Squadron 42 - Star Citizen : Wing Commander Style Space Sim

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I haven't invested massive amounts of money ($170 or £105)...which is quite a bit for a game I guess.

If I'm honest with you, I'm just enjoying being part of the development cycle and just being involved on the game development from day 1 and contributing to a bit of gaming history.

Plus there aren't any real PC games out at the moment that I'm playing, so my only real focus, game wise is on this.

I think it has potential to be an absolute beast of a game and just cant imagine how amazing it will look on the highest settings with a Oculus Rift and HOTAS setup.

But I try not to set expectations, as that sets you up for disappointment...I'd rather just go with it and enjoy the development cycle.

Funny thing is, I'm not a massive space game fan......nor have I ever played any of the Wing Commanders, Freelancer etc.

But I love MMO's and as truly sandbox MMO with some of the crazy features they have planned is not to be sniffed at and really think it will do well....we shall see.

If you haven't pledged, I would do that over an above subscribing.....at least then you get Alpha and Beta slots and some other little bonuses.....subscribing just opens up additional info and a subscriber only chat room.
 
Poodmund said:
What is "The Vault" artwork like? I was thinking of subscribing just to get access to that?
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Yeah some good stuff in there.....a lot of concept art for the ships.....some of which never made it into he final version of what you have now.

Landing zone art and concept art.

Art for some of the outfits that will be worn as a Privateer.
 
All the artwork in the vault usually gets leaked out to everyone else by people reposting it, if your subbing just for that then its not really worth it
 
Outline said:
The Hornet really does look good. I'm not sure I want to commit to one yet, but I like, I like.
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I'm possibly one of the few who thinks it looks like an ugly dog!!
I don't like the central circular fuselage or the way components are angled around it. The front end looks vaguely reminiscent of the Dropship in Aliens, but then they went and made it all plane-like.

In fact, gorgeous as it is, I'm not that massive a fan of the Origin 300 series either, for the same reason. Several of these are looking like planes in space rather than outright spaceships...
 
Stelly said:
hang on, am I right in thinking that to play this there is a subscription service?? :\
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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The subscriptions packages are JUST for additional content like concept artwork, progress newsletters and so on. They are nothing to do with playing the game.

From a few posts up:
ttaskmaster said:
As I understand it - What people are paying for right now is simply a pledge, for which you get a few little extras and can feed back, playtest, offer input, keep up with the latest and actually see/play with your assets as an assurance/proof of their progress so far.
Most pledge packages include a free download of the game as well, so the basic packages are kinda the equivalent of pre-ordering.

Once the game is released, if you haven't bought anything so far then you'd buy just the game, just that once and that's it.
You play Squadron 42 and then go on to Star Citizen, with everything you could possibly want all bought with galactic credits (called UEC), which you earn in game, just like in Freelancer.
No subs, no extra charges, nothing to buy with real world money. Just the game, just like buying something on Steam... except the 'DLC' type stuff will be free too, near as I can figure.

If you already bought a copy of the game in your pledge package, on release day you'd just download any final updates, click start and away you go!
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Always liked the Hornet, hoping it's got a proper throaty roar to it!

Still I'll stick with my Freelancer and try to avoid splashing any more cash for now..
 
Just bought the Aurora package and downloading the hangar module. Watching the ships fly around on youtube pushed me over the edge. Sort of excited about it now. The interface is very polished and smooth. Good early indications imo.
 
tdream said:
Just bought the Aurora package and downloading the hangar module. Watching the ships fly around on youtube pushed me over the edge. Sort of excited about it now. The interface is very polished and smooth. Good early indications imo.
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Just remember those videos of people flying round in the ships are done with client hacks......the experience isnt a good one when flying them in that state.

Flying it like that reminded me of some crazy acid trip in space.
 
francky said:
Just remember those videos of people flying round in the ships are done with client hacks......the experience isnt a good one when flying them in that state.

Flying it like that reminded me of some crazy acid trip in space.
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Wut! Wait! You had an acid trip in space :eek:
 
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