🚀 Star Citizen is a scam? I’ve paid a lot more money for a lot worse games 😂

[@creepjax]

People will say shit like this and then pay $70 for MW3

[@mrgreededvods4162]

that shi is dogshi. same with this game i got it yesterday morning and spent the whole day trying to launch it without crashing. only got it open once and then i fell though the ground and lagged a fuck ton couldnt even make it out of the starting room. game was dying and my specs arent even bad 32gb ram, 3060 ti, and ryzen 7 5600x i have applied for a refund because wats the point of having a game i cant run without crashing.

[@AngryDad.]

You mean a game that works?

[@WCgamer]

@@mrgreededvods4162I have almost the same setup and it works pretty good for me I just have 16gb ram and a risen 5 5600 so I don’t know what to say

[@arovetli5810]

Believe it or not casuals will buy yearly Fifa, 2k games and MW3 and still have fun. Just because you don't have fun in those games doesn't mean others won't. I'm not saying its a scam but its obvious they NEVER want to release this game since ppl keep giving money.

[@Jellybeantiger]

A working game without dead npcs standing around?

[@Underb00t]

Scam? No? Badly mismanaged? Yes?

[@Adidas_Altyn]

Yes, i do think that’s getting better tho and there has been improvement

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

​@@moebeans72whose "our" Are you in some kind of cult? Can you explain why this project has been "mismanaged" or are you simply parroting a meme in order to signify your membership in said cult? I'll wait 😂

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@moebeans72 I have never seen anyone claim they or the test environment is perfect But then, who is, and how could they be, if they're not allowed to even try? ...

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@moebeans72 and you're right, the one thing I feel they have really failed to do is communicate the nature of the project. For example the specific stats, their own history, how the Kickstarter evolved (seeing as it's "always the first time for someone watching") esp in comparison to other games of similar scale. Plus the fact we don't get a more detailed overview of the layers of the project and how things are decided and developed. I think half the appeal of the project is showing us how the sausage is made, but I just haven't been seeing any of that until the most recent ISCs, and even then... I also think it's probably because they didn't hire a PR team, when they absolutely should've. Certainly have a group of backers provide feedback before they try something new and drastic. And if they did, then that's even worse 😂

[@ThisIsNubuik]

Yea no…taking the money from one project to fuel another…that’s a fucking scam :)

[@CataclysmDM]

You pay 45 dollars for Star Citizen. Or you win a ship giveaway for free. You pay any more than that, and that's on YOU.

[@Cenot4ph]

CIG helps the buying decision by overpromising. Their youtube channel almost every single video is about ships. Their businessmodel primarily, is selling you ships. This is the reason people call them a scam, right or wrong. At any event, they're immoral with their information publication and have been for almost 10 years now

[@Shauntheduke.]

I might just give 70 just because I’ve seen people call the avenger titan the better of the lower tier ships. Though probably when there’s another sale.

[@strategygalactic]

​@@Cenot4ph So are you not a person of sound mind. If so, then everything you do is your fault. No one made you look at anything. No one made you purchase anything. If they did, then i have beachfront to sell you in Montana. 😂

[@Cenot4ph]

@Just Saying you missed the point, it's about those 550million plus they did sell intentionally and it's about the promises they didn't keep for a decade, intentionally. They're misleading their backers

[@LordCreo]

@@Cenot4ph Not really, you can buy all the ships in game for no real money!

[@uuuuuu8373]

Reminder: Games dont have to be fully released to be fun. I surely got my $45 worth

[@aluimmumitat]

And you don’t need a whole pizza to eat a slice. After 13 years of development and 550 Millions $ I would expect more

[@uuuuuu8373]

@@aluimmumitat They're making a whole new engine for the game. The funds are comparable to triple A games but the studio itself isn't re-using old assets, or engines

[@NoBrainah]

@@aluimmumitatyou have no game development experience or knowledge clearly. So shit the fuck up. You’re so fucking stupid 😂

[@MontySaurusRex_]

Bethesda with Microsoft backing couldn't even figure out seamless space travel and charged 70$ and you expect more from SC? ​@@aluimmumitat

[@gabrielr.9225]

​@@aluimmumitat What do you want more? The devs are already doing increadible work considering C.R's personnality. They developped and are developping new technologies that other games don't have

[@mrscsi6472]

honestly i like to think it was a scam at first, its just that we cyberbullied CIG into making it an actual game

[@tonykunz5982]

Otherwise, it would of been another No Man's Sky initial release scam, or the "Anthem" crowdfunding remake getaway scheme with all their backers money thing.

