Into the Final Frontier
Tutorials
There are a decent range of tutorials to start with. There are of course the standard links to youtube videos explaining that to perform function x you need to press the button(s) bound to that control but that’s not particularly useful, as I don’t know which button is bound to that function! Ok, forget it. I’m sure the videos were done for PC users initially and of course there are umpteen different layout mappings you can do there. It’s time to try some in game tutorial modes.
Ok, this is more like it. Press button this, result that. Do action this, result the other. Now I’m getting somewhere. Except… I’m not. The basic controls are covered, but some of them don’t tell you what button(s) to press or how to perform the actions you’re expected to do to pass the tutorial. Docking was an odd one too. First time round, I actually got killed in the tutorial for loitering around the landing pad when as far as I could tell, I’d landed! At least it gave me a warning before killing me so I could frantically start jiggling my spaceship around in a vain effort to make the game recognise that I’d landed. It still didn’t work, but at least I knew I’d been a bad boy and deserved to be punished! A few goes later and I passed the tutorial.
So, the tutorials section is useful, but not overly so. It’s a bit of a shame. The basic premise/value proposition of the console for me has always been ease of use and pick up and playability. Without a decent introduction to the entire control scheme, the experience already feels somewhat lacking which is obviously accentuated by what I wrote in the previous section. Still, learn by doing and all that. Let’s get in game!
Xbox One
The XB1 in our house actually belongs to my wife. I’ve used it here and there but it’s definitely not “mine”. Problem 1 right out of the box. I want to try out the new “CQC” (Close Quarter Combat) mode of E:D. Cue lots of faffing around trying to figure out why it says my account doesn’t have access to use it. Eventually I google it and of course get a billion hits reminding me that I’m on a console and have to pay a subscription for multiplayer. 1 month of Xbox Live Gold purchase later, and I’m ready for my first taste of arena combat, Elite: Dangerous style.
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