Star Citizen: Alpha 3.0 Feature Trailer

Step into a first-person universe and experience boundless exploration, awe-inspiring ships, weapons and gear, and intense combat in space and on the ground. Whether you're immersed in Star Citizen's Persistent Universe, engaged on the battlegrounds of Arena Commander and Star Marine, or racing at break-neck speeds in the Murray Cup, your adventure awaits.
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[@NorCalMtnBiker86]

Wow this game went through a lot since 3.0

[@DawnbreakerDivinations]

My adventure awaits at 5 FPS

[@machoalright]

Nic Watson mine at 20 fps

[@A3ATOT]

I get 120 fps! In the loading screen.. sometimes..

[@tobytoxd]

Now! NOW 30-100 fps in Persistant Universe with OCS Object Container Streaming :D

[@garyad8796]

Five years later, with 3.18's new PES and ship soft-death the opening cinematic portion of this trailer is finally fully realized in game! They may look jankier, but we are now really close graphics wise to this pre-rendered sequence, not to mention the ton of gameplay opportunities enabled by them.

[@rotsen3123]

yeah time flies so fast (smirk)

[@fortnight5677]

Lol. It only took 5 years for them to barely do a small portion of what they advertised as 3.0 And today it's still broken.

[@georgev56]

@@fortnight5677cope

[@bonfied43]

I’m afraid that if I prepurchase today, by the time the game is released I will have a full family with 4 kids and won’t be into gaming anymore

[@c3po1986]

look at the bright side, your kids can play it when it is released

[@kentp.2309]

Literally happening to me. Backer #6xxx or so, since have gotten married, built a house, had a kid, and changed jobs 3 times. C'mon SC, before I'm too old would be great.

[@TheShadowrod]

The solution is simple: find a girl that enjoys video games. Raise kids to play Star Citizen with you.

[@kenokrend4600]

well your kids will probably have finished college and have jobs, maybe youll be retired. so actually you'd have a lot of free tim

[@evilbred974]

The funny thing is this is a legitimate concern.

[@Dilligaf777]

I see they had training at the storm trooper academy..

[@GamjaField]

Can't wait to try Alpha 99999.0 in the future.

[@canniballistic555]

*Frame rate not included

[@dphkommentare7267]

haha xD

[@MagicMahn]

Hey you rendered this video at too high of a framerate. Drop it to like 5-20 for scale.

[@KiraHellhammer]

🤣

[@PCPAyLOAD]

Exactly

[@surject]

Just hold down "k" :)

[@tobytoxd]

Now! NOW 30-100 fps in Persistant Universe with OCS Object Container Streaming :D

[@fraznofire2508]

I wonder what star citizen will look like this time next year

[@RuSosan]

FraznoFire Maybe about 2fps smoother, with 30-50 new (unmade) ships for people to buy.

[@Niiwastaken]

As for where star citizen will be I wouldnt be surprised if the procedural cities were in place atleast to some degree. The fps will surely improve now that the delta patcher has been released and of course all the ships that are currently in the development pipeline will be done by then. We might also see some players finally flying Capital ships around the verse since sq42 is coming out soon

[@behindthen0thing]

RuSosan lol

[@Xialoh]

RuSosan I love how people literally pretend no progress is made on the game to keep pushing the obviously false vaporware meme onwards.

[@gstylez0107]

Like it did four years ago..

[@Super-id7bq]

I'd love to get to Daymar as quick as that box.

[@MrWesford]

I keep a book handy when I'm descending to a planet.

[@BoredGamerUK]

Great footage, I see that the box from CitizenCon had a longer story to tell!

[@SemperFine]

I agree. It is quite surprising actually. Still no Christ Roberts in a box

[@kovenmaitreya7184]

Sempy lmao! 😂

[@MrBothandNether]

"Bring in the StuntBox!"

[@-Q74]

BoredGamer [Question] Do you think the f8c will be sold soon? :)

[@Kiyomoto657]

I hope the box is a reoccurring character going forward. I would really like to see it’s personality develop over time.

