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[repeater]

Speaking of Early Access, someone stop me from trying Star Citizen.

It's the earliest Access.

 

[mnz]

Shocking lack of Kerbal on the calendar. Vinny's slipping.

That last video had a "next time on" at the end, so it can't be far off.

 

[randomlyrossy]

The new set looks really plain and boring without all the cool posters and stuff in the background. Hope they change that.

 

[Zaph]

That last video had a "next time on" at the end, so it can't be far off.

Yeah, they always have that but I suppose it means holding back every episode until the one after is recorded.

The new set looks really plain and boring without all the cool posters and stuff in the background. Hope they change that.

They are, but Jeff said they don't want to decorate the studios until the baffling is installed so they know what does/doesn't interfere with audio quality.

 

[BearPawB]

Speaking of Early Access, someone stop me from trying Star Citizen.

i bought it last week only because after this month they are apparenlty separating the cost for the multiplayer "star citizen" component, and the single player story thing. So if you buy in now you will get both of those for one price, rather than probably like $45 for each of them.

What is there now is interesting, but it is almost nothing. There is nothing to sink your teeth into.

You fly around for 5 minutes and say, "huh, yeah, ok, cool". And then wait 3 more years for the game to come out

 

[repeater]

i bought it last week only because after this month they are apparenlty separating the cost for the multiplayer "star citizen" component, and the single player story thing. So if you buy in now you will get both of those for one price, rather than probably like $45 for each of them.

What is there now is interesting, but it is almost nothing. There is nothing to sink your teeth into.

You fly around for 5 minutes and say, "huh, yeah, ok, cool". And then wait 3 more years for the game to come out

Sounds like you made some great savings there.

 

[BearPawB]

Sounds like you made some great savings there.

haha.
It was a dumb impulse purchase.
I dont regret it. I know whenever the game comes out and I would have had to pay "double" i would have been really mad. So, a little investment.


The tutorials there were fun. The game looks good. And feels ambitious in-game as you would think.

I do believe that the game will turn into something amazing someday.

 

[Alucrid]

if i had to pick anyone to recognize that song, it would have been alex. glad he did and that they went with that ending

 

[Glitchesarecool]

i bought it last week only because after this month they are apparenlty separating the cost for the multiplayer "star citizen" component, and the single player story thing. So if you buy in now you will get both of those for one price, rather than probably like $45 for each of them.

Uh, why are they doing that?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Uh, why are they doing that?

To create even greater value for their existing customers!

 

[Myggen]

Uh, why are they doing that?

They like money.

 

[Xater]

To create even greater value for their existing customers!

That's how you do it!

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Uh, why are they doing that?

Squadron 45 is an episodic (I know) single-player campaign. Star Citizen is a massive multiplayer online persistent universe. They're not "splitting them up", they now making two games instead of one.

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You fly around for 5 minutes and say, "huh, yeah, ok, cool". And then wait 3 more years for the game to come out

It's certainly not a full game, but you are very much selling it short. Yesterday I broke down what's actually playable at the moment, I'll try to find that post.

 

[hamchan]

Star Citizen is great. Either way, whether it comes out great or terrible, I'll be able to get some entertainment from it.

 

[f0rk]

They're not "splitting them up", they now making two games instead of one.

That feature creep

 

[Antiwhippy]

Is it even going to come out at all?

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

That feature creep

SQ42 was decided on a long time ago, but yeah I'm sure there is some of that going on.

Here's my post from the other day about what Star Citizen "is" right now:

There is the first semblance of the "Persistent Universe". Although it's not yet actually persistent, you can spawn into a space station and call in your ship, which will be delivered to a launch pad. From there you can fly around the system, completing missions, exploring an asteroid belt, repairing your ship at a dock, getting into dogfights with other players, landing on an abandoned station and getting into FPS firefights with other players, stealing other players' ships... It's basically fun, silly nonsense right now but it is an excellent proof of concept and they're improving it every week.

There's also Arena Commander, which is a really fun co-op or competitive dogfighting mode.

Also they're planning on releasing largish updates every month.

Is it even going to come out at all?

Episode 1 of Squadron 42 is supposedly coming out this year, but they've kept that game close to the chest so who knows. I do absolutely believe Star Citizen will come out, they have made good on a lot of promises so far so I have faith.

 

[robotrock]

removed

 

[Archaix]

Uh, why are they doing that?

I assume they got upset that the "Star Citizen is a scam" crowd was quieting down.

 

[Chuck]

which part do people get their thousand dollar fake objects? online or single payer?

 

[Twin Tails]

Speaking of Early Access, someone stop me from trying Star Citizen.

do it.

 

[TraBuch]

How long have they been working on Star Citizen?

 

[popo]

That single player mode is never going to come out - they just keep adding things they are going to build in to it until it is "every game" - so at least you can play the multiplayer.

 

[popo]

i think dan's right that it's not in common common parlance, but it's pretty common in geek parlance. especially when you're talking about lovecraftian kinda stuff.

