Perpetual Alpha stage.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Affronter:

Perpetual Alpha stage.

Hehe!

I do not trust the person creating it.

The idea is fine, who doesn't want an "everything" space game.

The monetization practices are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ beyond defense though, so, there's that.

Out of the big 4, it's likely the only one I'll never touch.

It's incredible, and if they do what everyone is hoping for and releasing SQ42 next year, then the 1.0 release of SC will be in sight much sooner.

Biggest and greediest scam in gaming industry.

It's never going to be worth all the money wasted on it. You're going to end up with a game that other companies could have made in 2 years for less than 1/10th the budget. There's a point of diminishing returns when it comes to development time and money. They're so far past it the quality arrow is probably going back down.

Absolute scam, through and through

Part of the issue for me, is that from my understanding, he's living large on the funding of the game that he keep promising. Meaning that if he's got the promise to be kept, then he has people willing to give him money, which is the exact opposite of incentive to actually finish the project.

That and, as mentioned, he's likely pretty deep in the investment hole on this project that has gone far beyond it's original estimated development time frame. Which means that stringing investors along, and milking players, may be the only way to actually get money out of the situation, which, if that's the case, isn't exactly giving a lot of confidence towards the intent of design decisions.

If the game ever releases to an actual 1.0, and it gets good reviews, and there's not filthy monetization within it (I feel like there will be), then I'd be willing to give it a shot. That said, my faith in the project, and it's actual intent, isn't high.

I like games that are trying to be games, not stores. I've been on the fence for Elite Dangerous for a few years now because of it's monetization practices, and they're arguably much tamer than Star Citizen's.

he selling dream, if the game is finished no more dream

Oprindeligt skrevet af Chaosolous:

If the game ever releases to an actual 1.0, and it gets good reviews, and there's not filthy monetization within it (I feel like there will be), then I'd be willing to give it a shot. That said, my faith in the project, and it's actual intent, isn't high.

There's already filthy monetisation to an extent I have never seen before, and the game isn't even finished!

They're selling game "packages", ships, paints, gear, merchandise and even have two different monthly subscriptions you can purchase, not to mention the ability to purchase in-game credits.

This is the biggest gaming grift the industry has ever seen and likely will ever see.

Unrelated picture of Chris Roberts: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fow8lceayov741.png

Your face when you didn't pay for Scam Citizen:

Good promo vidz though.

I keep playing real games like X.

Oprindeligt skrevet af SirKnechtalot:

Good promo vidz though.

I keep playing real games like X.

mamen

It definitely screams scam to me, but even if I was feeling generous and didn't want to label it as such...it'd still be the poster child for overpromising and underdelivering. Gross mismanagement, absysmal production timeline, and made a model off selling a dream and illusion. One that is only alive as long as the game doesn't release cause it's never going to be actually realised as it was given.