Kerrash Landing has more than a hundred videos about it, many streamers on twitch.tv too.
It's hard to tell you why you should/should not buy the game, the best I can do is tell why I bought the game during Beta testing (I paid 100GBP for it, twice the final price, this is important).
I first played the original Elite game in 1987 (yeah, 28 years ago. I'm that old), and it quickly became an obsession. I kept playing it on-and-of on my old 8-bit computer and later on PC with emulators or with the open source clone Oolite for this whole time. I skipped the 2 sequels released on late 80s and early 90s, but I always dreamed of a revamped Elite, with modern graphics, sound and other features. As soo as I could (some financial issues prevented me from contributing to the Kickstarter) I bought a Premium Beta pass for 100 Pounds and started playing. And haven't played anything else for the last year, save a few hours of Terraria when away from my main computer.
What got me addicted to Elite in the first place is that it doesn't tell you what to do, where or how (unless you accept missions, but they're completely optional). Elite is the ultimate sandbox game. It's you, your ship and the unforgiving, uncaring universe. If you're going to succeed of fail, it's up to you. I loved the fact that it leaves me completely unconstrained. If I want to grind to get some other ship, I can do it. If I want to travel around sightseeing, i can do it. If i want to fight PvP or PvE, I can.
All the eye candy (and oh boy, the views are AMAZING! http://imgur.com/search?q=elite+dangerous ), the excellent dual mode flight mechanics (Flight assist on = like airplane / Flight assist off = near Newtonian physics), some really fun space combat action against players or NPC, this is just a bonus.
What I like is the freedom it gives me. That's all.
Kerrash Landing has more than a hundred videos about it, many streamers on twitch.tv too.
It's hard to tell you why you should/should not buy the game, the best I can do is tell why I bought the game during Beta testing (I paid 100GBP for it, twice the final price, this is important).
I first played the original Elite game in 1987 (yeah, 28 years ago. I'm that old), and it quickly became an obsession. I kept playing it on-and-of on my old 8-bit computer and later on PC with emulators or with the open source clone Oolite for this whole time. I skipped the 2 sequels released on late 80s and early 90s, but I always dreamed of a revamped Elite, with modern graphics, sound and other features. As soo as I could (some financial issues prevented me from contributing to the Kickstarter) I bought a Premium Beta pass for 100 Pounds and started playing. And haven't played anything else for the last year, save a few hours of Terraria when away from my main computer.
What got me addicted to Elite in the first place is that it doesn't tell you what to do, where or how (unless you accept missions, but they're completely optional). Elite is the ultimate sandbox game. It's you, your ship and the unforgiving, uncaring universe. If you're going to succeed of fail, it's up to you. I loved the fact that it leaves me completely unconstrained. If I want to grind to get some other ship, I can do it. If I want to travel around sightseeing, i can do it. If i want to fight PvP or PvE, I can.
All the eye candy (and oh boy, the views are AMAZING! http://imgur.com/search?q=elite+dangerous ), the excellent dual mode flight mechanics (Flight assist on = like airplane / Flight assist off = near Newtonian physics), some really fun space combat action against players or NPC, this is just a bonus.
What I like is the freedom it gives me. That's all.