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Re:The Video Game That Maps the Galaxy by Keyframe on Thursday July 10, 2014 @07:27AM (#8014557)
People say EVE is close to it. I have spent two months in EVE awhile ago... even though it's close it's really not on par with Elite, Frontier: Elite 2, hell even Frontier: First Encounters (Elite 3, even though buggy). I wish I could point my finger at what is different about it, but I can't.

edit: now that I think about it, I think visual style of the game has a lot to do with it as well.

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Re:The Video Game That Maps the Galaxy by maglevfield on Thursday July 10, 2014 @08:44AM (#8014739)
EVE is 3rd person roll & dice, point & click RTS style controls, with empire building and almost fully player driven world. It's totally different from Elite.

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#W...

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Re:The Video Game That Maps the Galaxy by Keyframe on Thursday July 10, 2014 @08:47AM (#8014746)
Mechanics, yes. On the other hand, you still get to trade, fight, take care of your standing with various alliances, explore. So, it's both the same and different. I just never got the same sense of exploration in EVE as I did with Elite(s).
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Re:The Video Game That Maps the Galaxy by Borogravia on Thursday July 10, 2014 @09:49AM (#8014934)
Wormholes, man. Wormholes. It's still not the same, of course - a game where you don't really "fly" your ship, like EVE, is never going to be immersive in the same way an Elite game is - but it's damned addictive in its way.
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