[@mrvalveras]

😂 Awesome way to think about it. You made my day! You Sir, are an optimist!

[@vorpalrobot]

I'm a huge white night and I actually agree with this sentiment. Chris was always a scammy tax break wheeling and dealing kinda guy. But also a unique game dev.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

[@vorpalrobot]

@@Uncanny_Mountain if you point out the straw man I can try to address it but I don't see any here...

[@Adidas_Altyn]

I have been playing the free flys for 2-3 years now so i knew what I got myself into when i got the 600i as my first ship

[@robloxsuziri919]

Bro

[@robloxsuziri919]

If im correct 600i is a multi crew

[@andrewnelson8044]

Solid choice of a ship

[@MGB2408]

I got the MSR

[@chaosmedia3275]

The rework will upgrade the 600i to probably the most popular ship. I love those new skins we got in 2022, but i want more.

[@NorthernGrim]

"It's a scam dude" - I read as I'm literally playing it and having a great time! :D

[@BeWhoYouWant2]

A tiny fraction of what was promised. That's what makes it a scam. Let's say you order a pizza and they say it will be 30 min. 30 min later they show up with one slice and say they need more money and time to finish the rest. Did you get scammed or is it OK because you got a slice while you wait?

[@eddiemarohl5789]

You see the issue with your analogy is you missed the big ass disclaimer saying they sell by the slice. The game is in progress my dude It's not released and the community decided to expand the scope knowing full well it'd take more time. If you want to wait till it's done then wait. But don't go calling it a scam just because they haven't developed the part of the game you wanted yet. You wanted early access and got that don't go expecting a finished game.@@BeWhoYouWant2

[@RepublicansAreDeplorable]

They have delivered on everything from the original kickstarter. You thought 500k was enough to make Star citizen? You thought you could get a whole pizza for the price of a slice 😂.

[@NorthernGrim]

@@BeWhoYouWant2 literally not true though

[@angerskarin9222]

@@BeWhoYouWant2 they are making 2 game at once in a since and every things they want to do is extremely hard to do from scratch, its easy for people to say so little was made when this game is enormous.

[@dakotahbill9936]

What gets me is the gaming community is screaming at AAA studios to stop release shitty undercooked games that need months or years more development. Star Citizen is paid for by crowd sourcing. It literally eliminates the entire "our investors want us to release a micro transaction riddled shit show" The way CIG is developing the game IS LITERALLY WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. They are clear about the state of the game. The are open about how they develop shit and actually listen to the community. They are literally including the ENTIRE community in the development process. Haters are gonna hate but it won't change the fact that the game has never before seen tech and more features than the majority of games ever.

[@KageBlink]

Right I’ve made several requests, forums and their support, and had a direct impact on the games development. No other game dev has ever listened to a word I’ve said xD or for that matter felt listened to through community. It’s always a microcosm sesspool of investors and pissing in the wind forum posts or twitter “support”. The gaming industry is a fucking joke, if you have a bug that’s only affecting you, devs won’t pay attention. You literally have to spam them and fuck with the forums policies to get heard. CIG will forever be in my debt, their support is seriously 10000/10

[@eddiemarohl5789]

There has only been 1-2 games that have listened to my support or recommendations. One of which is Star Citizen. It's what people want but when the consequences of not relying on a parent company or shareholders hit suddenly people think it's ridiculous.

[@user-cd7cx7sv5t]

@@eddiemarohl5789 May I ask what the other game is?

[@eddiemarohl5789]

@user-cd7cx7sv5t last oasis before it got abandoned due to a company buyout. Technically, it still does take suggestions now since their new hire was the guy that led the modded client, and he's working on making what was a modded client more or less official. That dude is singlehandedly pulling that game up out of the water. Man, the glory days of that game were glorious. Also, jump ship is an in dev game that looks to the community quite a bit. Found that game recently, but I haven't done any suggestions for that one.

[@DurzoBlunts]

A tiered store front isn't a form of micro transactions? Hell 42000$ ship is a MACRO TRANSACTION

[@DevasKnight]

When did you realize that the game wont be ready in your lifetime?

[@genericglass-8883]

You must be a boomer then

[@p1xelgamer079]

Doesnt Matter. I dont have the game, only Play it ON free flights, still its an fully functional Game.

