Squadron 42 - Official Gameplay Reveal | CitizenCon 2954

[@mikew6554]

Henry C is basically just the only actor for any fandom at this point.

[@LilypadLandings]

He asked to be in this, if I remember correctly. Like outright asked.

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@LilypadLandings He did his role for free!

[@Dooguk]

@@randlebrowne2048 Don't be silly.

[@MrHanokodok]

@@Dooguk he is lmao, he did this for free

[@oO0Xenos0Oo]

@@Dooguk It's like one afternoon in a mocap studio for a small character. Not a big deal.

[@KeglekongenDK]

They called in the Cavillry

[@MaticTheProto]

Lmao

[@steak-a-potamus6231]

A Tier pun, but believe it or not, he called them.

[@kangaroo4024]

lmao, ok i'm borrowing that one :D

[@KeglekongenDK]

@@steak-a-potamus6231 yeah, but it was a great move showing him off this time around, everyone loves Henry 😁

[@lunamaria1048]

I love this comment😊

[@lukeswan7776]

Henry Cavill will not stop until he is in every nerdy IP going and I'm all here for it.

[@Grimshak81]

Funfact: he wasn’t even planned, but he heard of the Kickstarter and tasked his agent to contact the developer. …they didn’t hesitate of course. So Cavill REALLY wanted this.

[@canjiica]

Why is everyone suddenly using the IP abbreviation? I don't even know what it is. Just call it a game......

[@MaticTheProto]

@@canjiicabecause we aren’t just talking about games you kindergarten dropout

[@MaticTheProto]

Yup! He‘s awesome, sadly so far he mostly starred in mid movies

[@liethelieyerhonsta2789]

@@canjiica iIntellectual property goes beyond a game. It's more generalized and quite fitting, considering he does not only do games

[@Freeden]

Probably the most stacked cast for a game ever. Seeing the behind the scenes with Cavill, Hamill, Anderson, Strong, and THE Gary Oldman will probably be as awesome to watch as playing the game itself. So far, looks like that over a decade of development may have paid off.

[@elusivelectron]

@@Freeden If it ever releases.

[@hazy33]

Yeah they really got their priorities right wasting money on big stars when they could've saved millions using just as good non famous ones. Plus how tedious is this intro? Does it ever end? This game REALLY likes the sound of it's own voice. I hope for the backers it comes out. Not as much a calamity as Shenmue 3 but those character models which once looked amazing are really showing their age.

[@Onthehorizonwthgng]

@@hazy33 the hate is so forced lmao. they want you immersed as much as possible and as far as i can tell this intro doesn't feel like something i want to skip because it's "too long"

[@hazy33]

@@Onthehorizonwthgng noy forced just my opinion. Plus this is supposed to be a gameplay reveal and shows mostly you sat there shooting highlighted objects. The length of this intro is yet another example where there's no one to say no to Chris Roberts. Just like the feature that's happened over the last decade. Throwing everything in. Creating huge ships to sell to the gullible to create more income. Sometimes less is more. If you were an initial backer you deserve so much better.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Every day, Henry gets closer to fighting for the Imperium of Man. Also, there are A-List actors in here!

[@fnunez]

UEE = United Empires of Earth. He's technically there already.

[@nicoftime1534]

in all honestry he has a better chance at making a movie/show from this IP than 40k

[@darthvocrum5719]

boy u'll get GTA 6 1st dlc before this game goes BETA LMFAO xd

[@CaspersGhost618]

It's coming out in 2026 ​@@darthvocrum5719

[@definitelynotthefbi4412]

@@darthvocrum5719 Isn’t this specific game releasing in 2026 though?

[@reddimus11]

Making the character creator look like a pilot application is actually genius.

[@Unlighted4K0]

There is suppose to be a whole different screen before that for the actual look of the character, but for some reason they never showed it

[@Jordan-fg9cc]

this is actually something that has been done in many games before lol

[@reddimus11]

@@Jordan-fg9cc Has it? I'd love to hear some examples.

[@ccgod]

@@reddimus11 there's a lot of vids on here showing off the character creator.

[@phoenixcraft9940]

This is just for the prologue. The full character creator will be when you actually play the game, which is already accessible in Star Citizen.

[@VincentChan86]

This space battle surpasses most movies LOL Faking the 30% shields down to appear more damaged and then putting the shield back up when the kingship fired the main gun was such a juicy tactical detail. This game is already looking like a freakin masterpiece.

[@no-vh8vm]

ohhh I was so confused why theyd drop shields

[@commanderclueless5456]

really...I found it very boring...especially the turret part...

[@zantano1425]

@@commanderclueless5456 okay i mean if u found the battle boring probably scifi isnt for you which is okay. The turretn part is too long for sure but at the same time its the prologue and u start out as a noname gunner. If you watch till the end there is way more cool gameplay to come.

[@commanderclueless5456]

@@zantano1425 I have watched scifi and loved scifi for 30 years... I watched the whole video. The reason I find it boring is the pacing is off...everything moves to the same beat, the music changes pace but the actions do not. Half the time the "Sky" is empty with little to nothing going on in the background for large parts of such a large battle. The FPS gameplay looks little weak as well...sounds and looks like you are shooting a BB Gun they could with making that sounds on those weapons "harder"

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Yeah but it's a bit too long between game play for my taste. And I thought Metal Gear cutscenes were long.

[@iwriteok]

Hold up, let's give Mark Strong some love too my fellow humans. The "I thought it would be bigger" line had a certain "je ne sais quoi"

[@jeremiahjohnson2784]

Don't put him in a self defense situation

[@gabedoyle5516]

That felt like the most generic line ever. Not Mark Strong's fault, the writing of this game (at least in this demo) was extremely generic

[@voluntaryDM]

Rightttt?! I was so hyped to see my man Mark Strong in there!

[@wizlon6757]

Just wish he was using his own accent.

[@OOStev]

@@wizlon6757 deffo

[@stefanosgeorgiou621]

First time ive read a IGN comments section about Star Citizen and its not Toxic as hell. lol

[@MaticTheProto]

Except for that one guy here that keeps commenting lies

[@diclair]

Because this aint star citizen LOL

[@HikariLight121]

@@diclair 99% of the tech in SQ42 will be added to Star Citizen. Their development priority has been on SQ42 mostly, and once it comes out they can focus on SC. They are also using player feedback from SC to fine tune things for SQ42 as they both use the same game engine.

[@Thatilldoo]

@@stefanosgeorgiou621 it's possible they don't realise its SC

[@magik97]

@@Thatilldoo yeah, that's the reason

[@szith]

Henry Cavill, and Mark Hamill are already huge but Gary Oldman!? This is historic tbh.

[@davidadhira7528]

And Mark Strong.

[@casualfanatic]

Gary Oldman was is COD: World at War

[@Oxley016]

@@casualfanatic Reznov!

[@6aate3y]

The cast for Squadron 42 includes Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Jack Huston, Eleanor Tomlinson, Harry Treadaway, Sophie Wu, Damson Idris, Eric Wareheim, Rhona Mitra, Henry Cavill, and Ben Mendelsohn amongst others.