[@Veritatis.Cupitor]

Looking great, now all we need are some better fps and some additional freedom for our 'cinematic' cameras so we can create some extra awesome content while we wait for the flushed out features.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

Veritatis Cupitor I think you mean "fleshed out" but hey that works too

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

It'd be nice if they also made the features that are already in actually work.

[@Veritatis.Cupitor]

There are plenty of bugs (flushed features), but 'fleshed' out features refers to partially implemented or down the pipeline features that are coming soon (TM): mining, exploration, prisoner capture and transport etc.

[@MrStubbs8157]

Veritatis Cupitor Non of those professions except a bit of cargo is in yet, not even a glimpse of it. So, sure that it doesnt work, because it isnt in ;)

[@Veritatis.Cupitor]

Obviously ...

[@konkeror9312]

and all of this great content can be ejoyed at a solid 5-10FPS. Enjoy.

[@intothevoid2046]

20 for me, neener neener ;)

[@68Lima]

Lol, I get avg 30fps now on a decent server after a new CPU build but that's usually best case senario. It's pretty bad at times though for many people. With my old 4690k I was lucky to maintain 8-11 fps at Levski. MUCH needed optimization hopefully coming sooner than later pls!

[@tannerbobanner9453]

Just in case you didn’t know, the word “Alpha,” when used in the context and presence of game development, means the game is in still in pre release and thus has some issues - the main of which, in regards to Star Citizen, is that of performance. You shouldn’t expect a fully fledged, top performing game when it is obviously still in development! :P

[@danilooliveira6580]

if they let you play offline 50% of the optimization problem will be solved instantly. its mostly the netcode that is killing the game

[@Radar11x]

im around 45-55 fps a solid 60 if the server is empty

[@rnlmeat0666]

Can't wait for my grandchildren to play this!

[@originalgameronline3457]

It's 2019 & 3.6 is here. How are your grand kids? Lmao! #donteverdoubtus

[@heids2440]

@@originalgameronline3457 2022 here, close to 2023. making good progress!

[@TheRyanK]

Pity this does not reflect the experience that one has on 3.0

[@dethmunky86]

I'm really looking forward to the beta coming out in Spring 2048.

[@raf.nogueira]

How we got from 2.0 to 3.0 in almost less than 2 years and now 3.0 to 4.0 is already hanging around for more than 4 years and even with players growing up year by year?

[@dethmunky86]

@@raf.nogueira Alpha

[@OnlyOnePieniek]

And all of this in stunning 10 fps! Please, take all of my money!

[@legionliberator474]

That box is a paid actor

[@richardlew3667]

With so many space battles you'd think everyone would have a fully functional space suit at all timea

[@CommanderJoir]

"Hi! My name is Crate, yeah i know. But this is my story."

[@charliewagner6387]

Commander Joir You may be wondering how I ended here... well, let me tell you my story... *tape rewind noise*

[@charkvaror2112]

Weird, that doesn't look like the 3.0 people are streaming.

[@technikchaot]

oh I think with hidden settings and at least 20 5Ghz CPU cores and 10 GPUs this is possible.

[@ViruX93]

They forgot to list the 20fps feature :D

[@telemchapman9911]

Hey CIG in case you read the comments Could we get some limited thrust jet packs and rock-climbing gear for planetary exploration? Maybe a thruster-pack with a 1 to 5 second burst adjusted for gravity. Those canyons on Daymar are literally asking to be climbed and explored. I think it would add a whole new dimension to game-play, esspecially in verse FPS and exploration moments. Just imagine (as seen in the video) being attacked at that downed Caterpillar site, noticing the guy in the top right, (enters full sprint) Thruster-packs up to his position, finishes off enemy before landing on top of the Caterpillar. Then from your new and better attack position you proceed to rain fire from above. Meanwhile your companion takes the opportunity of the enemy's confusion finish them off himself. 2:18 I don't mean to be pushy but I think it would be pretty cool.

