Star Citizen Explained

There's a lot of confusion about Star Citizen, so I think it's time to explain what the game actually is...
00:00 What is Star Citizen Really?
00:41 The Kickstarter...
01:57 Star Citizen's Pre-Production
03:02 Chris Roberts' Passion
03:48 What's the deal with Squadron 42
04:29 Current Scope
05:15 Star Citizen's current multiplayer
06:02 When Star Citizen "Got Real"
08:12 Other major hurdles
09:08 What you can actually do today in Star Citizen
10:28 Squadron 42's current state
11:14 TL;DW
#starcitizen #squadron42

[@Gab22.]

My best advice for anyone thinking about playing the game ; you are able to try the game several weeks a year for free, you will also have a better experience if someone can teach you how to play, and if you don't know anyone this is a very nice community and it should be easy to find someone willing to teach you the basics. (trying to learn alone might be overwhelming even with the tutorial)

[@billywashere6965]

Yup.... and this is one of the rare instances where using global chat is essential. Simply ask for help in global chat and a bunch of people will be willing to give you a tour (and also show off their fleet of ships, lol).

[@Nitrox_909]

and u have a 30 day refund time

[@andyandreson3989]

Free fly several times a year. If you can handle the shit show during free fly, you’ll do fine in Star Citizen.

[@brutusthecat6044]

Yup and one of those free weeks is actually coming up in the next couple weeks!

[@S1L3NTSNA1L]

​@andyandreson3989 honestly think free flys should lower the server cap to 70 so that new people aren't experiencing the server's at their worst. Atleast untill sever meshing is implemented

[@wouterzonneveld2305]

Crazy hearing how Freelancer was scaled back. It to this date is my favourite single player game and I have replayed the crap out of it, even just a couple years ago.

[@doubledigital_]

i recently played it again .. its free btw lol.. longer than i played D4. xD

[@haydn9315]

Absolute banger of a game, love it. Still my favourite space game to date, Everspace 2 kinda scratched the itch a little, but still didn't come close to the vibe Freelancer had.

[@katarjin]

It's crazy what modders have been able to do with Freelancer and how long they have been working on them...Flack 88, Discovery, Freeworlds...hell there was a Riddick mod server for a bit.

[@kaejuka6249]

Star Citizen feels like what Chris wanted Freelancer to be

[@muahmuzic]

Facts

[@Podokodo23]

$30 got me both years ago. With 3k+ hrs in SC it's by far the best $$ to game time I've ever spent.....bugs and all.

[@ferretforrent1144]

regretting not picking up the squadron 42 package as now it has disappeared and will probably come back at 60 or 70 dollars. Before i think it was like 40?

[@Podokodo23]

@@ferretforrent1144 I'm guessing you meant "not" instead of now? For a long time you could add SQ42 to a package for an extra $15-$20 but ya, when it comes back to the pledge store it will be $60-70 I'm sure.

[@tevarinvagabond1192]

​@@ferretforrent1144$45 before it was removed, but before that it was there for $30 and then $25, and then free* (included with starter packs in the Kickstarter and first couple of years at the beginning). I've seen some people complaining it was removed, but like... you've had 10 years to buy it, you really have no right to complain here. 😂

[@captainharlock3998]

@@ferretforrent1144 I got both for $20 during a sale back in 2017. that was my second game package.

[@Nonpain]

@@ferretforrent1144 same

[@tyee6018]

It's not just Chris's dream game, as soon as I heard of star citizen in 2016 it had me hooked, I remember being so excited for just being able to walk around the hanger and sit in my hornet ghost 😂 now we have seamless space to planetside plus caves and new water and cloud tech ☁️

[@SternLX]

I first read about Star Citizen in 2012 when the kickstarter was launched but didn't start backing until 2018. I kept my eye on it for the first 6 years until I saw video from CitizenCon in 2018(around the time Alpha 3.0 was kicked off). I was all in after that. Now I kind of wish I had of started backing from the very beginning.

[@jasonrd316]

​@@SternLXSame. I made an account in 2014, but didn't actually purchase a game package until Oct 2017. I honestly think that was better, because I kind of missed a Lot of the 2.0 frustration...I started just a few months before 3.0 launched.

[@MachinedFace88ttv]

So you fell flr the scam in 2016 , it's almost 2026.. you're old now. Too old to be scammed with false promises

[@DomBogey94]

I would rather have a few systems vs over 100. I want more detail. Quality over quantity. I'm rooting for these guys!

[@exohunter1902]

This is 100% true. It is much more satisfying to have some planets with handcrafted locations instead of a thousand dead AI generated soulless rocks floating in space.

[@Desenrad]

If server meshing is able to do what It’s pitched as. You will beg for more systems. Game worlds will be crowded with players. I think many would want to have far away places to explore.

