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3 Games Considered

3 Options ConsideredPriceSteam RatingGenre
Elite: Dangerous
MixedSpace Sim / Open World / MMO
No Man's Sky
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Star Citizen
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Elite: Dangerous

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Great Oculus Rift integration

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Elite Dangerous has very good integration with the Oculus Rift thanks to its cockpit view only gameplay philosophy. All ship UIs are part of displays that appear on each side of you that appear when you turn your head, so accessing the navigation or ship menus happens seamlessly just by looking in...
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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...
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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...
Paolo
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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...
Paolo
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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.
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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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No Man's Sky

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Massive galaxy to explore

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Thanks to the fact that the entire galaxy of No Man's Sky is procedurally generated, the amount of planets to explore is almost endless. The number of planets would be 18,446,744,073,709,551,616.
Paolo
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Good graphics

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The art style of this game is very colorful and saturated and uses hues in a way that it gives you an otherworldly feel. Graphics like these tend to remain good for a much longer time than classic 3D graphics.
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Endless procedural generation

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This game procedurally generates almost everything. Your spaceships are procedurally generated, so are the planets, moons, every animal on these planets, the resource nodes, trade routes, languages, etc. When discovering new species or planets, players get to rename these and leave their mark on t...
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Freedom to choose how you want to play

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Ally with factions, trade or just be a pirate. When trading with NPC aliens, you build up a positive reputation with the faction they belong to. Alternatively you can also be hostile and attack trade ships, or even be attacked by NPC pirate spaceships. Both can be ways to get what you need, so do w...
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No clearly defined missions

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The objective of the game is to ultimately reach the center of the galaxy. However, the player is completely free and unguided from the beginning. You figure it out for yourself as you start mining, crafting and upgrading your ship and gear. This game doesn't have a big story to tell.
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Star Citizen

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Vast, detailed sci-fi world

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A long term goal is to have over 400 different star systems in game, most of which will have many planets within them.
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Ability to command persistent ships and stations

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Players will be able to command multi-person ships with other users who will be able to command their own stations on said ships.
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Includes a singleplayer mode, called "Squadron 42"

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Squadron 42 is a single player campaign that takes place in the in game universe that allows players to play offline.
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Dynamic economy system

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The economy of the game and the actions to keep it moving are constantly going on in the background but allows for players to step in and out of it at their leisure in order to take part.
bkbaby
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Requires a powerful computer

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To be able to run the game you need an expensive pc with high end materials.
bkbaby
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Long waiting

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The game Will be release in 4 or 5 years.
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