Chris Roberts Space Garage Simulator: Star Citizen

[logical]

i hate to say this but i hope theres fraud or something going on and we as a consumer can wise up to this crowd funding scam for what it is

Technically theres no fraud going on. People got exactly what they signed up for. Giving money to someone without restriction to use it.

Hes sitting pretty right now. Cant blame the man for finding a way to make money. I only wish it was me

[acroig]

ensign pulver blew it up in the laundry

Only old farts like us would know what you are referencing to there.

[bill dennison]

Only old farts like us would know what you are referencing to there.

for the …………..

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[nutcrackr]

They're using the money to make more things that look cool so whales will keep giving them money. So far it's working and it means the actual game is going to keep expanding and take longer to make.

[ALien8ed]

One of the reasons they're making so much money is because the game has become a ship collecting simulator. Much of CIG's focus has been on ships and hardcore backers think along the same lines.

They made just under 10 million in November alone, people just keep buying ships because much of it is about what you have in your hangar, it's pretty sad when you think about it.

As for the CIG crunch time is coming. SQ42 is scheduled for beta next year and core tech is supposedly a year or two from completion. It's gonna get good folks...

[bill dennison]

One of the reasons they're making so much money is because the game has become a ship collecting simulator. Much of CIG's focus has been on ships and hardcore backers think along the same lines.

They made just under 10 million in November alone, people just keep buying ships because much of it is about what you have in your hangar, it's pretty sad when you think about it.

As for the CIG crunch time is coming. SQ42 is scheduled for beta next year and core tech is supposedly a year or two from completion. It's gonna get good folks...

and he will selling those ships to science fiction space movies for the next 30 years

[logical]

One of the reasons they're making so much money is because the game has become a ship collecting simulator. Much of CIG's focus has been on ships and hardcore backers think along the same lines.

They made just under 10 million in November alone, people just keep buying ships because much of it is about what you have in your hangar, it's pretty sad when you think about it.

As for the CIG crunch time is coming. SQ42 is scheduled for beta next year and core tech is supposedly a year or two from completion. It's gonna get good folks...

Crunch time lol. Dates don't mean anything to Roberts.

[Napoleonic]

Technically theres no fraud going on. People got exactly what they signed up for. Giving money to someone without restriction to use it.



Hes sitting pretty right now. Cant blame the man for finding a way to make money. I only wish it was me

Nope people are not getting what they're signed on, it just that those idiots crowdsuckers have the memory of a fish and being so deluded in their imagination.

A few example, there are 2 variants of an in game ship that is called Hornet, the variants being Hornet Ghost and Hornet Tracker.

The standard Hornet is a typical pew pew pew ship while the Ghost is supposed to be the stealth version and the Tracker being the AWACS version.

Guess what happened, to this date there is no real tangible stealth gameplay that can be reasonably associated with the Ghost variant, let alone the more complicated AWACS gameplay for the Tracker variant.

And let me remind people that they are a variant of the long time poster ship of the whole project, the Hornet, that by the way, actually predates the original Kickstarter campaign and that base version of the Hornet was already there in the very first public appearance of scam citizen at the 2011/2012 GDC event.

IIRC the missing variants were being first sold in the timeline of year 2012-2013 (don't remember if it was in the original KS)

So 6-7 years after the sale, those who bought those ships still haven't got what they paid for. Another prime example of this is the infamous Banu Merchantman ship which to this date hasn't even received any actual in game 3D model,and there are literally Dozens of the exact same case for various ship variants in the game.

Remember that this fraud sells things like : space TV van ship, space ambulance/hospital ship, space bus ship, space info runner ship, space police ship that supposedly let you detain characters on it's cargo bay etc.

None of these ships have the relevant gameplay mechanics that are associated with them yet despite have been sold for years. Heck there isn't any real space exploration gameplay exist yet in a supposedly open world game while they have multiple exploration ships being sold.

How's that not an actual fraud?

[Dungeoncrawler]

The game has always suffered from major feature creep. Even Kojima knows when to cut his visions down into a finished product.

[koralis]

The game has always suffered from major feature creep. Even Kojima knows when to cut his visions down into a finished product.

Why release a game when you can make just as much (if not more) money by not doing it? IF they release it, they might get bad reviews and the game vanish into the ether. As a perpetual "it's going to be awesome" idiots will keep throwing ridiculous money at them.

[Sundance Kid V2]

Why release a game when you can make just as much (if not more) money by not doing it? IF they release it, they might get bad reviews and the game vanish into the ether. As a perpetual "it's going to be awesome" idiots will keep throwing ridiculous money at them.

I agree 100%. He sees people throwing millions buying spaceships. Easy money... just build ships, get more money , rinse and repeat. No need to finish the game..

