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Seems legit, and they are progressively working on things.
But... You never know they could still take the money and run. If this is all a front however, it is extremely elaborate.
35$ for an incomplete game? Idk I've blown more money on more frivolous things. My head hurts when thinking back to a few High Class Restaurant bills and visits to the strip club.
I didn't know that they went out of their way to put that in spacecrafts too. Does the game still advertise as a "simulator".
Considering that it's supposed to be a sci-fi space sim, they could have just kept zero-g everywhere and ditched the switching.
Well, yeah. I just prefer when things make sense. I'm still waiting for people to make a good plausible futuristic space game.
Not even realistic, just plausible.
And almost nobody seems willing to deliver that.
Hard sci-fi might be a niche, but surely Children of a Dead Earth and Rogue System can't fill it entirely by themselves.
If it releases for Linux and I can wander around while picking me nose I am in. Not so much in to super competitive stuff.
no, they have to make compromises between realism and a game that is fun to play
its alpha, there is no story right now and the PU is all fetch quests, it will get better
They don't have to, they chose to. It doesn't have to be a compromise. It is possible to have sci-fi that is both plausible and fun.
They just chose to stick with hollywood tropes that people are familiar with instead.
I shit on Star Citizen all the time for being in development for over 4 years with crazy amounts of money invested with rather little to show (and a bunch of behind the scenes gossip and drama), but if it's good when/if it's released I'll buy it.
Still entrenched in the No Preorders camp though. Angels or other seasoned investors are one thing, but I have mixed feelings on crowdfunding.
But how many people will still care by then? I guess most people who invested full retail price will give it a shot. The whole early-access thing just seems silly to me, especially with such a long development time.