[@chancefreely]

Gary Oldman was in trailers for this game so many years ago believe it or not.

[@shadinz]

Please don't f*ck this up... Please don't f*ck this up... There's so much talent in this, I truly want to see this game succeed.

[@YeNZeC]

Already its a masterpiece.

[@itcih]

Yeah just wait another 10 years and give them another 800 million dollars.

[@brokeashellgaming999]

@@itcih At the same time i don't think a game like this gets made any other way, no publisher would fund this game.

[@Asherek]

Expect to wait another 20 years.

[@Asherek]

Also guaranteed they will fuck this up.

[@erock.steady]

i just sat for an hour and a quarter watching machinima. and i'm not gonna demand a minute of that time be returned. well done.

[@blockhead4513]

A lot of ppl talking about Henry Cavill and Gary Oldman. No love for Gillian Anderson?

[@TomTrval]

I think it because Lady Gillian Anderson was seen a lot in last big trailer, and Misters Oldman and Cavill got more screen time in this trailer so they feel new. Nothing more in it. Love them all.

[@veliostv9089]

Or for Mark Strong, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Lucy Lu, Ben Mendelsohn... OK, not everyone of which was in that prolog but they are in the game.

[@charlesgordon5156]

No one noticed Damson Idris either lol

[@GamerFromSpace]

People are forgetting about mark Hamil

[@Jeyshara]

@@TomTrval Not a trailer this time - this was played live at citizencon, it's the prologue of the game to introduce your char. And because it crashed 2 times, they replayed and uploaded it separately after. Like right away. He said he left and did it :)

[@ramaramadhan909]

damn first time watch gameplay reveal and its 1 hour long, and its immersive, story driven, very cinematic, and i cant wait to play this

[@torikazuki8701]

'Very Cinematic' Yeah... way too much sitting and watching, nowhere near enough playing. I want this to be good, but as for the film sequences I am reminded way too much of his 'Wing Commander' film. The pacing is... awkward.

[@iamcll]

@@torikazuki8701 This is the intro so its supposed to be a little easy slow and cinimatic to be fair

[@jingles_cz7427]

@@iamcll so this doesn't tell anything about gameplay :/

[@MythionVR]

@@jingles_cz7427 A video with gameplay in it doesn't "tell anything about gameplay"? Okay.

[@RoballTV]

@@jingles_cz7427 there's a reveal video from last year with more about the gameplay. This is just the game prologue, setting the scene and showing you how to move.

[@tmulligan879]

I am 57 years old and an original backer of this project. I have never in my entire life been so riveted for over an hour. Thank You! Well done people!

[@Literalkami]

crazy to think you were only 20 when this was announced (joke)

[@tmulligan879]

@@Literalkami Lol sometimes it feels that way!

[@kmieciu4ever]

give them some more money, so that your grandchildren will be able to play this game ;-)

[@nirvana34534]

maybe someday your ancestors can play it.

[@tmulligan879]

Actually when I pledged I bought two starter packages. My daughter was 8 at the time and I got her into it by flying her around so she could shop at the different landing zones. She loved the paper doll inventory, though she was and still is unhappy about the number of female clothes and hairstyles! Soon she was flying around doing missions to pay for said shopping, then she got big into PVP and now she is at the Air Force Academy learning to be a pilot... Some would say that is sad due to how long it has been. I look at it as hundreds of hours of quality time together and helping her define who she wants to be, for $80.00. Not sure there is another game out there that could have provided that.

[@Segaton]

giving that epic halo feel..

[@HorusGodEmperor]

as a star citizen player, I'm watching this battle going "Maaaaan the salvage is going to be unreal"

[@narayan9848]

1000 vultures coming after the war XD

[@imperatormeth]

@@HorusGodEmperor fr🤣🤣🤣 imagine battle like that in the pu

[@theshawnmccown]

There is no salvage mission in SQ42. It's a combat story. Think Rogue Squadron form the X-Wing books and games. This will be a story driven, mission driven single player campaign. All the fluff is still going to remain in Star Citizen. SQ42 is not open world but gives us all the lore of SC. WW2 in space.

[@Jarvolo27]

@@theshawnmccown Good thing he said as a Star Citizen player and not as a SQ42 player then.

[@lucas-kr7xd]

@@Jarvolo27 common sense aint so common nowadays bruh 🤣

[@mookie4832]

Man i got chills when Squad 42 came to the scene, looks and sounds amazing. Glad to see it was played in front of a live audience instead of just prerecorded. Great job cant wait.

[@SnowTerebi]

The group quantum is peak cinema.

[@sugmatrot]

Oh yes, 100% not recorded. Till 10 years later we get a retrospective and discover it was pre-recorded like every gameplay demo ever

[@SnowTerebi]

@@sugmatrot lmao yea they definitely faked the on-stage live demo which also crashed twice.

[@mookie4832]

@@SnowTerebi the music hit just right with that scene. couldn't agree more.

[@mookie4832]

@@sugmatrot Put the computer on the stage of our biggest globally watched event, have him pretend like he is playing in front of the live audience, then show the bugs and crash the game so that when the 2026 date is revealed, they will understand why. You might be on to something...

[@veliostv9089]

Keep in mind the Vanduul talking is a complete constructed language (same as for other species), created by the same guy who created the ConLang for the Borg. Quite cool stuff.

[@dvdmuckle]

Borg didn't have a ConLang...? I'm not completely caught up on my Trek, but the most popular ConLang out there is still Klingon, so are you referring to Marc Okrand? Borg spoke in a choral English voice.

[@NoNaNelson69]

rafik tul rafiktal!

[@veliostv9089]

@@dvdmuckle You're right, I remembered wrong. It is Britton Watkins who invented the Klingon language.

[@dvdmuckle]

@@veliostv9089 Ah, yes, looking up that name and the Klingon Wiki has a quick mention on Britton's involvement in one of the newer movies as well as SC. However, Marc Okrand is credited with having created the Klingon language when working on the original movies.

[@austinhess4967]

That's awesome

[@Philmaster07]

that is the best cinematic and gameplay I have ever seen in a sci-fi game. wow

[@HPmcDoogle]

3:50 That theme is *KILLER!* They have to release this song on it's own. Bagpipes, taiko drums, horns, snare drums, string, all of is just so good! All its missing is a powerful choir and you have the absolute power of the theme of HUMANITY.

[@Apav1x]

@@HPmcDoogle Glad this is getting some attention! The soundtrack for both S42 and SC is amazing, every track I've heard so far is a banger.

[@cruzefx3652]

made me think of the atreides theme

[@ConradLarsonGaming]

It's a Geoff Zanelli (The guy behind Pirates of the Caribbean) masterpiece. Him and Pedro Camacho, the other composer for the project, are making gorgeous pieces.

[@gian.4388]

​@ConradLarsonGaming Just adding that Geoff Zanelli is the composer for SQ42, while Pedro Camacho is the composer for Star Citizen Both are awesome

[@keithjohnson7893]

@@cruzefx3652 I was thinking this exact thing. Space bagpipes is 100% my favorite niche music genre

[@markhunter341]

How satisfying to see there is still classic good old Sci-fi!