[@dankmemester1066]

@@genericglass-8883 you must be if you believe it’ll be out anytime soon lmao.

[@genericglass-8883]

@@dankmemester1066 oh? I still enjoy the game as it is, and i’ll enjoy it even more when released and no, i’m obviously not a boomer.

[@theartofbanana]

Who cares, its playable right now, you can have fun with it right now. and my words, I payed a lot more money for games that I had less fun with that were released and today many games come out unfinished (looking at you battlefield 2042) or early access and its always a lottery what you will get

[@numbr17]

It is objectively false to state that Star Citizen is a scam. It is possibly not managed wonderfully, but it is regularly updated and the developers have been pretty transparent about things in general. Let’s try to not be sensationalizing things here.

[@jspringer86]

"updated " aka we made more ships for you to purchase for $1,500 but still haven't finished Squadron 42.

[@garywilburn7384]

I disagree the roadmap doesnt ever tell you what they are working on, it tells tou what they already worked on. Progress tracker ? Or History Tracker ? I want to see the progress of current work - not possible

[@commanderdumbo967]

@@jspringer86Squadron 42 is now in the polishing phase, feature complete. Meaning they can pull a lot more resources to update the main game. S42 has been eating up a ton of their workforce

[@jspringer86]

@@commanderdumbo967 "S42 has been eating up a ton of their workforce" ....for ten years? They are either incompetent or thieves. "Squadron 42 is now in the polishing phase, feature complete." I'll believe it when it's released.

[@commanderdumbo967]

​@@jspringer86 It has taken 10~ years due to poor management of the project, along with the fact that S42 is a very complex and large campaign.

[@VulpesChama]

"They never tell you, that you are playing a test version" - every ingame SC chat, after everyone clicked on "acknowledge" about SC being in an Alpha Test version every time they launch the game.

[@godofm3tal1]

Just makes it that much more idiotic when someone whips their credit card out for it.

[@mozambique9113]

I spent 100,000 bucks on star citizen and i regret nothing

[@godofm3tal1]

@@mozambique9113 can't fix stupid

[@hughmungus6911]

​@@godofm3tal1 I dont see you shaming teens who spend the same amount or more on shoes just to get shot over them.

[@xenno8496]

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME YOU LAUNCH IT! How do they miss this!?!? It's also VERY large and takes up half your screen!

[@julianosilveira3102]

There are idiots who don't understand the size of the project and want to measure the end with what traditional games do, without taking into account what they deliver. It's the same as wanting a popular car and a top-of-the-line luxury car to have the same value, the same production time and the same delivery. Needing to use an analogy to explain the obvious makes me wonder where these kids' brains are.

[@kennytendo7255]

I thought it was a scam too at first. Then I went to area 18 and thought i was in Disneyworld. The amount of detail in this game is insane!

[@pewster31]

Spawned in med bed. Found a cart blocking door. Interacted with cart. Immediately launched into space naked. Died instantly. 12/10 would play again Jokes aside it’s buggy at but when it’s running well and stable it’s borderline brilliant.

[@tombeckhauser]

I mean no one says it’s perfect. There is still a lot of bugs and it’s still in deep development. However, yes, when you’re able to look past the occasional bug or know how to avoid most of them you’ll see the insane potential this game has.

[@tombeckhauser]

No one says it’s perfect. There is still a lot of bugs and it’s still in deep development. However, yes, when you’re able to look past the occasional bug or know how to avoid most of them you’ll see the insane potential this game has.

[@Lance_Arn]

yep. 11 of those 12 people will play again just to replicate it, and then do it again to show their team mates and have a great laugh... Gameplay we didnt know we needed. :)

[@HappyH4x0r]

​@@tombeckhauserit's an alpha bro, after more than 10 years and 400 million dollars it's an alpha bro

[@theoneandonlywariortank0793]

@@HappyH4x0r the amount of time its in alpha has nothing to do with the playablity or the fun of the game itself. Its a title, a status. Saying “i am not the finale product i am still being updated and being changed by the week. do not expect anything different” beamng drive has been released as alpha with no sigh to go for full release for.. you guessed it, ten years. And its a great game

[@DrathanKhan]

After 12 years they can't even give a release date/year/decade.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Well it's been 7 years, same as Starfield. Rust took 8 RDR2 9 And Cyberpunk 10 It's also TWO games, so $250 million each, RDR2 spent $350 million on advertising alone. RDR2 and Cyberpunk also had ten times the staff, and legacy code in an established Studio What SC has done with so few staff and in such a short time is unprecedented in gaming history. Of course you can disagree, but you can't tell me the Dev stats for Starfield, or any other comparable title, because no other Studio releases them. Also GTA6 also started development at the same time and has a budget over eight times that of SC So what exactly is your opinion based on?