[@TheSocketshock]

The plan is to have 120 star systems, but the wy they make them is way more detailed than bethesda. The systems will take awhile but they on the while will be waaay better.

[@DomBogey94]

@@TheSocketshock awesome, yeah I just worry because NMS, starfield have crazy number but they're literally dead worlds. Hopefully these guys can make it happen . And hopefully it wont take another 10 year haha

[@DomBogey94]

@@Desenrad can you explain the server meshing to me? I'm not a computer guy, and really new to the community. What will it allow?? Thanks

[@Citizen_Kate]

Wow thank you for mentioning our Circumnavigation trips! :) they were a lot of fun to do but such a huge time commitment - as you say though there ware very few games with the scale and the freedom to allow a player to do that kind of thing - and we're living through a very exciting time to be playing this game - I have a feeling the year ahead is going to be incredible! Keep up the awesome content LevelCap

[@ikkeheltvanlig]

I think those videos are going to be relevant until you do it again. The crew, the mood, all your infrastructure and the edits make those video a KZbin gem

[@MaticTheProto]

@@ikkeheltvanligagreed. Excellent for sc and chill

[@electrospud9230]

Doing that type of activity again with the new UI would be hands down the best thing CIG could do for the immediate future in the Persistent Universe, the addition of maps and navigational aids for the on foot player experience is going to be a game changer for organizing and coordinating large scale player activities that Citizen_Kate usually features in her YT. Fingers crossed that what they "presented" at CitizenCon is well on its way to integration with the PU.

[@MaticTheProto]

@@electrospud9230 why are you talking about her in third person when you are replying to her

[@JonMcMenamin777]

Some of the absolute best SC content from @Citizen_Kate here on yt!

[@UptownToast]

Asmongold here saying "seamless transition from space to ground, okay then do it" not realising we've had that for years

[@luciano_trivelli]

Even after all of the setbacks and wrong release dates, it's undeniable that the technology they have developed is amazing, even if the persistent universe is not complete, it's pretty impressive as it is

[@luciano_trivelli]

@@Uncanny_Mountain they have said squadron 42 will release soon a bunch of times, they've also done it with pyro

[@jasonrd316]

​@@Uncanny_MountainYeah, they gave release dates for SQ42 and Beta. It's just been so long ago we tend to forget.

[@seveneternal7988]

@@jasonrd316 SQ42 IS in beta.

[@jweebo1463]

It better be amazing after they netted half a billion dollars to make the engine. Most Game engines are under the 5-Million mark.

[@seveneternal7988]

@@jweebo1463 actually no, amazon engine as an example was around 2 BILLION, CryEngine or UE, way more.

[@SolusWhite]

After watching Asmongolds' video on the Starengine, it's silly how many people think that what they saw was fake... just goes to show how many people listened to the trolls and did not look into the game... sure, we don't have some of the things in the engine vid yet, but we have most of it.

[@billywashere6965]

Yeah that's the sad part. 80% of that is already in the current alpha. The biggest thing(s) missing are the fauna.

[@slandshark]

I was hoping LevelCapGaming would hit on that point a bit harder in the vide above. There are no loading screens...like at all, zero. Nothing is faked in Star Citizen, even the elevators move through physical space. Even quantum drive in your ship is real, you physically move through space at quantum drive speeds. Then there's an absolute TON of little details in the game that nobody talks about. Different gravities, weather effects, tons of sensor gameplay, how even the weight of your ship changes when you step onto the ship or add/remove cargo or any other items, which affects the performance of tractor beams manipulating your ship. Tons of little stuff like that which is not apparent when you play...even months later or years later you'll be learning more and more about how deep some of the details go. The major bugs in the game is the biggest reason more people haevn't joined in and is my major complain. Slowly getting there and it's exciting, but emphasis on the slow part.

[@phoenixsui]

There is enough people who think earth is flat so…

[@sneakymitchell7802]

Sure but can it run on modern rigs? That just what they expect

[@sc_cintara]

@@sneakymitchell7802 Yes, I have played the game as my main game since 2015 and it absolutely runs on a modern (though good) rig. It runs fine on a quad-core with 32GB RAM, an RTX3080-level graphics card and (importantly!) an SSD. You often get more than 60 FPS, but there is no level of hardware that gives 60 FPS consistently. Once the shaders are compiled and cached, my rig consistently gives me 30 FPS or more.

