Elite Dangerous FAQ: Difference between revisions
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==General FAQ== | ==General FAQ== | ||
==='''What is''' '''"Elite: Dangerous"?'''=== | ==='''What is''' '''"Elite: Dangerous"?'''=== | ||
: '''[http://elite.frontier.co.uk/about/ Elite]''' is the genre defining [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srlJVE50mCI&list=SP9E1E1F7AA6193498&index=1 open world sandbox space / trading / combat simulator] first released in''' [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/media 1984.]''' It spawned 2 sequels '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXwvSqsCek Frontier: Elite 2]''' '''([https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_elite_ii 1993]) '''and '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew Frontier: First Encounters (Elite 3)] ([https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_first_encounters 1995])''', which already attempted to '''[[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_big_will_planets_and_star_systems.C2.A0be.3F|simulate a realistic Milky Way galaxy]]''' with '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-NMyDaPAg realistic star systems]''' and '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9o_ldmlVs&t=72 seamless freeform interplanetary''' and '''atmospheric flight]''' and''' landing on [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Will_planets_rotate_and_orbit_around_stars.3F|moving planets. | : '''[http://elite.frontier.co.uk/about/ Elite]''' is the genre defining [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srlJVE50mCI&list=SP9E1E1F7AA6193498&index=1 open world sandbox space / trading / combat simulator] first released in''' [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/media 1984.]''' It spawned 2 sequels '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXwvSqsCek Frontier: Elite 2]''' '''([https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_elite_ii 1993]) '''and '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew Frontier: First Encounters (Elite 3)] ([https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_first_encounters 1995])''', which already attempted to '''[[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_big_will_planets_and_star_systems.C2.A0be.3F|simulate a realistic Milky Way galaxy]]''' with '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-NMyDaPAg realistic star systems]''' and '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9o_ldmlVs&t=72 seamless freeform interplanetary''' and '''atmospheric flight]''' and''' landing on [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Will_planets_rotate_and_orbit_around_stars.3F|moving planets]]''', with '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew&t=265 realistic day/night cycles]'''. | ||
: '''Elite''' also '''[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134644/the_replay_interviews_gary_penn.php inspired the creation of the "Grand Theft Auto (GTA)" series.]''' | : '''Elite''' also '''[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134644/the_replay_interviews_gary_penn.php inspired the creation of the "Grand Theft Auto (GTA)" series.]''' | ||