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High build variety keeps PvP interesting

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Though "flavors of the month" will arise in any competitive game, ESO's versatile characters and MOBA-like limitation on simultaneous skill availability greatly reward creative builds and counter-building.
Kristaps
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Excellent controller support

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Not only is controller support provided, but a combination of elements of the games design (minimal UI, enforced focus on favorite/preferred actions, and a clear vision to design console support in early on) means play with a controller is a great, comfortable experience.
Kristaps
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Good single player TES game

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With an MMO-ish progression. Also, has great voice acting.
Kristaps
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High immersion as minimalist HUD brings focus to action and the world

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Minimalist HUD-approach brings focus to action and the world for immersion rather than focus on hotkeys, cooldowns, and other immersion-breaking intrusions
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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ARK: Survival Evolved

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Yoshiyuki
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Good character creation

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When starting a new game the player is allowed to choose between a man or woman, from there is a plethora of options for making a character with a personalized look.
Yoshiyuki
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Stunningly beautiful

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The landscape, creatures, structures, even other players are all gorgeous. The textures are seamless, and the character/dinosaur models are just great. The environment ranges from lush green forests, to snowcapped mountains, to incredible coastal views. When you combine all of these things, it adds...
Yoshiyuki
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An absolutely fantastic community

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The community for Ark is simply great. Whether you're talking about custom servers, the modding community, or just the playerbase in general, there's always people around to help out with any questions you might have.
Yoshiyuki
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The game makes you want to explore, craft, and fight to make the most of its progressive crafting system

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Ark is unlike many survival games in that you attain levels as you progress. As you level higher and higher, you gain access to more craftable items. Some are just more powerful versions of lower-tier items (such as leather armor vs. cloth armor), but most are brand new (such as firearms, scuba gea...
Yoshiyuki
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You can tame and mount nearly every creature in the game

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From the small, quick raptor to the massive, vicious giganotosaurus, you can mount nearly any dinosaur in the game. There's huge, flying dinosaurs, aquatic dinosaurs, some that are like walking fortresses, and others that can take those down.
Yoshiyuki
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You can share materials, dinosaurs, and structures by forming (or joining!) a tribe with your friends

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Users can form a tribe with other online users to for a community. This community can now band together in order to build and grow as well as team up against other tribes. This makes for a fun experience with friends and other players as it requires teamwork in order to be successful.
Yoshiyuki
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Increased customization thanks to player-created servers

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Ark has hundreds, if not thousands, of great custom servers. You can control things such as PvP, experience, gathering, and taming rates, set things up so there's no griefing (constantly bullying a player or group of players), and the difficulty of the creatures.
Yoshiyuki
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The game can become a grind

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At the higher levels, it begins to take a very, very long time to level up (unless you're playing on a custom server). This can make the game tedious to play for some people.
Yoshiyuki
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No more Early access, still buggy

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Ark has been fully released on August 2017, but bugs are still easily found and many areas of the game lack polish.
Specs
Steam Rating:Mixed
Genre:Action-Adventure, Survival
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Destiny 2

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Excellent co-op multiplayer

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Even though Destiny 2 doesn't have strict class archetypes like most MMOs, each class/subclass has its role in a group setup. So whether you're capturing control points in a PVP match or fighting a tough boss in a raid, you still need to cover for each other's weaknesses. This can be pr...
Zack H
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Really fun gameplay

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Destiny 2 is all about killing aliens and destroying massive robots. To do this you have a wide variety of weapons and abilities available to you. This includes hand cannons, shotguns, assault rifles, chain lightning grenades, and many more. Each weapon and ability feels great to use, making destru...
Zack H
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Improving your character is addicting

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One of the main aspects online titles like Destiny 2 is character progression, which is done through leveling and collecting new equipment. Your character gets stronger and when you revisit missions/bosses that gave you trouble before, you can beat them with ease, which feels incredibly satisfying....
Zack H
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Massive environments that feel alive

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The open-world environments in games usually have a lot of empty space, so you spend most of the time traveling without doing much else. Destiny 2 has large areas filled with enemies, world events, and activity in general, eliminating most of the downtime. Because of this it feels like you're a...
Zack H
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Solid controls that don't detract from gameplay

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Your character's movement, aiming your gun, and even driving your hoverbike feels really fluid and responsive. As a result you can make very precise movements, jumps, and shots in any situation, allowing you to land a headshot with your sniper rifle from far away while strafing with ease.
Zack H
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Inconvenient customization

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While most online games usually give you permanent color packs for customization, the shaders in Destiny 2 are divided into single colors that can only be used once. You can't preview your new color scheme either, so if you end up with something you dislike, you're stuck with it because you...
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DC Universe Online

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