The crowdfunding effort for the space simulator Star Citizen continues, and the game just enjoyed its biggest day of funding ever.
  • Kichae@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I think I’ve reached the point where no one will be able to convince me that Star Citizen is not a money laundering front.

  • yesdogishere@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    it’s a huge success story for Star Citizen. I htink they are delighting the dreams of people who want to travel and work in space, but know they can never afford to really do so. Bethesda’s Starfield is a sort of attempt to do Star Citizen, but it’s just not as gritty and realistic as Star Citizen.

    • Skua@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      With the amount some folk have spent on Star Citizen I think they actually could afford to explore space in real life

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Starfield is single player, so it’s not really in the same category. Star Citizen was meant to connect people, which is why the lack of launch sucks so hard. Nobody can ever convince me it’s playable without a permanent, persistent universe for this reason.

    • Meowoem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      It’s a really interesting one, it’s done much better than most people expected and seems to have a very strong community. It could evolve into something really interesting in the long-term, like it’s entirely possible that twenty years from now it’ll still be going strong with a healthy user base, it might even have the scope to really embed itself and still be popular in fifty years.

      I never expected it to get to where it is and I never expected it to get to any of it’s previous milestones, now I’m starting to really wonder how far it could go

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 months ago

    WARNING

    This ROBERTS SPACE INDUSTRIES. You game locked for virus and crime.

    Please send further $3.5 MILLION USD in iTunes GIFT CARDS to further unlock services and ships in the future maybe.

    • Abnorc@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I really can’t see it either. This thread is almost proof that there is some kind of massive confusion. People are arguing about whether this is a pre alpha or an alpha, whether it’s Star Citizen in alpha or Squadron 42, an FPS game in the same universe. Their website doesn’t make it really obvious either. I don’t know how such a confusing product makes so much money.

    • Alimentar@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I have no proof but I’m convinced it’s some sort of money laundering. Especially when they released the $30,000 DLC bundle to get everything

    • Rogers@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Why would they have over 500 employees? There’s plenty of valid complaints but why would they have so many employees if it was truly intended has vaporware?

  • WangMagic@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Public broadcaster radio just struggled to raise $500k for charity, and then get to see this bullshit.

    • Bobble9211@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      No, you’re cosplaying a patron to leonardo davinci working on his magnum opus. To be unveiled any day now.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Is it worth pirating to play it single player today and get an idea of its current state? Or is the game online only?

    Spacebourne 2 immediately comes to mind. It’s only one dude doing everything, so it’s both amazing and lacking at the same time.

    Also Evochron Legacy, a real passion project of a space sim.

  • finthechat@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    This is just like EVE Online for me - I am more interested in reading about the drama than the actual game itself.