[@quadrantalerror1121]

massive middle finger to starfield

[@JonAtomic]

Oh stop. There’s no need for hostility’s between the games

[@ians_mind]

​@@JonAtomictell that to all of them expecting all our time at the expense of other games 👀

[@steveharvey441]

@@ians_mindwhat are you talking about

[@TheMikester9]

While Star Citizen is infinitely more impressive on a technical level than Starfield, even in it's alpha stages, there's no reason to be upset about Starfield. They didn't promise anything they didn't deliver, like so many overhyped, aggressively marketed, and misleading disappointments in the past, and if you expected something more, that's on you. It's just a game with a much much smaller scope and shorter development time than Star Citizen, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that. Not everyone is willing to take a gamble on such a long term project like this. The tech involved in Star Citizen has literally never been done before is all being made just for this game. Being upset about the bugs is one thing, but if you're a Bethesda fan, that should have been no surprise either. To me, a lot of this Starfield hate is just self-inflicted because of people overhyping it. And for once, the people making it tried their best to be honest about it. There are so many games where I would totally agree with the response to, and I don't even like Starfield really. Tried it on Gamepass, wasn't for me, no harm no foul.

[@Incon_clusive]

@@TheMikester9actually no they mislead a lot of people on purpose and was in no doubt anyone’s fault except for the devs. “20x the detail” “truly explorable planets” I can go on and on..not to mention a space game with space exploration and doesn’t allow any of it to be done manually. Loading screen simulator..AI is garbage..story is forgettable and mad boring. Just dev lies and let downs all over that entire game.

[@TheOtherSlideYT]

It's a good day when LC puts out Star Citizen content 😁

[@Cmoth040]

I've been in it since the beginning, before they shifted to their website. The projected release dates kept getting dusted because of feature creep. In this case however, Chris Roberts stated in his very first promotional video for Squadron 42 that, if they were able to make enough money, they'd continue to grow the project and branch out. The intention was to eventually create the persistent universe. That other projects, far less in scope, have taken as long as they have has helped to put the length of this project into perspective. That Starfield took as long as it did to basically give us Fallout in Space with so many loading screens it's practically half of your activity also provided some clarity. Ironically, the younger backers, impatient for release and the skeptical, were promoting the kind of rapid release thought process that killed the video game industry in the 90s, which was the primary reason Chris Roberts got out of the industry for a time and avoided distributor financing for this project. This project isn't just making games, it's creating new technologies and expanding the potential for the rest of the industry.

[@tobytoxd]

True. Very well said!

[@twilink5810]

Well said and more of that released dates in the development of videos games is a non sense in the first place the big issue is making games have become an industry so it needs to make numbers but for making numbers you sacrifice the quality (just look at ecents games).

[@Wylie288]

There is no feature creep. Nothing on the roadmap or that's been released wasn't something you can find being mentioned 7+ years ago. People have gotten in their minds because its a new thing to THEM it must be a new feature to the devs. Which is just stupid.

[@Cmoth040]

@@Wylie288 You use whatever definition you like. It was a topic discussed in the early days of the project's development. In the case of this project, the creep was intended. The project was scaled back from a wish list. They continually added functionality off of that wish list, as well as ideas that came up during development, depending on the revenue stream.

[@twilink5810]

@@Wylie288 you just don't look at the website roadmap monthly report progress tracker is or any informations for telling something like that.

[@bluemoondm8629]

The thing that makes even following the development of SC so engrossing is that it feels like an exploration into the previously unknown. Groundbreaking tech and fascinating insights into game dev. I love that LevelCap is as invested in Star Citizen as many of us. Also great to hear a shoutout to Citizen Kate (and Will,) my favorite channel to watch for SC!

[@matheuskalil5680]

Thank you for this great summup, Level. So many people needed this.

[@zzygyy]

Chris Roberts "Wing Commander" legacy. 👍 what an amazing world he is creating.

[@tobytoxd]

o7 🪐

[@v1.61]

what an amazing scam

[@ironwar8501]

​@@v1.61 think before you write

[@Ambassador_Kobi]

Highly needed video.

[@KurasuAkami]

My though about SC is regardless the mistakes they made in the past, this is why we're lucky to have a company like CIG (and Larian), they take their time to shape the game in a way that they really want, with much dept and details, without some company forcing them to realease the game incomplete or downscaling their vision of what the game should have been

[@cinnamonrage]

Citizen Kate comes up a lot when it comes to Star Citizen - and rightfully so, she makes great content with her org.

[@KerboOnYT]

My $60 in 2012 on Kickstarter was well spent. It's nice to see more people in mainstream gaming becoming aware of what SC/SQ42 are all about

[@RustedCroaker]

"what SC/SQ42 are all about" a scam?

[@KerboOnYT]

@@RustedCroaker There are plenty of valid criticisms of the project, but to call it a scam just makes you look ignorant. There's a wealth of info out there freely available for anyone to consume. Maybe you could even watch this video on which you commented? Even the first 60 seconds if that's not too much for you to handle. Have a great day!

