Editing Frontier: Elite II (section)

== Reception ==

{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = ''[[Commodore User|CU Amiga]]''
| rev1Score =97%<ref name="amigarev"/>
| rev2 = [[Amiga Action]]
| rev2Score = 93%
| rev3 = [[PC Zone]]
| rev3Score = 95%
| rev4 = [[PC Review]] 
| rev4Score = 9/10
| rev5 = [[The One (magazine)|The One]]
| rev5Score = 96%
| rev6 = [[Computer and Video Games|CVG]]
| rev6Score = 96%
| rev7 = [[Amiga Format]]
| rev7Score = 90%<ref name="amigarev"/>
| rev8 = [[:de:Amiga Joker|Amiga Joker]]
| rev8Score = 91%<ref name="amigarev"/>
| rev9 = [[Amiga Computing]]
| rev9Score = 94%<ref name="amigarev">{{cite web |title=Amiga Reviews: Frontier: Elite II |website=Amiga Reviews |date=Sep 27, 2019 |url=https://www.amigareviews.leveluphost.com/frontier.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603043235/https://www.amigareviews.leveluphost.com/frontier.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[GamePro#PC Games|Electronic Entertainment]]''
| rev10Score = 8/10<ref name=e2>{{cite journal | title=''Frontier: Elite II'' | author=Olafson, Peter | journal=[[GamePro#PC Games|Electronic Entertainment]] | date=March 1994 | volume=1 | number=3 | pages=82 }}</ref>
| rev11 = [[Amiga Power]]
| rev11Score = 75%<ref name="amigarev"/>
}}

=== Critical response ===
''Frontier'' received near-universal critical acclaim by the media.<ref name="amigarev"/> Most magazines were awestruck by its sheer scale and accurate depiction of real-world physics, and gave it high ratings.<ref>[http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/frontier.htm Reviews of Frontier from various Amiga magazines] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219145327/http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/frontier.htm |date=19 December 2006 }}</ref> ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' in April 1994 favorably discussed the game's "ENORMOUS universe" with "many, many hours of exploratory game play ... less of a game, and more a way of life".<ref name="cgw199404">{{Cite magazine |date=April 1994 |title=Taking A Peek |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117  |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=174–180}}</ref> A longer review the next month reported that the game compensated for the Amiga version's 16-color palette with "a surprising amount of graphic detail". The magazine concluded that "''Frontier'' should offer months, or even years, of galaxy-trekking fun" as players explored the "incredibly immense" universe.<ref name="james199405">{{Cite magazine |last=James |first=Jeff |date=May 1994 |title=So Many Star Systems, So Little Time  |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118  |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=18, 20}}</ref> [[Amiga Computing]] rated the game 94% and said "Undeniably another all-time classic in the making from Mr Braben. Great graphics and absorbing play make Frontier the ultimate space experience - ever."<ref name="amigarev"/>

A notable exception was ''[[Amiga Power]]'', who viewed the game not as a successor to ''Elite''{{'}}s throne, but as a space flying game on its own right, and were disappointed by its lack of action; this made them dismiss the game as boring, rating it 65% (75% on the faster [[Amiga 1200]]).{{Citation needed|date=May 2018}}. ''Amiga Power'' later ranked ''Frontier'' #100 in the magazine's top 100 games list.<ref>[http://amr.abime.net/amr_amiga_power_top_100.php Amiga Power All-Time Top 100 Games for 1994], ''Amiga Magazine Rack''. Accessed on 2 August 2021.</ref>

In 2004, readers of ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' voted it as the 20th top retro game, with the editors commenting: "More so than its predecessor, ''Frontier'' was a game you either loved or hated. Some found it far too dull and were unable to get to grips with it, while fans just couldn’t get enough. This was lucky really as ''Frontier'' was staggeringly huge on a mind-bending scale. The game universe contained millions of planets, and coupled with the ‘do what you like’ gameplay, this was a game that could take over your entire existence."<ref>{{citation |journal=[[Retro Gamer]]|date=1 October 2004 |title=Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)|quote=#20 | issue=9 | pages=58 |publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]}}</ref> It was named #77 on ''[[PC Zone]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "101 Best PC Games Ever" list in 2007.<ref name=cavg_best>{{cite magazine | title = The 101 best PC games ever | magazine = [[PC Zone]] | date = 12 May 2007 | url = http://www.computerandvideogames.com/163783/features/the-101-best-pc-games-ever-part-one/ | access-date = 20 June 2008}}</ref> In 1994, ''[[PC Gamer UK]]'' named ''Frontier'' the 16th best computer game of all time. The editors called it "a worthy successor to ''Elite'', and another classic in its own right."<ref name=pcgameruktop50>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[PC Gamer UK]] | title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 50 PC Games of All Time |date=April 1994 | issue=5 | pages=43–56 }}</ref>

=== Sales ===
The official ''Frontier'' website puts sales at about 500,000 copies sold. Braben received royalties for 350,000 copies.<ref name="frontierPage"/>