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[@BazyG]

34:25 You don't have to sign an NDA to play SC, there is only a small group of players who are in the Evocati group, including me, who have access to versions that are not yet public, that's why we have a signed NDA, there are about 1500 of us, out of almost 5 million SC players . About 80% of what you see in this video is already in the game. Welcome to Star Citizen Verse !

[@TheRealBillix]

Indeed

[@coina-dig-tion6322]

hello fellow EVO. well said.I might say even higher than 80%

[@masterofnothing8790]

And to add to that even tho Pyro is not in live yet you can try it out in pre-alfa. I think the only thing that is not in game that was in the video is the animals, tattoos and fire.

[@coina-dig-tion6322]

I think CIG said the sun shafts and I believe the ground fog are being pushed to next release now but we're already seeing goodies from SQ42 - new hair - reworked gun recoil, new settlements and new gun audio to name a few. Structual salvage is new too and large SCU containers for personal storage but not sure those came from Squadron. @@masterofnothing8790

[@Nomad_909]

@@masterofnothing8790 the tattoos are in-game, we saw them on the R&R crew at the stations in Pyro. What's not yet in-game yet is the ability to get those tattoos on our characters

[@kilozulu2413]

No NDA required, unless you're on the developer's test server.

[@vorpalrobot]

"The War for Jumptown" by Bedbananas. Real PVP footage on public servers, not scripted. INSANE gameplay.

[@idn]

Yup the 5 minutes to 19 minutes of that video are some of the best Star Citizen footage every captured.

[@Ravenrose2727]

Watch this! And sandstorm

[@DarkDay2012]

You've actually been able to do most of what's been shown here for years now, the new stuff that's going to be added starts about halfway through the video, the first part has all been there. Granted, that public space on the ice planet usually doesnt have NPC's walking around and feeling alive, but NPC behaviour is being worked on and is dependent on server tick rate, so they often get bugged and stuck. But the whole seamless transitions from space to planet and back again has been there since like 2018. The ships being fully explorable is a requirement for them to even be added to the game. It's an incredible feeling to literally fly anywhere on the planet and set down. Really gets those immersion juices going ya know? Now I just need a full Simpit setup 😅

[@thenecrolept]

6:15 or so: Yeah you can do that - fly from space to ground and back with no loading. This is basically all in the game already, with only some graphical improvements and smaller gameplay systems still making their way in, with one big exception: the second star system isn’t in yet became they need to implement a tech called server meshing to be able to run multiple star systems in a single continuous play area. 21:00 or so: in the lore, after some terraforming the atmosphere on Crusader was made breathable at a certain altitude, so they built a city there to be able to build space ships in lower gravity than a full 1g, but without the inconvenience of needing to wear a space suit. A very very pretty location. Also space whales aren’t in game yet :( but they’re coming later. The warp travel with the blue effects and things is called “quantum travel” and is slower than light, but still very fast. The only faster than light travel in the game/lore is flying through worm holes called Jump Points like the one connecting the megacorp-run Stanton system to the lawless Pyro system. 32:00 or so: the fire simulation isn’t in the playable game yet but they’ve shown it working before - best idea there is to get to space, get the crew into space suits, and vent the ship to deny the fire oxygen. Or better yet, don’t catch fire in the first place by taking care of your ship components and staying out of harms way lol 34:00 or so: nobody signs an NDA except an invite-only group of dedicated game testers called Evocati. Anyone can play the game by buying a $45 game package, or for free during one of the several “free fly” events during the year. 38:00 or so: in Pyro there’s no government at all, so you’ve got to protect yourself and those you care about. And not everyone in a lawless system is a “bad guy” for sure, and there are plenty of friendly (though wary) groups too. Building reputation with organizations is planned to be a major goal to unlock more content.

[@fortmanr]

What this guy said. Lots of good already accomplished. I’ll explain some of the bad things. A lot of gameplay features aren’t implemented/finished. Missing game loops, simple initial game loops etc… There are a lot of bugs/crashes in the game. Hopefully there will be a point where there aren’t a lot of bugs. Also many of the ships they sold players are not in the game yet. It will take many years to get through the ship backlog. Overall the game is slowly making progress and will hopefully one day feel like a stable well implemented game. Having said all this I am optimistic they will produce a good game. The question is how many more years will that take

[@thesmokingypsy]

Couldn't of put it better myself, citizen.

[@jasonharrison9677]

Well put. o7

[@hawkzulu5671]

They say SC is a scam. If so, im the happiest victim in the 'verse'

[@ralf716]

thank you. seeing you watching this, a man who transform into a boy again is so kind. Its still in us.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Check out Bedbananas' Prison Escape video. That video encompasses a lot of what you see in that StarEngine demo. It's also pretty cool because it's a story-driven video even though it's just a couple of friends having fun. It's one of the best actual gameplay videos for Star Citizen showcasing the crime/law system, the ship destruction, the prison system, the bounty-hunting system, and the flight mechanics. Really cool video.

[@JoshSweetvale]

I prefer BedBananas's Jumptown video. Lot more action.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

​ @JoshSweetvale Very true. I thought the story and payoff in the prison escape was better, but you're right the Jumptown video was basically action packed from start to finish.

[@NightStorm1000]

The Prison Escape is a bit old. War for Jump town shows alot more how the current state is.

[@walker_bait4772]

No loading screens. This is a preview of 4.0 though so some of the stuff isn't in game currently but is very possible over the course of 2024. If you are interested in this game, now is a great time, if not the best time to join.

[@Isid0nis]

Objection! It WILL be a great time to join IN Q2 2024 when the devs from SQ42 will join SC teams. Let them cook for another few months and we should get much better game and experience for new players by then.

[@ValosarX]

​@@Isid0nisno reason to wait if you've never played the game before. Get in now and understand where the game is so you can better appreciate the updates as they are released over the next few years.

[@tonaga21]

They are already back at the SC teams, they are just planning ahead and helping with minor stuff before their Christmas break.@@Isid0nis

[@Traumglanz]

Yeah, 3.22 was really the best time to join with bounties, bounty/piracy/salvage being such a satisfying gameplay loop.

[@stellarmassjack2415]

Dudes got some sharp eyes and quick recall to have noted the stormwhal statue immediately on seeing them flying with the Mercury Starrunner. Someone get this man in the game already!

[@TrueJacket]

Awesome reaction, if you are thinking of reacting more of star citizen and it's game play I'd highly suggest watching the trilogy video by BedBanana, the Prison Escape, the space convention, and finally The WAR for JUMPTOWN, they are half the game and half roleplaying.

[@thenecrolept]

Yes, these are awesome and show off the actual gameplay available to the players. Not curated by a game company, but showing what’s actually possible - and the oldest of those came out three years ago, so it’s improved since then by a lot!

[@Schwammerl3k]

this comment!

[@ralf716]

i second this, it shows how fun gameplay can be with the right guys..

[@crostfam]

third

[@hawkzulu5671]

I was just typing - now that he has seen Squadron 42 demo - and the capabilities of Star Engine.. now check it out in action 'The War For Jumptown' .. Hell yeah.

[@kassper82]

I've been a backer since 2016 and currently concierge level space marshal, so I'm relatively invested in the success of the project. Not sure why anyone said you have to sign an NDA to play...that is patently false. Just pledge for a $45 starter ship package and you can play the persistent universe, aka "PU" aka "Live" or jump into action in Arena Commander. You should keep your eye on this. The project is really ramping up. I'm subbed for more star citizen content. Also, I second the comments below about watching the Bedbananas videos. They are partially scripted, then totally improvised, and extremely entertaining.

[@criticalchai]

Not to mention they do freefly events 3 or more times a year so you can just jump in and fly around and do stuff without buying anything. you just missed the last one. might be another around Christmas but definitely another around feb/march when another event comes up. I forget which it is called. is that alien week or the military event in game. they really like to give people a chance to dip their toe in.

[@Charlitos-gn7fe]

they are talking about evocati needing to sign an NDA. evocati are bascially the testers for the testers.

[@ChicagoReacts]

$45? That's nothing!

[@criticalchai]

​ @ChicagoReacts Yeah it really isnt a crazy amount. just look around the bledge store. they all come with access to the persistent universe (you'll hear that a lot, PU or SC. Both are the same thing) Something else not mentioned a lot that makes SC different from other MMOs is that at any time you can "melt" any package you have to turn the ship back into store credit and buy another package or ship with it. So if you pick a ship and dont like it just melt it and use the credit to buy another package.

[@latch9781]

@@ChicagoReacts You'll only get a small fightercraft for that, but just about everything is purchasable ingame for ingame money

[@REiiGN15]

As a player of SC for the last 3 years, a very very active player, every location shown triggers a memory in game. Every place, every ship, thinking about all the different things, battles fought, all the exploration. Absolutely, it's not a full game but that stops no one from having fun and seeing the potential. The whole flying from a surface to space, that's done on the regular. Space battles are even fought that way in this game. If you don't want to play right now, that's totally fine but it's shaping to be one of the best experiences you'll get in gaming.

[@Kehvan]

Actually, playing Star Citizen at the moment.

[@IceyJones]

most of what you have seen here is playable today, except the new stuff ofc, that is supposed to hit over the course of next year. - pyro is in final testing - the new GFX like the water physics, haze, god rays, etc are not yet in but shall come, as well as GI, DLSS and Vulcan API that shall boost performance - wildlife (not yet in) and some other things the game lacks still a game ;-) there is not really progression in yet, except grinding money and buying ships in game and improving your skills (as its a skill based game....piloting, mining etc is actually deep). BUT we expect things to speed up now, with squadron 42 content complete and many devs coming back to star citizen.

[@kassper82]

To be fair, reputation is a thing that you can progress.

[@tonaga21]

All true, big patches coming up in the next year.

[@criticalchai]

the lack of loading screens is pretty unique. you can go everywhere and never see a loading screen. They got that pretty solid. They are putting out a lot of content in star citizen even in the new patch. they polished up the UIs, kiosks at shops actually are styled to match the shops. lots of little details are getting added with all the extra people now to do the work. None of it is in the patch notes its all just little quality of life and immersion related stuff. Oh those farms and settlements are being added in now. so you'll be able to visit some of those locations on microtech. great time to give this all a look.

[@NSXtacy-]

Been playing for years and have 2 must see recommendations. First is called I recorded this 100% in-game, and the 2nd is A Taste of Star Citizen's Scale. Both do a fantastic job at showing off the Star Citizen in-game world. An honorable mention would be Terada's Dreamwalker 5. He's like the definitive low flying trick pilot, if RedBull sponsored an SC event, it would be this. See you in the verse!

[@swedishraven75]

You can stream and record all you want from Star Citizen gameplay just not if you're "evocati" meaning you're allowed to test the game during the earliest stage of upcoming new patch releases. We already have most of this being shown and most of the elements seen in this presentation will be coming in our hands during 2024. The first system "Stanton" is pretty much what was shown, we already have to enjoy.

[@88Elguapo]

In my humble opinion, a really good video showcasing a lot of different elements in Star Citizen is a video called "The War for Jumptown" by a channel called Bedbannanas

[@haykii0347]

I loved your video on Squadron, hype to see this one! :D

[@ChicagoReacts]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Phoenixstorm36]

Another thing i can reccomend to watch about is the live demonstration, where they present their solution on how to make everthing work seamless with each other. So you can not only see other players on other servers but can also interact with them raising the bar on wahts possible in online gaming. The video is called "CitizenCon 2953: Shaping the ‘Verse - The Future of StarEngine" and said section begins at the 1 hour and 15 minutes mark.

[@jakedel1711]

everything up until the Pyro jump (except the animals) is already in the game, and you can play it right now. Only a few members selected to test the earliest development stages sign an NDA. They call this "Evocati". The test builds get pushed through to different waves of people depending on their priority in the Testing system. (based on money spent/subscription). It really doesn't matter though because the updates go from PTU to the PU in days to a few weeks.

[@JoshSweetvale]

TLDR: Normal people who pay 50 bucks can do public testing only 1-3 months behind the exclusive elite investors.

[@twilink5810]

@@JoshSweetvale not really it depend and you have subscribers for accessing ptu But you need only 50 forplaying past that it's for your pleasure or supporting the project

[@jakedel1711]

thats wrong. normal people like me can play the Test servers about 3 days after it gets released to Evocati. @@JoshSweetvale

[@ChicagoReacts]

that's awesome

[@r.daneel.90]

Its fair to note that you can also be an Evocati by playing the game and helping the development using the bug report tools often. Not just paying.

