Star Citizen is a lot better than you think - Review

Star Citizen is often written off as a scam in 2023, and it's gameplay and promises are heavily criticized by all internet sectors, but after playing the alpha myself, I have to say it is an experience with lots of potential and freedom. In fact, I would say Star Citizen was worth every bit of the time I invested even despite the bugs, crashes, and general frustration connected to the game.
This is my review of Star Citizen and if Star Citizen is worth it (SC).
Credit for multiple clips and footage from - / @bedbananas and his famous video • Star Citizen: The Pris...
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[@Stratobrick]

Slight correct to the only thing that players can grind for. Reputation is actually more important then credits. It unlocks as lot more fun missions that pay more.

[@escapetarkov3838]

Just rebranded missions with more bad guys, same script essentially. The only long term loop in the game is buying ships period. I love Sc but it badly needs content, if you buy ships with USD it just takes away from the fun I've found out the hard way. First wipe was lit, has been utterly boring since as I bought all the ships I liked. Thank god for the grey market.

[@hollywoodguy70]

@@escapetarkov3838 No.. afraid you're wrong there. Rep is the gameplay loop. There are already more than a dozen reputation trees being developed for the game, and you can't pledge your way to the top of the endgame contracts.

[@Stratobrick]

@@hollywoodguy70 correct

[@escapetarkov3838]

@@hollywoodguy70 I hit that in a day or 2 tho...

[@ScarredCitizen]

I don't think I've played a single mission in over 3 months.

[@rhetor4mentor13]

Great video! Small correction: you can run the game just fine with a 1080. What matters the most is having the game on a ssd, having a fast CPU (it is very much CPU bound) and 32 GB of RAM.

[@sirhayden5516]

This^ I downloaded the game and I did it on my hard drive and I lagged so hard.

[@SunnySzetoSz2000]

@@sirhayden5516 SSD is a must

[@retrophantom9598]

I can just about run the game well enough to be playable with 16Gb RAM and a 1070. Before I tried it on my HDD, which led to a disaster of a gameplay, but ignoring this I switched it to my SSD and the game runs perfectly* fine now. (*Perfectly for my PC's specs. I've been extremely joyful playing the game ever since, some could say I am addicted~)

[@sirhayden5516]

@@SunnySzetoSz2000 Yup

[@Talenin2014]

Spot on - 1080Ti still going strong and runs fine in 4K.

[@thatrandomguycommenting1261]

The best part about SC is if you dont want to buy actual IRL money ships "becuz scam" ask anyone in the chat to whip one out and they will gladly let you go take it for a spin and not just a quick loop around the station, like they let you do whatever you want with it for the entire time you're on that server. I let players all the time who want to try a ship out. Go for it go crash it into Hurston at 800 m/s for all i care lol

[@SimSpacer]

Good summary! I'm gald more people are starting to open up to SC as the game starts coming togheder. Once 4.0 drops I think we will enter a new era of SC finally not being taken like a joke. O7 citizen, fly safe!

[@puntmannoor3403]

The big key that will open it up is probably going to be server meshing, after that they can speed up the develppment of other things and the multi-player aspect of the game should come together nicely. Thankfully they have recently made big progress on it, so it looks good overall. It is in a far better state and has improved a lot over the past 2 years.

[@Peabrain2494]

4.0 will be so cooool

[@skycap3081]

@@puntmannoor3403 sq 42 is all hand on deck once that is done hopefully the pu gets care it really needs.

[@HighmageDerin]

Ill be happy when all the haters who make hit piece after hit piece, are finally forced to admit they were wrong and were attacking the game. not because of the issues, or the time its taking. (which didn't really begin picking up steam till 2015 after the switch to lumberyard) after all the game just hit 9 full years in development. not counting all the slow downs and issues. not the least of which were 2 years of constant "oh my gods we're all gonna die" fear mongering over the man made flu! the game is just about on 10 years of open to the public development. and almost every tipple A takes as much time. And some of them flop because even then they rushed them to get them out in 10. "Cyberpunk" anybody? GTA5 online? EVERY MMO EVER to launch? CIG is trying hard to do this right. and gets a lot of flack for it :(

[@uncannyvalley2350]

@@HighmageDerin active development began in 2015, confirmed by Sandi Roberts in the Second part of her interview on Inforunners

[@TheBigM145]

As hinted at, a lot of the fun in SC is in "emergent gameplay" (aka. making your own fun). This can be spontaneous (as in the video) or organized races/PVP events/etc. Also wasn't mentioned was the Guide System where you can connect with people willing to teach.

[@Aliv8]

I was actually considering buying this game but I heard it was bad. After watching this review video, you have completely changed my perspective of this game. Keep up the great work and you definitely deserve more subscribers!

[@funfact6880]

If you end up getting into it, be sure to ask a friend who has it or use the guide system. It can be a bit confusing! The sale going on right now is the yearly fomo splurge so you’d be picking a good time to start. Just be sure to use your buddy’s referral code so you both get money and items.

[@NormanGaming196]

The game is currently free. Get in there and try it out

[@CrzBonKerz21]

It is buggy and there are performance issues. It’s unfinished. If you understand all those things.. this game will blow your mind. It has ruined other games for me.

[@vadimnimarov8796]

@Aliv8 DO NOT FALL OR GET TEMPTED INTO BUYING THIS BS. ITS LEGIT A SCAM. "GAME" or demo is a buggy broken mess.

[@funfact6880]

@@vadimnimarov8796 You’ve never played it.