[@MrCabbage-qz2vd]

they are bringing it back with this style

[@templeislandriven]

Ya I noticed some people are shitting on the narrative/dialogue but personally I am ALL FOR a "classic sci-fi" story that just does good guys vs bad guys with some campy dialogue here and there. Just heroes and villains. Everything tries so hard to have the "dark truths of society" or the "everyone is shades of good and evil". It's honestly refreshing to just have a good ol sci-fi/fantasy narrative pop-up again. What's funny is it might actually be because this game is a byproduct of the time it was originally conceived. Who knows if this is the story they would of chosen TODAY, but it incidentally feels fresh because it's a story that was conceived over 10 years ago lol.

[@kirktown2046]

Hopefully! Star Citizen is infamous for not being a complete game, it's the most controversial "game" out there and this is from the same studio. Hopefully they don't screw it up again, their reputation is already as bad as it gets without getting shut down.

[@lowtierlifts]

@@templeislandrivengreat insight 🤝🏽

[@Silentheaven89]

its mediocre looking to be honest.

[@robwainfur2073]

I've been gaming for over 40 years. I can remember playing the original Elite and X-Wing, Wing Commander 3 and 4 and of course Elite Dangerous for the first time. I will never forget those moments. This gameplay reveal has made me look forward to a game that I've not felt for a very long time. I can't wait!

[@andrewweller5119]

same here. Seeing Elite on my girlfriends dads BBC micro blew my mind and is the reason I am the gamer that I am.

[@cgmf-d6t]

This might invoke feelings I have not felt since the freespace series

[@microfixthirds]

I tempered my expectations a long time back. Not seen anything playable beyond a buggy tech demo since I bought in over 8 years ago. I've been through 6 graphics cards and 3 PCs and 2 new email addresses since the first release date was missed. Hopefully they'll pull it off, but all the budget and time spent making repeated hype videos FOR YEARS without a playable game has made me hugely cynical.

[@MrFWStoner]

Those bagpipes when the fleet in shown will never get old

[@Nebechadnezzar]

Flying alongside Mark Hamill as his wingman? Didnt know I needed that.

[@silkyz68]

@@Nebechadnezzar Go check out the Wing Commander games then!

[@krokettenpanzer8030]

now you know!

[@roninworkz]

That's Colonel Blair to you, cadet.

[@randeli7785]

He's like some sort of... Wing Commander

[@fjanson2468]

I was hoping for Henry but he got skewered.

[@esanjuan212]

Mark Hamill at the end! Cast is amazing-This was so cinematically incredible! Wow

[@solidsnake5051]

Yeah he plays an old grumpy veteran pilot, hehe.

[@Stevie320]

Beginning of the zero G bit is probably the best thing I've ever seen in a game

[@ccgod]

It's really fun to play and in bigger ships you can turn off the gravity generator and fight in zero g.

[@hansyolo9649]

What's great about it that's it systemic, it might seem railroaded because it's a very cinematic section of the prologue but this feature will come to Star Citizen as well.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@hansyolo9649 Currently it's in SC but not the push/pull mechanics specifically.

[@cobyp99]

I feel like it wasn’t as cinematic as halo infinite’s opening scene was though tbh. But then again the team for star citizen I don’t think is as well versed in the cinematic aspects of it all

[@ThirsttyRecon]

@@cobyp99 disagree. Halo infinite's opening scene felt more like the standard video game protag gets beat down by the antag and cue monologue.This one is more akin to a movie

[@cleareyezgamerfreak2706]

I gotta say the developers took their sweet time cooking

[@Valeran99]

Was never really crazy about Star Citizen but a new Wing Commander I will absolutely play.

[@pagb666]

That's why I pledged

[@tiga8032]

wing commander was my introduction to PC games, that is why I pledged many years ago

[@RedHornSSS]

As a Star Citizen player I can respect that position

[@BlackBlazeGaming]

My boy Gary Oldman going hard af like always. What a master

[@ThespianVl]

Imagine one day you are at the bar after a hard day of work. You take a sip of beer and the Director yells "CUT". Then you realize Gary Oldman was playing you the whole time. That's how good of an actor Gary Oldman is!

[@kevindonnelly5261]

I don't like picking favorites for anything, but he is my favorite actor, easy.

[@tamonize1266]

I thought Im going to watch 5 mins and skip. I finished it all!! Ive never been this hyped for a game in yearsss

[@underleft]

Some people it's been 12

[@dedompler]

ideal consumer

[@thekwoka4707]

It didn't really show much gameplay...

[@fllippgames3530]

@@thekwoka4707 it's the prologue/tutorial so it kind of makes sense that a lot of it is cinematics.

[@Metcii]

Same bro, I even trash talked the game before I started watching xd but this shit is cinema

[@emanuel81111]

BROOOOO the sound design is so damn GOOOD, 1:08:50 had me in tears the music is so damn good and so alien. THIS IS ART

[@FlowerPower3000]

Yes bro) its very cool. Star Trek on steroids)

[@Alundil_55]

Pedro Camacho and the music. We are blessed.

[@rlf9444]

@@Alundil_55 Squadron's music is composed by Geoff Zanelli. Pedro Camacho is doing SC music. Both are great composers.

[@Alundil_55]

@rlf9444 yup you're correct. Didn't realize until later in comments.

[@francisco3244]

yeahah, my best part of the video

[@Spike.SpiegeI]

This is just the first hour of the game! The story, the music, the graphics, the actors! Everything is so on point. It's so good it feels like a movie. I feel more emotion in this one hour clip than any game I've played in recent memory. I cannot wait to play it when it releases!!

[@trollerino2587]

Dude what are you smoking the acting is terrible. No emotion no depth. holy shit this is the worse acting.

[@redbarchetta8782]

BTW the leader of the Vanduul is Andy Serkis.

[@or10nsharkfin]

Andy Serkis does motion capture for all of the Vanduul

[@slowwwlights]

The guy who gets away is Andy Serkis, the leader in this trailer (the "Occuri") is played by Patrice Naiambana! I don't know why he's uncredited everywhere.

[@Feronen]

@@slowwwlights Keep waiting. It might also be that Patrice has seen the drama around this project and is hesitant to put his name on it in case it flops. I honestly don't blame him.

[@UnclDeD]

Great

[@alandab]

That's the dumbest, most copium take ever. Sheesh, man...calm down.

[@jamesrocks19]

The music is phenomenal. Absolutely beautiful and majestically composed

[@randlebrowne2048]

The composers for Squadron 42 and Star Citizen (different for each one) have both done an amazing job!

[@exmatrixx]

indeed. the composer Pedro Camacho is leading this

[@kensmith2829]

Pedro Camacho is the composer for Star Citizen, while what you're hearing for Squadron 42 was composed by Geoff Zanelli

[@laurentguyot3362]

@@kensmith2829 they are both doing an outstanding job

[@zanellitivity]

@@Marceldropdead S42 is actually just me, and the PU is 100% Pedro. LOVE his work, but he's not working on Squadron.