[@bensmith9984]

@@Uncanny_Mountainwasn’t the kickstarter back in 2012? That’s 11 year’s minimum.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@bensmith9984 Kickstarters are not Development Kind of shows folks haven't thought this through at all, and just want to parrot memes like a Muppet

[@bensmith9984]

@@Uncanny_Mountain wrong, development doesn’t just involve coding, it also involves discussion, resource planning and a thousand other things that would 100% have started happening the moment their first dollar rolled in. The same as it did for the other games you mentioned.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@bensmith9984 oh, you mean Pre Production? And how many games was the Kickstarter for exactly, Sherlock? Also other games know their budget from the start, because it comes in the form of finance, a cheque, not an unknown amount yet to be determined So you're either not too bright, or being wilfully obstinate Either way I win

[@dakotacabana1229]

"If you disagree youre a clown" ah yes good argument. That'll convince the skeptics. 🤡🤡

[@tombeckhauser]

If you make false accusations online you’re a clown.

[@dakotacabana1229]

@@tombeckhauser I never accused anybody of anything. I just thought your take was trash.

[@drtrp6769]

​@@tombeckhauseryou're just mad because you literally had no rebuttal other than calling him a clown

[@perishedfirestorm555]

​@@tombeckhauseryou're the only clown here, 0 arguments.

[@tombeckhauser]

@@dakotacabana1229 I never called YOU a clown. I was obviously referring to the video…

[@Smiley.Digital]

The end is so abrupt...his ship probably blew up randomly just after he cut the video. Lol

[@Gucc1Man514]

Why

[@NotUnymous]

🤡

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

​@@Gucc1Man514because game buggy mess 😂

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

​@@SETHthegodofchaosA fun buggy mess lol

[@yous2244]

It didn't though

[@yonakatsu4878]

Wow what a comeback!! You sure got them :)

[@splitloopgaming3523]

lmao yup. nothing to say back other then calling them clowns. Ive been a back for over a fucking decade. this game is 1000% a scam. It hurts to see because i dick rode this game for so long. but ill never see a full release of this game and thats what i was expecting to get with my money.... because thats what i told i would get eventually. Seeing as i will never get what i paid for, its legitimately a scam.

[@yonakatsu4878]

don't worry, i went 1k deep and used to swear they were making progress. I mean during Daymar they kind of were but their slows "years" are more like absolute crawls. I'm convinced they don't have as many staff as they say they do and mods could do better @@splitloopgaming3523

[@williamb.e1293]

This "tech demo" is already better than starfield by a long shot, and starfield wont be getting manual flight to the planet or ground vehicles, not even with modding... wake up man, cant be a scam if you can play it and have fun with it 🤡

[@splitloopgaming3523]

@williamb.e1293 just because you have half a product, doesn't mean you werent scammed. I dont knownwhen you bought your first game pack, but mine was in 2013 and i was told the game would be out long ago. That never happened. Legitimate scam.

[@splitloopgaming3523]

@williamb.e1293 i know sc fam boys cope, but usually they dont sounds so moronic about it. Fkin goof.

[@LifesMike]

As he sits on a landing pad wondering what to do cause theres no content

[@soldierinworldwar6]

as his racing contract sits ontop of the screen

[@daviddinges9168]

​@soldierinworldwar6 lol you're assuming he would read before making his judgements XD tbh I haven't tried the racing yet. It seems fun but tbh there's still so so much to learn with the dogfighting aspect I'm enjoying the most

[@tombeckhauser]

@@daviddinges9168 I think racing is a great way to get better at flying!

[@eddiemarohl5789]

@@tombeckhauser especially with the zippier glass cannon ships. Better at dodging means longer in the air

[@splitloopgaming3523]

@@tombeckhauser cope

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

Star Citizen doesnt need a PR team when it has d-riders like this guy

[@damndatscrazyyy940]

There are so many I didn’t know 😭😭😭

[@ligmasphere901]

People like this take the entire length too 😬

[@8thMusketeer]

How is this game a scam? Because it's taking them a long time to make it? Because they've used half a million dollars on it, and still need more funding? You could call that scammy, unless you realize that the game itself is MASSIVE in scale. Bigger than any other game we've seen before. And the developers are constantly in communication with the fans. Meaning they aren't just taking the money and running. How can you call that a scam? We thought No Man's Sky was a scam, but later proven wrong. Seeing as how dedicated the developers are on this game, it looks like they are in the same boat. Made a bunch of promises, but weren't prepared for how much work it would be. Yet they're still working on it. So not a scam.