[@methatguy5996]

Its funny seeing all these people who trashed star citizen change their opinion after elite has just completely shit the bed lately. Its okay guys, i won't say i told you so lol, welcome to the verse.

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

I’ve seen a lot of videos like this lately and I’m glad people are coming around. That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of valid criticisms regarding development, but a lot of people seem to think this game has just hovered up a huge amount of money and delivered nothing. They’re making a full fledged single player game, opening up full studios, employing hundreds of people, building brand new tech and delivering content every quarter.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Yeah that’s the complaint that angers me the most. I will by no means claim that Chris and CIG as a whole haven’t made huge “oopsies” during the course of making this game, but they ARE making it. That money is very clearly being used FOR the project. And what’s more, they give the public a clear look not only at their yearly finances in a manner that would scare the pants off most of their competitors, but hundreds of hours worth of extra content that very clearly explains what they’re working on and gives everyone an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at how game development works… or doesn’t work! It’s all right there, out in the open, for everyone to see. They hide SO little, yet they get accused of making “vaporware” and “scamming people.”

[@ruok3351]

You see videos like this lately because one big channel did it and now people are jumping in on the bandwagon for youtube views

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

This is my second video in like a year bro 💀

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

@@ruok3351 cynical. I don’t think they’re jumping on the bandwagon for views, I think they’re actually interested in the game.

[@CrusstySculpture]

@@daveyjoneslocker4703 On top of that, a lot of us who have been playing the game for a while like to see what new people think of the game. It's come a long way over the last couple of years alone so I'm excited to see what newbies who pick this game up in 2024-2025 will think!

[@machoalright]

Glad you enjoy this game.. very importent to tell people to just play for what it is, and not take it seriously. I have seen some of the streamers burned out badly.

[@j.d.4697]

The one thing I sorely miss as a SC player is the insane amount of places to explore in ED, even if they vary very little and don't offer much apart from the random little secret in text form.

[@6663000]

I backed the game like 10 years ago when it was on Kickstarter. I knew it was going to take a long time to complete so I tried to forget about it for several years. Just recently I started looking into it again, and I was amazed by how great it looked and how much they're planning to accomplish. I believe that they'll be able to release the game in the next few years, and I believe that it could be the greatest game ever made. I hope I'm not wrong. Currently I'm planning to wait until release before I actually start playing.

[@twilink5810]

It will not have a realease like of others games because it's already playable so it will be just an other big patch but with more impacts and a lot more players income.

[@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn]

Development started in 2010.. 13 YEARS AGO

[@twilink5810]

@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn check the site you will have the dates of start and what is coming in the progress tracker and the roadmap for a view of can coming. and this month or February the roadmap will be updated.

[@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn]

@@twilink5810 After 13 years I'm not interested anymore.

[@dickduran]

@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn its 10 year officially

[@pheidian707]

Well said in the end. Might be the best broken game I've ever experienced. And money grind is also great. I've mined myself two ships, 400i which was my long dream and it's my dream ship and Crusader Ares Inferno. The actual feel of accomplishment when you get the money sorted yourself - I don't accept donations from players because to me it just ruins the experience.

[@sinepilot]

A good point to remember is that the money you're forking over is a pledge, not a purchase. This is important because having realistic expectations is key. It's not a scam, but it is an unproven experiment. You are not buying a game at this point, you are investing in a vision that hasn't been anywhere near to fully realized yet, and may not ever despite the best intentions of the devs. Playing the Alpha is not so much playing a game as it is seeing if the current vision deserves more of your money. If that all sounds like a bunch of BS to you, then just wait, you don't have to play it now. My $0.02 anyway

[@nickfromSRG]

a good video, and some of your reflections are recognisable from my own first entry into the verse - this game has a MASSIVE potential, and it appears, on the surface at least, that CIG is playing around with that potential, without getting bogged down in too much bureaucracy and quotas, like a lot of the big boys in the industry. i often consider CIG the last real big 'look at all this game-stuff we can create!!' nearly innocent, childlike wonder of a mind-developer, who has unfortunately gotten a foot in way too many ponds. star citizen has become a really, really, really big 500 million dollar super-squid with a tentacle on a new feature, new ship, new concept, new system, new event, new dramas, new announcement, while what the game really needs is polish (i know they are polishing at an alarming rate, but it just feels like a new bug rises to take another's place), a deepening of the content ocean (just a little, the current game loop is way better than most currently released games), and accessability (95% of my friends who tried the game havent returned because everything takes so long and all that time is often wasted because of stability issues or accidentally shooting a vague friendly in a bunker somewhere and getting a 5 year prison sentence) they already have something solid - if they can get the foundation operationally stable, they'd get a HUGE win with the community and exterior audiences, and a massive influx of new and returning players. its a fantastic experience when the game agrees with you - the most cinematic, most awe-inspiring and most imaginitive game ive ever played, while also being the buggiest, most unstable mess ive ever thrown myself and my gaming community into (sorry, not sorry)

[@billywashere6965]

What an accurate summation of the game, haha.

[@becksvideoproductions]

I pledged back in 2012, so before there was anything to do. Even before a hangar was available. I did so for the promise of what this could be and its really starting to come together these past 2 years. Gameplay loops and content is made available at an increasing rate. What I love most about this game, is that there is no handholding - You have to figure things out for yourself! Sure, a mission may state "go here and kill these guys", but you have to choose what ship to bring, what gear to wear and do you need to bring friends. You have to make your own choices to aid you in what you need to do. Its hard to explain, but something as boring as to go shopping for clothes at the landing zones, so you have something to wear in the cities, is not a grind - it feels like an experience and you will not understand, until you try it. I think this is what you are getting at, don't go into this to grind, go in to this and enjoy and then over time, the credits will get there and you can get different ships - I purposely did not say "better" ships, because that's not how this works. Each ship has its own experience - its not better, its just different and present different opportunities.