[@makaibey8146]

As a AD Navy sailor I gotta say everything down to the racks feels oddly familiar. And as much as I think the Navy has its flaws I will say seeing a futuristic setting in which the Navy keeps its customs and traditions is a bit cool ngl

[@Rummyson]

Navy vets, i have a feeling, will have an advantage in Star Citizen, when it comes to capital ship gameplay and logistics.

[@makaibey8146]

@Rummyson yeah if you were a DIVO or something 😂 some of us aren't knowledgeable as the rest

[@Rummyson]

@@makaibey8146 maybe, but you still have an understanding of how things operated

[@kensmith2829]

They did a ton of research and did a really great job. There's still a couple minor quibbles, the Sir thing for one, and how cowardly the weapons officer of the flagship was. Not to mention on the Captain explained his orders to him. That never would happen. You obey the orders without delay because any delay could get the ship, and the entire fleet killed.

[@csabahorvath7203]

@@kensmith2829 While I agree. It does make sense within the context of the game. Remember the small talk in the gallery? They were talking about budget cuts so deep that a mainline battleship couldn't get ammo for their main guns. This is stuff that reminds me of the Russian Navy post 1990 up to very early 2000s. Hollowed out and rotting. Rampant insubordination and poor quality staffing. Same with the Japanese SDF post WWII. Nobody entered the JSDF back then if they could avoid it so its staffing was extremely poor. So yeah it's 100% believable.

[@Komrad_wmc]

- How many film actors do you want? - Yes!

[@MrRavmoor]

@@AnEruditeWolf No CGI in this. The rest is probably true.

[@georgek2574]

@@AnEruditeWolf or you know 1000+ devs with creating groundbreaking tech... you know you can go look up all their finance reports eh?

[@keithjohnson7893]

i think the most amazing thing about this is that it's the full battle. From just before the attack, to the point where the UEE takes the win, to the remaining vanduul still fighting afterwards. We only see it from 3-4 perspectives but it feels like the entire battle took place in the hour long video. There are no time skips, or cuts to a sideplot, it's all fighting.

[@NovaisTired]

Its all cut scene

[@sleepingsensei1970]

@@NovaisTired someone has never played wing commander

[@BladeWakerTV]

@Archerbro30 and it's all immersion. It's the tutorial setting the stage/plot for the universe and game mechanics, let em cook.

[@wess4617]

@@NovaisTired "A cinematic experience in the Star Citizen universe" Its halfway between a game and a movie. The tutorial probably has more cutscenes than the rest of the game but the point is to tell an extremely compelling story, not story for the sake of having something to shoot at.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

@@NovaisTired Cinematic, not cutscene. All of this happens in real time and if you were able to detach the camera, you'd be able to watch it from any angle as it happens.

[@henrik971]

when Gary Oldman held the speech in the beginning, it reminded me of the famous speech from "Independence Day"

[@MrStrangermoon]

After scully ı expect to see mulder pee squadron poster like he did in x fles peeing indepandance day poster.

[@themanyouwanttobe]

I held the line!

[@HighmageDerin]

Oh that speech is yet to come later on in the game if they still are still holding with the cut scene they showed back in 2017...

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

I actually commended them on the sand worm like OK they stole the tattooine motif and the pit monster ok thats ok becasue they actually crafted a worm or whatever its probably the most original thing theyve ever made!(playing devils advocate) then I remember the Dune worm lol...

[@henrik971]

@@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n i've seen the design, but not the movies 😅

[@danielzonneveld5972]

this game seems like the most groundbreaking and unbelievable experience in gaming since.. idk forever? the insane amounts of actual s tier actors and actresses doing mocap etc. is unbelievable too.

[@lokehge6286]

The cutscenes are great, but the gameplay doesn't actually look very good :s remains to be seen what piloting a fighter will be like.

[@Operator_Rein]

@@lokehge6286 you can see fighter aspects in the normal game lol

[@jagers2993]

@@lokehge6286 its the same one star citizen uses so go practice now youve got 1 year

[@BehuraStudio]

Gary freaking Oldman?!??

[@z4rk979]

Mark Hamill , Mark Strong, John Rhys-Davies , Liam Cunningham , Jack Huston , Ben Mendelsohn , Andy Serkis , Ian Duncan , Henry Cavill and many many many more

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

@@z4rk979 YEP

[@MarkFishev]

@@z4rk979 holy cow, wth is this suddenly appeared game

[@StrongBoi765]

@@MarkFishev It’s far from suddenly appeared, you just didn’t know about it yet ;)

[@thoru4367]

No, it's Harry Freshmen

[@DinnDume]

I didn’t think I was going to watch this full thing but I did and I’m so hype for this now. I just watched a movie and I’m invested in this universe. It’s a very cool idea and the amount of different gameplay things you can do is going to be a great experience. Can definitely tell it’s still a work in progress but still impressed, I’m interested to see how the finished product is going to look and play like!

[@grahortarg9933]

Rail turret shooting, some very basic, so far, FPS. Quite honestly, it's on the level of tech demo. Oh, well. If it makes you happy, go for it.

[@Aki-ow9hd]

​@@grahortarg9933 wow, most games are "level of tech demo" with this kind of generalization. With this kind of generalization, you can even say GTA 5 didn't have anything going for it other than the new water physics which was the only impressive thing about RAGE's iteration. You could even say RDR2 was simply additions of PBR+volumetric clouds and the rest of the features aren't necessarily even additions to RAGE but programmed states like carrying a living object, then some kind of check for collisions to "throw them away" and let Euphoria handle ragdoll like it already did in GTA 4. Even then, NONE of these games introduced any new gameplay loop and most of the gameplay you did was travel point A to point B, and the only fast travel you had was just several campsites to pad the whole game so you don't skip the rest of the game by fast travelling. It's basically a tech demo with some gameplay mechanics that are already present in other games with some physics flair and then some. Yet people loved it. Because that's not the whole f**king picture. You think you're smarter than everyone else for mentioning the obvious.

[@Mindbulletz]

@@grahortarg9933 Get a life. The same tired points don't land anymore no matter how hard you try to shoehorn them in. Your state of existence is so sad sitting there hatewatching, scrolling through buried comments to type this stuff out like a vanduul npc if he had twitter.

[@ollianddelphine]

This is proper "Space Opera" . I am all for it. It looks and sounds stunning.

[@greenandwhite101]

Me: I want to play Squadron 42! Mom: We have Squadron 42 at home... Squadron 42 at home: It's Starfield

[@Ph03nix1]

Man is it good to see what CIG has been cooking while Star Citizen we been on the backburner. I’ve been stoked for S42 since the original concept trailer 10 years ago, and good Gandhi does this exceed expectations

[@SpectrumTide]

I felt more emotion in this than the whole 100 hours I have in starfield. Sadge.

[@poundtown808]

There is actual passion behind this game.

[@michaelvasconcelos1788]

Really? I mean starfield wasn't great, but this looks quite awful. Looking forward Star Citizen, not this, yikes.

[@MotherNature26]

@@michaelvasconcelos1788well everyone is different, nothing wrong with thinking adrenaline inducing space combat and surviving the destruction of your destroyer capital ship is meh

[@Chewywrinkles]

@@michaelvasconcelos1788this is halfhearted rage bait at best. Do better.

