Re:Space Engine
by hannasanarion on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:52PM
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Elite Dangerous doesn't give you nearly the sense of scale that Space Engine does.
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Have you tried it in VR?
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.