[@TinyTeeth437]

If anybody in this comment section has played Sea Of Thieves, I think of SC as a space Sea of Thieves: appealing graphics, gameplay loops, bugs, and fun with friends.

[@Stratobrick]

I'll share your vid with DG360. he reacts to space game stuff and can help push your video out to the wider SC community

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

Thank you!

[@andreyfrantov1]

Former Elite Dangerous player here too. Star Citizen is really promissing, but is in a really rough state currently. We tried to play it with a friend yesterday, since there is a free flight event going now. We couldn't - game was crashing every 10 minutes for him. So he was playing more of a train simulator, then space simulator, if you know what I mean.) I hope that devs will spend some time to bring game to a playable state after 4.0 release. Then - big YES.

[@rio20d]

they used to have tutorial but I think devs abandon it, but the community is quite helpful with helping new players.

[@billywashere6965]

Yeah, they were adding way too many features into the game insofar that the tutorial became outdated and was no longer representative of the current (progressing) state of development, so they have plans on bringing a new tutorial online eithr in 3.18 or 3.19.

[@IamtheWV17]

Maybe It's because of the exact timing of my backing SC, but I always get peeved when people call it a scam. The first time I left my hab unit in-game, there were no planets, no moon landings, no crazy cities. We had port olisar and some space station missions..... I was blown away! quantum jumping to a distant (hardly in hindsight) Yela which was already rendered at however many thousands of km away.... stunning. I played a little and then planetary landing was introduced and also NPCs at around the same.... that's when my PC could not handle it... So I put it down for a long while. Until I got a new PC that could play! (8700k OC's to 5ghz all cores + M.2 ssd + 32gb RAM + 1080ti OC'd to 2ghz) First time on the train to Loreville CBD I swear I nearly cried.... then I left the hanger and flew out of Loreville... my jaw went into orbit.... nothing will ever be able to communicate the SC experience other than playing it. But the premise of this video is absolutely key, all of my greatest moments in SC have been these emergent events with player interaction; some examples: > My friend glitching out the back of our ship during quantum travel... he survived and was left floating in the abyss of open space entirely alone. This let us use the emergency beacon system and I cancelled quantum, turned around, and picked him up. > Playing silly and falling out of my ship at a few thousand meters off the ground..... surviving the landing but my ship stayed hovering as a tiny dot in the sky. So I called for help and had someone come and pick me up, take me up to my ship in the air, open their cargo ramp and allow me to JUMP onto my ship.... WAYYY cooler than doing it in zero G!! I was standing on the cargo ramp of a ship with a many thousand m fall, was straight out of Hollywood! > Achievement hunting on a halloween event, visiting the henge (if you know, you know), but the henge is in unprotected and dangerous space and there were PVP rewards in place at that time..... I didn't want a fight.... I reach the henge and as I land, I spot another signal, immediately go dark and pray they haven't seen me.... sit there ready to come under fire, watch them land, find a vantage point on the ground and watch from a distance, wait till they leave, breathe a massive sigh of relief. Will never know if they knew I was there watching them through my sights.

[@morarucosmin6776]

IMPORTANT NOTICE --- The game indeed resets every once in a while, BUT ships and items that have been purchased with real money (i.e. off the Pledgestore) are preserved, not lost! Only items bought ingame, for aUEC money are lost/ reseted!

[@Gauloises531]

Yeah, and only as long as it's alpha, after that no more resets.

[@crushlemons]

@@Gauloises531 and how long will they keep it in alpha??? because I've been a SC backer since 2017 and it's almost 2023 now and we are still stuck in the one Star system Stanton.

[@Gauloises531]

@@crushlemons Yeah, i backed in 2012 and hoped for faster development, but still looks not soon(tm) ; )

[@mr_confuse]

@@Gauloises531 certainly sooner than ever before, though ;)

[@vadimnimarov8796]

@@crushlemons LOLLLLLL U idiots got scammed ahhahahahaha LOSERS! keep giving the ponzi scheme more money!!! Many of us will be laughing at u

[@luna_lemonade9871]

Should also add, by the end of next year this game will be in Beta. Update 4.0 is the official "Beta" launch of the game with the new Star system Pyro. But before it hits, they're doing many, and i mean many, bug and optimisation passes with the addition of PES. Adding in Vulkan and Gen12 render as well to increase performance and reduce the need for a strong CPU to run this game (this game is CPU and RAM bound, not GPU bound). I'm excited because we are finally getting a game that feels solid and has a lot of things to expand on by the end of 2023

[@Samgratt87]

The fact that this game's alpha have more freatures than some AAA games at launch

[@eightatheart_music]

If you think about starting this game: Do NOT choose crusader as your home. It takes forever to go anywhere from there

[@ybing]

Problem is ppl don’t get used to Alpha, there is not much public Alpha game, you need to understand you not playing a “game”, u are a test engineer

[@shonen84]

Thanks for sharing your experiences, your enthusiasm is infectious!