[@bojanbub]

What he said

[@ivorysamoan]

This is .....fucking amazing. Like, this is better than the whole latest Star Wars trilogy x 5

[@underleft]

Everything is better than Disney Star Wars.

[@dominikb1284]

yeah It had some OG Star Wars vibes in there

[@grproteus]

Please, there is no comparison. The disney trilogy is like a bad fanfic.

[@fllippgames3530]

@@harrybirchall3308 Henry Cavill was already in towards the beginning of the project.

[@obliviondio]

This game looks linear as hell. Almost on rails. Nice gfx though but looks incredibly boring and old school

[@AwesomeAverageDude_86]

that barrage from the Hammerheads is epic

[@justschwab]

This looks…fantastic. I’ve always thought the concept of this game was nifty, but it was missing a human element. This changes that for sure.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

this game has everything going for it. everything except for the ship designs. so bland and generic. f-18s in space. yawn. make them look like tanks. no aerodynamics they can be as bulky and strange looking as you want.

[@SupercapeGames]

@@cagneybillingsley2165 - the combat ships are meant to have some aerodynamics to them due to the fact that they need to be able to fly in atmosphere. They don’t just fly in space. And they make them kinda look like jet fighters because they want to achieve that Star Wars type space dream a reality. Where it’s very reminiscent of like WW2 and other things of the sort, just in space (like I mentioned like Star Wars which was heavily based off of WW1 and WW2) Additionally there is a lot more variety of ships in the multi-player variant of this game called Star Citizen. You should check them out!

[@tacodirtshield4323]

@@cagneybillingsley2165 human scifi architecture is supposed to be a little bland and utilitarian, strikes a good contrast to the alien races

[@O-.-O]

It has as much human element as the Wing Commander movie had, since the wizard himself is on helm 😂

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

yeah even the MMO is going to be adding a Story for you to follow that leads you thru a bunch of missions thru the galaxy and will have a cast of NPC characters to give you a reason to play and do the thinsg you are doing vs now where its a formless sandbox.

[@masteraso]

That zero G part was phenomenal 😮

[@laurentguyot3362]

and it will be included in star citizen

[@alexb115]

And eventually you get EVA capabilities but still performs similar, as in Newtonian movement in space.

[@Ramdam_madmaR]

@@laurentguyot3362 yeah in 2089.

[@Thatilldoo]

​@laurentguyot3362 and then two players will bump into each other and blow-up the ship 😂

[@JmaK17]

The limited amount of Oxygen the suit managed to seal in, watching that slowly tick down, i know this is just the tutorial but I bet this mechanic will show up later in the game with a real time crunch.

[@thaddeusanthony1180]

Man, I just sat here the last hour watching a movie I think. That was good.

[@TheEgatron]

i know right felt the same for me 😂

[@Anonnymouse53]

The crazy thing about this isn't just how great it looks and sounds, but so much of it is fully physicalised - all those ships have fully working systems and interiors, the lack of loading screens, etc. At this point, I don't care how long it takes, it's obvious that there is an impressive product to look forward to. How many epic games got so close to being great only to be shoved out the door to satisfy quarterly profits. Let this one cook - we haven't seen anything this ambitious for a generation and probably won't for another (unless it's SQ42 ep2).

[@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc]

well that sells it then.I only hope it is ready for release when they release it and it doesn't disappoint.

[@dahanster5578]

Agreed

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

it a space sim shooter it will sell decent but yeah not Call of Duty numbers

[@macmanuelodumeru3708]

@@AlbertoMartinez765 are you sure?

[@laurentguyot3362]

@@AlbertoMartinez765 since the game is so unique we could have a BG3 type phenomenom where the popularity of the game goes wider than the usual player base.

[@MrWiggz69]

@@macmanuelodumeru3708 I agree with him. There is no way this game sells like CoD simply because the hardware you'll need to run it. Not to mention this game will likely break the pricing model for AAA games. It will do well but its not going to break sales records simply because of its demands, oh and its not going to consoles.

[@grimmsalem]

It's pretty amazing the tech behind all the cut scene cause stuff is able to load and unload pretty much instantly to get super dynamic shots basically just like a movie

[@z4rk979]

Yep, all in Engine/in Game. I would love to see gamers reactions when realization kicks in. Every ship with an interior and components, multifunctional displays, volumetric clouds, physically based destruction, everything seamless, no loading screens once you are ingame and so much more.

[@MarbleThumbs]

​​@@z4rk979 Game absolutely has a Skybox or it would look like empty grey space, what are you talking about?

[@z4rk979]

@@MarbleThumbs sorry... correction : no planetary skyboxes ... volumetric clouds instead

[@omnizenn4559]

@@MarbleThumbs Squadron 42 is the singleplayer campaign to the mmo Star Citizen. In Star Citizen there are no loading screens, everything is seamless and that is probably what the other commenter is referring to. From ship interiors to building interiors to space to planet/moon entry/departure, there are no load screens. I doubt everything is seamless the same way in Squadron 42 though since theres no need for that.

[@Hazzard65]

@@MarbleThumbs Star Citizen has had the tech to do all of this in real time for years now. They have used skyboxes for their arena gameplay, but it is 100% possible this is all as shown. Just play Star citizen, you can see it for yourself. They've already done it.

[@wishwewere1256]

The walking to the ship with your pilot buddy reminds of Battlefield 3 and I'm all for it.

[@tonyko_u1s1]

Dam, the spacewalk to the escape pot is heart-wrenching!

[@JimmoStClair]

This looks amazing. The first time I've felt immersion like this for a long time.

[@JoeSkeen]

You could watch much better movies dude

[@Bwekfest]

First time on the internet in years?

[@underleft]

You need to get out more

[@OD-Zee]

All you guys thinking that people like the OP have to be as jaded as you is funny AF to watch 😂

[@Bwekfest]

@@OD-Zee haha?

[@NiGHTS1980]

Henry Cavill has achieved immortality.

[@Rummyson]

Funny thing, he did this for free. He approached CIG, because as a backer & fan, he wanted to be in the game.

[@Ticoriko]

Correct me if I'm wrong but , weather the game is good or not , those have to be the best damn actor recreations in a game ever , I could've confused this with a movie in some moments , and judging by the character model glitching, it's all in engine live cuttscenes not pre rendered ones , wich makes this even more impressive, although it's probably why it's taken so damn long

[@hansyolo9649]

@@Ticoriko Yeah and later in the game it gets crazier, they even let you decide if you want to watch the cutscene or experience it in first person. You can always "wiggle" out of cutscenes and be in control except mandatory cutscenes like in the intro.

[@BladeWakerTV]

Yup, the game engine has been built to support the cutscenes (eliminating the need for 3rd party animation teams/costs) among other crazy things like no load screens which is a big contributor for the project development taking so long.

[@O-.-O]

You should visit a doctor if are not able to distinguish it. Your cognitive abilities are very declining.

[@kensmith2829]

Not to take anything away from the devs, but the actors were all scanned in a special rig that had hundreds of cameras.