[@hy2707]

@@8thMusketeerbro people said the exact same fucking thing for Cyberpunk which was took 7-9 years to develop before its release and shit still happened, Starfield also said it’s their biggest game ever but look at how that turned out, “nO mAN skY DiD it” sure if you want to play unfinished game for 7 years first, I love how “Gamers”’ standards are so low and they tend to forget what the hell happened before, people like you are one of the reason why “Gaming Industries” is full of unfinished games and broken promises, because your dumbass actually believes everything people feed into your mouth. Of course you can keep coping if you still want to💀

[@-Seek-17]

​@@hy2707nad now cyberpunk is pretty much a fully fleged game you just swung a double edged sword my friend and sadly hit yourself

[@abbysaito5348]

Now days I just remind people that if this is a scam. Don't forget the gollum game costs 60$ lol

[@readifdumb]

It's a cheap asking price to get into the game, but of course the ship prices are egregious, and with server resets, there is no good reason to grind ships doing menial tasks for 100s of hours, when you'll lose them.

[@abbysaito5348]

@@readifdumb I agree. Lol I only tell my friends to buy the base game if they're interested beyond free flight. If they want to put more in that's on them and their own decision. I only play to f around now.

[@readifdumb]

@@abbysaito5348 I enjoy flying around, but I'm waiting for more free-form exploration to be added. Don't like the mission to mission gameplay the game currently has. Feels like there isn't much to do inbetween unless you have friends.

[@abbysaito5348]

@@readifdumb true. Would be nice to have more locations like Benny henge and the like where we can explore solo. Find random things besides caves lol been decorating my ships with the cave bugs before they explode to invisible astroids and ships 😂😂😂

[@Andrewza1]

There can be more than one scam game out there.

[@thedon897]

why did his ego get crushed reading that question? weirdo lol😂😂

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Haters and their appeals to the group, as if they are the coolest people on the interweb 🤓

[@godofm3tal1]

Cuz people don't like being reminded of their bad decisions. He'd rather surround himself with other credit card warriors that make similarly poor decisions so they can circle jerk themselves.

[@zerojee6236]

Because he knows it's true and he's mad that he can't admit it😂

[@fivefive6]

​@@zerojee6236it's not though. Nobody with even a basic understanding of the English language can call it a scam.

[@evobsm2328]

​@@zerojee6236 ? In a world where poeple pay 70$ for battlefield 2042 or starfield. I think paying the same amount for star citizen is fair. And you get way more out of it then any of those games tbh. Why? Beceause you are entering a game thats at least functional but not completed. Whilst the other games i mentioned are not functional but completed. And you dont need to pay more for more content either, the devs just add features as the game progresses.

[@tylerstewart3181]

They're taking in millions of dollars...but can't manage to fix stability issues and constant disconnects. this game is the PERFECT scam. keep the wheels spinning in the mud as long as they possibly can until they're forced to make significant progress or lose all backing. by then, it won't matter though, they'll all have enough money to retire early.

[@gormauslander]

What game? Its an alpha. With a 30 day money back guarantee. The only people giving them money are the ones who enjoy it. Is paying money for things you enjoy how you define a scam?

[@MacljxD]

You don't know how to program, code, develop anything besides this comment lmao sit down.

[@yulfine1688]

You do realize they started with less than 50 people took nearly a decade to get to 600 or so working on the game all while having to entirely rebuild the game engine and netcode from the ground up right? See thing is in 2012 there was no good game engine they settled with cry engine and found very quickly the amount of issues it had. Later amazon paid for a license roughly 50-70 million and spent many years rebuilding the engine to the lumberyard engine which star citizen and sq42 transfered to. Which also meant basically rebuilding the game which they did again as they make the star engine heavily modifying the lumberyard engine because it was so lacking in what they needed especially on the backend which is where the issues arise. Also unlike most other games when you load in everything is loaded in litterally everything there's no other loads screens and the scale is always larger than any other game map entirely.. the planets alone are larger than most game maps if not all game maps and have no load screens. So unless you find a magical tech that can actually run currently 100 players without issues with the level of detail scale and so on you'd have a technology the entire damn world would want. That's being built and was shown as functional despite it being only a theory decades earlier.. props to spatial on for being ahead in 2017 despite its failure to function well in any game.