[@Adam-082]

I was an early backer of this game and for a while almost 3 or 4 years I was one of those people that said nah this is a scam, over the last 3 years I have become a big defender of this game, Seeing the big picture once I stepped wayyyy back and took a look at what they are doing, and what they have done is mind boggling. The small starter ships are impressive sort of. They are just basic ships but once you see what they have done with some of the bigger ships and you start to see how much work they are putting into this game, Next is Stanton the solar system itself. The four planets with their moons are impressive and it never gets old flying around on them and exploring. The one thing I can say to anyone that is interested in trying this game out is you have to remember its alpha and you are going to die or find bugs that halt progress on a mission, but when you play with friends or the community you will see what this game is working to be. I know this is going to be a long haul to the end but I am here and will be having a blast. Hope to see you in the verse my friends :)

[@vadimnimarov8796]

great copium LOL

[@soyentak5076]

I only race in Arena Commander, i find it relaxing and a quick in and out experience

[@Paul-cu9lu]

The org I run is part of a multi-game community. We actively encourage our members to play other games in addition to star citizen. This helps us build the community without getting burned out on the grind and wipes.

[@the_emperor_of_mankind]

I wish there was a way to establish your own companies and have players work for you. Also maybe establishing small colonies on some new moons/planets/asteroids/dwarf planets would be a cool thing. Establishing influence over territory, fighting over it, collaborating with other entities etc.

[@Deploy_Man]

would like to note to people with less then 2060 GPU and below you can play the game, for example i have an i8750H 2.21GHZ CPU and a 1050ti GPU with 8 gigs of vram, and 16 gigs of ram, its a 7 year old laptop but i can run the game and while fps is low i get around 25-35 fps. i am a different case because I'm used to low fps in games and have adjusted to it accordingly

[@Gr8FriknApe]

This game has a HUGE amount of programming bugs that still need to be ironed out. Hopefully it will be released as a working platform in another 10 years. Hoping in less than another 10 years though as I would LOVE to play it on a stable platform. Hundreds of players have grinded mindless amounts of time and lost it all to the heartless jerks to be found on this PAID ALPHA program. Patience my ARSE, I wanna play a smooth game if I'm going to be charged over and above the half billion they've already made to create a "working" platform. It is a beautiful game.

[@Gr8FriknApe]

@@yurigagarine6998 11 years now and they're saying they "might" have a working platform in 4 or 5 more years? Makes one wonder if they'll do a documentary on Chris Robert's lifestyle just to see where the money has gone.

[@johnsmith22334]

Your take would make sense if the game met the criteria for an alpha. When a game A) has essentially been in alpha for 10 years, B) Has raised over 500 million dollars (from gamers) (exceeding any other game by far), and C) costs $45 dollars just to play, you can no longer say "don't get bent out of shape, it's an alpha".

[@TheBigM145]

Glad you got in. Still a ways to go, but what's there is pretty fun!

[@Otaku073]

I'm glad to see more people giving SC a shot and not going with all the "scam citizen" people. I see it slowly shifting as SC picks up and adds more to it over time. Less videos focusing on shitting on the game and more just playing the game

[@billywashere6965]

All those ridiculous content creators who made hit pieces on it will be eating changing their tune next year with the 4.0 release, as Star Citizen will be moving into a completely different layer of immersion and interactivity you won't find in any other game on the market, and I'm quite thrilled at that prospect.

[@trinityx3o522]

@@billywashere6965 The success of 4.0 depends on the success of 3.18 as that is the starting point of the implemention of Server Meshing's foundation. Testing it within gamedev environment is one thing & then once you push it to public testing, it becomes a completely different animal. Thousands of players with even more possibilities of bugs that they will have to hammer. Hopefully they're prepared for that.

[@billywashere6965]

@@trinityx3o522 100% true.

[@vadimnimarov8796]

great copium idiots! LOL well done on getting scammed! Keep giving this ponzi more money we will be laughing at u

[@poere1234]

I agree with your SC review and it reflects the game in a very unbiased game but god damn your channel is extremely underrated... This sort of video quality is something I would expect from Skill Up or a channel with hundreds of thousands of subs not a from 300 subs. Keep it up bro !!

[@weisthor0815]

4:33 "once you get into your small starter ship" shows C2 :-D but seriously, good review and welcome to the verse.

[@citizens-Edz]

Memorable experience I had. A friend I met online was talking about his wife, I thought it was his data running ship 😂

[@ManonCrutches]

Welcome to the community, pull up a chair set your course for the stars of Exploration 😉

[@edafa_ukafa5977]

Excellent review! I totally agree with all of your points. As far as game crashing goes, I have found Star citizen to be the best pc stability testing software out there. Even my ram timing slightly off caused crashing along with Corsair Icue clashing with Afterburner. Once you find the cause it is possible to have a mostly crash free experience.

[@Sky-Ronin]

1080ti works perfect for me. No issues. Just the normal problems that everyone has.

[@ottEST]

Truth be told all those limitless experiences and awesome graphics is why this game is still in Alpha. There is no other game that does it quite like that. And in the past year or two the development has ramped up a lot. With the 3.18 coming in december with server meshing the 30k errors won't be that much of a bother. Adding remade cargo system and salvaging to the game loop. With 4.0 coming probably next year we are about to have a whole new and huge star-system to explore. For me Elite Dangerous had far less depth and got boring really fast...and that's a released game. So I rather Star Citizen be in alpha for a few more years and finally get an awesome game...than an empty and boring but released game.

[@fwg1994]

Server Meshing isn't coming with 3.18. It's coming in 4.0. 3.18 is adding PES, which is a requirement for their implementation of server meshing.

[@funfact6880]

Star Citizen has graduated from a “scam where they just sell ships” to “early access as hell.” It doesn’t sound good but now with the concrete proof we have of SQ42 development and the increasing size of updates. We can currently hop in SC and play it similar to a game like Sea of Thieves. I don’t blame people for not believing in it. But I’m glad more are giving it a chance.