[@manicms]

@@kensmith2829 They also got Andy Serkis, the master of mocap, to do the rigging etc. They used his studio (and his talent, he's the alien)

[@MEaydne]

I became a backer when i was 15 with all the money i got for Christmas dispite the fact my pc made of hand me down parts couldn't even run what they had to play at the time, I've never second guessed it. After i started making big boy money i would hop in every few years to see the changes. Star Citizen still isn't my thing sadly, was never big on MMOs but just seeing this gameplay demo is definitely worth that 250 I spent all of those years ago. This is definitely more my speed and i absolutely can't wait to get my hands on it.

[@Giugiu7077]

Kinda understand why it took forever ngl

[@O-.-O]

Because they are incompetent?

[@Giugiu7077]

@@O-.-Othey were a startup with couple workers, so I’m sure that contributed to overall slowness to the progress since they also had to develop their own tech

[@champ7139]

@@Giugiu7077 And the tech is pretty damn impressive as well, but obviously they put millions of dollars into it

[@MrfunnyNacho]

@@O-.-O Anyone saying this didn't watch the Dev videos documenting the progress they were making in GAMING in general. Seamless*** Serving meshing is an amazing feat and you're going to see multiple games following their lead BECAUSE of their progress.

[@dzibanart8521]

@@O-.-O they literally had created tech that was beloved impossible like server meshing, while making two games at the same time squadron 42 and star citizen, they are very competent, is just that their development is publics unlike many other games, they take decades to make you just learn about them when are near to completion or actually ready to be tested.

[@sedlyholmes3722]

Henry Cavill, The Last Pilot of Krypton, White Wolf of Squadron 42

[@dylanbru83]

Been a backer of star citizen since the beginning (2013) it is SO satisfying for people to finally see whats on the horizon for this massive game. I truly believe it will change the industry. This is nearing a life simulator more so than anyone else has achieved. Good job star citizen and team. You guys deserve everything coming your way

[@sam-urai8]

@@dylanbru83 agreed, now please fix star citizen so i can get atleast 30fps

[@Balkancryptomining]

game never finished

[@Jerthy100]

Look i practically gave up hope ever seeing Star citizen completed. But if they pull off SQ42, i will be very, very happy. And that alone will make huge shockwave through the gaming industry.

[@arcueid980able]

@@Jerthy100 People FAIL to realize that SQ42 is current MAIN FOCUS of development. Meme Citizen will be done AFTER SQ42.

[@DemonicLemur]

well I mean with the amount of money that has gone into it and the amount of time they have spent they really have very little excuses for it to fail

[@Beaut_Beau]

This felt like watching an awesome big budget nearly full length scifi movie, incredible stuff!

[@Arms2]

Sooo frickin hyped for Squadron 42. Gonna be a sci-fi masterpiece.

[@MrStrangermoon]

Only master of stuttering darth

[@GigachudBDE]

Been 12 years and counting now. Good thing they were just in the polishing phase a year ago.

[@Voltomess]

@@GigachudBDE yeah polishing phase for next 10 years

[@jimmmybacon9043]

@@Voltomess *2 years

[@Voltomess]

@@jimmmybacon9043 lol and i said be ready for another 10 years of polishing

[@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot_YT]

Ok, I can see now why this took a long time to make lol. Anyone else getting classic Halo vibes at some points?

[@LAAA2000]

@@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot_YT yes Halo vibes.

[@yasinzeydulusoy]

"NOW" you and others "see" it after years and years of bashing it down and complaining, do you guys ever have any idea about how development or any long term planning works? It's easy to say "oh I see it now" after damaging it by not understanding and talking negatively about it which possibly hindered the quality.

[@AUserName-fv8zj]

@@yasinzeydulusoy You're right but also you have no idea whether this guy badmouthed it or not. But yeah, there will absolutely be a sea of people who are like "Oh i get it now" after screaming "Scam" nonstop for years, because their brain can't handle open development of a particularly ambitious game, that intrinsically takes longer to develop than established AAA studios.

[@yasinzeydulusoy]

@@AUserName-fv8zj Yeah I didn't meant to particularly target him, I could've worded that better. I meant the people who did all those, not him specifically but yea you pretty much got my point.

[@TheDominionOfElites]

but the shooting looks worse than halo CE

[@seanhibbitt3735]

Watching them slowly come apart is so satisfying, the effort put into the ship destruction that was showcased a while back was well placed :)

[@osmarreistrader]

Admiral Bishop's speech makes you want to join the game and fight together.

[@masseffects4118]

I can't believe this is just 1 hour in a supposed 30-40 game....this is going to be absolutely epic

[@Maldracai]

I'm sure our children's children will enjoy it when it finally releases.

[@TexYMatt98]

@@Maldracai If they finally release it by 2026 as they said I doubt that, but for SC... that's comming by 2030 lol

[@Krytern]

30-40? It's 20 hours

[@williamhoney3827]

@@Krytern chris roberts said at this citcon the campain was about 30-40 now... don't know how true that is but that was what was said

[@JohnnyZenith]

@@Krytern Not if you play it twice! Eh?!

[@DaemonCL]

The battle is the most spectacular thing I have ever seen in my life :O

[@MrStrangermoon]

watch indepandace day movie.

[@HighmageDerin]

​@@MrStrangermoon Why? that battle was over in 10 minutes this one took a whole hour!

[@MrStrangermoon]

@@HighmageDerin watch cyborg 009 legend of super galaxy then ı uploaded. Star wars episode 6 battle took 3min ep5 not even space battle yet best. This clearly inpendance day or stargate wibe. Not all video battle

[@O-.-O]

Did you hatched 10 minutes ago? 😂

[@checkanr138]

@@O-.-O did you become old and grumpy when star citizen was announced or was you already hatched 50 years ago granddad? 😁

[@SigurTibbs]

probably the most impressive thing about the game is that basically everything you see happening outside of cutscenes is all in game mechanics and animations etc that will be available in the multiplayer. It'll be a true "If you see it you can do it experience"

[@elise3455]

It's insane when you think about it. While they're definitely doing some extreme culling; Every ship (some 100s of meters in size) have fully modelled and detailed interiors with NPCs. The planet in the background is fully generated with dense flora, fauna, settlements/cities, etc. The background clouds are fully volumetric and traversable. And it all started with just 5 devs in a basement. No wonder this has taken a decade to build.

[@xptaco2298]

Bro, I can't wait to drive huge starships and not just star fighters

[@jonny-b4954]

@@elise3455 I don't know. There's CLEARLY been huge mismanagement or something. Scope creep (documented and definitely part of it) and constantly focusing on the microtransactions which has to eat tons of development time. That albeit, does keep the development alive. I just hope it lives up to most of the hype. I bought the game a decade ago, literally. It's kind of nuts.

[@phoenixcraft9940]

@@jonny-b4954 Chris asked the community if they were fine with the expansion of the scope of the game back in 2016. A vast majority of people voted yes. He also offered refunds at the time. Ever since then, all of the disclaimers on their website has made this very clear to everyone - that this was now a live service game, and it will never stop development. Chris still doesn't think the game is ready for the average person, which is why it isn't 'released' however the release criteria were published alongside the gameplay you see in the video above, so they do have a target and a roadmap. Also the ship team is made up of like 20 people what "microtransactions which has to eat tons of development time" are you talking about lol. CIG has thousands of employees globally, 20 people isn't killing development time.

