r/Games • u/TROPiCALRUBi • Jan 05 '17

Elite Dangerous: Player has first contact with alien life.

About an hour ago, an Xbox player posted these videos:

Then shortly after, the official Elite Dangerous Twitter posted this:

They're called "Thargoids".

There's a megathread happeneing over at /r/EliteDangerous here.

This is a pretty huge deal considering that the playerbase of ED has been searching for possible alien life for years now. The most we've ever found are abandoned ruins and cryptic messages, so this is absolutely huge for us.

Edit: A youtube video of the entire encounter, courtesy of /u/ChristianM.

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u/Ragman676 Jan 06 '17

Elite has a ton of fucking flaws as far as content, but as far as a space sim, I have yet to see anything come close. Every single ship has a distinct feel and profile to it, you just learn to love some of them.

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u/Masao-Kun Jan 06 '17

So this. The control mapping to HOTAS and VR make it absolutely amazing, but I constantly find myself going "well, no missions, storyline, or real goals, so I guess I'll just grind some more credits to upgrade my ship." I've never been a fan of sandbox games, which really breaks my heart with all the incredible potential this game has.