I feel anyone still waiting for this, should just play elite dangerous.
Elite Dangerous is a very different game than SC. They are both set in space and deal a lot with delivering cargo, but beyond that, the similarities end.
I feel anyone still waiting for this, should just play elite dangerous.
This forum isnt a person and Rockstar is a garbage company that makes incredibly unenjoyable games lolThis forum literally praised Rockstar for spending nearly a decade on RDR2 and that was with the endless crunch that by my knowledge, isn't happening with SC.
At this point if you are still giving money no sympathy. I guess we will find out in 2025 when Chris Roberts disappears with millions unaccounted for.
I mean, I didn't.This forum literally praised Rockstar for spending nearly a decade on RDR2 and that was with the endless crunch that by my knowledge, isn't happening with SC.
This is probably their initiation for level 6 lotus
Isn't it more like one side is doing an Uncharted game and the other side is trying to create an multiplanet, open world MMO with a completely seamless world & space travel.
And I don't think the initial aim matters if that was made with the intent of some original plans that were nowhere near what the game turns out to be when they get a much bigger budget than they initially planned. A lot of kickstarter projects promised something small, then got, like, 10x the money they asked for, and decided to put that money to good use and (tried to) make a bigger & better game on all fronts, leading to a longer development time and missing some early release date promises that were based on the initial plans. Game development isn't easy to nail down. Star Citizen as it was planned in the beginning was maybe planned for 2014 but it's not all that unreasonable that the game they've actually been making wasn't done by 2014.
I'm not saying this project has been managed perfectly or even well, all things considered, and I do not like these ridiculously priced digital space ships as a funding model at all, but whining about not meeting the initial 2014 release date for a project this big is kind of ignorant, in my opinion. Game development takes time. Maybe you think that they should have sticked to their originals plans and that's a somewhat justifiable POV considering how long this more ambitious project has taken, but game development isn't some kind of precise art, especially the bigger & more amibitous it gets. They are clearly still working on this full time and as shitty as selling 600+ dollar ships is, the project is advancing. Stuff is getting added, significant stuff. It may not be things that they have given some deadlines for that we have gotten past but neither are they just some frivolous "here's a few more hair options for your character" type things.
I think because it's risky and not worth the effort. From what I've read SC barely breaks even due to how ambitious the game is. Meanwhile EA released their Star Wars mobile gatcha game years ago which still generates sales of ~ $150 million per year. All without fancy graphics, a big dev team or that much of a monetary investment to begin with.Seriously. Imagine this business model but with Star Wars. EA could keep it going for decades without ever having to finish a game.
That's probably because it's an evolution of already existing technology.I mean, I didn't.
And crunch wise guarantee you at this phase in development RDR2 sure as shit was a lot closer to completion than SC is now
This narrative that there's no actual product is just.... tiring.At this point in time Star Citizen seems more and more like a way to get people with a Sunk Cost fallacy. This is basically gatcha game whales, except with cultish live events to boot, and no actual product.
YepHonestly even if Star Citizen comes out it's gonna be a shitshow that's Pay-to-Win incarnate
This forum literally praised Rockstar for spending nearly a decade on RDR2 and that was with the endless crunch that by my knowledge, isn't happening with SC.
If this isn't the OT title in 202X we have failed humanity.
I honestly have no idea how you go from big game whale hunting, to making sure in game credit only users can actually attain the same ship in a reasonable amount of time, if at all.This fucking game...
What would this game even look like if it releases at this point? Is it going to be a microtransaction laden hellscape? Or are backers going to just have ridiculous, exclusive ships (destroying the balance)? Or are they going to devalue all those purchases with reasonable DLC that releases for the masses?
Is it even possible that this game releases and isn't a tremendous mess?
If you are charging people ahead of time for features that don't exist and may never exist if you eventually run out of money due to that feature creep...it's still a scam.It's not a scam. It's feature creep
Also the game is gonna suck. Way too many systems
Was just thinking that. I wonder how long they can pull this off before the whales finally stop biting.The only video game who's earning potential would actually go down with its release. Why would they put it out at this point?
I've never been more entertained by a game, solely through reading about it, since EVE Online.This game is so fascinating that I kind of don't want the ride to end.
SC has been and continues to be an incredibly poorly managed game, and comparing it to RDR2 does SC no favors.This forum literally praised Rockstar for spending nearly a decade on RDR2 and that was with the endless crunch that by my knowledge, isn't happening with SC.
Was just thinking that. I wonder how long they can pull this off before the whales finally stop biting.
In July 2018, a backer attempting to get a $4,500 refund sued Cloud Imperium Games, but lost the case.[141][142][143][144] In August 2018, Cloud Imperium Games attempted to monetize the live stream broadcast of the project's annual CitizenCon event, eventually backing down due to online protestations.[145][146][147] Later on, they removed the cap on in-game currency, resulting in renewed criticism over the game's pay-to-win mechanics.
No because Star Citizen is playable.
A reddit comment that made me chuckle: "Is Star Citizen the new scientology?"
No, I'm sorry, but any game that charges end users $675 for a ship tied to gameplay that doesn't exist yet is a scam, whether or not you can technically currently play something that proves somebody has compiled some code in the last decade.
People gave Hello Games endless amounts of shit for releasing a game that didn't live up to their hype, but we're supposed to let CIG slide while taking endless amounts of money for jpegs from people who just want a good space sim, because Chris Roberts happened to make some good games 25 years ago?
Bullshit.
This forum literally praised Rockstar for spending nearly a decade on RDR2 and that was with the endless crunch that by my knowledge, isn't happening with SC.
Youre 100% correct but be careful the Defense Crew is gathering.