You might be right but they decided that cosmic horror was more common and I have never heard anyone use that term.

I think, given the audience he was writing to, Tim Turi was right on this occasion. Also, it isn't bad to use words that some of your readers might be unfamiliar with. They look it up and they just learnt a new word.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

How long have they been working on Star Citizen?

I think they started in 1987

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

How long have they been working on Star Citizen?

Around 3 years.

That single player mode is never going to come out - they just keep adding things they are going to build in to it until it is "every game" - so at least you can play the multiplayer.

You don't know what you're talking about.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Shiiit I have an opportunity to play Paragon. Should I?

 

[Lunar FC]

I bought Star Citizen a week ago and ran it at 5 fps. New rig comes in in a few days. Can't wait to give it another shot.

 

[Keyser Soze]

How long have they been working on Star Citizen?

The eighteen hundreds
Perhaps sometime before that
Time is relative

 

[skLaFarebear]

Shiiit I have an opportunity to play Paragon. Should I?

I don't know what that is, but you should play Dragon's Dogma instead.

 

[justjim89]

Shiiit I have an opportunity to play Paragon. Should I?

Best case scenario: It's a good moba.

Worst case scenario: It's a moba.

What do you think?

 

[Anjin M]

Shiiit I have an opportunity to play Paragon. Should I?

I think you have a duty to this community to try it and report back.

 

[Xater]

Shiiit I have an opportunity to play Paragon. Should I?

I would.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Best case scenario: It's a good moba.

Worst case scenario: It's a moba.

What do you think?

Sounds like a lose-lose.

I'm actually really curious about the game, I just couldn't resist.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Fuck Paragon

 

[Archaix]

Oh god. I missed UPF yesterday and am using it as hangover medicine right now. Jeff cycled through every emotion he knows when he saw that Donut Create Push shirt.

also

If you image search "donut create push" the third picture is Jeff's gone home strategy.

 

[Twin Tails]

Sweet Drew QL will watch.

I'll never get what people see in this game.

Yeah. I just muted stream and went and did something else. Seems like fun local but watching it is the most boring thing for me.

Oh god. I missed UPF yesterday and am using it as hangover medicine right now. Jeff cycled through every emotion he knows when he saw that Donut Create Push shirt.

its the best
http://webm.land/w/SzhE/

 

[popo]

I am all for honoring civil rights and all but having another public holiday in January is a bit much.

Around 3 years.

You don't know what you're talking about.

Come back at me brah if it ever gets a final release.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Best case scenario: It's a good moba.

Worst case scenario: It's a moba.

What do you think?

I think you have a duty to this community to try it and report back.

I would.

I guess Ill dl it today.

 

[Salty Catfish]

If you image search "donut create push" the third picture is Jeff's gone home strategy.

Plus all of the avatars from the community thread hahaha.

 

[strafer]

unfinished: squad

jeff gersum

 

[Twin Tails]

Play Your Fucking Class

 

[AwakenedCloud]

Yep, that's essentially the point, and I love it. I don't necessarily like how telegraphed the choice was, but more games need to tackle the concept of

Spoiler

the ultimate futility of a journey.

Finishing the playdate right now. They made the right choice; if only because that's the one that wasn't hindered by budget.

Agreed. I think the ending was a commentary on gamers and player choice in games in itself.

Spoiler

You can accept that you're not God and 'fix' things by relinquishing the choices you've made, or you can insist that your choices are for the greater good, despite the game beating you over the head with the fact they're not at that point and

I know they quoted budget for why the second ending is shorter, but what did people want? The ending is literally "what you see is what you get".

Spoiler

They could've stacked the innocent bodies for you monsters, but I doubt that'd make you happy either.

 

[Houndi101]

Dans catacombs run is like every souls mistake you can make in a row

 

[strafer]

Damn, that's some serious roleplay in this Squads QL.

Might give it a go.

 

[Archaix]

Plus all of the avatars from the community thread hahaha.

The entire internet has roughly two results for that string unrelated to Giant Bomb. A tumblr comment where somebody asks a friend about the shirt they bought in Korea, and that picture. Other than that it's results from the past 24 hours.

 

[Twin Tails]

Damn, that's some serious roleplay in this Squads QL.

Might give it a go.

I'd love to give it a try but it seems to intense for me. I do like seeing these type of games. After UPF last week I went and saw a video with high level play, looks very rewarding.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Come back at me brah if it ever gets a final release.

I mean you literally don't even know what is reasonable to complain about. You say the "single player mode" is never going to be released. Well that's Squadron 42, it's an episodic, mission-based spiritual successor to Wing Commander and is far simpler in scope than the "multiplayer", which is Star Citizen. If you want to say Star Citizen is never coming out due to an expanding scope, we can have a conversation. You are actual too ignorant of everything involved to have an opinion worth consideration.

 

[Chuck]

Sleeping, how much have you spent on the game? Just out of curiosity.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Sleeping, how much have you spent on the game? Just out of curiosity.

Ninety US dollars.