[@twilink5810]

Yeah people don't know how a game is really made and for them is just a scam sadly.

[@twilink5810]

It's actually free until the end of the month and can rent and test the ships for two days depends on the manufacturer and the last day all ships wil be rentable and also buyable on the store If you want. But only a starter pack is needed (around50 dollars) almost allships are buyable in game except the last ships added ( wait next patch) and the concepts. And don't forget cig develops two games Star citizen and the solo squadron 42 who takes a big part of the ressources for the development. And for tutorials there is la lot on KZbin and the Devs talks about it during a ISC (inside star citizen) few weeks ago and works on it.

[@mikecapson1845]

1:20 i propably just smoked too much of that Tegrity, but my eyes are gettign wet yo , finally someone who has a negative opinion and only a bad thoughts about it, and test it, instead of shaming it. I allways thought about Ubugsoft, or Bugthesda games .. and how SC in its mid developments state has around same amounth of bugs but costs only 45bucks and Bangs it as nobody else.. and for those saying u need a massive PC i played it since 2018 on 2060+ 1st gen Ryzen and had no problems.. 2:30 for 45bucks a game where u can hop in year after year and still be amazed how its changed and developed? 100% replayebility until it cames out.. which would be never i guess, it would stick to live service games i guess with constatnt updates even after realise in 2056

[@sniperfreek]

4:33 "Once you get in your small starter ship and take off...." Proceeds to show the C2 Hercules 🤣🤣 Nice summary of Star Citizen's current state of development. Can't agree more: If you start playing the game with the expectation of experiencing game-breaking bugs, you'll be in for quite the pleasant surprise. Yes, you will experience bugs, but you'll also experience something, that currently no other game has to offer (at least none that I know of).

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

I’m glad someone noticed ;)

[@fajarn7052]

And for just 22.5$ for a complete starter package, I got to enjoy all of that. One of the best 2 weeks of my life, doing a cargo hauling mission, dying on a cave because I can't figure out the freaking way out. Trying to escape prison alone, getting blasted by Hurston's wind on an Aurora MR, etc I had a blast. I stopped because I read that the intended cargo hauling/salvage is not implemented yet, and what they plan was something really ambitious. That was what made me stop playing, and sit back...imagining, how a blast this game would be when its finished...and then the realization came that it might just take practically forever before that happens. Kinda made me feeling down for a bit, not gonna lie. But then, I decided that, I would let the game surprise me. I played the shit out of it back at the tail end of 2021, I might do so again next year, for a brand new experience. And don't let the steep requirement scared you. I played it on a R5 2400G + GTX 1660 + 16 GB ram + 7200RPM NAS HDD. I had a ton of fun. You might have to adjust your setting a bit, but the fun I have in this game was from all of the exploration I can do. Next rig, I would also enjoy the beautiful graphics it has to offer, I can't hardly wait.

[@doubledigital_]

best way to treat this game is exactly how you said.. its not a game really its more of a tec demo / sandbox.. get a ship have some fun and come back when patches drop like most of us do, and you can always melt ya ship n get other ones if you want to bump up ya starter ship thing.. but yeh most people just have fun.. and treat it as sand box with friends. Everyone right now is kinda waiting for the new patch in december new missions n stuff. big one will be pyro tho.. that will be fun.. no laws!

[@sharxbyte]

Welcome to the verse!!

[@magnavar7327]

"One of the best broken games I have ever experienced", couldn't agree more. Go in with your head in the right place and expect to lose time to silly glitches and bugs and your reward when it's working, the vision of what it can be, is amazing. I tend to dip in and out every 3months or so, patch to patch. Make sure you have something else to play for when that frustrating moment makes you rage-quit for the day.

[@Seahorn_]

Total correct on the credits grinding. Lost a couple of time all my money while trading because the game crashed while I hauled cargo. You forget to mention one thing however, that Star Citizen will be a persistent universe, all actions, deaths, and crashing ships will be permanent when the game goes out of alfa.For now it means it means that ships which are parked on other planets will not respawn in the hangar, you have to go back with another vessel to collect it. Dying means a clone of you will resurrect in the hospital wearing only a gown. Your suit and weapons are still on your death body which lies where you died, etcetera.. And most importantly when you buy a ship with real money you get insurance. When the game is released you get a base version of your ship for free back when it got destroyed. After the insurrance expires you have to pay a reduced ingame price to get a new ship.

[@just2812]

Or just buy more insurance with ingame credits which won't be too expensive either.. The insurance in pledges isn't so important or valuable as people make it out to be. After buying the starting package you can get everything ingame for free besides some special limited skins that came with pledges.

[@billywashere6965]

Actually, all that persistent stuff goes live in the next patch, 3.18. It's in Evocati testing right now with a planned open release in December.

[@raimee81]

There is a lack of focused content. There is stuff to do, but that's not necessrily considered content in my view. But I have put money into this game. I have a starter pack and paid real money for the Drake Corsair which is now in game (finally!). However I don't feel I wasted my money. To me I am paying for an experience. What what they're working on in SC is pretty damn incredible.

[@kaantax8666]

when did you pledge for your corsair ? i bought a railen 2 years ago and it isn't even in-production or something lmao but i really like it's loaners, a khartu-al, a esperia talon, and a constellation taurus, gotta have patience with this game lol

[@Hammerheadcruiser]

I've taken the year off from SC, letting things develop, but I still enjoy looking at the screenshot of a mate in a tank and me in a buggy on top of a mountain we climbed.