[@entofol541]

Many of the backers, like me, we are of an age, we want to go further and we know it can be done, that's why we support SC, why if Chris Roberts doesn't do it, neither will the industry, so if we want to live the 21st century games we have no alternative but to support the game

[@hawkzulu5671]

Thats where i am too. They may fail - but dammit.. fail, whilst Trying!. I backed the project because id rather spend $45 dollars here to support somebody trying to push the boundries foreward vs. the latest reskin / dlc / remaster of the same old game we've been playing for decades.

[@entofol541]

@@hawkzulu5671 Well said, I'm glad to know that there are not a few of us, given the circumstances and seeing that things are going well, I even decided to put part of what I spent on games each year, I hope that together, we can see and enjoy what there is. The games worthy of this century.

[@MrAvalonify]

27:25 or so is the Pyro Star system, it was a system that was previously exploited by a company named Pyrote Amalgamated, but due to the heavy burden of the crazy solar flares of Pyro's Flare star the company eventually went bankrupt, leaving their stations and facilities to slowly rot in space. Soon thereafter pirate bands such as the Renegades moved in and are in a constant struggle with other smaller/larger gangs for domination of the system, Fuel and services are hard to come by in the system, and the system is also 4-5 times bigger then the first one, meaning most ships do not have the fuel capacity to be able to make a jump across it. The Star is very notorious for its rampant and dangerous solar flares which can destroy ship systems, knock them out of quantum and giving people lethal doses of radiation if they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The terrestrial planet was an attempt at terraforming, but the star is way too self destructive to make it economically viable.

[@filipjanda5298]

If you arent sold yet 100% But wanna see what SC offers right now, keep an eye out for the next FreeFly. It usually lasts around 2 weeks when a new major patch or event drops. You can try out the game for free unrestricted with a free selection of mutiple ships from smaller single seaters to larger vessels 😀

[@twilink5810]

But free flight periods don't represent the state of the game because it's huge stres test times due to the number of players

[@filipjanda5298]

@twilink5810 True, but it's also the only way to try the game out for free. Plus, this last free fly seemed much more stable compared to previous ones.

[@twilink5810]

@@filipjanda5298 yeah they improve the quality of it and the tech and the backend seems to not be broken the fistt day but only at the end of the free flight

[@ralaxgaming]

Many of the features in the video are already in the game. Chicago Reacts already reacted to a BedBananas Star Citizen gameplay video that unintentionally shows off some of these features. There are two more BedBananas SC videos if you want to react to those, The Space Convention and The War For Jumptown. The BedBananas trilogy is pretty much the best player created SC content of all time.

[@criticalchai]

I think his and terada's Ultimate Battle show and the hardflying series are just beautiful examples of what is possible in the game. That war for jumptown is like bedbanana's masterpiece. hope he does some more soon.

[@bsquaredbundles]

Yeah Wallys Bar is in game. Players get drinks there all the time. And that sky bridge between the domes? I've parked a car up there, gone inside, looked up and taken a picture of it. Also echoing what has been said about watching bedbanna's jumptown video. If anyone thinks this video is faked, watch that or anything else made by a Star Citizen player instead of the developers and see for yourself. It's real.

[@DannyDi84]

"The War for Jumptown" from BedBananas shows peak Star Citizen gameplay experience. The Channel "Citizen Kate" focuses a lot on the FPS experience of SC with a little narative drive, totally woth. The Channel "Voidy Vids" focuses on being a Pirate in SC with a lot of irony and overall a very comedic aproach. The "Dreamwalker" Series from Terada focuses on the low-flying experience with some very nice shots The Channel "Avenger_one" is primarily focused on dog fighting with a lot of theory, ship talks, etc. but also pirating overall

[@DeltaPhoenix180]

Definitely an interesting game to follow and play. Mooooost of that stuff has made its way in game and whats left they put out updates on progress. Keep in mind, you'll need an impressive rig to get the highest settings and some of the more obscure graphical features aren't fully there yet. Can definitely say I've visited every station/planet/moon shown off in the presentation. Couple suggestions: - If you are interested, wait until they do a free fly. Game is great but still very much an early access title with all the quirks and stability one would expect. - Ignore all the pricy stuff. They'll sell you a fleet of ships for outrageous prices, but you can get pretty much everything you need in game through normal gameplay. An Avenger Titan starter pack will get you a decent starter ship and the game for maybe a tad more than your normal game at release. - If you're interested in the 'How' or 'Why' of whatever is going on in that setting, best source is a content creator @TheAstroHistorian who does a great job of covering the history, politics, and almost all of the background information of the setting in lore.

[@ctzn3lack]

Been waiting years for server meshing to enable more features but it's all starting to come together. Fingers crossed the graph database can do what they need and scale this simulation to a living breathing universe.

[@rickskynight98]

I play a couple times a week. I've been signed up with them since September 2012 and I've seen the progress over the years. It's been slow, but now that Squadron 42 is nearly done, they are starting to move Squadron 42 people to now work on Star Citizen so you'll see the game ramp up in production soon and see even more cool things.

[@shufadragon]

Referencing the question of gear specific to your location: I had an improper space suit on a planet with a runaway greenhouse effect. I spent 20 minutes in 200 degrees Celsius then retreated to my climate controlled ship. I died from dehydration 2 minutes later.

[@idn]

The fact that I can fly this exact route in game today, at 60fps (or more) all the way up to the wormhole to Pyro is absolutely mind blowing to the kid in me that loaded up games on 5.4" floppies not all that long ago. Amazing technical accomplishment for the gaming industry.

[@masterquacc]

Star citizen is an incredible experience. You can do literally anything. Me and a friend took and 890 Jump (giant space yacht) loaded up 2 small fighter jets and a car (it has a cargo bay and hangers onboard) and took it to MicroTech and flew around for hours, that's one of my favorite experiences I've had. Its advancing quicker than ever, can't wait for what the future holds!

[@FreeMatter4TheBlind]

What? An NDA? Anyone who has $45 can play Star Citizen right now and say whatever they want about it.

[@hashy3]

they were talking about the evocati test servers, you do have to sign a nda after being invited to test on these servers.

[@flashbangdeafenhine6318]

Totally worth checking out Bedbanana's videos on Star Citizen, literally like taking a dip into the game to see what's in store before you get your hands into it yourself.

