I've genuinely been sat in meetings that got derailed for 30 minutes so that the placement of objects that players are likely never to interact with could be discussed in detail. There's just no actual focus on getting the game done.
We have a saying here that translates to something like this: "perfect is the enemy of done". Getting lost in details like this will always delay things a ton.
I never fell for this, and I'm laughing at you if you did.
One of my ex coworkers has spent somewhere in the ballpark of 12k. He sells, flips and trades rare ships to sell back to people after the exclusivity of the ship has expired. He's made like 4k. I don't understand gaming anymore.
That's not gaming anymore than people buying toys, leaving them in their boxes as an "investment" are into playing with toys.
Meanwhile the rest of us are buying games, playing them, enjoying them, moving on to other games and so on.
They got my $40 in 2012. I absolutely loved the Wing Commander series; Wing Commander II was an embarrassingly important part of my adolescense, I love space sims, and still had fond enough memories of the name Chris Roberts that I didn't think he'd blatantly lie and steal from me.
How people are still giving these clowns money I have no idea.
People are buying the dream. There is personal investment now- this isn't a game, this is their game. Supporters tend to talk like this is a community project, not a transaction between a customer and a studio.
Whenever the studio finally folds, I guarantee there will be whales lamenting that if they'd only spent a little more they'd have kept the game afloat.
i want to fall for it yet i keep waiting for further development, thankfully they occasionally do free flight events so I can actually test the game without having to pay
Star Citizen sounds right up my alley in terms of game content and play, but I will never touch it due to the business model they've chosen.
All I want is a space pirate game that doesn't require me to quit my job and dedicate my life to it in order to acquire a good enough ship to actually be competitive.
That, or a street racing MMO with realistic physics and a true-to-life level of customization and tuning, that has a map the size of small country. Like The Crew except no arcade physics and more than 5 players in a server. And also not shit.
Somebody, please make one of these two games already. I need this so badly in my lifetime before I die.
You want that online? If you're okay with single player, the first one does exist: Check out the X series of games, the latest one is X:4 Foundations.
Idk about racing lmao
Gotta be online. Single player AI just isn't good enough yet to entertain my dopamine-deprived brain. (I have ADHD).
For racing, you have Fly Dangerous. It is also a successful FOSS game!
Why would there be? Seems to work really well this way. Just keep milking the idiots of their money.
Why would you complete a game when you can make a constant stream of income and increase that income stream with announcements and drip feeds.
Look at this madness https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals
Is anyone really surprised?
I do think they will at least release Squadron 42, but the main game is never coming out.
I'm pretty sure Chris Roberts views Squadron 42 as the main game.
and here I was thinking they always planned to finish the game in about 16 to 30 years.
sorry I meant durrrr
yeah they been grifting so long thats all they care about anymore
Yeah no shit
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