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Is it really a lot better than we think? They have raised over 500 million dollars and still haven't fixed the bug where all of the people are standing on chairs. The "game" such as it is, has been in development for almost 12 years. And at this point the common refrain from die hard fans is "it's an alpha." No, it isn't even up the quality of a decent early access alpha. More like a pre alpha. People suddenly pop in or disappear. They would rather stand on chairs than sit in them. Tons and tons of bugs and the developers need to spend some time quashing them instead of implementing new buggy features that don't quite work as expected. Look, I pledged Star Citizen from the beginning with $75. And I really would like to support Squadron 42, too. But I'm 63 and think there is a good chance I will not be around by the time RSI has something even remotely playable available to supporters. I wonder how long it will take for backers to realize that if you put lipstick on a pig it is still a pig.

[@mikehunt8708]

People say a lot about how buggy and glitchy it is but I've played a couple hundred hours and in my opinion the game isn't that buggy unless you make it buggy. If you push the game and its features to the limits or in weird ways that don't seem intentional, then it will usually do something weird. But playing the game normal it really isn't that buggy

[@Ducktor]

$45 to beta test a half finished game that's taken more than a decade to get to this present buggy mess? Pass from me

[@Bl4ck47]

Most immersive Game you can play, whit up and downs. And you need just a starter ship, Grind them others ingame

[@ElectariumTunic]

Just an interjection about Pyro. Most people who follow the development do not belive that 4.0 (with Pyro) will be released until circa October 2023. The Pyro system itself might be finished this spring, but the technical systems required to support multiple planetary systems (Server Meshing) is not expected to finish until Quarter 2 in late June. Add an unexpected delay to that, with some prolonged testing, and you're in Quarter 3 2023.

[@MartinB034]

BTW, I play on my 6 year old rig, with a 1050 and it works fine. tweaked a few things, added some memory, but it's more than playable

[@crazyscooterinvisiblerider925]

This whole review into one sentence ”you are buying a dream”

[@larrymitchell6470]

The game still needs a giant push forward on real PVE Contant that embeds us in the lower as well as offer. Some true exploration using PVE. Cargo hauling, which is about ready to go to hell will not do it, and salvage is just a profession and not really an adventure which leaves box missions to deliver or bunker missions where the AI is broken and pretty much to repetitive . A super massive giant push on a real MMOPVP experience with transformed the game into a dominant player in the gaming industry rather than some niche

[@billywashere6965]

Sounds like Pyro is the real recipe for that.

[@justprey411]

look forward to following you on your journey through the verse.

[@Jkikmi]

11:54 < Star Citizen in a single phrase

[@allisterburdett7341]

Until SC goes VR I won’t be changing. ED in VR is simply beautiful.

[@GreySix]

It's a hot mess, but I'm pleased you're enjoying it. Full disclosure: So do I ... and still play Elite Dangerous too. :)

[@makoshark40]

i play on a 1080 just fine you might have some setting not set correctly theres a fine line low doesnt automatically mean least performance it might mean it will use less gpu and more cpu or vise versa

[@s0d4c4n]

I agree with most of the video, but not the title. What review out there are you contradicting?

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

Not contradicting a certain review but rather the current image of the game. When many people from the mass think of ‘Star Citizen’ they imagine a very big scam, when in my opinion which I convey through this video is not.

[@phoenixsui]

That was actually the best introduction vodeo to SC i have seen in 10 years.

[@StefanBacon]

You don't need a 20 series gpu to play star citizen. I get a playable experience with an RX580 almost consistently.

[@Pejatube]

thank you for the best video I have seen on SC. I am weighing the pros and cons and should I jump into this mess of a project. This video helped me. :) PS Subscribed!

[@elguitarTom]

7:56 --> We already got this years ago in Elite Dangerous: Fuel rats, they have their own web page and you can order help and they bring fuel

[@SkyForceOne2]

not really. he didnt refuel, he jumped on somebody else´s ship. effortlessly. you do NOT get that in E:D

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

exactly this ^

[@cmdrHeliaxx]

I've got this "game" too, as people praised it a lot, but yeah, it really wasn't for me personally, and I'm happy to stay with Elite. The bugs here are just a bit too much here for me, plus I really don't like losing my progress in games, which is unavoidable here. I also just can't get over how extremely small all the planets are in SC, and lack of an exploration gameplay. What's also pretty bad in comparison with Elite is that you don't have a real freedom in your system flight, which makes travelling anywhere else than somewhere where there are no quantum markers a real chore. That probably wouldn't have been that much of a problem in an of itself for me, but as these things add up, it just makes SC a really bad experience for me.

[@dawnfire82]

You think the planets are... small? What? The radius of Hurston is 1,000 km. Citizen Kate circumnavigated Microtech in a Dragon fly just to see what it was like and it took her **days.**

[@cmdrHeliaxx]

@@dawnfire82 No, I don't think that. It's how it is. Hurston/Microtech/ArcCorp are about as big/smaller than our moon. Moons in Star Citizen Are size of fucking asteroids, it's ridiculous. You can fly to the surface, think how far Away you still Are cuz it shows you you Are say 300 km from it, when you out od nowhere hit the ground, And the thing Is on the other side of the moon. That just doesn't Feel good And immersive to me. That being said, if you don't mind - good. Enjoy SC how you can.