[@strzaskanyalf2928]

scam citizen@@KerboOnYT

[@aquanos]

@@RustedCroaker Why is bro mad

[@agakunt]

even in alpha, no other game gets close to the immersion this game provides. We will never get a project like this, at least while I'm alive.

[@fillianplays]

Say what you will but Chris is nothing if not passionate about his projects. Anybody that’s met the man can attest to the genuine enthusiasm he has for SC.

[@RappelKarton]

Subscribed in 2012 for BF3 - then lost interest in Battlefield - now subscribing again for SC! Keep it the good work!

[@VoroxPete]

OK, this is, bar none, the best explanation of the history and current state of the project that I have ever seen.

[@tobytoxd]

Same!

[@PoulWrist]

I'm still in it with my 20$ kickstarter backing!

[@johnmaurer3097]

I’m gen-x and grew up on Wing Commander for SNES and PC. Star Citizen for me as and adult is the holy grail of gaming. Those early games were so amazing and memorable, just having that mindset AND the insane tech achievements is like being a kid again. I honestly can’t believe they did it. It’s gaming as a kid, but with adult worlds and depth

[@surject]

Did you see that weird Wing1 box art in the video? Broke my heart.

[@ralf716]

remember the intro of wing commander with the orchestral conductor and the star systems popping? same way wing commander started in the days.

[@surject]

@@ralf716 It was a nice touch and immediately threw me back to 1990.

[@Mike5Brown]

Most important thing to know for a newcomer would be this game will not respect your time. It can take a long time to do anything.

[@sc_cintara]

Yes, things take a lot of time, however playing Star Field was an eye-opener to me: Since you can fast travel the game ended up feeling really small, as if there were no distances in it. In comparison Star Citizen feels vast and it is a real decision if you want to spend the time to go to a different planet, or if you will stay where you are for a while more.

[@sirannikus]

I'm a big Minecraft nerd but Star Citizen is slowly becoming my favourite. The in game music score alone is worth the money. Even with the bugs and delays it's an incredible experience. If you are thinking about becoming a Star Citizen, buy a little ship, accept the bugs (which are usually rare) and don't heve any expectations about updates. The anticipation of SCs potential is one of the reasons it's so exciting!

[@ralf716]

yesss, the music of the gameloader alone ist worth the money if you like Pedro Camacho.

[@tobytoxd]

Oh flying over ArcCorp with that music of it. Just this for me is worth €45 :)))

[@Nemethon]

Star Citizen is one of those games that you can't really explain, you have to experience it. ;D

[@Chris-iv8sb]

Even in it's various states throughout the patches, people spent a few dozen bucks on this and had hundreds or thousands of hours of fun. Easy to overlook that.

[@tobytoxd]

Exactly! My $50 purchase got me so much space sim and fun in 2016, that playing Alpha 2.6 alone was worth it. The release of the procedural moons with Alpha 3.0 blew me away and already fulfilled big space exploration dreams for me personally. But hey, i can jump into this crazy flight sim any day and my package also includes Squadron celebrity gala :D

[@epav2396]

Great summary LevelCap. 10/10

[@Astravall]

I think it is important to keep in mind that the 2014 release date for Star Citizen was for a much much much smaller game. Back then it was planned as a visual upgrade to Privateer sort of. With tiny landingzones (see first concepts with a landingpad and a few shops in the same area), loadingscreens between these landing zones and space and the generic mini missions similar to what you had in Privateer. And Squadron 42 would have been also just a Wing Commander with nice graphics where you are limited to your carrier ship and fly missions in space. For that a twentyfour million dollar budget and two years seemed to be realistic. But the scope of the game quickly broke through that even during the original crowdfunding campaign with the achieved streatchgoals. So back then it was clear that 2014 release would be almost impossible (at least for me).

[@Kris.G]

Oh wise one, we are not worthy.

[@aidanfrancis2193]

From the first video you put out talking about the hanger module I've been hooked. From middle school to after college, it's been quite a wait, but it's incredible what CIG has been able to accomplish

[@Nuttobotter]

I remember baking for the project 2013 just to get a Freelancer successor. 10 years and a Concierge-status later gladly I am still here and can't wait for Sq42 release :) Thanks Levelcap for covering the game in great quality.

[@gonzo3436]

Chris Roberts was a household name for me growing up. His vision even back in the early days of Wing Commander aligned with mine. I'm happy to see it paying off for him now

[@surject]

Origin released a new game? Okay, time for a new PC.

[@luutarb]

I've always had trouble explaining and showing Star Citizen to friends because it is such a big project so it's impossible to reduce it to one sentence. I feel like this video has finally filled that gap, I can just link this. Great video!!