[@matthewkinsey9044]

The first 3 years were really building a company and studios. Development didn't really get started until about 3 to 4 years in. Established companies with investors and billions in the bank still take 6 to 8 years to develop and produce one AAA title. CIG is producing 2 games and literally creating groundbreaking game tech that will be used in the gaming industry for years to come.

[@ImperialDiecast]

Watch and learn, Todd Howard. This is what Starfield could have been.

[@clipzandbitz-1]

I dived into PC gaming this year for Star Citizen, but there is still so much work to be done. It's worth being patient because it really is such a beautiful game. Can't wait for Squadron 42.

[@HighmageDerin]

From everything I gleaned from the citizen Khan this year I think they're probably going to have 1.0 out next year. 4.0 is supposed to be the final patchCycle for the public test universe. After 4.0 comes 1.0 live.

[@omnizenn4559]

​@@HighmageDerin Highly doubt 1.0 will happen before SQ42. After 4.0 releases live theyll likely spend time patching that up to a solid state while mainly focusing on polishing Squadron 42.

[@HighmageDerin]

@@omnizenn4559 We will see but they're going to want to have both sides Of the project completed close to the same time. Because squadron 42 is going to bring in a lot of new gamers to the franchise and as they finish the single player campaign they're going to want to give the persistent universe a try and if the P uis still in its current shape when they do so it's not going to be a good look

[@kivori3438]

@@omnizenn4559yeah imo 1.0 is 2028, maybe adding a 5.0 just after sq42

[@festersmith8352]

@@HighmageDerin Not gonna happen that soon. We still need to test the other things coming, and its a lot, then time to polish and refine in a beta stage. So beta in 3 years and 1.0 in 5 years is my guess. But always hoping for sooner.

[@trollardo9720]

15:40 lmao, but damn this is a big game. So many well known actors.

[@tristenjacob6081]

wow thats gnarly haha

[@MrStrangermoon]

hes alien agent.

[@Muz__27]

Clearly an alien shape shifting spy.

[@Vincent_Rabbit]

Skinwalker

[@THUGPUTIN]

Look at description... 😂 "A third person cinematic narrative driven space flight simulation combat experience".... Gameplay first person 😂.... I know they have the option but still...

[@martinwillumsen9368]

not gonna lie, this was worth the 12 years of waiting :D

[@hereticalhobby]

20 minutes in and I'm more invested than hours into starfield, this is epic and immersive and all the things starfield should have been

[@KrazyKoyk]

The best looking military space game I think i've ever watched!

[@k1mfor]

it's not a game, it's an empty marketing video. you won't be seeing any of this in 10+ years.

[@A____G]

@@k1mfor it is literally done man, that was gameplay

[@k1mfor]

@@A____G you're either trolling or new to this project. It's been "done" since 2016, and 8 years later it's still nowhere to be seen. All you've seen is this video. They tried to show you a short gameplay (the only gameplay they have) in CitCon and even that crashed 3 times because it's entirely spaghetti code

[@A____G]

@@k1mfor Right, well, as a back since 2012, they haven't ever claimed that squadron was done. If you have actually been following closely you can see the point last year where they declared that the game was feature complete (for the first time) and that they'd be announcing a release date soon. That's exactly what has come to pass. If you're talking about star citizen, that really doesn't have anything to do with this trailer. Judging by your opinion, it seems like you're the one who doesn't pay to close attention to what is actually coming out of CIG and you just listen to the nonsense that people toss around because things aren't going how they specifically expected. As far as I'm concerned, they have always been very transparent about the challenges they have been facing toward achieving a complete game and the qualifiers for completion that they have been working on. You can feel free to believe whatever you want though, regardless of the facts.

[@fizzinsoda]

​@@A____G You believe everything anyone tells you? Have you ever heard of empty test builds This is just another back burner project for star citizen to soak in more money. They can label this as anything they want, it does not mean it is true.

[@tqpro]

This is 10/10 worthy. Absolutely unreal experience. I can't wait to play it.

[@TheWasd1234]

This is insane

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

Why tho the gameplay looks like it predates combat evolved the first halo game

[@tqpro]

@@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n lol played starfield?

[@ThirsttyRecon]

@@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n It s a movie-esque cinematic experience, nobody buying this is expecting mindblowing gameplay. Do you go to a cinema and complain that the movies still don't let you interact with them any differently from a 1990's movie?

[@O-.-O]

@@ThirsttyRecon Is this some new marketing line? 😂

[@UserUserUser-jg8zs]

So, 12 years and $600 million for this. I buy it.

[@Phat_man]

well this is episode one and within that 600 mil they building an MMO RPG that is soon going to be a beta.. so yeah two big games

[@MastaSquidge]

12 years and 600+ million for a triple-a studio with in-house mocap, an online service game and a single player game, yes.

[@jaypey8253]

12 years? half a billy? damn it looks good but i hope it does well. could be a flop. lots of actors

[@brilobox2]

You know what's more crazy? This could make zero dollars on release and it probably wouldn't matter to the studio.

[@DarkWallay]

An interactive movie spectacle with no depth. Very much so.

[@foghornblue]

The music is on the money. This is looking and sounding fantastic!

[@SplitFinn]

Outer Worlds Helldivers II Space Marine II Now this. We're truly living in a golden age of sci-fi for gaming.

[@lewis10599]

chill

[@Korelon7]

Calling a scam game part of a golden age is fucking sad

[@irunnit]

well let me tell you about star citizen 😭

[@solidsnake5051]

@@Korelon7 People who cry scam are just becoming more of a clown each year as the bread gets made.

[@boss-jackbauer1406]

Space Sci-fi peak was and still is Mass Effect

[@FinalLightNL]

the graphics, the models, the texturing everything looks so insane

[@DeathCluntch]

truley next gen but will they go ubisoft and downgrade??

[@dacco9414]

This looks like it has potential to be one of the best games ever made. Lets hope!

[@DraconixDG]

And now suddenly people are praising it and saying "I never doubted it!!!" yes you did and so did everyone else. CIG did a phenomenal job at showcasing this and fingers crossed this comes out well.

[@Daruudes]

There's still reason to be doubtful

[@ironwarr]

@@Daruudes not really, if you judge it with the same lens you judge other games it's nothing weird about this at all

[@Daruudes]

@@ironwarr Why would you do that? You go off the studio's track record

[@ironwarr]

@@Daruudes the studios track record is only a problem since they've had to change the scope so many times because of the funding, and due to the nature of the crowdfunding it's also logical AF that after it's feature complete that it's not so far off of being finished, and it looks amazing

[@martonmakhult3416]

Honestly i didnt gave much thought to this game so far, but i have to admit, that i enjoyed this 76 minutes far more than the majority of stuff that Hollywood can spawn out these days on the sci-fi front.. It gave me those good old Babylon 5/Imperium Galactica vibes that i miss so much from modern sci-fi.