[@blacksheepboyz]

Another Vet here, its great for removing the world for a bit. It may be an Alpha but my friends and I play it it all the time. Everything you see there is real, the animals are in concept still but from what I understand they are complete in SQ42.

[@bigbrick4245]

Alright let’s break this down a bit 😊 1. No NDA unless you’re with the special group of testers. 2. There are some things like the critters that are not in yet, but will be getting some good stuff within the 12 months. 3. You can do anything in Star Citizen. If you wanna mine, we got that. You wanna blow ppl up? We got pvp, bounty hunting and beyond. If you wanna carry a damn box from planet Yela (planet with rings) to New Babbage (city on the snow planet) then by god you can do it! You want missions? We got so many missions it hard to keep track at times. 4. It is in ALPHA, so yes it can go from “stable” to server crash quickly, but they are fixing that and have developing tech to save your ship and cargo. With that being said, it has been more stable recently. Also, it has a steep learning curve but they are in the process of fixing up the new player experience. 5. Price of admission is $45USD which is cheaper than most AAA games. 6. Since Sq42 is feature complete, the updates and fixes have come hot and heavy. 7. The last point, people talkin bout it and watching it, you don’t get the true feeling of “oh shit” till you’re playin it.

[@animusnocturnus7131]

Regarding your question on the progress. I've backed this game at the end of 2019, so I'm not even nearly as long a backer as some members of the community are, but from my own experience the development speed increased over the years and from what I've gathered from looking at previous progress and from listening to older backers I'd say development now sprints when it meandered before. That being said, there are quite a few things you see in this video that are supposed to be released within the next 12 months. Fire propagation, animal life, wormholes to new systems, the second system in the game, ground fog, sweat and tears, the water decals, destructible environment, tattoos... those are things that currently don't exist in the live version of the game, and the second system in particular and likely the animal life as well will depend on if they can scale their server meshing tech to the size they need for two entire star systems. A lot of what you see and more can be done in the game already though. There are a couple of activities you can engage in and they have a relatively good variety of things to do, but those activities can also feel a bit shallow after a while (shooting NPCs in different environments doesn't feel a lot different if those NPCs are all equipped with the same 3 types of weapons for example). CIG is getting better at interconnecting systems (mainly because they slowly start to have systems to interconnect) which provides a bit more depth, but the main expantion of content is yet to come. A lot of the systems are still in early development and a lot of the activities that you should be able to do at some point have yet to be designed. We got the first part of salvaging - hull scraping - at the start of the year and will get a preliminary second part - structural salvage - with the next patch which should arrive this month. We also have mining, very limited trading, bounty hunting, racing, and basically a whole lot of different types of package delivery missions. Technically we also have refueling but with fuel being as cheap and as abundant as it is right now no one is actively engaging with it, medical gameplay is rather limited as well being currently relegated to only trauma care and predominantly only after a player character was wounded enough to become unconcious and dying, repairs though only the ship hull and only very limited, as well as piracy but basically only against other players. So there is a lot still to do. But even the most basic stuff feels pretty awesome if you're doing it in space or on the surface of a different planet or moon. If you want to check out lore videos go to the channel "TheAstroHistorian": www.youtube.com/@TheAstroHistorian Paul is a backer himself, but he presents the lore of this game in video format rather than in small tidbits of text spread over hundrets of sources like CIG does. Essentially CIG provides the lore via excerpts of in-universe media, and Paul gathers those and makes videos about specific topics. He made a couple of timeline videos where he tells about the main historical events in human history from today till the current date in Star Citizen, but they are massive... it really feels like 930 years have passed in this universe. He does have a lot of topical much shorter videos as well. "The Jumptown Wars" is an in-Universe documentary by Paul about an actual emergent event in the game that happened due to an error in the price of a drug you could trade in the game. So basically a real life error lead to an event in the game which made it into the lore of the game, and that was documented by a documentary done by one of the gamers. Watch it. It's awesome. It's mostly just audio but it's incredible. Since SC provides Face Over IP tech so that you can animate your characters face by moving your own, SC has been used to create a lot of machinimas as well. "Adrift", "Overclocked", and "Beacon Banu" are certainly some of the best in that regard, though they don't really represent the actual gaming experience. If you want to check out Star Citizen, there are at least 4 free fly events each year. One is in November (so you just missed it) and one is generally in May, the remaining 2 are generally some time in the other 2 quarters, mostly after a major patch. I love the game, but I can't really recommend backing it yet. I believe people should only back this game if they do so even though everyone told them not to. This has to be something you have tried and where you have seen the jank that's still in there with your own eyes. And if you then want to still put money into this project and you don't mind that it might be that you can't play for days, weeks, or months if things go sideways, I can agree that you might not burn out on it. The development speeds up, but in light of what still has to be done, it'll still take a lot of time.

[@zawadlttv]

the gamehas about 5loading screens. 1. loading in after starting. 2. dying 3. getting put into klesher 4. being let go out of klesher 5. logging out

[@gabzsy4924]

I like how the average gamer seeing SC for the first time goes from "it's a total scam" to "are we living in a simulation?" 😂😂😂

[@SmokeWiseGanja]

The music of Star Citizen needs just as much praise as the engine and VFX does if you ask me. It's some of the most beautiful stuff I've heard in games of the genre.

[@pedro.camacho]

💙

[@seldogrif9732]

When it comes to "How?" in 20:24. Crusader (the planet where Orison is located) is a loss-mass gas giant with a breathable atmosphere at high altitudes. According to the Star Citizen lore when UEE (United Earth Empire) decided to sell planets in Stanton system the planet was purchased by Crusader Industries (later referred as C.I.) to become their home base of operations and their main manufacturing hub. C.I. produces Spaceships and its components, so the low atmosphere of Crusader was a good place for them to manufacture ships of various size. Orison - the capital of C.I. is essentially just a network of orbital-class platforms that were originally created by UEE Navy for military use, that Crusader heavily modified. These platforms have special thrusters below them which are activated at specific intervals (in-game, if you play with a controller, it should vibrate from time-to-time when u're at Orison) to keep the platforms at specific altitude. The platforms also double as refinery stations which collect the gas from the planet and convert it into fuel, making all those platform self-sustained, which excludes the need to supply them with fuel from other external sources.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

As others have said, all of this except for the Wormhole and the Space whales are in game now. You can wake up in your apartment, get on a tram to the spaceport, go to your hangar, walk through your ship, launch, break atmo, quantum to another planet or moon, do an atmo dive, land and get into a ground vehicle and drive around without a single loading screen. It's absolutely digital black magic, man. This is 11 months old, but it shows what the game really can do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2TUeHiXhbd7ebM

[@B.D.E.]

