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That's $115m spent on a product no one had seen. Crazy. Cough Star Citizen Cough ;)

by rurounijones 11y ago

gozur88 11y ago
Hopefully this turns out a little better.
- CamperBob2 11y ago
  What went wrong with Star Citizen?
  - hrnnnnnn 11y ago
    Long, extremely detailed analysis here: http://dereksmart.org/ http://dereksmart.org/
    - yAnonymous 11y ago
      That guy is easily the biggest tool in the industry. Just because he doesn't have what it takes to make even half decent games, he criticizes people with higher ambitions and skills.
  - chrizz 11y ago
    nothing, still in production with regular updates
  - wlesieutre 11y ago
    The scope of the game has gotten very big with how much money they've raised, which means it's taking longer to develop that originally planned. Some people aren't thrilled with that. As far as the Derek Smart guy that somebody linked, he's a nutter who likes the attention from his doomsday predictions of Star Citizen falling apart (it's the only reason anyone's every heard of him). Most famous for claiming last October [1] that Cloud Imperium Games would run out of money and collapse within 90 days. Obviously it's been longer than that and development is still moving along. Alpha doesn't have a huge amount to do in the universe yet, but it's very playable. For example: the most recently flyable ship (Khartu-al) [2], and the much larger Starfarer [3] which is mostly done on the art side but not yet flying. They've said Squadron 42 (single player campaign) will be out this year, with the multiplayer universe following sometime after. [1] https://archive.is/Ofyjz https://archive.is/Ofyjz [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNfsSUfxp0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNfsSUfxp0c [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDIGQb2kOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDIGQb2kOY
    - bryanlarsen 11y ago
      > (it's the only reason anyone's every heard of him) Derek Smart was an internet celebrity in the 90's. He was well known for his bombastic statements and engaging in flame wars about his own game, Battle Cruiser 3000AD.
      - wlesieutre 11y ago
        Hm, I must have been on the wrong parts of the internet back then. I've seen his more recent projects (Line of Defense), but I had a Mac at the time so my selection of games was ... slightly limited.
        daveguy 11y ago
        Well, to be fair. In the 90s you were an internet celebrity if you had over 1000 viewers.

That's $115m spent on a product no one had seen. Crazy. Cough Star Citizen Cough ;)

gozur88 11y ago

Hopefully this turns out a little better.

CamperBob2 11y ago
What went wrong with Star Citizen?
- hrnnnnnn 11y ago
  Long, extremely detailed analysis here: http://dereksmart.org/ http://dereksmart.org/
  - yAnonymous 11y ago
    That guy is easily the biggest tool in the industry. Just because he doesn't have what it takes to make even half decent games, he criticizes people with higher ambitions and skills.
- chrizz 11y ago
  nothing, still in production with regular updates
- wlesieutre 11y ago
  The scope of the game has gotten very big with how much money they've raised, which means it's taking longer to develop that originally planned. Some people aren't thrilled with that. As far as the Derek Smart guy that somebody linked, he's a nutter who likes the attention from his doomsday predictions of Star Citizen falling apart (it's the only reason anyone's every heard of him). Most famous for claiming last October [1] that Cloud Imperium Games would run out of money and collapse within 90 days. Obviously it's been longer than that and development is still moving along. Alpha doesn't have a huge amount to do in the universe yet, but it's very playable. For example: the most recently flyable ship (Khartu-al) [2], and the much larger Starfarer [3] which is mostly done on the art side but not yet flying. They've said Squadron 42 (single player campaign) will be out this year, with the multiplayer universe following sometime after. [1] https://archive.is/Ofyjz https://archive.is/Ofyjz [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNfsSUfxp0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNfsSUfxp0c [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDIGQb2kOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDIGQb2kOY
  - bryanlarsen 11y ago
    > (it's the only reason anyone's every heard of him) Derek Smart was an internet celebrity in the 90's. He was well known for his bombastic statements and engaging in flame wars about his own game, Battle Cruiser 3000AD.
    - wlesieutre 11y ago
      Hm, I must have been on the wrong parts of the internet back then. I've seen his more recent projects (Line of Defense), but I had a Mac at the time so my selection of games was ... slightly limited.
      - daveguy 11y ago
        Well, to be fair. In the 90s you were an internet celebrity if you had over 1000 viewers.