Elite 4 Xbox 360, PS3

[embraceuk1]

I've been waiting so long for Elite 4 that the issue of what platform it will actually appear on has become kind of irrelevant.

In my mind's eye, I just see the same old 8-bit wireframes only... better, somehow. A bit less blocky would do. They don't even have to have textures or anything, just as long as the gameplay is up to the original I will be happy. Just slap a bit of anti-aliasing on or something and I am there.

Sadly, the odds of Elite 4 being released for the BBC Model B or Commodore 64 are quite slim, but series co-creator David Braben has popped up to tease us with the idea that Elite 4 will be hitting current-gen consoles.

This sounds great, but surely Elite needs about 500 keys to be playable? Matching the complex controls to a game pad is going to be tricky, clumsy or both.

As to the game itself, Braben is staying tight lipped. “Very, very deep and dark,” is all he could reveal - hopefully referring to the gameplay rather than the remaining project plan.

The game is years away but the series has always been amazing

 

[Placebo]

I think Braben's company is struggling, they've constantly rescheduled The Outsider and have shown no new footage or screenshots, despite the fact it was due out a couple of months ago.........

 

[DagsJT]

I thought Elite 4 had been in production for five years already? Like Duke Nukem Forever

 

[embraceuk1]

Still good to know ppl here played the original elites, classic

 

[Placebo]

I remember seeing it played on a BBC Model B at a friends house a loooooong time ago, I guess around 1984........