Now I see Odyssey is out. I normally play with HOTAS and VR and it's amazing. I'd personally recommend the T.16000M as a good entry-ish level model. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You can in theory switch between them and it will keep the same save file but I personally dont see a reason to launch the Horizons base game. I assume I need to pay to download it as well (not a free DLC). A note of reassurance today to confirm we remain focused on obtaining latestinformation regarding the reopening of the 'Console Copy Portal', for those wishing to bring their console Commanders across to PC as soon as we have it. What a way to kick things off. All rights reserved. If you play Odyssey you access all of the old and new content combined. Is it a full new game with same players? The Farseer base looks like there's just more light. This is the base game, including Horizons. The team at Lave had a live birthday bash with some special guests from old times and new times last week to celebrate and have since followed up with this nostalgic video. In a forums post ahead of next week's Odyssey launch, Frontier talked about the PC playerbase and how the Odyseey and Horizons versions of Elite Dangerous will be, in effect, separated from each . As always, we hope you had a wonderful weekend just passed and wish you all the best in your onward adventures! I've searched a lot about it, mostly on YouTube, but, even though I've found many people comparing the two (graphics etc. For $44.99 you can also get Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Deluxe Edition which contains: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey (DLC) and Elite Dangerous: Odyssey OST. It also features a DIFFERENT style of UI, that's as descriptive as i can get without injecting opinionfor that well.. i've talked in the past a lot ..just look up YT i guess, If you didn't want to inject opinion why point to your YouTube channel? messed up or potentially more realistic.? Elite Dangerous Hyperspace comparison Odyssey vs HorizonsIn this video, I deal with the changes in Elite Dangerous odyssey with the Hyperspace tunnel effect and how it compares to Elite Dangerous Horizons - which is better?This Video :Link: https://youtu.be/Rex1zW5UMhoSUBSCRIBE FOR MORE LIKE THIS : https://bit.ly/2WItPIY :)Website : https://ricardosgaming.co.uk/ LinkTree https://linktr.ee/RicardosGamingPages: Elite Dangerous: https://ricardosgaming.co.uk/elite-dangerousBSG Deadlock : https://ricardosgaming.co.uk/bsg-deadlockThrow a coin to Ricardo : https://ricardosgaming.co.uk/tipWanna Chat? Ok so how can he compare something that is not "usable" yet? i just bought this and the game gives me the option of which one i want to launch. We'll be in touch with any news and updates in the days ahead as any arise for you. Elite Dangerous: Horizons is the second season of expansions to Elite Dangerous that gradually introduces a variety of new features and gameplay content. If on-foot gameplay is particularly appealing to you, you might opt differently for example. Elite Dangerous , , Elite 1984 David Braben & Ian Bell. what's the difference between Horizons and Odyssey? From the trailer for Odyssey, it looked more like a fps rather than exploring the universe and such. From PC Launch: All Elite Dangerous: Odyssey players will gain access to the new features, including planetary improvements, enhanced lighting, and textures. [Screenshot: CMDR Selene Stardragon | Twitter]. TiberiuS May 23, 2016 @ 10:01am. See the galaxy like never before. If you're thinknig it's going to fundamentally change the base game for you it's not worth it. You must log in or register to reply here. Valve Corporation. Also a new player, horizons is great on it's own, odyssey adds very little and is still pretty bug-ridden from what I've heard. Prom3thean **************Join the discussion on Discord https://discord.gg/HRCmDB4WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL************************************LIKE THE VIDEOSUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNELWATCHING THE STREAMBuy me a Kofihttps://www.Ko-fi.com/ricardosgamingAffiliate Links:*****************Miguel Johnson Ambient and Immersive Music** *****************************************************https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic/gaia-beyond-theme/s-JZ1U8 Miguel's new Album The Explorers - Available Now! Explore distant worlds on foot and expand the frontier of known space. I don't mean "ads"so no you don't, we are totally in the blind yet,too early to compare what we still have to see. I'll kick it off with some unfortunate examples that show the extreme downgrade in terrain quality. It was made to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Elite Dangerous podcast, Lave Radio, and is very much "out of universe". Some people say it's better, some worse so this point is a bit subjective.- Still being updated. It adds more things to do including on foot gameplay (planets have small inhabited settlements with building interiors now that host missions, unlike the strange impenetrable bases in horizons). otherwise u cant land on planets or at planetary outposts. i play VR only and i love odyssey. Odyssey is a paid expansion/DLC adding on-foot content to the existing game and tenuous atmosphere worlds as landable bodies. respective owners. otherwise u cant land on planets or at planetary outposts. It's always wonderful to have such a passionate turn out. Now you have to prospect them to be sure. I tried the game its interesting I will need to get my bearings on it i did the quick training so far. Excellent deal, BTW. #1. =). Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Check out the weekend stream every Saturday and Sunday on Youtube, Twitch and Facebook#EliteDangerous #OdysseyvsHorizons #EliteDangerousOdyssey-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-Please watch: \"Gene Steal Broods Warhammer 40k Battlesector Mission 13 Walkthrough\" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzZolXwjoVI-~-~~-~~~-~~-~- We hope this brings some clarity to the option and again, please do accept our apologies for not being clear with this information on release. An hour and ten minutes later, my cargo hold was full and I sold 70 million worth of minerals. I have not looked into mining yet. You need the base game. Press J to jump to the feed. Today : base game = old base game + horizons. I return to Elite Dangerous Horizons for the first time in a while to see exactly how different it is from Odyssey 9-months after the release of the update. SterlingSilvr The galaxy have more planetary settlements with buildings, and on-foot terminals have mission to steal some items, or restore power, or kill somebody. The terrain textures and ridge sharpness looks so much worse in Odyssey. You lost the walking legs, only drive in the no-atmospheric planets. As far as I've seen, Odyssey appears to have a FPS mode that Horizons doesn't and also a better graphics quality. The difference is night and day. The 'Unstuck' option on the main menu provides, essentially a more elegant way to achieve the above process, in order to provide an update to the Commander's location, to that of a safe one. I see for a few bucks more I can get the OST in the premium edition. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WftxpkiPeL4. It is not free. The team continue to work through your feedback and reports, with sights still set on and end of April target date, for release of Update 15. The latter contains the foundational code which supports Odyssey content and a multitude of improvements added since Odyssey's launch while the former does not. You are using an out of date browser. it's not crazy expensive, but you're fine without it, even. Nonetheless, I didn't play it very much then for I only had a keyboard and mouse and the controls were atrocious for me (and at the time I didn't have the money for a HOTAS set). Still pretty big though, E:D takes some time to learn.- VR! The official unofficial subreddit for Elite Dangerous, we even have devs lurking the sub! I deff need to get used to the controls as I naturally would like to use my mouse for a lot of things like selecting a menu and i end up rotating the ship unexpectedly. There are apparently plans to address this in the future. All winners picked will receive a special 'Shatter' paintjob for their efforts and will have their winning captures shared on our Frameshift Live livestream if chosen within the same week. It also uses a new renderer and lighting system, and the planetary generation tech was changed out. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. i just bought this and the game gives me the option of which one i want to launch Showing 1 - 6 of 6 comments bongerman85 Dec 3, 2019 @ 5:11am launch with horizons. The UI is snappier with far better flow and the game looks great in Ultra without heating up the ol' graphics card. You must log in or register to reply here. Frontier Developments described it as the biggest update yet and a defining moment in the history of the game. The planetary surface have been changed from Horizons, this give less mountains and canyons, and move some bases and locations to another coords. Graphic have some improvements, light is more darker, and your Frames per Second crash to the floor, lot of players have problems if don't have a modern PC. Whats the difference? Or are they both being equally updated? Should I consider buying the expansion pack? Your Horizons account continues to be used for Odyssey, and everyone is on the same server - though Odyssey and Horizons can't presently instance together, so if you want to play with Horizons people you have to load up Horizons and Odyssey with Odyssey. Frontier 1993 David Braben, Frontier: First Encounters also the menues are better. Once again we'd like to celebrate last week's Stellar Screenshot winners with you all if you missed the chance to find out via social share. In our Console Update announcement in March, we mentioned aligning game development by releasing future content on the post-Odyssey codebase (version 4.0). Have you seen yet Odyssey stuff"live"? "This video is a little bit different. Not Horizon but comparison of planet tech from "Pre alpha" Odyssey vs base game Odyssey. Didn't that get enough attention for you on the thread you made? Around a year later (today) I got a VR headset and my love for the game re-emerged, for ED has an official VR support which I tested with my keyboard and mouse and it was awesome! I can tell you that I could play without VR but not without HOTAS. Which one looks better in VR now?I play the game in my Valve Index while focusing primarily on performance and aesthetics of these two versions. 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Plus you get access to engineers. However whats the difference between standard and deluxe. Welcome to another week in the Elite Dangerous Galaxy. Be the first to step out onto countless unique planets as you discover land untouched since time began. For more information, please see our odyssey planets will be just as active as horizons planets only with slightly more eye candy above your head and you'll have to cover less distance to do it since you'll often be on foot (but it'll take the same amount of time). The differences will mean that Elite Dangerous: Horizons players cannot share a gameplay session with those playing Odyssey. I personally love the scope of the game so love to see new things added so Ive been happy with the DLC, its more stuff to a great game so I hope to see more in future of course. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Everything else is included with the base game and horizons. Here are some memories (just some - there's lots we couldn't fit in), taken entirely from the official @elitedangerous YouTube channel. Elite Dangerous - Horizons / Odyssey Compatibility - Steam News. Privacy (New player here, with emphasis on VR.). It may not display this or other websites correctly. If you load Odyssey, you character have functional legs that can use to enter stations, fleet carriers and walk on planets. As I said I'm not that much interested in FPS, but does it mean that Odyssey, being the later one, is the definitive version of the game? Hello, everyone. If you do, you'll see that it's really quite simple. Whether what it adds is worth it is subjective. Odyssey adds more content to the base game which is "Horizons". Both versions exist on the same server system. These are the same planets in both the odyssey alpha and horizon release versions. 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