[@Bieblism]

You do not have to like the game, nor buy it. But at the very least spare any grievances you have and just let the team cook. They have come this far, they will keep taking us further.

[@spuckuk7039]

looking forward to its release in 2053

[@ironwar8501]

​​@@spuckuk7039it'll probably release close to 2028-28, but if it releases in 2050 so be it. Id rather they finish their vision

[@ToniLeys]

What's the scene that starts at 6:30? Where can I find it in full?

[@Sebastian-xw4ld]

Really really helpful video man! Perfect ratio of concision and detail. I now know exactly where SC is, and whether I want to buy it now or wait. Much appreciated!!

[@tobytoxd]

Thank you! This is by far the best video about the history of this project, with a compact, decent overview of playable features and the projects near future. Super awesome!

[@Saturn-6]

Thanks Level Cap great summary of what Star Citizen is even though I’ve been playing for years i still enjoyed your video alot

[@TruthIsKey369]

Todd Howard: "you go anywhere!" Chris Roberts: "hold my beer"

[@Dutyfull80]

Great overview, and I'm very eager to see all these new features coming to the PU!

[@GeneraIKurt]

The best SC-Feature for me is the immersion that comes with being able to walk around in your ship anytime and not having a single loadingscrene or cutszene except for the one at the very start

[@petersevastyanov654]

I can't get the idea of a Star Wars mod of this out of my mind, it would be crazy.

[@killstreak08]

A good and informative contribution. I've been playing since 2020. Finally got a capable machine for it. Been following it longer than that. Love it. Every time I heard of a scifi game release, especially Star Wars, I would expect something like Star Citizen. Choose your way, experience and explore the galaxy. But realistically, we weren't there yet.

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

That was an absolutely perfect summary. Your content on SC is on-point.

[@javebjorkman]

New fan here, your channel has been so great to get me started in the verse!

[@pastaoleary3031]

Always been curious about this game but now downloading, great vid.

[@deathkorpsofkrieg8287]

Nice to see a new star citizen vid

[@Miki76221]

1 week in, it is a very big learning curve got my Connie Taurus it's very rewarding though when you get going

[@bean3243]

star citizen has proven one thing to me, a small refined map is a million times better than procedurally generated worlds with nothing to do.

[@Wylie288]

You know everything is hand made right? SC isn't procedurally generated.

[@loyalsock8387]

@@Wylie288 I think that's what he meant

[@rymden8329]

Perfect LC! This will probably be my new goto when having to explain the SC situation.

[@InfiniteGreninja]

Star Citizen to me is an incredible concept that’s held back by features that simply do not work well with the current state of the game. Having players lose their entire inventory in a game where your ship can randomly explode or kick you out into space due to bugs not only doesn’t work, but just causes players to quit. Same thing with having to wait for ship insurance. The punishment for death in this game are way too high when it can randomly decide to kill you. Another thing is the interaction menu. It just does not work. There’s no way to know wether something can be interacted with without walking up and trying it first, and sometimes it just actually doesn’t work at all, like with certain ship chairs.

[@codeyfox622]

love when he's like: "so do it" and when the engine does it he's like "wtf what have I been bashing this for so long for?"

[@anepicotter4595]

I love that asmongold clip cause anybody who has ever touched star citizen knows that it truly is completely seamless. The entire game is. Once you load in, you’re there. That’s the only loading screen. Doesn’t matter if you’re going across the star system or going from a space station refinery to the hangar or from the hangar to the planet’s surface or going from a random place on the surface of Microtech to the middle of New Babbage; you may get low framerates entering new areas but you’ll never find yourself floating like you often do in destiny and you’ll definitely never have a loading screen. Until you inevitably die or get kicked to the main menu because of some bug that isn’t your fault.

[@jdm90746]

ive already tapped out with star field and think i will buy a gaming pc for star citizen..

[@festersmith8352]

@@jdm90746 ONE OF US, ONE OF US

[@yous2244]

​@@jdm90746my favourite game, but it's extremely buggy. If you don't love the game then it's best if you wait.

[@onechessdude]

Elite Dangerous? Space Engineers? I guess they don't exist.

[@StarLeader44]

​@@yous2244I'm glad the sentiment that players should informed that the game is buggy is getting across. A new player experience can be ruined by the bugs if players don't come into the game expecting them.

