Haha. Honestly Elite: Dangerous can already be Space Truck Sim if you want. I've made plenty of money that way. That doesn't mean I won't buy this though.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Mhmm that's my initial reaction, too. I'll probably look into this, but Elite: Dangerous and, to name another good example, X4 can both be played as pure space trucker sims already. And to a fulfilling degree, I believe.
I have too little experience as a trucker, to say what could be added that is currently missing from E:D and X4. I mean it would ideally be similar to Hardspace: Shipbreaker vs. X4. X4 has a ship salvage mechanic that is pretty abstract (you carry a a ship to a salvage station and then the ship is turned into materials). Whereas in H:S you are the person who receives the ships and you actually pull and cut the ship apart until nothing but the basically worthless bags of space doritos are floating in the salvage bay.
That's interesting! I was not expecting a game like that, but it kinda looks....fun?!
By the way, for some reason the link didn't work for me so I had to look it up on YouTube. Here is another link that worked for me.
As a fan of both games, this is perfect. And even though you can already be a space trucker in Elite Dangerous, there's no truck-shaped space ships, so I guess that's the untapped market they're going for.