Star Citizen

[Loken]

That's exactly what I said.

Sorry, I've been in a naughty mood today.

We wont know until release, of course, but I do find it striking that the only material we've been presented with so far was slow-motion combat. And it seemed very much intentional - afterall you'd figure that speed settings and scaling wouldn't be all that difficult to set properly, even in an early demo. Perhaps the game is balanced towards larger ships, and that is why combat is slower; who knows.

It's a question of faith, really, and I did have a lot of faith in Roberts, but with every piece of information we are presented with I'm starting to fear that this game will fall flat. Instances, consensual PVP, rumours of pay-to-win, the dude himself having a hard time limiting his aspirations and having a really poor track record in regards to properly finishing projects (and this time he doesn't even have a big publisher to kick him into gear), an extreme amount of gimmicks to make folks throw money at the project. And slow-mo fightin' footage

Exactly, it's too early to say for now but I have got to say the combat in the tech demo suffered from an incredibly low framerate and that certainly contributed somewhat to it's appearance of slowness. Presumably it hasn't been optimised at all at this stage and that's why it wasn't running very smoothly because the specs on that PC they had on stage were decent. I'm sure we'll find out later this year when the multiplayer alpha test is released.

I agree with you on his boundless ambition and I'm sure it will likely either cause late release or unfulfilled promises. Although he has been saying if they don't get things in for release they will continue to add everything they want over time. Whether or not this happens remains to be seen.

On the topic of pay to win I'm fairly sure he said several times that the micro-transactions would not be pay to win. I expect they'll be more along the lines of Valve microtransactions, something like new ship skins and cosmetic items for your character. (The latter seems very likely after looking at some of the stuff drawn on their whiteboard in the latest episode of Wingman's Hangar.

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