[@fllippgames3530]

ik right? I miss the older sci fi series like those SG1 and firefly. Speaking of firefly they're releasing a ship that looks a good amount like the serenity in some respects which is cool.

[@TheCoLMcQueen]

Feels like Wing Commander, when I played it the first time as a child

[@swagmaster6922]

This is made by the director of wing commander and freelancer.

[@Island_Bag]

That’s because this game is the spiritual successor

[@TheCoLMcQueen]

@@Island_Bag I know. But in my head wing commander looked like this when I was young. Amazing where we are with graphics

[@kmortensen9312]

@@TheCoLMcQueen Idk i didnt see any scenes of maniac and paladin giving me advice while shotglass was polishing glasses in the background :D it was a very cool trailer though after the tease last years citcon left us with :D

[@tardimosspig]

It had a bit of a Conflict Freespace TGW vibe about it as well - I loved that game. I am really hoping Squadron 42 lives up to this incredible reveal trailer

[@dariofromthefuture3075]

What a breathtaking masterpiece. You can feel the love in each segment.

[@O-.-O]

You obliged to buy another Idris now 😂😂😂

[@ironwarr]

@@O-.-O man do you ever shut up, where did they touch you?

[@zrakonthekrakon494]

@@ironwarr I touched him

[@ironwarr]

@@zrakonthekrakon494 good

[@bboyg1]

I mean the passion is there but the animation was stiff all over the place..felt like amateurs where running the show.

[@garrypearson]

Anyone elss start watching and didnt think they'd finish? Absolutely fantastic hour of my life. Cant wait to play!

[@wickedwookie]

Tell Scooter Scooter sent ya!

[@BillyFrench]

@@wickedwookie Billy reporting for duty

[@TheWasd1234]

Omg its actually scooter! WHERE IS MY 50% off deal on my Zeus?!?

[@themanyouwanttobe]

Tell MeeMaw there's double dawgs on that kingship. Problem solved.

[@silkyz68]

I brought double dogs to Brio's, but Mi Ma wasn't there. I just left the box on the carga lift

[@parkerxgps]

If you get a bad worm on Deymer call the Verse.

[@starflame10]

This looks so great already and it has another 18 months of polish to go. Gonna be a once in a lifetime experience

[@LauftFafa]

bless your naive heart . how is this different from 2012 on both trailer and promise ?

[@gtfafm1036]

you meant 18 years, right?

[@AusRaiden888]

Which lifetime, ours or 3 generations from now.

[@comicmoniker]

Right on man, I'm excited by the prologue too. I don't pre-order things on principle, but if the reviews come in and the game lives up to even half of it's potential, I'm sure I'll be purchasing and enjoying it. And ignore the people who are way too emotionally invested in the game failing. There's a difference between healthy skepticism and obsessive pessimism.

[@comicmoniker]

@@dsn1460 it might be. But as someone who's casually kept track of SC for many years now, there's reasons to take this timeline more seriously than before. I'm cautiously optimistic, even if I won't be convinced until I actually see it.

[@stevesteingrover7294]

Some Battlestar Galaktica vibes. 👍

[@randlebrowne2048]

The bagpipes in the UEE Navy theme definitely have BSG vibes!

[@hansyolo9649]

Yeah and Gary Oldman pulling some Adama like maneuvers.

[@tlotlisomabelane5025]

this is the craziest, most detailed gameplay reveal ive ever seen.

[@BrokenFrequency69]

This game looks fantastic, the gaming world really needs some fresh single player story telling experiences and this looks like a movie. I would rather this take time to come out and they really nail it. Glad to see the company who made star citizen are really using their funds to make something fantastic. Actors of this magnitude aswell as being as graphically stunning as it is must use up a lot of funds. I have high hopes for this game and think it will be stunning if they manage to pull this off.

[@O-.-O]

More like wasted their funds, since the game is 10 years late and the company needs 120 million dollars per year to operate and it was already announced as complete in 2016.

[@OsakaVibeTV]

@@O-.-O you watched this and you think it can be made in 2016?

[@AkireSora]

1. It was Kickstarted 12 years ago. 2. in 2016 he said 'when' the game is feature complete 3. they are creating there own engine. You go do that. 4. they are creating a single player campaign as well as an MMO 5. Last year they announced that SQ42 was feature complete 6. This year, they have shown a 1 hour prologue of a 30/40 hour campaign that is now being polished 7. Starfield was announced in 2018. it took 5 years, has terrible gameplay, loading screens from planet to orbit and nothing to do. 9 in star citizens 1 system that they have right now, there are 100s/1000s of POI's, missions, battles and events to do.

[@BrokenFrequency69]

@@AkireSora I like this reply more XD

[@BrokenFrequency69]

@@OsakaVibeTV based

[@a.j.6832]

Love to see people open to the game… A-list actors were clearly a good investment

[@solidsnake5051]

They came cheap or completely free as they were already slated when the game had raised only millions, lot of these people actually friends with chris roberts and some people like henry cavill just joined the moment he heard of the project and of course they not going to say no to henry cavill.

[@PrinceVegeta]

This looks so fucking cool!

[@tvegas]

This looks incredible. A true gaming cinematic experience.

[@Easone21]

It's been so long since I've been engaged in a game's story. The last time for me was Halo 3 and after that, I generally became less and less impressed with AAA titles. What CIG has done here is amazing, they've taken their time but the result looks fantastic and I cannot wait to play and replay this game. I am very excited. 11/10

[@billydiesel8520]

Dawg there have been brilliant cinematic games since Halo 3.

[@ni9274]

You don't seem to have played a lot of AAA games, many recent AAA games had amazing story (like Cyberpunk 2077)

[@fllippgames3530]

@@ni9274 tbh cyberpunk isn't a super cinematic game. Good story great even don't get me wrong but not really that cinematic .

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

I just realized what an incredible character Henry Cavil could make in sci fi. Reminded me a bit of Commander Sheperd, in mass effect 1-3.

[@fllippgames3530]

best part is rumor says he went into this part for free

[@alassesinda]

Exactly! He needs to be Commander Shepard in a Mass Effect Trilogy live action!

[@shiroshika1]

This might be the game of games we were all waiting for. Come on future come on tech, come on progress do your thing!

[@festersmith8352]

Keep in mind progress takes time. And this project has taken a long time. But we all hope it will raise the bar and generate progress.

[@roninworkz]

Tech will get there. CR disastrous project management and addiction to feature creep is the bottleneck to real progress. SC should be in the bag by now. Why would this title be any different?

[@festersmith8352]

@@roninworkz Blame CIG for feature creep is understandable. But the community requests for content and features is at insanity levels on a daily basis. I noticed he even mentioned that during Cit Con. And was right to call that out.

[@cathulhu3772]

I LOVE how two music themes merge into one during first fighters attack. That Klingon chanting and uplifting theme twisted together as both fleets get serious. I'm coming back here for music, not for visuals although they work really good together. Noone will beat CDPR in musical storytelling but yeah.... this is as close as you can aspire to be. I want OST from this