Not true, loads of it isn't in game yet. Off the top of my head without watching it all again: Maestrom damage and destruction, water physics, base building, dynamic fire, engineering and fire extinguishing, functional civilian AI, Pyro. And that's just off the top of my head.

[@HershelStimsQuA]

My suggestion: Bedbananas- The war for Jumptown. One of my favorite SC videos.

[@madrooky1398]

Starfield: Land in a cut scene on a limited square and enjoy exploring by walking around... Don't expect us to make vehicles because... its difficult... we only make games for over 20 years... StarEngine: That's sad bro...

[@Qwarzz]

I assume the way we'll deal with fires is either you stop the oxygen flow and let the fires starve or just pull out the atmosphere. Can't imagine any player will start playing with a fire extinquisher.

[@Pappy_1775]

If you want to see more, here are some Content Creators to check out. Gameplay: Olli43, Captain Berks, LevelCapGaming. Commentary and Updates: Space Tomato (and Space Tomato Too), Star Citizen, SuperMacBrother, Bored Gamer, SaltEMike, Croncy, InfoRunners, Morphologist. Lore: TheAstropub, TheAstroHistorian, Jale. Just for Fun: Bedbananas, Wicked Wookie, Imitation Tina (a new player). This should keep you going for a bit. Of course, they all do gameplay at times. I would recommend checking these out before you actually play the game.

[@fajarn7052]

BedBanas 3 videos of SC roleplaying are also good, it highlight some things that you can do while wrapping it up nicely in a roleplaying theme, so you can get an idea what fun you could have if you played with a bunch of friends.

[@stationbobofficial]

HERE's a few of the excellent Star Citizen content creators for you to see various aspects of the game played live (this list is by no means exhaustive!) Citizen Kate : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKm3g5WFm8mBhck Space Tomato : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jna2q3yoecZ0mbs Bored Gamer : kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap24nqmLjZZ4iqM Voidy Vids : kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2acq2Z-oqmjn7M Expat Brat : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIuTm3WojMp8mKM You should of course check out their channels for LOTS more content. Enjoy! o7

[@reginadea2821]

The janitors in Pyro probably all got mugged. XD Seeing you grin and get so giddy over the trailer made me smile.

[@DarkDay2012]

26:41 Nope, station was officially abandoned. Now it's controlled by several different pirate factions, completely lawless area. PvP is on everwhere in the game, but especially here lmao

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

Jupiter has rocky "asteroid" belt, Saturn has an icy ring with very little rocks

[@KenFromchicago]

Between the Sq42 I Held The Line and the Star Engine Demo videos, you haven't seen LAND vehicles. Sq42 had a boat but nothing on land. So, why not check out some of the land vehicles--in ground rally races: Daymar Rally: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaqahZVmj8h6rLc And the System 7 rallies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4bZfqp7iL-lgtk

[@yetropolos]

your reaction to Crusader and its city Orison *chefs kiss* perfect edit: fun point the Mercury starship shown with the spacewhales is the in universe nod to the Millennium Falcon

[@Traumglanz]

The bugs are life changing too. BTW, I love the nice touch that they showed their fire simulation in the kitchen of that Reclaimer, so someone did start a kitchen fire :D And the warp travel is actual warp travel and is called quantum travel. It's actually sublight speed, fastest drive is iirc 280 or 290,000 km/s For FTL travel you are using wormholes, but that is not yet implemented. But most of the stuff shown in this engine trailer actually do work in the game right now. Just not very well , full of yank and often with a server tick rate that is single digit. And with only 100 players per server maximum. Once they have server meshing things should work smoother from the server side of things. Well, if they ever managed to get that working. Though no animals yet, which is most likely for the better even the npc's on POI do t-bose a lot and the servers are struggling as mentioned. But after at least 10 years of development and starting all over several times because that problem is really hard to crack they might actually have a version of it that works out. Should be out this year .... with a lot of fine print. ;-)

[@derkatzenfuerst6077]

It was very interesting to see you react to this, loved the video! I'm someone who plays Star Citizen casually but on a regular basis. A lot of the features that impressed you the most (seamless transitions from space to planets, usable ship and building interiors, detailed environments, the asteroid ring station and the gas planet) are already in the game. It already is a sandbox that offers a lot of opportunities for creative gameplay. At the same time, it is still deep in an alpha state and there are bugs and server performance problems that will heavily impact gameplay at times. A lot of players enjoy the game nevertheless, because it offers an experience like nothing else. Rescuing players that are stranded on a moon, planet or in space is one of my favourite activities. In terms of Star Citizen videos, I would recommend a channel called "Voidy Vids". He's more on the criminal side of gameplay, but the videos show how creative you can be in this game and how it looks in its current state.

[@SirMadsen]

There is literally only one loading screen in Star Citizen, and that is when you first load into the game. Everything from your first login to you exit the game is one seamless experience. General term in Star Citizen: If you can see it, you can go there, if you can't see it you can explore it. There is a huuuge patch incoming in the next month or two (2.23) that will be a game changer for SC, it brings a lot of the tech from SQ42 over to SC. This is the year of SC and the best time to start/come back. And just for the sake of saying it, you never have pay a dime more than the cheapest starter pack, around $45. Everything can be earned in game. Good video.

[@magnus_lundgren]

While I bought SC three years ago, I only really began playing it a couple of month ago. There are kind of three loading screens. When respawning after death, when being sent to prison, and when being released from prison. Other, than that, it is seamless. Things like the fire system isn't in the "public universe" yet, but they have done demos and talked about it (venting the air is a valid tactic to suppress the fire, but returning air before the area has cooled down is going to ignite it again, and so on). There's a lot of stuff that they are working on, and some current game functionality that are just place holders. Then there are bugs. So many bugs. What works can stop working in a later patch. As it still isn't completed, they also do wipes from time to time, even if the big wipes when everyone has to start over from scratch isn't that often. So, for those that gets too frustrated by the game acting weird at times, it might be better to wait. Currently, the game is on different shards, with only about a hundred players per shard. That shard is however a whole star system. The technology of Server Meshing seems to have got quite a bit beyond the proof of concept stage and in closed testing, and what's needed to make it truly massive.