[@qawa2205]

are you stupid? large game companies make billions of dollars in just one quarter of a year, and they also release buggy overpriced garbage, for $45 you get what you pay for in star citizen if you have even tried it out before. I will say however the sale of in game ships for money is predatory but it's your money and you don't have to spend it. I have the most expensive ship in the game that I bought with in game currency and I have only spent $60 on the game total.

[@prodigy455]

Wrote a whole paragraph to let us know you don’t know what you’re talking about out lol SC is the online side and it’s got a ton of moving parts that no other online game as attempted so yea sometimes it breaks but works great as of recently. SQ42 is on the brink of releasing and is looking to be a full featured game with tons of mechanics to get people busy for a good bit so yea I’ll wait.

[@DM-sx6ld]

Give it another 10 years of screenshots, youll catch on. Just slower than most.

[@moebeans72]

Yeah, catch on to how fucking beautiful this game is and why their money was worth it

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Well it's been 7 years, same as Starfield. Rust took 8 RDR2 9 And Cyberpunk 10 It's also TWO games, so $250 million each, RDR2 spent $350 million on advertising alone. RDR2 and Cyberpunk also had ten times the staff, and legacy code in an established Studio What SC has done with so few staff and in such a short time is unprecedented in gaming history. Of course you can disagree, but you can't tell me the Dev stats for Starfield, or any other comparable title, because no other Studio releases them.

[@DM-sx6ld]

@@Uncanny_Mountain Put the Kool-aid down bruv

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@DM-sx6ld cool memes bruv 🤡

[@rotsen3123]

i mean if you only want screenshots and only enjoy beautiful scenery but it was more than that at this point, there are many gameplays to do now.

[@zset123]

Its not a scam, ifs a pay to dream for sheeps

[@LordCreo]

I mean I've paid a hell of a lot more than the $50 I paid for SC for other games that gave me a lot less fun!

[@adamu6941]

@@LordCreo same ;)

[@wozzaladers3244]

@@adamu6941 Well why did you post this BS "Its not a scam, ifs a pay to dream for sheeps"

[@adamu6941]

@@wozzaladers3244 if you never dream I pity you, your life must be very sad;)

[@splitloopgaming3523]

@@LordCreo tell that to all the backers that are 1000s out of pocket expecting this game to have seen a full 1.0 playable release within the next... idfk DECADE?? You dick riders are so pathetic.

[@spike178]

Will die from old age by the time Star Citizen is released

[@surject]

It's a scam, believe me. I know because I play it almost every day.

[@Mika-_.]

Me too, but paying 70$ for a call of duty game that’s the same as last one isn’t a scam? This game is worth it imo. It’s so immersive and lots of things to do. I recommend getting friends bro or join an active clan

[@lIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlI]

you're coping so hard, at least COD release with new content, sc does not, making it a scam@@Mika-_.

[@emplirez5110]

@@Mika-_.dude stop defending the game I see you comments everywhere. We get it you love the game

[@yous2244]

​@@Mika-_.Ignore them they just want attention

[@yous2244]

​@@emplirez5110we get it, you never played the game however shiting on games is fun and popular.

[@jgone4856]

What a brainless take. The game is measured against what was promised, not against other games. Flappy bird is not a scam and star citizen is because flappy bird didn't promise I'd be able to flap my way into the pipes like Mario

[@dontanton7775]

I think you need to look up the definition of scam. Star Citizen's PR is misleading and unethic. Yes. However, a scam would be something completely different.

[@agentrabbit186]

​@@dontanton7775When you spend forty five dollars that's fine Anything more is on you Don't be like this, jackass and say it's a scam Your money decision is your choice

[@miraculous4104]

If you want to do semantics, a scam is a dishonest scheme. Star citizen promised stuff it will never provide. It is according to the definition of scam a scam.

[@Defanos]

The only scam being done, is the deliberate disingenuous behavior of CIG. This clown needs to wake up.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

[@TryHardTentacles]

​@@Uncanny_MountainGreat copy paste. But your comprehension is dogcrap because it doesnt apply here. Fake intellectual spotted.