[@Fr3shrid3r]

I think people still misunderstand the most expensive project ever, because we dont know, maybe it is, it is definetly one of them, but we dont know, the thing is no company is actually showing us ALL the expenses a game costs them. If take two says gta 5 took x million, they only talk about the number they wrote in their financials as expenses for the game, but stuff like upgrading the dev pcs every couple years, the studio, their motion capture studio, rent of the office etc are all "office expenses" even though you need to have all this to make the game and technically count towards it too. The reason we can say SC took so much to develop so far is because they started from zero and everything they do is towards the game. The operating expenses by take two were 3,4 billion this fiscal year alone (revenue same year is 5,3 billion). Of course it is one of the most expensive games made, but I wouldnt say its the most expensive, because we will never know because of this divide of how they show expenses at other game companies

[@blooizeHD]

this

[@Nemesiz00]

I appreciate all the Star Citizen videos. Nothing so far has been showing up in my feed and I'm really glad that I was able to find out how well the development is going. Will definitely get it once I buy a new rig in 2025!

[@festersmith8352]

What are you running now? A lot of false info on what it takes to play it.

[@festersmith8352]

Free fly event (free to play) starting on the 17th. You can try it then, But the servers are usually pretty rough during those.

[@muzamilnabinadroo]

I just wanted to say that I held the line for Squadron 42.

[@deejayGOLDEE]

thx for info. now i understatd. i will wait for sq.42

[@spacer5056]

The way I see start citizen, it's the biggest crowd funded gaming research and development project. Undoubtetly it will bring a lot of advancment to gaming in the future

[@saosaoldian6742]

You are the giant in this space. Well done.

[@_liquid_wolf_4280]

magnificent video. CATCH you all in the verse, i love this game.

[@savvx]

Thank you very much for this video. It was very informative :)

[@xxxsu8z3r0xxx6]

It’s definitely worth a try!

[@ddddaaddaaaa]

I'm thinking of some battle royale mode on that beautiful landscape

[@SamCitizenMarkley]

better example of traversing a whole planet would of been Daymar rally with Atmo Esports, think they deserve the shout out more

[@StarLeader44]

Agreed. Absolute legends.

[@henkdevries_verified]

I really want to believe SC will release someday with even just half of the features promised in a functional state, since I am an avid space sim genre degenerate. I bought into the game with one of the starter packs in 2019. My personal experience with it was that it was pretty much unplayable when judged on the merits of an actual game. However, every year I hear the same repeats of "it's gonna be a great year" and "we're going to have a lot to look forward to". More than ten years down the line I still don't see a product that looks even remotely close to being classifiable as a released game, while in court it gets referred to as a "live games service" whereas in the public-facing marketing it's an "early alpha" and to start playing you buy in with a "pledge". There is undoubtedly a big dichotomy in how the game is represented towards different parties. I think it's disingenuous towards potential newcomers to list all technically available activities in the game without also being open about things like - consistent player progress wipes between updates - stability of the gameplay experience - how feasible it is to engage in certain activities without having your progress ruined by some kind of session-ending bug - content becoming unavailable I also don't think it's fair for the community behind this game to tout it as a fully playable game, but to argue that it's an alpha when people bring up technical issues - it can't be both at the same time. As someone who works in an adjacent industry, I was approached for a job position by someone from RSI, prompting me to investigate the conditions there a bit on account of my enthusiasm for space sims and game development. First- and second-hand accounts of people having worked for RSI deterred me from responding to their job offer. While I think Chris Roberts' enthusiasm for his project is genuine, I do also feel as though some of the practices involved in procuring funding for the project encroach on the questionable. Not sure if this is still a thing, but in around 2019 it was common for Chris to have dinner parties with people known to invest obscene amounts of money in the promise his vision provides through pledges, touting potential new additions in order to garner more funding. I can't judge other people for how they choose to spend their money, but in the same vein that I find the practice of "milking whales" in a F2P product deplorable, I also don't think it's okay to exploit susceptible people in this similar way either.

[@lint3067]

Nicely done LevelCap

[@DJHeroMasta]

No way man! I've known about this game for years and have been playing it on and off for a bit but decided to come to YT after hearing about the Squadrons update finally arriving and wanted to see if there were any videos explaining the expansiveness of the game, and before I could even type anything, this video's sitting right there! Cool and creepy at the same time. 😅

[@Flakey86]

Thanks for this video. Massively helpful to try to objectively communicate the essentials of Star Citizen to the curious out there.

[@helloitsjay38]

Gah! He didn't mention my favorite gameloop! Medical gameplay has been the absolute best part of this game for me. So many fun and sometimes weird interactions with other players.