[@bigbeneconotmyjob6474]

Sir you are my prophet! I love these ideas

[@Usumgallu]

No. Regards, devs.

[@telemchapman9911]

Usumgallu thanks😑 lol

[@Smigger97]

still cant get over 3 fps.

[@54b_]

they forgot to mention the cinematic™ frame rate

[@Bambiindistress]

If I could play over 15fps on a 1080 that would be great, tho.

[@Exsulator2]

Someone should remake this video, into 3 fps, adding awkward scripted voice-chatting, replacing footage with more lagged and stuttering stuff, and ending the whole thing with a game crash

[@AMX-ey6ys]

releasing in the year 0000

[@bigbeneconotmyjob6474]

Takes so long, the universe died and was born again.

[@-Q74]

Dumb Comment best reply of ALL time :)

[@valrawk]

But... What happened to the Box?? What's in the Box Man?!?

[@josefcayos4026]

Put speed to 0.25 for actual current gameplay lol

[@minimalniemand]

it's alpha

[@jeff86ing]

This reminded me that Chris Roberts produced Lord of War. It's just boxes, not bullets.

[@JEFFREYSOLORIO]

Peanutbudda so true 🤔

[@pirateradio8420]

And this is just the beginning.

[@BCCMightySanta]

Keep it going! Can't wait to play this at more than 12 FPS!

[@Bjoern211]

the best i got was 45fps... mostly between 18-23fps...

[@MrSuperluigi20]

now i can play with 60fps, you can come back now~ ;)

[@Luminite-hx3zs]

Great! Now I just need to buy NASA's super computer and I'm set.

[@MelonManofWar]

Space Chowder spacex computer and your set.

[@Boemel]

And be directly connected to StarCitizens servers at their office or you will still lag.

[@johbowfor]

"an unexpected delay has occurred with your package"

[@Robmeisterflex]

My body is ready

[@tal3783]

Mine is too, but i don't think i can say the same about my pc! :P

[@ratguy9281]

Coming in 2097

[@AmentiVZ]

I've had pretty great experiences in 3.0, so far, along with some frustrating ones - Alpha testing and this type of crowd-funded development simply isn't for everyone. I love the SC project; but, I feel like this trailer should have been held back for 3.1 optimizations; because, a lot of people are going to look at it and think this is representative of normal gameplay, unaware of the current limitations of the playable Alpha that make a high degree of planning necessary for any significant group activity. That being said, when you have one of those magical instances when everything comes together and creates a positive emergent gameplay experience, you really get a taste for what the project is all about.

[@ariashekarian]

they had to use nasa computers to render this trailer, looking out for those optimizations anytime soon!

[@NathanMoothVFX]

Wow. What a great foundation! We are so close to having the ultimate space game it hurts!

[@PCPAyLOAD]

Nathan Mooth - So close you must mean two to three years out because that's what they're saying..

[@NathanMoothVFX]

I meant more the core feature set compared to existing space games. The base mechanics of what you can do currently are already starting to surpass what you can do in other games. Freaking awesome.

[@DragonArtProductions]

Is 5 fps a feature

[@surject]

Press and hold "k" to see the real framerate.

[@La-Cabra]

Hard to believe 3.0 came out only a year ago.

[@av8-cbs329]

It’s perfect ! 8 minutes is all you get between crashes

[@av8-cbs329]

SleepyHead Games yes I can see that thanks , it still crashes every 5 minutes ! It could be called alpha 0.0.0.1 still crashes every 5 minutes ! Hence my comment

[@Kashban]

Not from my experience. Crashes are quite seldom, bugged NPCs and ships not so much.

[@X1oshi]

Soooo... The game release date is somwhere in 2025?

[@MelonManofWar]

Can't rush perfection just like wine gets better with age.

[@hectorcastellanos7025]

It won't be "released". Never.

