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Game

Elite: Dangerous

2014 · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · SteamVR · Mac · Oculus Rift · Xbox One · Shooter · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator

81IGDB player score
206 ratings

Previously Take

An 81 average that undersells it — ask the 206 people who rated it. A proper RPG: big systems, bigger choices, and science fiction, sandbox all the way down. Come for the campaign, stay because your friends won't let you leave the lobby.

About this game

The next game in the Elite series - an amazing space epic with stunning visuals, incredible gameplay, breath-taking scope and award-winning sound. All content can be enjoyed in game any mode: solo, personal invite-only group or open/MMO. Carve your own path through the richest, largest gaming sandbox ever created, a 1:1 scale representation of the Milky Way galaxy, set against a backdrop of raw anarchy, galactic powerplays and political intrigue.

Screenshots

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Trailers & videos

Gamescom 2015 Trailer

Launch Trailer

Launch Trailer PS4

Game facts

Release date

Dec 16, 2014

Developer

Frontier Developments

Publisher

Frontier Developments

Platforms

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One

Genres

Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure

Themes

Action, Science fiction, Sandbox, Open world

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Perspective

First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

Critic score

82 / 100 (21 reviews)

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