‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may never be ready to play

Re:‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may ne... by burgerboy on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:54AM (#19807310)

You can literally play it right now and it is awe inspiring

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Re:‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may ne... by canadacorner on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:16AM (#19807541)

"they spent how much money and time, and this is all they have?!" awe indeed.

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Re:‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may ne... by atoav on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:40AM (#19807773)

Even if they had finished and shipped that game 2 years ago without a single bug and all the promised features it would’ve not been the right game for everybody. This is IMO part of the very concept from the very start. Space games are not for everybody. Even good ones.

I wonder how many of the people who dislike Star Citizen as a game actually like space games?

Even with FPS elements, mining, trading and dogfights, space is a huge place and it takes a certain type of person to enjoy flying around in a ship for longer than a minute.

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Re:‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may ne... by theandrewbailey on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:20AM (#19807576)

All the things playable right now, plus all the things they've shown at conventions and on their Youtube channel.

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Re:‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may ne... by empath75 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:38AM (#19807752)

In what sense is there a game to play? All I ever see is people flying around looking at stuff when I see videos.

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Re:‘Star Citizen,’ a video game that raised $300M but may ne... by ssully on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:33AM (#19808300)

There is a little more then that, but it is literally just a series of glorified tech demos.

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