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"It's like Elite Dangerous, but with actual s*** to do" is what a number of space gaming fans seem to think of Evochron Legacy. Most of them, no doubt, would put it in kinder terms: that thanks to all the bolted-on features that have been applied to Star Wraith 3D Games' flagship over the years, there exists within its current iteration a diversity that the 1.4 million buyers of Frontier's space adventure can only dream about.If only it was that simple.
With Legacy being the first in the Evochron series of space games to arrive since the reappearance of Elite, it offers a point at which to reflect; both on where the genre has come from and where it may be headed. Jagged around the edges and fearless at heart, Evochron's extensive feature-set represent the pioneering past. In contrast, Frontier's flirtations with crowd-funding, vanity sales and season passes might be unseemly but are likely essential to securing a long-term future for a genre that has for years struggled to survive. While it's understandable why those disillusioned by Elite's apparent transformation towards becoming a minimally-multiplayer Eve have found cause to rally around the rough-and-ready Evochron, the implication that the two games are feature-comparable and content-opposites does both a disservice.
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