[@marcjordan6923]

@@Uncanny_Mountainget his nut off your face bro😂😂 he’s milking you guys for every cent

[@williammullinax6130]

Outside of the time scale, it's a pretty standard early access game. It's just on another scale that people can't grasp so they just shout scam. Its mouth breather behavior.

[@MontroseChloe]

It officially became a scam. Career Kits are literally a scam. I tried to ask them on Twitter why they are scamming and they blocked me. I was an OG Backer. It's officially a scam.

[@apoolofwomen]

Lol I got banned on the forums for asking about the battlefield game mode update/release lol

[@Mika-_.]

But paying 70$ for a call of duty game that its the actually same as last one is definitely worth it.

[@Codeman785]

​@@Mika-_.fr

[@Patrickf5087]

​@@Mika-_.the last battlefield i bought was 3 so....

[@shatterproof7944]

@@Mika-_. In reality, the average Star Citizen dreamer has put over 1200€ into the game. Even all fully released COD parts were cheaper. And you could grind them without 30 k kappa. That's also the reason why CiG shits on concierge because almost all of them are concierge.

[@addamrobin2]

Stay high on that copium king 🤡🤡🤡

[@fivefive6]

Says the guy that isn't quite bright enough to know what scam means.

[@Lord_Imperion55]

bro you do not even know what scam means do not even talk

[@dragonthc]

Well, this aged like milk.

[@tombeckhauser]

I think you missed CitizenCon last weekend 😂

[@BoardWalkToke]

@@tombeckhauser The recent CC gives a lot more confidence to us backers but at the end of the day there is still no final product. I really am rooting for CIG to deliver something close to what was promised b/c SC has a lot of potential but people need to stop over hyping themselves. How many showcases/demos have we seen in the past 10 years at conventions like E3 just for it to not deliver? So why should CIG be any different? SC isn't a scam but it certainly is a long way from ever being completed.

[@lifelesshawk5725]

12 years and still no release date

[@moebeans72]

They are making an entire game engine, two massive games with no loading, and a shit ton of lore, plus live streams/videos. It’s not that complicated to see why

[@lifelesshawk5725]

@@moebeans72 Maybe they should’ve finished the first before starting an entire new game. With half a BILLION dollars at their disposal (non of which is being taken away by marketing and such) you’d think they would be miles ahead of where they are now.

[@moebeans72]

@@lifelesshawk5725 to be fair I never supported them making two games at once, just said that they are

[@sigmamale6128]

@@lifelesshawk5725 They started development with literally like 2 people and have had to build a company from the ground up with multiple studios. AAA games that you see have already pre established dev companies with multiple studios and tools at their desposal. its going to take a while longer building everything basically from the ground up.

[@NoBrainah]

Money doesn’t make a game dumb ass. Plus a game to this size with this kind of technology has never been done. It’s easy to sit on the bench and tell other people what to do or that you could do it when you know nothing about anything. Retard

[@thevibedoctorphd]

That is arguably the best looking and best playing scam I've ever seen in my entire life. For a scam, looks like a good one

[@redraptor418]

I have been watching Star Citizen's development since 2013. I love what I saw so much that I saved money for it. In 2020 I spent every dime I had saved for Star Citizen and got my first game pack. Then this Invictus, I got my dream fleet of 28 ships.

[@photlam9769]

You are a fucking retard

[@JubulusPrime]

Capitalist dystopia moment

[@odlfmariner470]

​@@JubulusPrime Yes, humanity is doomed.

[@JubulusPrime]

@@odlfmariner470 I am not saying this is the worst thing to ever happen lol I am just saying that spending so much money on a means of escapism shows the how the real world kinda sucks rn even for the working class who are not even the lowest class in modern society because psuodo-slaves and homeless people have it much worse but it still sucks to be working class so much It just really sucks that this is how people get moments of joy being unable to enjoy the real world anymore due to capitalist extremism, playing space captain with people you meet online rather then chilling out in a park with them or playing ordinary non-escapism games for the sake of enjoying time with friends Although who knows, maybe this actually is how some people find legit joy but it does not seem like anyone would be satisfied when there is always a bigger cooler ship to buy, It just seems very dystopian

[@PerennialWheat]

​@@JubulusPrimeBro 💀 it's not that deep. Also I did a bit research in this game and it's just pay to progress like many other games such as war thunder. And ofc people have genuine joy from nerding out in games like these..

[@Menroth.]