[@Whoadayson]

Great insight and very good suggestions for gameplay. As Im sure others have mentioned, find an active Organization (Org) so youll gain access to ships that youd normally have to buy IRL or grind forever to get, plus everyone will be happy to be your guide, not to mention, playing with other likeminded people is SO much better! I waited a year to join an org and I FULLY regret it now!!! One more sad but true notice... Now that new people are coming into the game, many young, or immature, little shits, BEWARE of people trying to recruit you, or beacons, etc as it MAY be them trying to kill you and tske your shit, because theyre petty or bored. Im definately NOT saying you shouldnt do, Im just saying keep it in mind! Prepare, dont wear your fav gear, etc. I have fun with it when Im expecting it. Hoever, its those times, when your new, and think your meeting some cool ppl to do a mission, then find out the hard way, which can hurt the future liklihood of the vic trusting any random plyrs, which takes away from ghe experience imo... Go in with eyes wide open! You WILL find the good ones eventually, maybe right away! Theres alot more good ones than dicks.

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

I will for sure check that out!

[@revoxxer5527]

Looking for things to do ....... Star Citizen has a few easter eggs in game to seek out and find such as Benny Hinge !! Riker memorial Space port is also named after a player in game who passed away. Cig Named the Spaceport in His Honor. There has been many great things over the years both from Cig and from players helping the community.

[@klioblue9771]

I bought starter pack just before 3.15 and despite my best it was unplayable for me due to glitches and bugs. Nothing super frustrated as dumb death and waste 40 min. I came back in early 3.17 and upgraded my starter pack to avenger. At that stage game become more stable and playable partially that I watched tons of guides before I launched the game again. Now I decided to upgrade my started pack to cutlass black. I think game is in solid alpha stage now, hope they will fix some missions glitches in 3.18. The game is hard because u loose yours personal items when die or all stuff sorted in ship when it blow up. As long u can try to receive ur belonging from dead corpse it is time conuming

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

I feel the same way, I started playing this game amid all the negative buzz around it. But all this negative buzz is made up by people who never played the game and if they played they did not play past the first day of playtime. The same has happened to Stadia, at least Star Citizen is still going and I still enjoy playing it!

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

I have 955 hours in it just this past year :D

[@jeremywilliams4381]

Incorrect, a lot of the negative buzz is from people like me. I started backing CIG in August of 2017. I clearly remember spawning in grim hex and being stuck in the hospital elevator, couldn't leave and could go back in far enough to activate the button to go to a different level. 5 years later that damn elevator is still bugged. Another is my RAFT, I got it 11 months and the elevator will take me up but it won't let me lower it. I need to jump out of the docking collar every time I wanted to leave the ship. 11 months later the God Damn elevator on my Raft is still screwed. Every mission has bugs, bad guys won't spawn in bunkers, can't click on dead crew members in the "search for crew" missions. I understand there will be bugs, but the things that make progress possible in this game should be top priority. Make the game playable, especially the part of the game that ensures progress. CIG would rather waste resources on concept art for ships that won't be in the game for years just so they can constantly make sales on said ships, then people spend real money on concept ships and have to wait years for them. That is extremely frustrating when it's much easier and faster to fix a gd elevator or mission bugs. A playable game is what most of us want, a game that doesn't give you a 30k every hour or so is what we want. A game where you invest an hour or 2 into a mission that doesn't bug out and you waste all that time is what we want. Yes the game is fun, yes we make our own fun. But CIG has now made over 510 million dollars for this game. It's long past time for it to be a relatively stable and somewhat bug free game.

[@the17bman]

I was thinking about trying this game, but the whole progress wiping thing once in a while is stopping me. I dont like the thought of having to redo everything I've worked on all over again every time they do a wipe unless I pay real money for things. If I'm gonna grind for a ship I want or something like that, I wanna keep it after I put so much work towards getting it. I hear about the system wiping thing and it just completely ruins the game for me. And I havent even gotten it.

[@willkydd]

Nah, it's not. It's very unfair and misleading to say it's a game at all, since it crashes so often (error 30k) that it's unplayable. If it were playable... that's another story.

[@Stratobrick]

Welcome to the verse

[@The0_531]

I really do want to try this game, but sadly my Pc does not have the possibilitys to run it ... :)

[@festersmith8352]

His info is a bit misleading. What do you have?

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

Yes, I forgot to specify RAM, CPU, and storage play a huge role in the performance maybe even more then GPU, I apologize for that.

[@The0_531]

@@festersmith8352 I actually dont even have a Pc, but only a Laptop so never mind but I appreciate the act :)

[@hellow5100]

Been playin on my gtx1070 (stock) and still runs smooth as far as SC goes. I can usually get away with a less hungry browser open on second monitor.

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

Yes, I forgot to mention that CPU matters equally if not more then your GPU since it's extremely intensive in that region

[@hellow5100]

@@TimePlayerOfficial I do really like this vid though, it's one I would show to my skeptical friends :)

[@75coonta]

welcome to the verse buddy :)

[@Thopher99]

My feeling about SC is complicated. I agree with your points, aesthetics, concept of seamless, immersive. I love them. But I guess I’ll keep myself away from it in because I know their irresponsible for glitches and constantly wiping will bring me heart attacks. It’s just like fried chicken. It always tastes good, but I have to resist the temptation for my own good.

[@ScarredCitizen]

The wipes are no big deal. If you've ever played ARPGs or MMO's with seasons or ladders, wipe every 3-6 months. The wipes in SC are few. There has only been 3 up to this point with a 4th on the way. Making money isn't hard in this game.

[@Thopher99]

@@ScarredCitizen That is also something I am worried about. SC fanbase always tolerates and justifies CIG regardlessly. That’s why CIG has become so arrogant and never keeps its promises.

