All rights reserved. You must log in or register to reply here. You can see more of Orange Phoenix's efforts with carving out courses for high speed shenanigans on their YouTube channel, including the Mitterand Canyon ship race track from last month too, HERE. Big difference between Horizons and Odyssey. Excellent deal, BTW. I've searched a lot about it, mostly on YouTube, but, even though I've found many people comparing the two (graphics etc. GB23611 The differences will mean that Elite Dangerous: Horizons players cannot share a gameplay session with those playing Odyssey. View desktop website. 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? There's also a lot of unbound keys. 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 uses a new renderer and lighting system, and the planetary generation tech was changed out. 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). 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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Welcome to another week in the Elite Dangerous Galaxy. Your CMDR flies spaceships and participates in exploring a 1:1 scale Milky Way, trade between star systems, bounty-hunting wanted ships, discover alien lifeforms, and even pirate other ships for their cargo. Odyssey adds more content to the base game which is "Horizons". Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is the second paid expansion for Elite Dangerous. Be the first to step out onto countless unique planets as you discover land untouched since time began. Odyssey content does not have VR support. Whats the difference? If you just want to fly, then don't bother. You lost the walking legs, only drive in the no-atmospheric planets. Xarionn. There is a new srv vehicle type to help with ground combat but many like it for its drivability for exploration. Did I miss something? It also uses a new renderer and lighting system, and the planetary generation tech was changed out. So, my question is: are they the same game? 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. In our Console Update announcement in March, we mentioned aligning game development by releasing future content on the post-Odyssey codebase (version 4.0). Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. (I'm purchasing in STEAM) I don't see much information on the FD website. and our It's always wonderful to have such a passionate turn out. I would love some clarification! STORE COMMUNITY ABOUT SUPPORT. - Shorter learning curve. I'd personally recommend the T.16000M as a good entry-ish level model. bro i just delivered 73T of profit good ore , i even logged in to Horiz just to check , went back to odyssey cause the effects are alot better , and moved from blast to blast , just check for the stupid piegon poops on the rocks , if theres none , move to another Cores look and work a bit differently in Odyssey from Horizons; been doing a bit of it and it feels quite organic so far. Odyssey is where new content is being added with free updates. Submit your in game captures using#StellarScreenshotsover on Twitter, Facebook and as part of the officialElite Dangerous Stellar Screenshots thread. Prom3thean The galaxy have more planetary settlements with buildings, and on-foot terminals have mission to steal some items, or restore power, or kill somebody. Hello, everyone. Ok so how can he compare something that is not "usable" yet? Dangerous: Horizons are trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. You are using an out of date browser. If you own Horizons pick that, same game just has added Horizons DLC. The terrain textures and ridge sharpness looks so much worse in Odyssey. Odyssey players and Horizons players share a galaxy but they don't meet in the game. Is performance getting closer to parity? Odyssey is a paid expansion/DLC adding on-foot content to the existing game and tenuous atmosphere worlds as landable bodies. If you do, you'll see that it's really quite simple. its not perfect, but still an update to horizons IMO. Privacy Policy. Change language. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. So think of it as expanding detail to the game. If you load Odyssey, you character have functional legs that can use to enter stations, fleet carriers and walk on planets. Frontier logo are registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. The reason he didn't show the surface from the Horizon's version is because the planets had a (thin) atmosphere which we can't land on in Horizons. I am very very very sad to see the incredible . Elite Dangerous: Horizons is the second season of expansions to Elite Dangerous that gradually introduces a variety of new features and gameplay content. 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. messed up or potentially more realistic.? If you put "/EDH" as parameter in the launch options it doesn't matter what you choose. The Elite Dangerous Kickstarter finished on 5th January 2012, by that measure making the game a little over ten years old. Elite Dangerous Odyssey is due in 2021 but the latter part of 2020 saw Elite dangerous embrace community goals and more player involvement. It also adds the ability to land on planets with a light atmosphere. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Frontier Developments described it as the biggest update yet and a defining moment in the history of the game. i just bought this and the game gives me the option of which one i want to launch. Elite Dangerous is a space simulator game by Frontier Developments based in the year 3309. I got the impression that Odyssey went away with "there is only one shape of rock per type" so now you can basically crack every rock that is packed densely enough. I think it's just a different planetary tech results - some planets look better in Odyssey, some do in Horizons. If they're different, are they both being updated? It's not that bad tho. You can return to Horizons for better performance, but doing this return your ship to orbit, and your character to the ship. Im trying to find information about the differences between the two. I normally play with HOTAS and VR and it's amazing. If you play Odyssey you access all of the old and new content combined. It's usable to devs, who have so graciously given us footage. 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. 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. As far as I've seen, Odyssey appears to have a FPS mode that Horizons doesn't and also a better graphics quality. what's the difference between Horizons and Odyssey? 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). For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). 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