[@MelonManofWar]

Yep so you should never play it let us have fun on our own

[@ThatBetakid]

N1nj4 Joski games are not like wine when the game got shown years ago the graphics were amazing now they're becoming average at best few more years ? Maybe games will look alot better ?

[@MelonManofWar]

The fps was better is all that it was and later it will be better. Right now in the new small update 3.0.1 I can find servers with 30+ fps but it stills stutters a lot. Before it was around 5-20 fps.

[@michaelscaplis]

Music theme at 3.40 is really awesome but I still feel that a lot of the movement of the characters as well as that of the camera is not smooth enough.

[@tal3783]

Agreed, hopefully they improve the animations in a future patch, makes the game look like a free to play mmo at times :P

[@beybladera2348]

This box moving sim has become quite intricate

[@pdfitzg1974]

Great intro video! Yeah, it should probably say "New Bugs," but that's okay, the team is making some serious progress and looks like we'll get a lot of improvements and new content throughout 2018. I'm sure having a blast in alpha 3.0.

[@Katojana]

I guess we will get space legs in elite before we get even a beta for Citizen. Which is a shame.

[@Khanscott]

What about first person slideshows?

[@HiddenCitizenAR]

The Strongest Box of The Galaxy!!

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

What the trailer doesn't show is what the word "ALPHA" means in this context. It means that very little of all of this actually works for more than 10-15 minutes at a time. I've been "playing" this for 3 days now and here's my experience so far. robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/bug-testing-notes-so-far

[@Eli9A]

the only thing the rover forgot to do was to leave a trail 1:55

[@N0N0111]

Yeah how are trails hard to render in games these days.

[@rabbitguy1984]

Hey, how come their mobiglass doesn't have the giant 10,000 watt light beaming into their eyes and obscuring all the buttons? I want the one they have! ;^)

[@Welkon1]

Wow, I can’t wait for my grandkids to get their hands on this game!

[@Joni-ds1kh]

Why the aurora cant do delivery missions?

[@Ekatha]

All hail BOX!

[@metajarra]

I wonder if they'll keep using the mighty box for later trailers

[@FINALB]

Looks good, but I don't like to play at

[@fireboyma]

tale of the box: what's in the box?

[@TerallianOfficial]

That's on a need to know basis. ;)

[@AnisJerbi]

4000000000000000000000000 km2 of empty blankness to explore! have fun!

[@hectorcastellanos7025]

anis jerbi yes😳

[@General.Falcon]

Very very impressive this footage! I'm proud to be a backer of Star Citizen. Thank you, for developing this universe for life!

[@intothevoid2046]

A CIG Classic: "Step into a First Person Universe" and literally 90 percent of the footage is in third person. Congratulations.

[@sintoxic]

Its not a gameplay Trailer...

[@GlowingSpamraam]

Destroyed in seconds

[@Andy-oc6sd]

in the video, it said all footage from ingame build 3.0..

[@Xiox321]

And most if not all of those shots were done specifically to show something off, like the ship or armour.

[@rydercm23]

A funny comment regardless

[@nikongmer]

The cinematography instantly reminded me of the opening of Lord of War, a film Chris Roberts was executive producer of.

[@MrUser1million]

If WOW hasnt fully destroyed my social life, this surely will.

[@tossitupman]

It will always look amazing when trailers are done in the office, not to be petty but they should have the FPS fixed before releasing this trailer to unknown newcomers expecting a smooth experience.

[@tossitupman]

No I don't realize that "a lot" of players have 30-60 fps regularly(per this video). I guess a lot of pple don't know that because its being repeatedly mentioned by CIG as a issue that they're hoping to improve on.

[@Hikawa3]

Framerate is one of the biggest issue reported right now.

[@tossitupman]

WAT3RMALON3 I specifically quoted the term "a lot" to emphasize that we're were not talking about everyone...

[@P1_D]

If this is the alpha... i wonder what they will have for us in the full game

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

What you saw in this trailer is not the Alpha. robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/bug-testing-notes-so-far

[@mikeo759]

I just purchased this for my son to enjoy as a High School graduation gift. He's only in first grade right now, but it's always best to plan ahead.