[@Fractal379]

Get in the verse! - Side note: Benjamin Sisko, Deep Space 9 & the whole story of the Emissary = pinnacle of Star Trek.

[@Lance_Arn]

If you are looking for a true open world space sandbox game, this is it. I have not played any of my other favourite games for 2 years now, Star Citizen is that good.. And getting better every year.

[@_larkin_321]

I am still amazed by SC. Espescially whenever I see someone discovering special things I started to take for granted in the past years.

[@randlebrowne2048]

You should watch "The War for Jumptown" by BedBannas to get a good look at how Star Citizen currently plays!

[@Starbolt-81]

They actually do have survival elements in this game. You have to manage hydration and nutrition (eat and drink) and planetary temperatures are a factor. Low or high temperatures can only be survived for a short time unless you have the proper spacesuit, and there are a wide variety of suits that can withstand certain temperature ranges, including a few that are specifically designed for extreme environments of heat or cold.

[@criticalchai]

Oh I really wish i had recorded it but when pirates were hitting smo-18 on Microtech (The ice world from the video) I took a STV (Jeep like vehicle) over to it from 10k. got there early in the day under the pirates noses but saw it was too hot to try to get a ship out so I tried to drive back to my hidden ship. I started noticing my limbs turning red, taking damage. i was like what the hell. i thought it was a bug and jumped out the STV thinking it was something stuck. as soon as I stood up I was shivering. I realized that it was getting darker and my clothing didn't protect me any more. I was beginning to get frostbite. It was one of the most intense drives back across the mountains as even sitting the shivering started to affect my driving. then I made it to the final hill barely able to steer and had to make a quick decision to go left or right to get to my ship. i picked the left and it was too far over but my arms were now numb so I couldn't even steer to correct it. I stumbled out the STV made it a few more meters and collapsed just in sight of my ship. It was frustrating and funny at the same time. I had no idea they had put so many environmental dangers in the game. You can also get heat stroke as well. I learned that on another world were the I stayed too long and finally collapsed and kept collapsing every time I got healed before I realized my internal temp was too high so I was stroking out every time. so I had to get carried on to a ship and given fluids and given time to cool down. So yeah there are some really amazing survival mechanics in the game.

[@4hire565]

I absolutely love people reacting to that vid. It’s quite amazing.

[@Pappy_1775]

First, the music is the same in the game. Around 90% of what you just seen is already in the game. We are already playing it now. It costs $45 US for a starter ship and the game package and you need not pay another cent if you don't want to unless you wish to support the game further. I have played it on a potato laptop with an i5 processor, 16 gigs of RAM, an nVidia 1050T, and an SSD. The most important piece of hardware is the SSD. I now play it on an i7 gaming laptop, with 32 gigs of RAM, an nVidia 3070, and of course the SSD. I get about 30 to 70fps in various parts of the game (the 30fps in the cities). It is an MMORPG/Sandbox with Spaceflight Simulation (think M. Flight Sim), Ground Battle Mil-Sim (Think Squad or ARMA), Hauling (American Truck Sim). Farming (Farming Sim (soon)) Bounty Hunting and Piracy (closest I can think of is Star Wars: Galaxies), Exploration (remember no walls or cut-scenes), Data-running (recon, spying), Mining Sim, Salvage (Ship Breaker), a dynamic player and AI run the economy with even an ever-changing stock market, the list goes on and on. Finally, the friendliest most helpful player base and dev team I have ever seen in any game I have played (I'm 66 years old and have been playing video games since Pong). The average player age is 49 years, which means a lot of adults and few "kids" (or should I say the "immature"). Remember, these people, both player and dev alike, want this game to succeed. We have put our hard-earned money into it and have "Held the Line" waiting for the best video game ever made. ...and no, you don't have to sign an NDA.

[@thunderhawkmcqueen5210]

Content creators like Bedbananas make pretty fun videos in game. Like jumptown 2.0

[@HighmageDerin]

You're answer at the end of the video if you really want to see more of what star citizen can offer look for a video called war for jumptown. It's probably about the best Video to showcase a good chunk of a gameplay loop in star citizen

[@FreeMatter4TheBlind]

What happened to that brave crew? Well, we don't have parachutes in the game yet sooooo.....😂

[@randlebrowne2048]

Many of the settlements in the game are built around crashed ships just like that one!

[@FreeMatter4TheBlind]

@@randlebrowne2048 True 😆

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

About 6:00 in you pause it and say that "it is one thing to show this and another thing altogether to actually do it... and that if that's the case it is pretty ground breaking." And that is entirely true. With that said everything you had seen at that point is in the game right now. That planet is there. That city is there. You can fly down to the planet from space with no loading screens. The clouds are there. That tunnel to Wally's Bar is there and the vibe at Wally's Bar changes entirely at night with a laser light show. Also, the day/night cycle is controlled by the planet's rotation, not some arbitrary fake sun in the sky. The day time light actually comes from the star at the center of the system, but then with multiple planets receiving light from the same star they couldn't do it any other way.

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

It is easier to list the things not currently in the game that are in this Star Engine trailer. The first is the "space cows" and the little settlement. The jump from planet to planet is in game but the visuals are simpler currently. The next is the "sky whales" as you called them. Then the jump point tunnel to Pyro and all of the locations there, but those locations and more were on a preview server that was available to select players in late Oct/early Nov 2023. The water effects, physical destruction, cloth effects and sweat and tears are also not in game just yet. A US$45 pledge towards the development will give a person a copy of Star Citizen that includes a ship in game. No one needs to spend more than US$45 (unless VAT tax or something) on the game. Most of the ships can be purchased with credits earned in game. Other channels covering Star Citizen: For Lore: TheAstroHistorian For Gameplay: Olli43, Citizen Kate, LevelCapGaming, Berks For other content: BoredGamer, SpaceTomato, InfoRunners

[@RandomRoger]

There's no NDA unless someone is in the evocarti test group which is invite only.

[@machoalright]

For star citizen you do not need to sign an NDA. only if you are in the very special group called evocati's. Yes those have to sign an NDA. Otherwise, just get the game for 45dollars and be done :)

[@blacksheepboyz]

I am in that group, it does not impact normal players at all.

