It’s 2012. Crowdfunding has just taken off, success stories are starting to emerge and some developers are starting to think big. One such rand idea for a video game produced outside of the AAA grind? Star Citizen, an ambitious project which planned to create the benchmark in the space exploration genre by asking fans for their trust. And cash, definitely their cash as a priority.
Since then…well something has been produced, although many frustrated backers have at this point thrown in the towel on Chris Roberts and his feature creep experience which has yet to deliver the experience that they were originally promised. It doesn’t help much either that several promised and scheduled features have slipped and been delayed in the past, with the Hollywood star power-backed single-player experience known as Squadron 42 now arriving sometime in 2020.
Something new is still being added to Star Citizen for 2019 though! Much to the delight of the tens of backers who defend the game whenever they’re given a chance, the persistent universe will now play home to ship rental, underground caves and more according to recent patch notes. Planets, moons and asteroids will have sub-surface caverns that can be mined for resources, a feature that was at one point limited to very specific and pricy starships that were designed for mining activity.
As for the biggest other addition to Alpha 3.7, ship rental will now cut out the need to actually spend a ludicrous amount of money on digital starships, as players can instead spend far less in-game cash on a test drive. A new map for some Star Marine shooting action rounds out the list of notable additions to Star Citizen as it remains in alpha state for its seventh year. Make of that what you will.
Love it or loathe it, Star Citizen will likely go down in history as the most crowdfunded game of all time, raking in over $237 million from backers alone and a sizable chunk of change from investors. Whether all that investment will ever result in a fully realised game that arrives in a complete state instead of being drip-fed to its most devout believers, remains to be seen.
Last Updated: October 15, 2019
Umar
October 15, 2019 at 10:53
How can we have a birthday, if we were never born at all – Jaden Smith
Hammersteyn
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
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Alien Emperor Trevor
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
So this past weekend I saw the new patch was out and I figured that since I haven’t looked at the game in over a year I’d update it & see what it looks like now.
So the first thing I did was warp into my hanger and die. That’s not supposed to happen so I tried it again and there I was in a hanger wandering around.
Then I figured okay let me see what this PU thing looks like cos I’d never bothered before. Warp onto the space station which is pretty damn impressive in scale, bought a gun, and hopped into my ship, took off, and proceeded to spend a few minutes flying to a random navigation marker because trying to access the map didn’t work for me. Arrive at another space station, and while I’m trying to figure out how to land the game crashed and I didn’t bother any more.
And you walk around like you’re wading through quicksand.
The End.
Geoffrey Tim
October 15, 2019 at 11:22
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Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 11:22
This pic has made my day
Raptor Rants
October 15, 2019 at 11:22
WTH!?!?!?!
Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 11:22
To save the world, you guys need to have a kid. But, who will be the mommy?
HvR
October 15, 2019 at 11:32
Raptor since 4 comes before 7
Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 11:32
Right, that makes sense
HvR
October 15, 2019 at 11:32
Geoff just reached meme master level 9000
Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 11:32
Geoff just dealed a Critical Hit to TWO victims with one sick burn.
Pariah
October 15, 2019 at 10:53
Is this the week of Llew or something? Is it his birthday?
Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 10:53
No, that was almost 7 months ago
Pariah
October 15, 2019 at 10:54
XD you can’t make this shit up. I swear.
Now we just need to cement Fourthie’s place in infamy.
Raptor Rants
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
It’s 7 years old and on version 7.3
7-3 = 4
Confirmed. Star Citizen is a 4/7
Pariah
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
Kasie/Llew confirmed!
Good math!
HvR
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
And so they have become one
HvR
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
And so they have become one
Hammersteyn
October 15, 2019 at 11:13
Say cheese? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8bab50b59d783e3c1d65a6f5c49bcfb23dfa5a40f37a06c78383e5dbbc2cc5a1.gif
Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
SEVEN days in a week just FYI
Pariah
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
TIL
Raptor Rants
October 15, 2019 at 10:54
How? How is it 7 years old and still not released?
Admiral Chief
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
HOW is 7 still a thing?
Well, certain things just never die or get born
Pariah
October 15, 2019 at 11:03
It’s because he still reacts to it. That’s how.