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Star Citizen raises more than $1 million in four days following alpha 3.3 test release
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I haven't spent money on SC or mobile F2P games but if I was going to spend up big, and had to choose between an ambitious project that aims to achieve things most gamers or developers never thought possible but may never be fully realised, and one of a million manipulative mobile F2P games with nothing new to offer than a fresh lick of paint, it's an easy choice.
Ahhh. My mistake.
Nah. I don't play the PTU. I always wait for the live release.
Before, every client received from server information about every player and objects they interacted with across entire star system. That tanked the performance for everyone.
Now, when 1st pass of Object Container Streaming tech is implemented, each player only gets updates for players/objects that are relevant [nearby] to him, thus freeing up a lot for performance. They still have to implement OCS at servers, which will hopefully increase performance more.
Dated compared to what? Who is releasing similar game to this?
it got pushed back in at the last minute :D
nope it won't.
I hope this turns out to be an amazing game that meets the expectations of all the fans and backers who have put so much into supporting it.
This is amazing to hear, might actually pledge for S42. thanks for the info.
I wonder how many of those new investors did a mission, got 90 credits for their significant time investment, looked at the price of some of the ships via in-game currency and said, "you know what? fuck that kind of grind..." and dropped cash?
engine is fine and there are very few competitors in this genre.
OCS is amazing. Getting 60fps at 4K and 1440p over 100+ fps.
Star Citizen feels totally different right now, and they are still optimizing it.
Star Citizen feels totally different right now, and they are still optimizing it.
I would have thought so, at least graphically. Outdone by early next gen exclusives running on weaker hardware. Or in some respects outdone by current late gen exclusives.
Oh, sorry that I find the constant hate and repetitive misinformation tiring. Criticism is fine and healthy. The constant shitposts are lame and obvious.
Also, fuck your coyness.
So just throw the Single player game out because it already "took too long"? No Thank you, I don't need a second No Man's Sky.
I would venture to guess that a game of this scope will propably never hit consoles. Sure some specific thing like mocap, texture work etc might be better in some future game, but it wont be on the same scale so its a useless comparison.
Yup, outdone graphically on a smaller scoped game ? Sure, probably not that hard to do by now.
But on a game of that scale ? Nah. Definitely not before a long time.
Sorry, didn't see the ban on jokes in ERA had been implemented.
They are selling expensive ships years before the release of the game.
Ignoring the P2W aspects.
I don't think most of the naysayers do and most of them seem to be parroted from stuff known trolls have said. Is there some valid arguments regarding SC, yes of course but the vast majority is white noise and drive by shitting especially the people calling it a scam.
Sold to people who love to play around and fantasize with everything involving well crafted digital items and worlds. Lego is selling their items for quite the premium to children! No wonder they didn't produce Star Citizen's Hornet in lego form that one time for ethical reasons.
The 32 euros I paid for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 (SQ42 episode 2 was added later on for free for early backers) is not that much for countless hours already given in return in exciting video material, live demos and new releases. It has been a wild ride overall with plenty of highs. Crowdfunding paying monthly wages of hundreds of talented individuals is quite nice form way of trying to revive already once lost genre given the project's humble beginnings.
This was CIG's main studio in 2013...
I cannot give to buy recommendation to Star Citizen's early access yet but Squadron 42 is surely more than even Chris Roberts could have imagined at the beginning. Which is quite a lot.
I always find the back and forth in Star Citizen threads to be interesting. A lot of ppl post about it being a scam and wondering about the psychology of backers/enthusiasts, and so I have two comments on that point.
First, I have very particular interests that this game fulfills in a way that no others do. For example, I love learning languages, and so I've delighted in the online materials for Xi'an. I backed the game for $45, and this is a return on investment that is unprecedented and I'm excited for the potential.
Second, I'm curious as to how the ppl questioning the psychology feel about Clash of Clans and Lords Mobile. I don't like the F2P model found in mobile, but Clash of Clans made almost $1B last year. What are those ppl getting out of those games? What would $45 in purchases get me? Will books be written about ppl who have paid money for a largely shallow experience that has been replicated dozens of times? Are these ppl all crazy/dumb/part of a cult? If Clash of Clans players are having fun, does it really matter?
My point is, maybe don't yuck other ppl's yums so much. There's a whole world out there to see, and who has time to worry about how other people are spending their time and money.
First, I have very particular interests that this game fulfills in a way that no others do. For example, I love learning languages, and so I've delighted in the online materials for Xi'an. I backed the game for $45, and this is a return on investment that is unprecedented and I'm excited for the potential.
Second, I'm curious as to how the ppl questioning the psychology feel about Clash of Clans and Lords Mobile. I don't like the F2P model found in mobile, but Clash of Clans made almost $1B last year. What are those ppl getting out of those games? What would $45 in purchases get me? Will books be written about ppl who have paid money for a largely shallow experience that has been replicated dozens of times? Are these ppl all crazy/dumb/part of a cult? If Clash of Clans players are having fun, does it really matter?
My point is, maybe don't yuck other ppl's yums so much. There's a whole world out there to see, and who has time to worry about how other people are spending their time and money.
From what I understand, you can fly those ships, store items in those ships, walk or float around the inside and outside of those ships, etc.
For some people that will already be enough.
Squadron 42 looks amazing and I'm seriously considering fronting up with the $$$ for that. I think with the talent they've pulled in they're going to have to have a polished, timely release or end up looking massively incompetent. I'm still super sceptical about the MMO though.
Because $200m is a ridiculous sum of money compared to, well, literally everything else that has been crowdfunded so far. Add to this that we haven't had a new record breaker in games on KS for a while and, frankly, for a PC-only game that is not complete I do not see numbers like that being realistic in terms of actual cash collected. I mean, if you somehow think that them pretty exclusively marketing to an existing fanbase has netted them growth to get up over 2 million backers (which is a random guess that would be an average of $100/backer, which I consider generous) be my guest but it just is not realistic.
The thing with this game. Is the high $ number individual backers spend on it. I know a few people that have spent 5k plus on it. And even more over 1k.
I myself have spent $1,059.00 over five years (which is still a insane amount, regardless of how many years have gone by)
Mainly ships, correct. There aren't that many cosmetics you can buy with real money.
You mean the features that stopped creeping years ago. Are those the features you're referring to ?
I don't question that this project has way more folks pledging way larger amounts than normal. My disbelief is that they have the equivalent of the original 38kish backers all contributing >$2500. That doesn't seem possible.
You're contributions to this thread have been invaluable. Bravo.
Well at this points there's 2,106,287 individual backers (at time of posting) And i was in the mid 100,000s when i backed 5 years ago.
So when taken in that context. It's noooot that much of a stretch.
But i can see where you're coming from. It's pretty wild stuff. :D
EDIT: I've just been told those are accounts made, and not backers. Sorry.
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Question, my best chance to play the alpha version of the game now, is to buy the $45 game pack? I finally have a decent PC and I'd like to play something new.