Wanna know why Star Citizen is taking so long?

[Marcus Aurelius]

Here is a glimpse at the engineering meta on one of the bigger flyable ships, the Hammerhead:

Yeah, good luck keeping that thing flying in a battle without a team of 3-4 engineers all working together to keep systems working. Someone get Geordi La Forge on the phone. This is FTL on a far bigger scale.

Ambition takes time. Yes you need to know when enough is enough with feature creep, but from a financial point of view the horse has clearly bolted, so maybe lets just wait and see where this thing goes before diving into the escape pods?

 

[Strings]

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I don't understand.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

 

[bsigg]

 

[808s & Villainy]

What am I even looking at

 

[Fat4all]

Someone get Geordi La Forge on the phone.

Click to shrink...

my phone cant call fictional characters inside my tv screen

 

[ElNerdo]

Seems needlessly complicated.

Spoiler

I have no idea what the image means

 

[Zero-ELEC]

No, not really.

 

[Deleted member 28523]

ftl is more fun tho

 

[vic viper]

bruh its been a decade

 

[Herne]

I was a part of the first Kickstarter or whatever crowd-funding platform they used.

I no longer care.

 

[Just Great]

This isn't going to get the kind of responses you hope it will.

 

[gaogaogao]

is it because no one is managing the scope of the game?

 

[McStickenstein]

ELI5

 

[Heruderu]

It would help if the OP explained what's on the image and elaborate how complex it is.

 

[pompo]

so maybe lets just wait and see

Click to shrink...

Hasn't it been like 10 years?

 

[Blayde]

Is it just me or are stupid threads like this becoming more common all the time?

 

[Zom]

 

[Duck-Zilla]

A bit of explanation would be nice. I also can't understand Bar Charts. I need a Pie Chart

 

[DealWithIt]

Huh?

 

[Pororoka]

 

[canderous]

 

[affeinvasion]

This looks like those super complicated Derek Smart games but made with a multimillion dollar budget.

 

[Sax]

When that ship is actually released and there is content in the game to make a ship like that worth using are there going to be enough interested people left to man those stations?

 

[Browser]

Click to shrink...

Perfection

 

[Lobster Roll]

I'll go with Occam's Razor: it's a scam.

 

[The Shape]

Is it just me or are stupid threads like this becoming more common all the time?

Click to shrink...

I don't know if it's that, or the fact I'm spending virtually all my time awake refreshing Resetera and I'm now seeing more of this threads.

 

[Curt Baboon]

This reads like it's responding to a post nobody made.

 

[Charpunk]

Umm...huh?

 

[DoctorDake]

Ambition takes time.

Click to shrink...

This isn't ambition though. This is madness.

 

[Deleted member 5621]

I, too, can post pictures with no context as definitive proof of complexity in games:

 

[Afrocious]

Because it's become a scam.

 

[Graven]

 

[Deimos]

I'm with you OP. I don't know where the hell we are, but I'm with you.

 

[laser]

Star citizen, a bunch of mini games to keep your ship flying.

 

[Derktron]

Are you the spokesperson for the developers?

 

[LossAversion]

OP, did you perhaps purchase one of those fine starships for a reasonable fee?

 

[CostcoCousteau]

very very clever.

 

[Mesoian]

Here is a glimpse at the engineering meta on one of the bigger flyable ships, the Hammerhead:

Yeah, good luck keeping that thing flying in a battle without a team of 3-4 engineers all working together to keep systems working. Someone get Geordi La Forge on the phone. This is FTL on a far bigger scale.

Ambition takes time. Yes you need to know when enough is enough with feature creep, but from a financial point of view the horse has clearly bolted, so maybe lets just wait and see where this thing goes before diving into the escape pods?

Click to shrink...

I mean that being said, it really makes me wonder how large a casual audience would be for this.

It feels like they've made their money on enthusiasts. Who's left to get money from with a game this complex?

 

[Slackerchan]

my phone cant call fictional characters inside my tv screen

Click to shrink...

I think that's an iPhone 12 feature.

 

[Deleted member 22002]

Years ago I wrongly predicted that in a few years No Man's Sky 2 would be a better game than Star Citizen on release.

But after seeing the massive engineering feat that SC has become, I stand firmly corrected: No Man's Sky 1 is a better game than Star Citizen on release.

 

[nizerifin]

I don't understand why people keep throwing money at this project. I find it all incredibly bizarre.

 

[Dremorak]

I agree OP, Star Citizen is cool as hell.
You need to put that image in context tho.

I THINK what OP is trying to say is: In Star Citizen they actually simulate all of the ship's systems physically. So you can destroy parts of a ship and then certain systems won't work. Everything in the ship needs to have a physical representation. So they need to design ships in a way that makes sense for them in the game world, they need power generation, air supply, etc etc etc

 

[Admiral Woofington]

not gonna lie gotta respect you for that cheesy ass escape pod line lmao.

 

[dagger]

 

[falcondoc]

scam

 

[Deleted member 29691]

bruh its been a decade

Click to shrink...

Me to my ex

 

[Deleted member 15973]

 

[Transistor]

I thought it was because they were throwing expensive banquet dinners.