[Megathread] Star Citizen

[Davemetalhead]

I don't think it's a scam, just an extremely poorly managed project that has no incentive to finish in a timely manner due to the whales buying jpgs.

[Jastall]

I don't think it's a scam, just an extremely poorly managed project that has no incentive to finish in a timely manner due to the whales buying jpgs.

I agree, but the end result is just about the same. CIG has no incentive to actually finish the game, assuming they will actually hold on to their promise to make all ships available in-game at release of which I am highly doubtful of.

So in the meantime, they will spend as long as possible selling hundred (!) or even thousand (!!!) dollar video game spaceships that sometimes don't even exist for a game that also mostly doesn't even exist yet. How can so many people have so much money to throw on starship yet choose their purchases so poorly is utterly beyond me. You could go on Steam and buy hundreds upon hundreds of hours of good gaming for the price of these pixels.

[Bugg]

How can so many people have so much money to throw on starship yet choose their purchases so poorly is utterly beyond me. You could go on Steam and buy hundreds upon hundreds of hours of good gaming for the price of these pixels.

Remeber that many believe that Earth is flat

[Davemetalhead]

Remeber that many believe that Earth is flat

The Earth is obviously flat else all the water would just run down to the bottom - common sense ...

[Wilian]

I don't think it's a scam, just an extremely poorly managed project that has no incentive to finish in a timely manner due to the whales buying jpgs.

Oh I'm sure it wasn't intended as a scam but anyone with any sort of inclination on what sort of project manager Chris Roberts is realized the moment they started adding extra goals that the game was lost.

[Aliven]

Oh I'm sure it wasn't intended as a scam but anyone with any sort of inclination on what sort of project manager Chris Roberts is realized the moment they started adding extra goals that the game was lost.

As i said, if you want make Chris Roberts works you need a tight leash on him.

[Gaidax]

What's in common between bycicle and Chris Roberts? Both don't work without chain.

[quras]

The Earth is obviously flat else all the water would just run down to the bottom - common sense ...

Nah, it's obviously round because if it was flat, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now. :P

[Davemetalhead]

Nah, it's obviously round because if it was flat, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now. :P

Thank you, that made me chuckle

[Rennadrel]

Oh I'm sure it wasn't intended as a scam but anyone with any sort of inclination on what sort of project manager Chris Roberts is realized the moment they started adding extra goals that the game was lost.

Nothing wrong with wanting to have an ambitious scope to your project. Sure, they bit off way more than they can chew.

[Wilian]

Nothing wrong with wanting to have an ambitious scope to your project. Sure, they bit off way more than they can chew.

There's difference between ambitious and Chris Roberts.

[Aliven]

Nothing wrong with wanting to have an ambitious scope to your project. Sure, they bit off way more than they can chew.

Plenty of wrong, as we can see on this example. There is nothing wrong with having REALISTIC scope for your project.

[Rennadrel]

Plenty of wrong, as we can see on this example. There is nothing wrong with having REALISTIC scope for your project.

Maybe they felt that they could do it. There are a lot of reasons why things are so delayed, having to pretty much rewrite your entire engine code doesn't help.

[Afrospinach]

Plenty of wrong, as we can see on this example. There is nothing wrong with having REALISTIC scope for your project.

I totally see how we got here though. SC is an unprecedented fundraiser for this kind of project, as I have said before in this thread I think. Maybe even many times. He was never going to make the game they initially set out to make with the funding and expectations piling up. I don't think it is a scam, but I almost think someone more objective needs to come in and set the scope with the resources they have.

I would be surprised if there was anyone left not deeply concerned with the state of this game currently. I am now happy to call this one improbable because the feature creep and failure to hit targets doesn't seem to have been tempered at all.

[Aliven]

Maybe they felt that they could do it. There are a lot of reasons why things are so delayed, having to pretty much rewrite your entire engine code doesn't help.

One reason: Chris Roberts and his fragile ego.

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I totally see how we got here though. SC is an unprecedented fundraiser for this kind of project, as I have said before in this thread I think. Maybe even many times. He was never going to make the game they initially set out to make with the funding and expectations piling up. I don't think it is a scam, but I almost think someone more objective needs to come in and set the scope with the resources they have.

I would be surprised if there was anyone left not deeply concerned with the state of this game currently. I am now happy to call this one improbable because the feature creep and failure to hit targets doesn't seem to have been tempered at all.

There were no expectations - Chris Roberts started adding goals and promises because he is incapable of doing otherwise. There is a reason his projects and games were finished - he was supervised.

[Doomislav]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

This new SSD comes with a code to play SC. Is it a beta code or something?

[masterhorus8]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

This new SSD comes with a code to play SC. Is it a beta code or something?

It comes with a code for a specific ship (Sabre Raven) and starter package (access to the game), exclusive to that product.

[Aliven]

It comes with a code for a specific ship (Sabre Raven) and starter package (access to the game), exclusive to that product.

Code for a ship or code for a jpg of a ship?

[Deleted]

i gotta admit, the stuff they are showing in the atvs looks super nice. maybe when it gets released 19/20 ? prices for new hardware gets a bit better, running that game must require a top notch gaming rig.

[Wilian]

i gotta admit, the stuff they are showing in the atvs looks super nice. maybe when it gets released 19/20 ? prices for new hardware gets a bit better, running that game must require a top notch gaming rig.

Make it 22-25, if you're the optimistic beyond reason sort of person

They don't even have real alpha build yet. They've just recently released barely functiontal vertical slice. And that's after 7 years of developement.