Quote Originally Posted by Brewster0101 View Post
Doesn't look like it is anywhere near as polished , detailed or in depth as Elite
Elite does not (yet) have planetary landings, in-depth environments, outside spaceship activity with first-person combat, seamless transitions, or 18 quintillion planets...

That's 18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets (thirty zeroes, count 'em).
Elite only has a poxy 400 billion star systems (made in the UK, so assuming 400,000,000,000,000, ie 12 zeroes), which is only 15 quadrillion planets (estimated average).

All that said, unless they have some compelling survival and combat mechanics, the pure exploration side sounds pretty boring... No mention of trading, or anything - Just flogging discovered resources to maintain and upgrade your kit.
I'd at least hope for some story/plot features.


Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post
Will it have an off-line single player mode?
"In August 2014, the developers announced that the game would be playable offline"
So yes, but they will later retract this about a month before final release and we'll be all up in arms about it, despite sharing your discovery data online being a primary feature...