[@VinePest]

This video is pretty spot-on, albeit a bit too optimistic in a few spots for my taste. However, I'm not the target audience, as I've known this project for roughly ten years. I still want it all to come true, but I'll brace myself for a few to lots more years of a wait for anything finished. The recent promising video material and early server-meshing demo might entice more crowdfunding, which might lead to more new features and ships being implemented, more technology to be modularized and sold on.. this is all exciting, I love this nerdy shit a lot! However, this is no mere game or even two games anymore; there is no stopping Mr. Roberts' dreams it seems. I guess we might see a viable SQ42 build this decade, and it might be a good idea for the whole enterprise to drop a finished product before embarking on more big adventures. However, I'm not holding my breath for any of that. I'll be popping in the alpha every few years to see whether I can get one or two nice game loops out of it (and contribute to a few bug reports) before shelving it again for the next time. The dream of THE space game is alive in all of us, as it should. Keep dreaming, have fun in some way, manage expectations - that's what I'll be doing.

[@CeresOutpost]

Right - the thing is, we're still years away from a full release. 5 years wouldn't shock me, but hey - we have IA tools now to help with development, so maybe that will speed things along. I'm an OG backer and I keep an eye on it. I get what they are doing and how hard it is. More importantly, I know this is going to be the game I live in when it finally drops.

[@tomsmit2399]

I'm definetly going to play this game once I get a new pc

[@leslieviljoen]

Star Citizen's planets are incredible. I remember landing in a snow storm, kicking up the snow, getting rain and ice on my helmet and armour - as I stepped out of my ship the wind pushing me back and my character putting up his arm to shield himself.

[@mr.monkei]

Im amazed at how many people had no idea about Star Citizen and only now looking into it because of the Failures of Starfield and boring loading screens lol.

[@kassandercailliau8674]

I’m 19 years old. I hope that I’m not too naive when I say I’m hopeful that I’ll see the release of this game and watch it evolve in one of the most beautiful metaverses ever created in the gaming industry.

[@Vladisomire]

Good summary here, Cap. this is smth I can throw at some friends who are still stuck in the idea that Star Citizen has nothing playable going on even after 12 years

[@STITCH4211]

Hello ive been a massive fan of starcitizen since 2015. And i would just like to confirm your statement of CIG is bringing assets from squadron 42 to star citizen. Just yesterday the EPTU experimental test universe got a patch for the dynamic event Siege of Orison. And i can confirm the AI from Squadron 42 has been ported over. We did not see a single AI stairing at a wall or T posing. and the Pirate AI was actually running around utilizing cover. they are true to their word and its only going to get better from here P:S for anyone curious about going into the EPTU for those who already own the game u can become a star citizen subscriber on their website and get access and test all the new stuff they have added

[@paul1979uk2000]

I think the idea of having all players in the same universe instance and there are no smokes and mirrors, opens up a lot of possibilities for gamers and the developers when it comes to contents creation and how we play the game. For me, that's the game changer here, which would be difficult if not impossible for any other game to do because of how segmented games worlds are created. To give you a simple idea, I've seen my two brothers play Star Citizen, one of them was on one planet whiles the other was on another, they did a video feed to each other in game and it was live, so much so that you could see what was going on behind them with both players, that might sound like a simple thing but to achieve that is very difficult unless both gamers are in the same map zone. That's just a simple thing that it opens up, there's so many more that could open up and I find that to be really exciting about the possibilities and it's just a shame that most gamers don't understand why that is so special, mainly because gamers are seeing the game in the usual concept of other games where areas are grouped into level zones, even if tricks are used to make it seem like a bigger zone. I really do feel that more videos on Star Citizen are needed that go into depth in explaining the under the hood tech on what's going on and why it's so difficult to do, why other games don't do it and what it could open up, because clearly a lot of gamers don't understand any of this, heck even many of us that have followed the game and understand tech a lot could do with more laymen terms in understanding some of this stuff, and I feel CIG should be doing better on that PR.

[@tommyRfrancis]

great video, thank you 🙏🏼

[@s1lentw1nter]

At 4:50 you missed one of the release dates given, on January 20th 2015 Chris gave a talk at the BAFTA LA game masterclass and announced that SQ42 would release fall 2015 and SC 2016.

[@calebwilliams586]

Do we know what type of MMO this will be? Id love for it to have a leveling system or class system

[@AAX1975]

Great summary!

[@user-pj3uv6re7s]

Great job with the video explanation and instro to SC !!!

[@benl8962]

Damn, always knew this game was in development. But never expected so many features to be in it already! Thought it was another game forever stuck in early access, so i never got interested in it. But now im fkn hyped!

[@dubmcz]

Thanks for making this, i've been pleading since CitizenCon for someone in the community to make this video so it can be a quick link away during my White Knighting on the internet. Im 99% sure MOST casuals and other people on the outside looking in are just regurgitating information they saw or heard from someone equally misinformed. If said people had a resource, so that they can learn what CIG and Star Citizen's history is in a bite-sized, palatable way, they might be less inclined to still call it a fraud or a scam.