[Dungeoncrawler]

Well according to Mr. Hamill, Squadron 42 will release in 2020

Mark Hamill Says Squadron 42 2020 Release

https://www.boredgamer.co.uk/2019/10...-2020-release/

[acroig]

Well according to Mr. Hamill, Squadron 42 will release in 2020

Episode 1 only...… maybe.....

[ALien8ed]

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[nutcrackr]

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[ALien8ed]

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[Napoleonic]

**** scam shittyzen, I just read some of the latest discussion regarding this scam on ED forum, people mentioned that Crytek filled in the legal documents basically indicating that squadron 42 doesn't even really exist today and that scam shittyzen never really migrated to lumber yard engine

Really, **** you Crobber and his cronies and dare I say sorry but if you're still supporting this scam today, 2020 mind you, then you're a part of the problem.

I still have very little but more respect to the likes of Bethesda than to Crobber and his cronies.

[nutcrackr]

Apparently Crytek are delaying the court case coz they don't think SQ42 will release this year. I guess their tactic is to wait for it to release and then they can get the money earned from the sales?

[logical]

Apparently Crytek are delaying the court case coz they don't think SQ42 will release this year. I guess their tactic is to wait for it to release and then they can get the money earned from the sales?

Give themselves time to rework the game on lumberyard so the lawsuit is moot. Expect release 2023.

[acroig]

Expect release 2023.

Will just keep pushing the date forward every year.

[andino]

BBC Click did a piece on it.

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[bill dennison]

Will just keep pushing the date forward every year.

everyone should email them 5 times a day ……… " are we there yet "

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[Vanz_007]

BBC Click did a piece on it.

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anyone played the latest release, if so how is it?

[nutcrackr]

They have a perfect business model that can go for another 5 years and they don't even have to finish the game.

[Vanz_007]

They have a perfect scam that can go for another 5 years and they don't even have to do anything.

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[Napoleonic]

They have a perfect business model that can go for another 5 years and they don't even have to finish the game.

Hm nope, they conned someone into investing 46 million, they wouldn't have done that if their scam model was enough.

[Athena]

For the game that is never coming out:
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[acroig]

90 min clip? Wonder how long it took to put together... time better spent on finishing the f'ing game.

[Mahjik]

90 min clip? Wonder how long it took to put together... time better spent on finishing the f'ing game.

It's no longer going to be a game. It's now going to be a CGI movie.

[acroig]

It's no longer going to be a game. It's now going to be a CGI movie.

[bill dennison]

we will be able to buy our own real Tesla spaceships before this is out

Chris Roberts grandkids will be working on this

[nutcrackr]

I used to be interested in this train wreck but it's been absolutely boring for the last few months. Maybe Croberts is playing the long game and hope that everybody forgets about it.

[acroig]

I used to be interested in this train wreck but it's been absolutely boring for the last few months. Maybe Croberts is playing the long game and hope that everybody forgets about it.

He's playing the long game alright!

[Darkz0r]

It's no longer going to be a game. It's now going to be a CGI movie.

They could have made a few full length CGI movies to actually support development lol.

I'm glad I got a full refund a few years ago.
When it comes out it'll probably be too bloated with old code and will need to be ported to newer tech, add a few more years for that...and endless no release loop.

Though I kinda wish it came out these days, could be a way more interesting and immersive EvE. Nothing around for our space fix...the new "X" game is still too glitchy from what ppl say.

[andino]

Elite Dangerous is still going.

Their releases are pretty good too.

[DaJMasta]

I've seen a bit of Star Citizen gameplay in the last month or so and it's certainly coming along, but it's certainly alpha and it certainly feels like parts are missing.


I'm curious to see what it would feel like when it's more fleshed out. While I'd expect a space game to feel lonely in a lot of games, even the hubs feel empty, quiet, and sparse. There's a ton of detail in a lot of what's there, but the controls seem a bit elaborate/obtuse and there's a lot of the no man's sky syndrome where it's huge but there's not a lot really there (which is probably expected from the final product).


There are also still a lot of bugs, even for seemingly very basic things. I know the priority now is content over bug fixes, but it really feels like gameplay/UI stuff doesn't have nearly the same attention to detail as spaceship models and simulation. Hopefully that will balance out with later development.

[acroig]

Star Citizen Squadron 42: Actors in real life vs Characters

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[logical]

Waste of money and it makes no difference if no one will ever play it.

[acroig]

Waste of money and it makes no difference if no one will ever play it.

Right? Why not focus on finishing and releasing SQ42 and then waste all the time you want to SC?

[Fuku2]

Right? Why not focus on finishing and releasing SQ42 and Star Citizen instead of wasting all the time and our money on pointless cut scene videos and gameplay we can't gameplay.

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