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Re:Space Engine by bidluo on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @07:50PM (#20521312)
Have you tried Elite Dangerous? It leans more towards the Sci-Fi aspect but those elements can be ignored and you could just spend your time exploring the milky way like a lot of others do (even more so if you use VR), if I recall they sourced real data to build the universe and extrapolate to fill in the blanks. Sure it isn't the universe but it's still a pretty good way to explore our galaxy
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Re:Space Engine by hannasanarion on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:52PM (#20521950)
Elite Dangerous doesn't give you nearly the sense of scale that Space Engine does.
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Re:Space Engine by Tepix on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:08AM (#20522722)
Have you tried it in VR?
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Re:Space Engine by wolfd on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:40AM (#20523443)
SpaceEngine let's you zoom through _galaxies_ like that old windows screensaver was for stars. I've always sorta understood that the universe was "big", but it never clicked how infinite it really is until I zipped through SpaceEngine for an hour.

That said, Elite: Dangerous is pretty awesome. It helps ground how far away everything is. Even with the game's FTL travel, the fact that it takes actual weeks to reach Sagattarius A* boggles the mind.

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Re:Space Engine by raxxorrax on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:36AM (#20523427)
I believe the scale isn't correct in many places to enhance gameplay. That said, it is pretty great in VR and the universe replica they created is unmatched in any game.
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