this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2024
181 points (83.9% liked)
Games
32202 readers
1152 users here now
Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.
Weekly Threads:
Rules:
-
Submissions have to be related to games
-
No bigotry or harassment, be civil
-
No excessive self-promotion
-
Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts
-
Mark Spoilers and NSFW
-
No linking to piracy
More information about the community rules can be found here.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I "bought" this game when I was in high school. I've graduated high school, college, and I've been in the workforce for 7 years. Still no game.
So yes, they should figure out this game is going to be, set a launch date, and work towards that schedule. This forever-in-development thing they have going on is ridiculous.
Edit: Alright, it's not fair to say "still no game." There is a game you can download and play, but the question I have is does it have all the bells and whistles you expect from a complete game, or is it a technical demo with some game features? See my other comment in this comment chain for why my opinion is what it is.
It's a feature, not a bug.
Yeah, 8 years. The typical game development cycle. For Star Citizen, the well known highly ambitious game. You people can't even wait until it takes them longer than a typical fucking cycle to bitch and moan about how long it's taking. Fuck off already.
Go play it and tell me there is no game there. You already own it. So install it and find out.
"Still no game" see, this bad faith shit you do is just chef's kiss. You can go play it right this second. Their updates to this point are open to play. Right now. "Still no game" isn't just dishonest it's a fucking lie and you keep saying it.
They don't have to set a launch date, they don't have to put down in writing for you what the game is going to be, and they have roadmaps and are updating the game constantly. You are owed fucking nothing more than what you've been given and you throwing a tantrum about it isn't just frustrating, it's childish.
If you don't like the development cycle, move the fuck on and stop bitching about it. You have a life, right? 7 years in the workforce. Play a different game and stop letting this one live rent free in your head. As a grown man, that should be pretty easy. Let the developers decide what they do with their game and if you don't like it, nobody is making you play it. Nobody is making you keep up with it. And the constant posts of people bitching and moaning "Why isn't it out yet? Fuckin' scammers >:(" drive me up a fucking wall.
It's been a decade and people still rage bait this game.
Here I'll add some context
It is pretty easy not to think about this game, it does not live rent free in my brain. I bought the promise of a space ship over a decade ago when there really was no game. The "game" then was here is your spaceship in a garage, stare at it and marvel. That was the whole game.
Over time i've seen bits and pieces of it in my feed, I remember when they added being able to fly the spaceship, idk when that was, but again that was the whole game. You could see pretty space but still no substance.
That was really my last experience with it because I think somewhere around this point is probably where I started working full time and stopped really following game news.
Flash forward to today I see this post to see the game is still a work in progress, I shared my opinion.
So if there is a decent game by now with a plot that would be great, I would give it a shot. But if it's still just a fancy tech demo where you can run around for a bit but there's really nothing to "do" then I'll wait another decade.
So far it's just about amassing money, nothing more.
Last I checked it's still an ALPHA. World of Tanks was at least a working beta since it was released in 2010.
Okay, why is that a problem that it's "in alpha"? These are made up fucking terms that change meaning based on the people using them.
It's been an ALPHA since I first play tested sometime in 2016. In that time Halo Infinite released with a more polished game than this shitty tech demo
8 years of development. Oh no. That's the average range for a normal development cycle.
Fuck off with this stupid shit already.
You know there is development done before they can release anything right?
Pre production started in 2010, production started in 2011.
My math says that is 13 years not 8
Stop simping for a con artist
// Forgot this incase ya wanted to check for yourself
I still can't play the one I actually bought, Squadron 42, so no there's no game. There's a live demo for star citizen but nothing but promises for the one they said would come out first
So this hyper specific thing that they changed focus from is why you shitcan the entire rest of the game? The story driven campaign that takes a lot more time and resources you're upset about taking time to develop? Like come on man. This really is Cyberpunk all over again. Just let them work. Go play Helldivers 2.
Yes me pointing out they still haven't done the part I paid for is shit canning the game. I'm sorry I don't want to just play a tech demo while I wait for the game.
Also bad analogy as cyberpunk was playable and launched
Notice how "Squadron 42" has a different name than "Star Citizen"? You bought the tech demo for a module of a larger game when you could have waited because clearly you're not interested in the tech demo. Development isn't a straightforward process and you had to know that going in. Sorry you think there's "no game" because the section you wanted isn't done yet. You're just wrong.
Cyberpunk released nearly unplayable under the pressure of people threatening to kill the developers for pushing back the release date too many times. Almost like they shouldn't have put a release date. You seem wildly uninformed about both games.
You do realize the original kickstarter and pitch was for squadron 42 right? And by backing you'd get extras in the form of the MMO Star Citizen universe coming out after the SP Squadron 42.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen
Honestly I don't think you know anything about either...
And unlike most kickstarter scams, they're still trying to honor that original pledge.
Notice they didn't promise an exact date? Damn that's wild. You wanted to be an early backer so congrats, the monkey's paw curls and now you need to grow up because you somehow haven't over the course of the development of the game you keep whining about taking so long.
The adults who backed this project with WAY more money than you are still mature enough to put this in the back of their mind and go about their life with the assurance CIG will make good on these pledges. Helldivers 2 is a great game and there's no kickstarter for you to buy and bitch about later.
I'm confused why you are so adamant nothing is wrong and why you keep saying helldivers as an alternative.
Because nothing is wrong with a development time that's longer than you want it to be and Helldivers is a fun game.