[@machoalright]

@@blacksheepboyz wich group? evo;s or the others?

[@blacksheepboyz]

@@machoalright EVO

[@machoalright]

@@blacksheepboyz welcome 07

[@blacksheepboyz]

Thanks!@@machoalright

[@sharxbyte]

great react! i recommend looking at the citizen con panels from this year (2953) particularly the hair, weapons, and server meshing panels

[@malefikgamer5446]

Status of Star Citizen as of today. You can fly around, land on planets, moons yada yada WITHOUT loading screens! You can do space combat, FPS combat, drive around in land vehicles and a lot more. However the NPC don't work, AI is janky AF, there are no creatures or villages currently and the missions you can get are pretty minimal and repetitive. So what we have as of now is a HUGE sandbox to play in and we have to make up a lot of the content ourselves but as you can see from this video that stuff is coming we just don't know when. So in my opinion get a cheap pack and hop into the game and see for yourself. If you like what you see and want to spend more then please do so because it helps the game get made.

[@MrCjspeedy1981]

Ok. So I would say a good 2/3 of what you seen in this vid is already there and playable in Star Citizen right now... RIGHT... NOW. From the start of the video up to the jump point, pretty much all that you seen there is in the game right now with the exception of the animals (and a few minor other stuff that doesn't really change anything in terms of game-play). The jump point and the star system on the other side of the jump point accounts for a big bulk of that other 1/3 that is currently NOT in the game. That being said, they hope to get everything you've seen in this video in the game within the next 12 months (Oct 2024). NDA Its not what you think. There are a few different releases of the game, for simplicity lets call them 1st Test, 2nd Test & Live, (LIVE is the current playable alpha that everyone has access to when you get the game). The 1st Test is the one that is NDA and only a select few of the community are in this group, they will often test the very earliest of builds and the content of those builds may NOT make it into the final "LIVE" version (the current playable alpha). 2nd Test is where its not NDA but new content is pushed here to focus test on the new content. New builds are released to the 2nd Test group and each new build opens up to a new sub set group of players, getting more and more players in until eventually all players have access to it should they wish. LIVE is simply the the alpha in its current state. Regardless of if you want to take part in the 1st or 2nd test groups or not, you will always have access to LIVE which is where all the MMO player base "Live". If you want to get into SC, you can do so on some potatoes of a PC but you have to make concessions to do so and even if you have a beast of a PC, you would still need to make optimizations to play. Additionally, to get the most out of your time when/if you do choose to get into SC, get in with a guide so you are not simply stuck in the 1 of 3 loading screens... the death loading screen. PS the other loading screens are prison & loading the game!

[@viperswhip]

The best captain is Archer, Sisko poisoned a planet's atmosphere because he didn't like the guy he was sitting beside.

[@terraphon]

As with BazyG, I am also Evocati, and under NDA but that NDA only extends to Evocati branch releases, and not to the live "Persistent Universe". Other than the couple thousand Evocati (It's actual 2,315 members, currently, of the over 5 million total players) nobody has to sign an NDA. Star Citizen is streamed by numerous players on Twitch and KZbin, on a daily basis, so anyone can see it in its current state, at any time.

[@Ryolith]

Crusader the gaz giant has an atmosphere composed of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen and is breathable at high altitude, hence why they're outside

[@infinitereachministries4279]

Toronto retorts to Chicago's reaction. As a backer since 2016 I played when we had port Olisar and pad ramming to 2018 when my computer was deemed outdated for Star Citizen due to its outdated components. Five years have passed and I'm still saving up for a computer that will handle SC. I just follow KZbin now and vicariously enjoy SC through it. One day, I will be back in the verse. That day looks very good so far.

[@powerwhiteangel]

Almost everything in this video is already here and you can play it right now. Only the fire in the ship, the fauna, water/destruction physic, and some other minor graphics improvements are still not ingame. Everything else until the wormhole is already playable. After that, everything was playable for some people in the test server and will come soon in the live game :)

[@variant78]

You make your own story, do what every you want, mine, salvage, cargo haul, pirate, bounties just to name a few.

[@j.d.4697]

(Please sticky if helpful?) *YT is FULL of entertaining Star Citizen gameplay videos, but here are a few recommendations that contain varying degrees of roleplaying:* - *BedBananas* "Star Citizen: The Prison Escape" (prison break movie made from 100% gameplay with some roleplaying) - *Terada* "Star Citizen - Hard Flying 2 [Track-IR + Joysticks]" (aerobatic low flying) - *Clip of The Day* Literally any video (clip compilation channel) - *Citizen Kate (and Will)* "50 v 50 PVP Battle for Ghost Hollow - Skunks VS (BSI + INVFED) - Part 1 - First Phase! Star Citizen" (organization air/ground battle) - *DTOX* "Star Citizen - EPIC 60 Player Tactical Fleet Battle" (organization air battle)

[@dipperspace]

It was interesting to watch your reaction. If I may, a few words from a long-time Star Citizen player - the game hasn't actually been released yet, it's still in pre-alpha. for me, this "game" at the current stage evokes two opposite emotions: delight and irritation :) Admiration for the potential, scope, detail, and irritation and anger at the crookedly implemented mechanics, glitches, and the constant need to overcome them on the way to an acceptable gaming experience. This "game" also requires a lot of patience. And it's a good idea to have a group of friends, because it's a game that's revealed to its fullest potential in a team. I would also recommend watching the Star Citizen Cinematic-Fan trailer: Wanderers, it was made 3 years ago, but it is full of gameplay moments and gives you an opportunity to compare the progress of development since then. You can also look for a bunch of incredible, diverse fan-made videos right in the game.

[@donnys2965]

backer since 2017. I'm very happy with the future of this game, we held the line

[@Vaffi]

Just stumbled over this channel randomly, so I don't know what type of Star Citizen video would fit in here, but "Star Citizen: The WAR for JUMPTOWN" from BedBananas is very popular and fun to watch. He is a streamer and rarely makes videos on YT. But when he does they are very entertaining, action focused and show aspects of the game. The gameplay there is rougly 1 to 1 1/2 years old. Yet they still show aspects of an event in the game called Jumptown which is quite popular.

