Star Citizen Info Thread

So is anyone playing the free trial? I've been too busy to check it out myself. I wouldn't mind hearing some impressions about the gameplay.

DArt, where you at dude?

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Honestly it seems they don't want to finish both games.

What's the other game, by the way?

Originally Posted by henriquejr
What's the other game, by the way?

Squadron 42

A grand space travel game in which you barely travel through space. That's….something.

Another one of my serious kick starter regrets, possibly the most egregious of them all. Even Avatar eventually produced….something.

Originally Posted by henriquejr
What's the other game, by the way?

Already answered but the game was spilt in two. The original concept will be an online server based game, and the SP version is now called Squadron 42 playable offline.

I'm sure the intent is to focus on the online game, to sucker more fools into random weekly/monthly purchases. That's the kind of dog that just won't hunt for me anymore, I'm onto those shenanigans!

Yes, let's keep repeating the same things.

To think I almost backed for squadron 42. God, I really want another freespace (or wc1).

I tried star wars Squadron for just a couple of hours but you could definitely feel the emphasis on the multiplayer aspect with the story tacked on. But perhaps I disregarded it too quickly.

That's the thing; everyone wants a new next-gen space game because the potential is unlimited when you have a whole universe but the reality is it's an unlimited amount of work that can never be done. SC just sells you your dreams.

If you think about all the work that goes into just one city in a GTA game then even a single planet is an impossible task.

I think I've said it before but the only real way to make the game everyone wants is to have a free, open source engine with easy to use tools that let players create content and watch it evolve over hundreds of years.

But there's no money in that. Maybe someone could build it and hope to keep it alive off donations, but it would probably be a pretty buggy one man passion project with no marketing and would have difficulty taking off.

Originally Posted by ilm
To think I almost backed for squadron 42. God, I really want another freespace (or wc1).

I tried star wars Squadron for just a couple of hours but you could definitely feel the emphasis on the multiplayer aspect with the story tacked on. But perhaps I disregarded it too quickly.

Check out Everspace 2 if you haven't already. It's more RPG than space sim, but I think it has the potential to be really good.

It's still in early access, but there's a playable demo on Steam.

Originally Posted by JDR13
Everspace 2

Singleplayer flying UFO rpg?
I'm buying.

I've heard and read excellent reports on Everyspace two, once it's fully out and available that's a game I just might have to get.

Ok, Everspace 2 is really looking good. Thanks, though I will wait for the full release. I must admit that I mixed it up with Eve online for a moment.

Is Everspace 1 also worth checking out? Seems to have rogue-lite elements.

Originally Posted by ilm
Ok, Everspace 2 is really looking good. Thanks, though I will wait for the full release. I must admit that I mixed it up with Eve online for a moment.

Check out the demo. It's pretty fun.

Originally Posted by ilm
Is Everspace 1 also worth checking out? Seems to have rogue-lite elements.

It's a very different game. I haven't played it myself, but you can read comments about it in the Everspace 2 forum. I don't think there's a strong connection between the games.