As it usually does. But the negative immediate reaction this time has been the strongest I’ve seen so far, fueled in part by the lack of any SQ42 gameplay, and partly by the fact that a clip that people hoped was SQ42 footage was actually another attempt at selling ships for hundreds of dollars.
This Ponzi scheme isn’t going to fund itself, people!
Sigh, this is kind of the boat I’m in, and I hate being here.
Sure it’s feels like it’s taking forever, though what’s 4 years for a project of this size?
Also, the content production and generation seems to be an an upward speed curve. It started really slow and disorganised. but iterations are coming faster and faster now that the engine and tools are getting fleshed out. A lot of the stuff they showed this weekend, they couldn’t do at Gamescom.
Also, the editor that allows the artists to jump and test their creations directly seems really powerful.
So yeah. The naysayers keep saying it can’t be delivered and this and that. But every time we get a new video, I personally think the game is looking better and better.
I want to fly my Constellation from a space station to one of those planets then go exploring.
I’m looking forward to getting to play it. But if it takes another 18 months, no huge deal.
Wendelius
What threw my expectations off was the original release date of 2014, now it just feels super late in my mind, though that wasn’t admittedly realistic in the first place.
I am somewhat skeptical now, but I do think it CAN be done, and I do think they CAN do it.
I have doubts on the time frame (2 years seems like a minimum for a final polished version of SQ42, and SC proper is probably much farther behind -the planned 100 star systems version they aim for)
Given unlimited funding, they have proved to have an amazing technical competence and ambition, and they have shown awesome technology that proves they can reach their vision. But the rate they are getting funded at definitely has slowed down somewhat, and if we are talking at least 2 years till the full SP experience, that can really make the funding fall through at some point.
It’s not going to be 18 months, I think.
Of course they might have much more content ready than what they are showing, and it might be closer. But with the info at hand (content shown and pace of advancement) we might be talking 2018 for SQ42 and about 2020 for SC with half the star systems they want in.
Will there be any more test drives or free weekends soon? I finally have the hardware to run it.
That’s the thing for me. If you keep throwing out dates that you don’t hit, then I have no choice but to doubt a lot of stuff you say. If you can’t manage your project milestones, I don’t trust anything you tell me about that project.
Pretty much. If they said 2018 originally, or “TBD”, I’d feel a lot better/more confident about things, but with each missed milestone – and with each of those, selling even more ships – my confidence just falters and falters.
BTW, remember the reality show that would pick someone to join the cast of Squadron 42? It has aired, and it’s available to watch online if you’re in the US (which means I couldn’t watch it).
More details on PCInvasion: http://www.pcinvasion.com/watch-star-citizen-reality-tv-show
They usually schedule their free flights to coincide with conventions attended by the general public. There might be another one before the end of the year, but they don’t announce them in advance.
Understood. Thanks.
On the other hand, if they originally announced the 2017/18 release date, they would very likely never get as many people to pledge, the overall budget would be much smaller and and the game could not push so many envelopes.
You know what? Release something, a foundation upon which envelope pushing can be built and expanded upon, while building up support and goodwill as you go. I’d be much happier with that.
Basically what Elite is doing.
Isn’t this exactly what they’re doing? I mean, you can go and get in your ship and fly it around and fight and do missions and crap right now.
Is it? I mean what can we actually do in the game right now? I wouldn’t know because the download always stalls, but nothing I’ve seen leads me to believe they even have a solid foundation yet, just the basic framework of one that has yet to be completed. If they were building a house, I’d say maybe the garage was close to ready, but the rest of the house still needs floors, walls and a roof.
Well, the current feature list in 2.5 is here:
It seems like 3.0 in December will be bringing together more stuff to make the overall world more “real”.
Yup, nice garage sale. ;)
I’ll feel better once there’s maybe, a living room, or a kitchen, or some other portion of the house is finished.
You can engage in really wonky FPS combat and look at some freaking sweet ship JPEGs.