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Star Citizen Updates Discuss Concepting Ship Weapons, Detail New Map - MMORPG.com
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Star Citizen Updates Discuss Concepting Ship Weapons, Detail New Map - MMORPG.com
A brace of updates from Star Citizen discuss concepting new ship weapons, as well as detailing a new map.
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".... Though no one knows exactly what happened the day the mercs struck, scattered comms between them paint enough of a picture. The invading forces entered atmosphere and landed to find the population center deserted, only to be ambushed after they separated into teams to search for Dr. Fayel. The attack was designed to draw the mercs away from their ships and allow the craft to be taken intact. Some believe those ships constitute the backbone of the fleet that still patrols and protects the planet to this day. ...."
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Basically clicking away text windows ruins every MMO, try to have fun instead of rushing things. Without story and lore all there is left is a bunch of mechanics.
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After it gets past the (somewhat tedious 4 minute) introduction the parts I watched were interesting: basically one of the concept designers going through how stuff has been / is created. Somewhat Bob Ross like for those who know about happy trees.
Which will apply to multiple games of course.
But, but it's already launched and it's everything they ever hoped for. You can fly around empty planets and take screenshots of yourself pretending to have fun with the two available ships. It's like digital LARPing, with magic tissue missiles and all.
And Roberts doesn't know what the word Hubris means....
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
"The simple is the seal of the true and beauty is the splendor of truth" -Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Authored 139 missions in Vendetta Online and 6 tracks in Distance
Because Sqadron 42 Beta is not in 2050 or never like some haters love to say but in 4 quarters, all SQ42 assets to be injected in Star Citizen at release while SC keep receiving quarterly patch adding contents and gameplay.
I this all what you can serve us? Compating a +500 devs team valued by independent auditors at 500M$ and ONE communiction versus 3.7 coming in a week and two roadmaps?
You realize that comparing 45$ to pledge for the whole project vs a few minutes video com is at best laughing?
Haters hate, that their life commitment. Have a long life
The guys on youtube does not simulate fun. Keep comparing an Alpha with a fully polished and released game.... Meanwhile gamer still do remember the 55$ requested for Fallout 76, right from a publisher who made +730M$ in 24 hours (Fallout 4) but was not even able to copy/paste their assets to make a game (Fallout 76) remotely playable.
SC+SQ42 backers support this project precisely for the opposite reason.
Not even true. Out of 140 ships (all concept) at some point during the past years), +75% are flyable and recent ships are straight from concept to flyable.
While I'd agree that getting SQ42 out is a smart thing; after all the hype and moolah spent on it, it had better be really, really well done. You, of course, think it will be the best thing ever, whereas I think their management is a slow motion trainwreck.
How long has it been since they first said 4 quarters? Gotta keep track of the moving goalposts.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
Your call. Except RSI is not anymore the company which grow slowly from 12. New investors came end of 2018. They did have all insights, including finance and precise project dvelopment. At the same time, the all project was valued 500M$ per independent auditor, twice the amount of pledge. Clearly the guys with all information in hands validate RSI SQ42 release timing (including time for Beta).
Backers know which option is correct. Doubt from an anon guy on internet with zero information about current internal development or Independent Auditors and investors. The later, figure it out why
I don't buy any claims from RSI. I just use common sense, starting with facts like a project starting from scratch, 12 guys, no pipelines and 6M$ to 5 studios, +500 devs and independent auditors who valued the project to 500M$ back in Nov. 2018, private investors injecting 46M$... Those guys did not swallow ANY claims from RSI but got full internal visibility about overall progress and Finance.... including estimate of SQ42 release. Estimate by couple quarters not years or never.
Also backers are not blind people with zero clue about CR. The project got this support because of CR and for a simple reason: the guy always delivered very good to memorable games experience.
The current SC Alpha with 3.7.0 coming live in a couple week do demonstrate what talented team can bring in game. Publishers still copy/paste same assets. RSI did add FOIP, 64 bits space engine, fully explorable ships, FPS + space to planet and now caves. Publishers could have done it since years, they do have Billions of cash but they don't, because they don't care about gamer but cash.
RSI did it from scratch and only 235M$ because creating company froms scratch is not free) with two roadmaps showing that one game will enter Beta in a year and the other (SC) with receive quarterly patch adding most gameplay and massive contents + all SQ42 assets at release. All for less than a Publishers triple-A : 45$
About management... I would buy 10K's of shares to any company that was valued 6M$ end of 2012 then 500M$ end of 2018 with close to 100% of... no debt and +1.2 million of individual backer right during an Alpha phase