[@yasinzeydulusoy]

Thats better , more calm and society emphasized , crowded people / players based

[@MrBothandNether]

Stunning! Maybe when this project nears completion, Chris will have enough assets to make a full Movie to accompany the 'verse! And I am changing my name to "StuntBox"

[@ingeonsa]

Ah this actually makes sense, he's building a massive digital movie studio

[@rrphillip]

Out of Alpha in 10 years

[@Cssfiend]

"New shopping experience!" "That vest will be $10,000 please, you will receive it circa 2032"

[@conor.jdavies]

Sweet, I'll check back in 5 years.

[@LightPillar]

Lets hope GPU minings bubble bursts before the launch of this game. We are going to need all the help to run this game at max settings.

[@WonderWafflzFTW]

I wish you could see the disappointment on my friends' faces when we finally played 3.0 only to see that it was unplayable. I got them hyped up for this game, got them to buy ships, where we then waited for 3.0 for a long time only to find out it was a bust. I know the game is in development and I understand that, but if you're gonna make people wait for a patch for over a year I at least expect some improvements in performance.

[@MrSuperluigi20]

hey, you should come back man, the game is REALLY good now~ take a look on the last trailer, the game exactly look like what they present into IS the game ;)

[@fortnight5677]

​@@MrSuperluigi20lol

[@seanc193]

“Does Zoidberg get to hold the box? The box says no.”

[@ssserega2976]

Did you see it? Lags do not leave this game even in the trailer D but about the arena commander - we already forgot when she last worked, and then so many problems with it were!

[@mackchannel6348]

This looks pretty good I can't wait for 3.0

[@amrtdihal]

Lmao

[@alodius_]

until they optimize the netcode the fps is gonna be sketchy for a majority of people, by the end of the year with 3.4 it should be way better. check out the roadmap, trust me they know the fps is a big problem. robertsspaceindustries.com/roadmap/board/1-Star-Citizen every build from 3.1 to 3.4 they have performance optimization listed.

[@chrisafp071]

Alucardx This game is possibly going to drag on in Alpha until it fails.

[@137Oakmont]

Amazing Trailer, just wish we got those frames.

[@xamindar]

The "Space sounds" in the first minute of the video are GREAT, really makes me feel like I am in the scary emptiness of space . I wish the actual game sounded like that.

[@kafeh3300]

Yeah I always wondered what an explosion would "sound" like in space, I know sound wouldn't travel like in the gasses we have here on Earth, but the particles from the explosion would make noise hitting your cockpit or whatever Just wanted to put that out

[@Goodman_Channel]

7:00 year of releasing

[@no-kf8yy]

Goodman hahha lol

[@FowaDeLuz]

Having logged over a dozen hours in 3.0.1, I'm surprised at how unrepresentative of the actual gameplay experience this trailer is. Actual play experiences: Leave Crusader station, try and relearn controls to jump to target. Get jumped by another player whose system hangs as soon as he hits my shields, leaving him on a straight vector with guns blazing for a few minutes. Try desperately to wrangle the flight controls at 2-3 FPS to do some passes on him. Despite a lot of experience in Arena Commander in previous builds, can't overcome his shield regen before his system sorts itself out and he starts responding again. Repeat a few times before his system calms itself enough to get a missile kill on me. Log into Star Marine. Wait by myself in a lobby for 20 minutes for 5 other players to join to start a match. No one else shows up, leave. Re-enact that super cinematic re-entry scene in this trailer. Eject and let my ship fall with me. System hangs a few times during the fall. Hit the ground, take no damage, lag seems worse on ground. Ship bounces and takes no damage, walk over to get in, am killed by physics malfunction walking up the ramp. I really, really, really wish this was the game that 3.0.1 was, as I'd dearly love to play it, but like others have said, the FPS are abysmal this build. Walking around a station is a single-digit FPS experience, going outside drops to 2-3 FPS, and fighting, jumping, etc. drops to way less than 1 FPS. Was getting a playable 20 FPS in the previous build. Friend of mine has a beast of a machine and is getting the exact same FPS as me.