[@cobaltblue1975]

@12:20 LOL, that's how it is right now. Anything that can happen does happen. You can indeed crash land somewhere and have to worry about food and water and even environmental temperatures. Radiation concerns are on the way as well. And on Hurston the next patch has implemental environmental hazards such as toxicity. You can even put a beacon out to request rescue. What's so cool about this Demo is the vast majority of what you see is what we are already enjoying and have been for a couple years more or less. For us who've been playing for a while it only gets better and better.

[@hawkzulu5671]

LOL. I did a 'clear hostiles' mission at a derelict outpost on that Oven planet Ariel. I was running around gathering loot and didnt hear a NPC cutlass coming in - i thought it was the wind. He blew my ship up - and i was expecting him to land, but he pointed nose up and flew away.. so stealing his ship wasnt an option. I ran from that caterpillar wreck site - all the way to HDMS Bezdek and made it inside the outpost building - just as my oxygen supply went from 2% - to 1%. Thats why i Love open world Sandbox games. That was a everything went wrong story..but i still smile thinking about how much fun that disaster was.

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

20:39 -- Ok.. their outside.... how? Well.. no one ever said Gas Giants "HAD" to be made of harmful gases, or only one specific type of gas, just that they are made from gases that are held in place by a gravitational field :D (the hand-wavy bit comes in wondering if/how the gas giant also has a EM field that blocks solar rays/radiation.)

[@Exodus000191]

You should make the video your background and make yourself small with a little logo somewhere saying Chicago Reacts. This was my first video I've ever seen because I'm a Star Citizen fan and youtube. Gamers want to see it fullscreen. Take it or leave it brother. I enjoyed your reaction. Game is going to be amazing.

[@RedMage117]

The best takeaway from this is the tech aspect of it. How many games let you fly or drive or walk from place to place with no loading screens and these absolutely MASSIVE areas? They're fairly empty at the moment but once more POIs get added and player base building is added...its excitint to think of what players will do. Still some bugs to work out, but having backed since 2015, this is lightyears ahead of what it was then. Edited to add: Everything you saw was legit in game engine. Its crazy good. But everything after the wormhole to the Pyro system is still in progress content, more or less. In other words, engine wise it is all legit even if you can't do some of the stuff shown yet.

[@bitrunner2000]

@38:10 yes, the entire Pyro system is lawless, including the station you first saw on entering, which is controlled by gangs...the outpost on the planet needs those defenses because there's no law enforcement to protect them from pirates and whatnot...

[@beny9360]

Much of this is in game already, though that vid features tech scheduled for next year. That was all DX11 though. Most graphical optimisations & improvements are set for once Vulcan is in. There’s a fair amount of tech still to come that’ll ouch SC farther. Eg static & then dynamic server meshing.

[@SergioLeRoux]

Crusader is an interesting planet. Like Bespin, in Star Wars, is a gas giant, probably would crush you near the "surface" (even Jupiter has some kind of solid core), yet the atmosphere is breathable and comfortable near the edge of space. People will tell you that it's scientifically impossible, to which I respond... Rule of Cool! And nothing's cooler than a city in the clouds! The space whale statue is a really cool monument. The same park in the game has another large "monument", a huge set of wind chimes meant to simulate the call of the whales. When you stand under is, you can actually hear the breeze produce the sound of said chant.

[@spaceman112211]

pretty much all that is shown up to the jump to Pyro system, except fauna is in the game right now.

[@danlewis2999]

There's no NDA, I have visited all of these plants, you fly from ground to space and back without loading screens etc. Everything here is already in the game with a few exceptions. Caves currently have one entrance/exit, but this will change soon. Currently no wildlife bar a few small creatures, but they're coming.. The pyro system exists, however, the wormhole between the systems isn't in yet. This is on hold pending something called server meshing. Another video worth watching if you get a chance to. Beyond that...yeah, it's all in the game now. I guess what they didn't show here was all the types of mining, vehicle salvage, space combat, gound combat, racing (air and ground), tanks, hover vehicles etc etc... There's a lot to it, but almost everything in this game is waiting on server meshing to go live as there's so much that requires this feature first to work effectively. Once live, Stanton and Pyro will be just 2 of the 80 planned systems

[@TheWasd1234]

Everything shown in this except updated cloud tech and animals already exists in the live persistent universe and test servers

[@Trollzey]

To add to what many have already said, yes around 70-80% of what you have seen is already in the game and can be explored. While I truly enjoy playing the game regularly there is not a lot of depth to gameplay, story, or sense of progression at the moment in the game. The game is an amazing screenshot simulator with some potentially decent combat. There are a handful of careers with some defined gameplay loops and earnings to be made. However; the current state of the game is a little too open of a sandbox where you are left to imagine or create gameplay scenarios with no real impact to your progression nor the world around you. That being said, it can be a fun weekend game with a few friends if you have a few hours for a session.

[@ObiWahn68]

I think the best clue that we are not living in a videogame is that I never experienced a 30k error in real life.

[@fajarn7052]

Oh man, the seamless play.. we've had it for years now. Everything is kinda already there in the Live build up except the creatures, and maybe the 'working' NPC. As someone new, you might waste 100 hours just having fun figuring things out while being amazed by the scale of it. Then you realize it is impressive but its not really a game yet, its a sandbox game at best in which you make your own fun, but unless you have a gameloop that you like or have friends to mess around with, it will feel like a tech demo most of the time. And thats not a bad thing, don't get me wrong.

[@criticalchai]

I think the big things not in the game is the scattered light stuff from the new game engine. The fire gameplay stuff. destructable objects. and alien animal life. oh and water effects. clouds, going between worlds, to orbit, to ground to inside buildings is all streamed in real time so no loading screens. yes already in game. if there is lag you will catch stuff popping into existence but usually its much faster than trying to load a level since it is streaming in just what you see. So yes you can get as close as they do anything in the game. The only thing missing is taking a tram or elevator ride to get places. so more time is involved in getting from location to location but the rest you can already do. RECOMENDATIONS: Terada's ultimate battle show or any of his hardflying videos that's all game footage and is beautiful to see. Bad Banana's jailbreak, and The War on Jumptown (arguably his best one. he really got the story telling and editing down in that one)

[@CyrusWraithWalker]

Dude it's like $45 dollar to get a cheap starter ship and game package. Just Join, and play...FOREVER!

[@Latinkuro]

"Can you do it" there's a reason it says in engine, real time, no loading screens. 90% of what you see here is already in game, anyone can go and experience these things themselves. Animals aren't yet in, but soon.