[@PandiTheBear]

I'm actually reinstalling right now, but from my experience the last time I played I was barely even able to pick up items off the ground. It was quiet buggy and I got very annoyed quickly. The christmas presents around the space stations was a FAST way to make money without any risk/danger, WHEN you could actually pick them up. I'm hoping I can grab some when it finishes installing. I remember them selling for 1k each, and you could quickly do a loop around the station and get 20 or so of them, making it MUCH faster than doing actual missions (it might have been a one off thing, like I said I didn't play much, but I did get a ship or two just from grabbing presents around the station I was at)

[@mcbookie3680]

I love playing star citizen, only one of my other friend "gets it" but with all the buzz about it our group is so curious now.

[@LankyFlames]

6:36 which trailer is that

[@gizmo104drives7]

Im still unsure about what this actually is but keen to see more about star citizen... iv heard all the bad stuff but still kinda intersted what is like to start and play...

[@VELO_YT]

is it pc only? or can I play it on my ps5?

[@SkyForceOne2]

PC Only. Consoles are far too weak and limiting for that. At best the Single Player SQ42 will come to console, but... it's very unlikely.

[@VELO_YT]

@@SkyForceOne2 okay thanks man!

[@LineOfThy]

consoles limit game scale

[@Dj3ndo]

Great video. A lot of people don't realize how crazy all of this tech is. I wish there was more non combat stuff but i'm sure that'll come soon! TM

[@Kris.G]

Tech =/= good game

[@Dj3ndo]

@@Kris.G No. But what's there at this monent has provided me a lot of fun already. Im saying this stuff needs time. Its not a copy paste COD or even GTA where most tech was already existinf in some form.

[@LineOfThy]

@@Kris.G that's a neutral stance

[@Kris.G]

@@LineOfThy were you trying to go with this comment somewhere?

[@LineOfThy]

@@Kris.G Nobody is saying it’s a perfect game, they’re saying it’s not a scam. There is a difference.

[@Space_Man909]

I hope they add a third-person view option in combat gameplay. This game is incredible!!!

[@Badkitty24]

I started pc gaming with Wing commander and freelancer and Privateer. I've ALWAYS had faith this game would be the greatest. I tell the haters that complain about how long it's taking, comparing it other games and etc, that those games ALL are missing features that other games have and vice versa. Star Citizen is meant to be the fans that has EVERY THING! So with that, congress a very long road of development. I'm still playing it after years and will take breaks here and there. Many other games come and go, many don't hold my attention for long. Because they just don't hold a candle to SC's potential.

[@_R8ze_]

Makes me want to go dust off Privateer

[@jello4479]

As someone who loves this game; just wait. Wait until the game is in a better state. I think we will see SC become something truly special within the next 2-3 years. You can always try it at no cost during free fly events, but it’s still rough. I’d say, just wait.

[@lightweightjive]

It isn’t just that the “world” is physicalized without tricks or loading screens, it’s that each dimension of the game; simulator-like flying, first person system making the experience with the ships very personal, that layer into the game, truly framing and expressing what they’re attempting to do as an mmo. It’s likely to draw gamers from every genre, ultimately. Even rts players will become addicted conducting space battles and ground invasions spontaneously and in real time.

[@Zeldagamer809]

Well,as I was watching this vid,I "out of the blue" got an ad for star citizen lol.I love the game.

[@voodoochild1975az]

Separate post for unrelated topic. I want to confirm Chris Roberts' initial vision for it going back to the early 90s. There was an interview I read. I've never been able to find it online since, but there are others who remember it. It was mostly Richard Garriot actually, talking about how 'in the future' players could dial in and connect to servers and play the same game at the same time interacting with each other, hundreds, even thousands of players at the same time. You could make a version of Ultima that could be played online.... (This was years before Ultima Online). But then CR had a moment in the interview where he described a similar idea but in space where you could have different ships be a trader a pirate or a bounty hunter.... I believe this pushes the basic idea back to at least 1992 or so. And really wish I could find that old interview if anyone knows of a source. 30+ year old memories, even corroborated by old friends and others that remember it is not the best source. But it fits the timeline. Wing Commander, privateer,.speculation on what becomes MMOs.... The basic idea for Star Citizen was born.

[@TheReal4L3X]

i hope they use their time in the right way. this could turn out to be the best virtual experience ever. i would gladly wait another 6 years

[@Arthillis]

I've been putting off logging in for awhile, since right now there arent that many game play loops in yet that are attractive to me and my style of doing things. I need a living breathing universe with NPC's I can interact with and non-themepark quests that have multiple ways to tackle them. Need server meshing so NPC's can actually do things. Lot of features just cant exist in the current build because it cant handle the load. I'll likely log in to play with the new character creator when it gets put in.