[@tallll70]

you need to start making these epic videos in 4k

[@mastercontrol7794]

By the time this game develops, we will be able to see all those planets in real life!

[@trooperz137]

who else is getting low FPS rates even on a SSD drive?

[@witchy4486]

As a neutral observer in star citizens progression through development, I have to say it is interesting watching its community basically turn on each other. The nay-sayers just think that the game is a tech demo over-promising on features that won't be possible to bring into the game. But the people commenting on the current status of 3.0 are actually just the people playing the game who support star citizen. It is interesting how some devoted supporters of SC basically lump these people together in order to invalidate any negative feedback about star citizen, even if they are actually just the supporters of the game being vocal about their experience 👀

[@paulbarlow9981]

What helmet is that at 5:26? I've looked all over for it. He's definitely at Grim Hex but they don't sell it. Also for the last few days I've been getting a steady 24fps (1080p, very high quality, 1x R9 390X as Crossfire/SLI still causes that annoying flickering). Every time. Not great but better than the 5-12 I'm used to and a good step in the right direction. Did they hotfix something?

[@midreal6667]

Great theatrical video/trailer! I am having a blast playing 3.0 even with the somewhat low FPS. Pretty crazy to think it is only going to get better and better. You guys should be proud if yourselves. Keep up the great work and looking forward to the coming updates 👍👍👍

[@marvluebke]

what was up with that firefight at the beginning ? aim ? cuts ? camera movement ? jesus.. really liked the "play with your freinds" part where you see all the ships launch though.

[@Deapcrash101]

marvDE ya the gun fight looked so clunky.

[@grisou3]

And its only 300$ for a ship capable of being used to test all this New features

[@joescorner4353]

you do know you can buy ships with race money right?

[@rayhill1]

Best third person scifi box simulator 2018

[@JB-qh6uz]

From the time it exploded from the ship in orbit it impacted in 47 seconds

[@Arthillis]

Though I'm a backer and fan of the project and what they are doing, this trailer of sorts is too soon. They shouldn't be putting out something like this tell the game is closer to a finished state. To me this comes off as misleading to people that havn't been following the game and don't understand it's in alpha and rightly full of bugs. And lacks optimization (which it should lack at this point in production). AND it's missing a very large amount of features that are still in the works. Even the characters are kind of place holders at the moment.

[@Eradifyerao]

Seems like there are areas that are very traversable though? It wouldn't do to equate this with something like Mass Effect or Crysis, which are completed games, having all the game components working seamlessly together...

[@creativecorner2071]

im kinda late to the party but youre totally right. It's misleading people into thinking that this is currently a complete polished gaming experience when in reality its still in testing and alpha phase. Probably why there are so many people complaining about its current state, like its how the finished game will be or somethin :P

[@MrPalmTree]

Lag like never before! Experience fidelity at slideshow fps

[@MrPalmTree]

Robert Dimarco i do, i get it everytime i try and play

[@mokutomedia1253]

This game is REALLY coming together!

[@MichaelCaroMIC451K]

Hay algunos hijos de señor que todavía no entienden que es un alfa y no un juego, hasta lo deletrean al principio de video: A-L-P-H-A - 3.0

[@Grimsikk]

This game looks fantastic but I think I'll wait until it's out of alpha, and has optimization issues resolved.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

Grimsikk good call. The game is goin in beta when 4.0 hits, so probably in 2019, and release is prob around 2020 or 2021

[@ingeonsa]

...

[@paytifix]

with 10-15 fps :thumbsup:

[@minimalniemand]

it's alpha

[@eoftar3192]

2:30 only imperial stormtroopers are so precise

[@richardwigman4633]

"Hey, boss. What are you looking for in terms of new armour design?" *Points at Mass Effect: Andromeda* "Yes, boss"