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[Cirruss]

I'm going to miss the comedy of these live stage demos whenever they eventually release this.

 

[Interficium]

oh my fucking god

 

[Killroyskbg]

HAHAHAHA this is priceless.

 

[Soroc]

LMAO crushed by the hangar ramp boss

 

[Steejee]

Whoops.

So much for that transport...

 

[Trickster]

AHAHAHAAGH , oh my god I can't anymore lol, I'm fucking dying here man

 

[jett]

Astounding.

 

[Nekrono]

Ramp boss seems brutal!

 

[Laiza]

That poor vehicle. Look at all the parts tumbling across the ground...

 

[CuNi]

"Wasted"

When is this game hitting official Pre-Alpha Early Access again?

/s

 

[eyeball_kid]

hahaha....that is a dangerous ramp

 

[Marty Chinn]

Getting a vehicle on a ship looks like such a chore and pain in the ass every time they do it.

 

[artsi]

The buggy got rekt like this fucking demo, oh my god.

 

[CountAntonius]

This game may very well have a ten year dev cycle and still be a goddamn mess.

 

[Vashu]

Haha, this is why I like bugs and live demos

It's a shame people use this to shit on the game.

But a live demo like this gives them a ton of valuable data to find the issues they encountered.

 

[~Cross~]

So what happens if you're on this mission, and someone blows up your ship? You're stuck on the planet?

Urrggh, just hire someone to protect your ship. Duh, answer is simple. *Person you hire to protect your ship takes your cash, blows your ship up afterwards*

hahaha....that is a dangerous ramp

No fewer than 5 people lost their lives to the ramp on the second day of live streaming. Those were just the ones the camera captured.

 

[JCH!]

And Melinda (or Melissa or whatever her name is) was never to be seen again. Poor girl.

 

[Vaga]

This game is a pain to watch as it is to navigate through it.

 

[Aztechnology]

We need to get the GAF squadron together for this once 3.0 is out for everyone. Just jumping in to watch now.

 

[Steejee]

Getting a vehicle on a ship looks like such a chore and pain in the ass every time they do it.

Needs a command to auto-pilot a landing, like vehicle 1 handshakes with vehicle 2 and pilots of both sit back and watch it load up.

 

[Sir Doom]

All these features but master of none

 

[dancrane212]

I think its the single player portion of the universe. with Star Citizen proper being the mmo portion of the universe.

SQ42 is a the traditional single player narrative games.
Star Citizen is the MMO. (which is what they're currently demoing)

Right but the game-play of SQ42 is ultimately going to be much more streamlined (or just more focused) than SC correct? I'm not going to be doping about on the surface of some planet instead of taking part in some Wing Commander shenanigans.

 

[Sailent]

Welp guys let's take a look at these hills over here

I'm dying right now, best part was seeing the car falling apart.

 

[espher]

I'm willing to give them a pass since this is still Alpha but this was brutal... and hilarious.

 

[JCH!]

But a live demo like this gives them a ton of valuable data to find the issues they encountered.

Are you for real? I live demo in front of thousands of people is not the place you want to be 'testing for bugs'.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

"Saving me" more like

 

[Trace]

Right but the game-play of SQ42 is ultimately going to be much more streamlined (or just more focused) than SC correct? I'm not going to be doping about on the surface of some planet instead of taking part in some Wing Commander shenanigans.

The physics are unified between the two. It needs to be fixed for both.

 

[Steejee]

I'm willing to give them a pass since this is still Alpha but this was brutal... and hilarious.

The good news from my view, as a coder, is that you can at least see all these features in action and sorta working. Bugs can at least be fixed, the feature missing outright would be a bigger concern.

 

[xxracerxx]

When do people reasonably expect this game to be in beta? 2019?

 

[Vashu]

Are you for real? I live demo in front of thousands of people is not the place you want to be 'testing for bugs'.

It's not "testing for bugs", but you know, take from what I said however you want.

 

[espher]

The good news from my view, as a coder, is that you can at least see all these features in action and sorta working. Bugs can at least be fixed, the feature missing outright would be a bigger concern.

Yeah, progress is progress.

 

[gspec]

This is reminding me of Studio38 with the Kingdom of amular. They had a good single player rpg but spent too much money and resources on the MMO which cause them to go under.

 

[mercenar1e]

When do people reasonably expect this game to be in beta? 2019?

2020.

 

[Machina]

When do people reasonably expect this game to be in beta? 2019?

At the earliest

 

[Trace]

When do people reasonably expect this game to be in beta? 2019?

If you expect "full game with all content" beta, I'm guessing 2020 for Star Citizen and 2018 for SQ42.

 

[~Cross~]

When do people reasonably expect this game to be in beta? 2019?

2019-2020, as long as funding holds, sounds about right. But CIG defies all expectations. Like I pledged in early 2013 and if you told me it was 2017 and we still couldn't jump to another system and at most you'd get extremely janky box recovery missions I'd call you a fucking troll but here we are

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I know people want to micromanage every little aspect, but automating landing and boarding may actually be needed for most players.

 

[JCH!]

It's not "testing for bugs", but you know, take from what I said however you want.

I don't know, it definitely sounds like you were trying to spin this to be a positive thing. You do you!

 

[Aztechnology]

When do people reasonably expect this game to be in beta? 2019?

Honestly, yes, 2019/2020. And I'm personally ok with that.

 

[Seiniyta]

the visuals do look amazing, but I feel it's kinda being undone by the janky animations. And I get it, that's probably polish elements and such.

Also, the planets, although scale wise look impressive look devoid of any interesting terrain, I don't think the technique they use allows for overhangs, caves and such.

 

[LowParry]

I know people want to micromanage every little aspect, but automating landing and boarding may actually be needed for most players.

It'd be the better preference honestly.

 

[TheTrain]

I know people want to micromanage every little aspect, but automating landing and boarding may actually be needed for most players.

Press E to land




Yeah, no thanks

 

[Killroyskbg]

Lol blame the bushes and millions of objects when the thing that are breaking and looks awful are the actual "game" you know the ships movement, character animation, interaction between ships and rovers etc.

How about fix the important shit before adding millions of bushes.

 

[MasterOfNone]

All these features but master of none

You got that right

 

[Maledict]

This is reminding me of Studio38 with the Kingdom of amular. They had a good single player rpg but spent too much money and resources on the MMO which cause them to go under.

Difference there is that the single player game was developed by a completely different studio separate to the MMO. Studio38 bought the single player game and studio when the game was already basically finished, retrofitted the lore to match up with the mmo, then released it.

 

[Chev]

I was hesitant about tuning in but it was worth it for the disappearing planet, invisible box and that poor rover.

 

[pislit]

I don't know, it definitely sounds like you were trying to spin this to be a positive thing. You do you!

He probably meant that a demo showing a mistake is much better than a canned demo.

 

[espher]

"I'm not giving you a date."

Should have just said "... but it'll probably be before Half-Life 3."

 

[mercenar1e]

at least the recap videos will be more entertaining than the presentation.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Keep milking that cow