When I signed up to the Elite Dangerous Beta I was in effect paying a tenner extra to get early access to the finished game. I knew that nothing would carry over from the Beta to the released game but I thought it would be a good bit of fun to have a play around first. After all I’ve played various iterations of Elite from the Spectrum to the Atari ST, so it was definitely something I’ve had a soft spot for.
Imagine my surprise then when I installed the new launcher and had to re-enter a verification code. A code that looked anything other than a completely randomly generated set of letters:
Not impressed in the slightest!