Star Citizen - Chris Roberts, lots of spaceship porn, lots of promises

Are you applying to be an acolyte of Derek’s? Because this is how you become an acolyte of Derek’s!

Who is Derek? Just commenting that the whole thing sounds like a scam. How can someone capture $160 million in capital and produce no finished product? If I had that much money I’d revolutionize industries.

Those 3 facts:

$161 million
6 years
No game

It’s really astounding when it’s boiled down to those 3 facts.

But, next year guys! It just needs one more year!

To put this in perspective, GTA V was made in 4 years to the tune of $137 million. There is no way anyone can claim Star Citizen is more complicated to make than that game. And they had to finance that themselves. Not crowdfunded.

Why do people keep giving this guy more money? It’s crazy.

Anyway, I have no skin in this game, but space games are one of my favorite genres. Just astonished.

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Yeah, but “space games” covers a lot of real estate. I mean you’ve never played a Mass Effect game, have you?

I played the first one for about an hour. The second for maybe 30 minutes.

Apparently the concept of The Ultimate Space Game has a strong allure.

Played the first ME and am, going through ME:Andromeda now. Even though you can’t pilot the ship, I would consider it a pretty good space game. It’s more of an RPG set in space, but beggars can’t be choosers. Unless they get ripped off…

No, GTA V was all about things that happen in the real world. Just regular guys. Star Citizen is about anything that could happen at any time in any universe. It has to encompass multitudes. Mein Gott, it is full of stars!

I mean, technically the way Star Citizen has evolved is a more complicated game than GTA IV. That’s why it’s never going to come out because they are shooting for something that is so immensely complex and massive that it’s not a feasible project, and the likelyhood of all that complexity coming together to equal a fun game is even less feasible.

GTA V initially came out in 2013. They’re still updating the game’s semi-MMO mode, so that’s actually 8 years of development.

Check and mate, Star Citizen doubters! Rockstar still hasn’t finished that game.

Who is Derek?

Lol

I am Derek.

No I’m Derek.

No I’m Derek, and so’s my wife.

Geek points if you can name the film reference sans Google.

Spartacus.

Monty Python’s Life of Derek

Always look on the bright side of Derek.

Well you’re all correct because, iirc the life of Brian segment was a nod to spartacus.

Always look on the bright side of death, even as you take your terminal breath!

That was the hardest part of Salo to make it through.

No, i’m Derek. Well, that’s actually my name. In real life. No, not that Derek. A different one. Two Dereks on a single forum? And each game devs? What are the odds??