Considering the low player count currently and the sheer amount of stuff they're sending over the wire they are really building for scale at the moment and that's generally not something you can hack in later
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Star Citizen Gamescom presentation [Over]
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Considering the low player count currently and the sheer amount of stuff they're sending over the wire they are really building for scale at the moment and that's generally not something you can hack in later
mercenar1e
Member
well.. they're showing 3.0 and it looked pretty janky/buggy this whole week. the servers cant handle more than 12 players at a time before performance (12 players qualify as an MMO right?) hits rock bottom and they haven't really shown whats beyond this update. what's shown right now is prob 5% of the overall game that was originally pitched and they're moving at a snails pace with Chris Roberts insisting on redoing earlier work.
so yeah its still years away.
lmfao bug.. right on time.
TheGameshark
Member
lol
Sax Russel
Banned
Teehee
Whhopsie.
Interficium
Banned
jesus take the wheel!
It is live demo.
Turin Turambar
Member
But... they would need a real game for that!
Pretty much. Have they ever had a bug-free presentation?
blackMamba1187
Member
Oh dear lol
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
when being too transparent goes wrong
Prerecorded would have been a better idea. Game just crashed.
It's extremely live, system crash and all.
Of course there is a certain beat they'll follow to show you everything, but other than that and the "silly live banter" it's going along as they go.
Dictator93
Member
Oh look it is an authetic SC stream, there was a bug. lol
TheGameshark
Member
That would be epic
mercenar1e
Member
but heres another ship sale! $400... gimme that monay.
Killroyskbg
Member
Well there you go... This is year 5 of development right?
Yeah, this game is a series of tech demos held together with sticks and tape. It genuinely seems like they've put all their effort into everything except core gameplay. I'd love to be wrong since I've sunk way more money into this game than I'd care to admit, but this is currently Feature Creep: The Game.
Evolution of Metal
Member
They should have pre-recorded a session just in case of the critical bug like this.
ITT:
if everything goes perfectly, scripted bullshit smoke and mirrors
if things are janky and a bit buggy b/c the game is not complete: LOL this shit sucks, vaporware blah blah
Its crazy where some ppls expectations are with this game.
I think its pretty amazing everytime I see it but I know its a long ways off as it should be for what they are trying to accomplish.
if everything goes perfectly, scripted bullshit smoke and mirrors
if things are janky and a bit buggy b/c the game is not complete: LOL this shit sucks, vaporware blah blah
Its crazy where some ppls expectations are with this game.
I think its pretty amazing everytime I see it but I know its a long ways off as it should be for what they are trying to accomplish.
6 if you believe Chris Roberts saying that production started in 2011.
2 years if you believe super fans saying thats when production really started because they had more staff and not just a bunch of contractors from different studios.
Interficium
Banned
Pretty much. See a bug of a game in heavy development and suddenly we're back to the "Scam Citizen" comments.
If you can point me to the schedule of "6 years of full development" that'd be grand. Otherwise you can take the shitposting out of here.
Alexander DeLarge
Member
If they do that, the naysayers will say it's scripted and the game doesn't exist. It's a lose-lose situation unfortunately.
Graphics Horse
Member
It's holding up better than the demo tbh
Sygma
Member
mercenar1e
Member
heres something to make you better! it wasn't one crash but multiple...
what in the actual fuck.
what in the actual fuck.
Par for the course for a Star Citizen thread, the same people shitting on the game no matter what they show.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Players should now just keep shift pressed from the get go and run all the way back
I don't think it's a scam. I think it's just molynuex style incompetence combined with an extremely exploitative revenue model
Interficium
Banned
The point is that they do not want to make pre-recorded sessions and they actually showed this demo to press several times already.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
hey... paul... please get off the loading screen.
CountAntonius
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