[@ScarredCitizen]

@@Thopher99 has any game company actually kept their promises. I'm not a CIG fan boy. Just a realist.

[@ScarredCitizen]

@@Thopher99 for example, one of my favorite hobbies, SC global chat "can't wait for 3.18 in December." Then I chime in. You mean March or April? Yeah can't wait. Entire server goes absolutely ballistic. PES is in its 3rd iteration. I've heard lots of issues are already being caused by it. I don't think we will get a 3.18 patch until sometime this spring.

[@billywashere6965]

@@ScarredCitizen Actually, 3.18's current Evocati patch is nearly feature complete. They've finished testing PES and are now testing the new features, locations, mission loops, and race modes. The biggest issues they have right now are ship customization being glitchy and no 30k recovery. They fixed like 50 other bugs within 48 hours. It may be open PTU bound by next week.

[@StarCitizenSpeakeasy]

that's right, it's all about the journey not the destination. i don't grind, i have fun

[@weirdstuff_tm8942]

4:32 "once you get into your small starter ship" *shows a C2* lmao

[@BradAhrens]

This video is incredible. You're nuts. Instant sub. Your ideas written so concisely. Your visuals matching every moment. You're destined to be big-time on this platform let's fkn go dude.

[@blackphoenixfamily8477]

..../rude you don't NEED a 2060 or better, a 1070 Ti or 1080 is just fine if you know how to tweak, also at least an 8700K + or 5700x and at least 32 gigs About a year ago, yeah....you'd need a 20 series card or better.

[@sacer666]

So wrong about needing a 2060 or above. Used to run this just fine on a 1060

[@AnymMusic]

Today I played the new 3.18 update, and got a tour of the new massive ship called the Reclaimer and holy hell, if for nothing else, Star Citizen is prime example of how to do scale. Like you walk through the elevator door into the hangar, and whilst it looks big, it looked nothing major. But then realise how massive the hangar is, so you walk up to 1 of the landing gears and then you finally realize that you are the size of 1 toe of the landing gear. It's HUGE

[@ranger-rush2563]

Was using a 1080 and a i7 from 2016 for three years with no problem.

[@DeathTempler]

You don't need a 2060. I've got a 1080ti and the game works over 60fps at low settings(which aren't really so bad). So far, going from Elite to SC has me... Eh. If it had base building and major community/narrative events, and being able to keep ships/money after wipe without having to spend real money, I'd be much more interested. I am still new and will keep seeing what it offers with my group, but despite all my research, it seems everything I want out of the game is on indefinite "eventually".

[@dickduran]

what do you want from this kind of games?

[@skepticofdoom7486]

Welcome to the Verse! Glad you like it here.

[@liquidtotem77]

I'm always so delighted and relieved to see videos that paint a realistic picture of what the alpha is like and why this game is worth waiting for and investing in. I don't know why that loud minority that are jaded with the game are so intent on spreading negativity and sometimes outright lies about the game. I've only been playing a year so I wasn't around for the less interesting times but talking to some of these people you'd think Star Citizen is the next Theranos and CIG is a evil company bent on tricking the world into playing it's scam game. Like dude, chill out and enjoy this experience that frankly is worth alot more that $35 or $40. Nobody is forcing anybody to buy ships but all the rest of us who can't afford to drop $5000 on the game are pretty glad that somebody is because that's how we will get to 4.0, plain and simple.

[@delarosa6254]

if u crash to desktop try increasing virtual memory in windows, help sometimes

[@marcusbergman6116]

I'm getting this game next week. Wish me luck!

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

Good luck! If you ever want someone to play the game with, I’d be happy to help out 🙂

[@lemonf6859]

Here use my referral code: STAR-KLLJ-CXWL

[@canadiangoose1451]

Player bounty hunting can actually be incredibly fun and satisfying to do

[@DrSmugface]

a friend of mine who is also father said it as i think the best .. Star Citizen is like your child .you witness its birth, accompany it his first steps his first words .. you see growing it up you witness its flaws and strengths .. sometimes its hard sometimes is fun

[@dawnfire82]

I'm one of those suckers who has put four digits worth of money into the project. I do not, and nor does anyone else, truly think I'm going to get $5,000 worth of enjoyment from Star Citizen (insofar as you can quantify fun). But I approve of the project's aims and ambitions, and the developers continually surprise me with their attention to details and improvement of processes to make a space simulation. So I'm willing to contribute to help it succeed. Example: One of the most recent ships, the Corsair, has individual room lights, outside running lights on the back ramp so you can see it at night or in harsh weather (common when working on certain moons), a lockable bathroom and cockpit, a spare screen on the cockpit floor that actually works, accessible stowage underneath the bunks, gun racks, and so on. These little details contribute a LOT to making the game enjoyable, because 1) immersion and 2) it gives you things to do. And a seemingly simple thing, like being able to lock the cockpit, can actually matter a lot if you're boarded by pirates (this is a real thing) or a shipmate turns mutinous. You remember how everyone fell in love with the Normandy from Mass Effect because it was like its own little place in space with a real crew and things to do, like getting a pet fish, etc.? Many of the ship classes in Star Citizen will be like that.

[@SkyForceOne2]

i just bought the Corsair and it hurt ALOT, even though i thought it through and evaluated it multiple times. four digits is kinda rough, but if you have the money, sure.

[@vTango888]

Damn dude how do you not have more subs!

[@KerboOnYT]

Welcome to the 'verse Citizen