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Star Citizen is gonna be so good if it ever comes out

edm0nd 4y ago
Seems like a great game from the gameplay I've watched but for 500M and no end in sight? Seems more like an absurd waste imo.
- Melatonic 4y ago
  It has an insane scope - part of what makes it so polarizing - in the end it will end up as an absurd waste or the Star Wars of gaming.
  - q-big 4y ago
    > in the end it will end up as an absurd waste or the Star Wars of gaming. Why not something like because the funding dries off, they will put together the parts that are somewhat complete into a game that will turn out to be a quite average game with great graphics. Fans will at the end still stand by their position that Star Citizen could have been so much more. Non-fans will say point out the averageness (beside the graphics) that was not the slightest worth the absurd amount of money.
xnyan 4y ago
The problem with Star Citizen is that its development is optimized for attracting new funding, which means after half a billion dollars and more than a decade of development, they still have a game in alpha stage that has no compelling gameplay at all. If you're looking for cool looking videos, beautiful screenshots and lots of bold promises that to date have always been broken, Star Citizen is a fantastic thing.
- Salgat 4y ago
  They're taking on so much technical debt that most of what they create will either be scrapped or no longer considered cutting edge by the time the game releases. They have a serious case of scope creep.
jandrese 4y ago
Star Citizen seems like more of a funding scam than an actual game at this point. The game is "almost done" just need a few million more to finish it! It's like that Oak Island fortune or Twentieth Century Motor Car. Release just enough of a demo to make people excited, but keep actual development to a minimum to drag out investors as long as possible.
- xeromal 4y ago
  I wouldn't call it a scam because it is functional. It's just nowhere near done. It honestly was just too ambitious.
  - jandrese 4y ago
    That's how they get you though. Show off a compelling demo and promise the world, but never deliver. Star Citizen is the Moller Skycar of video games.
    - xeromal 4y ago
      No man's sky was like that but was redeemed so I'm hoping they're more like that.
      - Ekaros 4y ago
        I think No Man's Sky was more like Molyneux product. Somewhat there but entirely over hypped. It was thin, but entirely working product by my understanding. Less than promised at the launch though.
  - waste_monk 4y ago
    They're continuing to sell the game, ships, etc. despite it being clear that they do not have the ability to deliver on even a tiny fraction of what they've promised. It might be vaguely functional in the sense of having a 3d model viewer for ships with a thin veneer of gameplay tacked on, but that is nowhere near the original kickstarter goals [1] let alone the scope creep that has occurred in the ~decade since. Continuing to accept payment for something they are incapable of delivering (and they are either deliberately misleading customers or so grotesquely incompetent at project/business management that they should not be in charge of a child's lemonade stand let alone more than half a billion USD in funds) is what makes it a scam. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen

Seems like a great game from the gameplay I've watched but for 500M and no end in sight? Seems more like an absurd waste imo.

Melatonic 4y ago
It has an insane scope - part of what makes it so polarizing - in the end it will end up as an absurd waste or the Star Wars of gaming.
- q-big 4y ago
  > in the end it will end up as an absurd waste or the Star Wars of gaming. Why not something like because the funding dries off, they will put together the parts that are somewhat complete into a game that will turn out to be a quite average game with great graphics. Fans will at the end still stand by their position that Star Citizen could have been so much more. Non-fans will say point out the averageness (beside the graphics) that was not the slightest worth the absurd amount of money.

xnyan 4y ago

The problem with Star Citizen is that its development is optimized for attracting new funding, which means after half a billion dollars and more than a decade of development, they still have a game in alpha stage that has no compelling gameplay at all. If you're looking for cool looking videos, beautiful screenshots and lots of bold promises that to date have always been broken, Star Citizen is a fantastic thing.

Salgat 4y ago
They're taking on so much technical debt that most of what they create will either be scrapped or no longer considered cutting edge by the time the game releases. They have a serious case of scope creep.

jandrese 4y ago

Star Citizen seems like more of a funding scam than an actual game at this point. The game is "almost done" just need a few million more to finish it! It's like that Oak Island fortune or Twentieth Century Motor Car. Release just enough of a demo to make people excited, but keep actual development to a minimum to drag out investors as long as possible.

xeromal 4y ago
I wouldn't call it a scam because it is functional. It's just nowhere near done. It honestly was just too ambitious.
- jandrese 4y ago
  That's how they get you though. Show off a compelling demo and promise the world, but never deliver. Star Citizen is the Moller Skycar of video games.
  - xeromal 4y ago
    No man's sky was like that but was redeemed so I'm hoping they're more like that.
    - Ekaros 4y ago
      I think No Man's Sky was more like Molyneux product. Somewhat there but entirely over hypped. It was thin, but entirely working product by my understanding. Less than promised at the launch though.
- waste_monk 4y ago
  They're continuing to sell the game, ships, etc. despite it being clear that they do not have the ability to deliver on even a tiny fraction of what they've promised. It might be vaguely functional in the sense of having a 3d model viewer for ships with a thin veneer of gameplay tacked on, but that is nowhere near the original kickstarter goals [1] let alone the scope creep that has occurred in the ~decade since. Continuing to accept payment for something they are incapable of delivering (and they are either deliberately misleading customers or so grotesquely incompetent at project/business management that they should not be in charge of a child's lemonade stand let alone more than half a billion USD in funds) is what makes it a scam. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen