Star Citizen - Is it worth playing yet?

agnes · 16 Oct 2019 at 23:37

Poneros said:

But it's not??? It's a money scam lol. I tried to run it on a 8700k @5ghz, and a 2080 ti 1440p... It barely touched 15 fps. It's an absolute shamble.

[FnG]magnolia · 17 Oct 2019 at 00:02

Jay85 said:
So is it finally worth getting into now or did i just waste money haha...?

What does your heart tell you?

(also, it's the second of those 2 options).

wolfie138 · 17 Oct 2019 at 07:49

StevieP said:
It's a sad state of affairs when you already own the game and yet still don't want to give it a go!

when you own the what?

Raumarik · 17 Oct 2019 at 08:10

No regrets personally.

Having said that I've completely stopped following it for a while as I was bored re-configuring my controls every patch.

Also I don't recommend the game to anyone, it's too incomplete to do so.

BUDFORCE · 17 Oct 2019 at 08:54

I pledged £50 right back at the start.

I don't feel cheated as such, because, I'd like to believe anyway, there was genuine intention to raise money to make a great game, at that stage anyway.

I lost all hopes of that quite a few years ago, it's a shame.

It bewilders me how they got it so wrong with some much cash being raised, I think they bit off more than they could chew.

Anyone who is still sending them money though needs their head examined.

ttaskmaster · 17 Oct 2019 at 10:26

Poneros · 17 Oct 2019 at 11:49

agnes said:
But it's not??? It's a money scam lol. I tried to run it on a 8700k @5ghz, and a 2080 ti 1440p... It barely touched 15 fps. It's an absolute shamble.

That's an issue with your system, performance isn't like that.

rs155 · 17 Oct 2019 at 11:58

agnes said:
But it's not??? It's a money scam lol. I tried to run it on a 8700k @5ghz, and a 2080 ti 1440p... It barely touched 15 fps. It's an absolute shamble.

Wow even i get more than that on my ryzen 1700 and 390x

[FnG]magnolia · 17 Oct 2019 at 12:00

Raumarik said:
No regrets personally.

Having said that I've completely stopped following it for a while as I was bored re-configuring my controls every patch.

Also I don't recommend the game to anyone, it's too incomplete to do so.

Nailed it.

ttaskmaster · 17 Oct 2019 at 12:11

alec · 17 Oct 2019 at 12:28

Last time I logged in that game it was a hangar with my ship in it.
Definitely a tech demo feel back then.

Several games in same genre were released and grown old since then. Definitely two iterations of Elite Dangerous happened.
Sort of lost interest in what SC will be as they were working on first player shooter side of things. Yes, I get it, you used the 3d engine from a FPS, it is easy to do an FPS game on it. Doesn't mean you had to.
Not quite sure what I wanted it to be. Sort of what I imagine EVE is, having never played EVE, with fights based on human skill not maths.

agnes · 17 Oct 2019 at 17:19

Poneros said:
That's an issue with your system, performance isn't like that.

Nope, no issues my end. PC runs any other game flawlessly. It's a terrible game.

Poneros · 17 Oct 2019 at 18:00

Coincidentally this just came out:

robmol · 17 Oct 2019 at 18:57

why would they be in a rush to 'finish' it when the money is still pouring in

Raumarik · 17 Oct 2019 at 20:39

They are past the point of being able to rush it, it’s so complicated now that it’s impossible to detangle the various overly complex mechanics etc.

It either comes out or goes down as the biggest mess in gaming history. Flip a coin..

Darujhistan · 17 Oct 2019 at 20:47

Jay85 said:
...Wish i hadn't pledged.. feel so abused.. self inflicted abuse ha.

Shame really, i remember when i first pledged it supported 680 SLI gpu's... has been a fair few years hasn't it.

Think about this way though, you're one of the smarter backers, you only let yourself get robbed once. Some of the idiots still backing this sham are thousands deep now and on top of that have a serious kool-aid addiction.

MatteH Oxford · 17 Oct 2019 at 21:06

I got it free with my R290, way........back

varkanoid · 17 Oct 2019 at 21:27

BUDFORCE said:
I pledged £50 right back at the start.

I don't feel cheated as such, because, I'd like to believe anyway, there was genuine intention to raise money to make a great game, at that stage anyway.

I lost all hopes of that quite a few years ago, it's a shame.

It bewilders me how they got it so wrong with some much cash being raised, I think they bit off more than they could chew.

Anyone who is still sending them money though needs their head examined.

Come on the warning was in the Wing Commander film. Investing in any game after that and you are asking for trouble !

Uther · 17 Oct 2019 at 21:44

Darujhistan said:
Think about this way though, you're one of the smarter backers, you only let yourself get robbed once. Some of the idiots still backing this sham are thousands deep now and on top of that have a serious kool-aid addiction.

Well they sort of have to believe don't they! Literally thousands of dollars 'pledged' over the years by some people. At one point when I was gullible I had a pixel Constellation, but came to my senses a few years ago, managed to get a refund when the **** hit the fan (who was that guy who caused CIG some grief?) and then got the cheapest version (with sqn 42) you could get. Even now I doubt it will ever be finished, as said above, there's no reason for them to finish it while the money keeps rolling in...

rubberduck · 17 Oct 2019 at 22:42

Lord British did the same with 'shroud of the avatar' as Roberts is doing with this. Complete scam.