People still trying to defend this crap is just sad at this point.

[@innarik1]

You look sad seeing so many people having fun with the game lol

[@sowolino120]

Broo...

[@thomasbardoux1692]

​@@innarik1 fun, or cope?

[@innarik1]

​@@thomasbardoux1692 I can guarantee that I can have fun with the game. People get angry and complains with video games lol

[@thomasbardoux1692]

@@innarik1 of course we complain. Video game, like all creations are up to criticism. Especially some as scammy as SC

[@ozcanozteke284]

I'm new to the game but despite it being an alpha I had a feeling of excitement and tons of fun with my friends which was missing for me in most new titles. Star Citizen feels like something new is finally actually happening (but that's the point of view of someone who just got into the game a few days ago)

[@SpodermanEU]

I plan on playing it soon. How is the game half year in?

[@eddiesons159]

Scammed me out of $3.5k... Gotta get that Zeus damn that ship looks good.

[@LOLBTLOLBT]

keep smoking that copium

[@Lord_Imperion55]

copied comment for 1 and for 2 learn what scam means before you call a game a scam if any game is a scam its MW3 that game sucks pure dog poop and yet it costs more

[@TraceguyRune]

If the game wasn't a scam 1. Why are you so offended 2. Why isn't it on steam 3. Why is thre limited videos about this game?

[@tombeckhauser]

1. I’m not offended. I think people making false accusations online are clowns. 2. I don’t know what Steam has to do with a game being a scam or not. 3. There’s thousands of videos online.

[@Havanna1512]

Man, thats the worst cope ive ever seen. What happened to the 550.000.000 they made the past ten years? No game needs that amount of money.

[@mwRafee]

Yea rdr2 was made with the change in your mom's purse. You right

[@timsgta]

Because you've done the research and analyzed every triple-a game ever made and know the figures for everything right? OP is a clown!

[@acrxsls1766]

​@@timsgtaCyberpunk was about 330 million. SC is milking it at this point

[@bloodygekkon5048]

​@@acrxsls1766and starfield 150 million.

[@eddiemarohl5789]

​@@acrxsls1766gta6 is over a bil and is less ambitious

[@FaeTheMf]

bro got them top g reactions

[@shikharpandey]

underrated comment

[@vorpalrobot]

A lot of those weirdos are the ones that put like $15k in before 2016. Just not emotionally healthy with the project at all.

[@AntonioCT-7997]

Yeah but not that many from what i seen most are just there to try ruin the game for others xd

[@tombeckhauser]

I’ve noticed!

[@aylencitasq4275]

I only put 895 $ in so far 😢

[@AntonioCT-7997]

@@aylencitasq4275 getting close to concierge :D + u dont really need more then starting ship ur good no matter how much u spend

[@simsdiver5201]

1 of 2 LMAO. You new SC fan boi n00bs who were -suckered- inspired to buy into this vaporware post 2016 are playing with fire. I'm one of the early independent 2012-2013 era backer "weIrdos" who put in over $4k. But lucked out when I saw through the burning bush of Anti-ChristHRobbers deceit. And managed to refund before the guillotine fell. You see, back then, CRobbers hadn't changed his TOS to -rip off- block players (at least consumers living outside the protections of EU/Australia) from getting their money back. *So I got a 100% refund* And NEVER looked back. I only drop in for a front row seat on the 3 ring circus with every patch update. Which CR keeps reassuring the cult fan base will fix everything going forward. 💀 LMFAO

[@fitzgeraldstoner2200]

It definitely a scam

[@ric270]

Just like no mans sky

[@genericglass-8883]

🤡

[@Mika-_.]

But paying 70$ for a call of duty game that’s the the same as last one is definitely worth it…. You can play this game for 45$ and it’s getting better every month. It’s not a scam bro

[@wolfcub1835]

@@ric270Do people still think no man’s sky is the same as it was on launch? No man’s is pretty insane now there’s so much to do.

[@CyclicMac]

Hands down

[@karsonkammerzell6955]

The scam narrative is just a bunch of people moving the goal posts every year. That's it. Remember when it was "Salvage is never coming! Star Citizen is a scam!"? Well now that salvaging gameplay is starting to enter the game that complaint is now, "Pyro is never coming! Star Citizen is a scam!" 😂

[@billywashere6965]

When Pyro arrives they'll push the goal post to "They promised 100 systems, that's never gonna happen!" and if/when CIG starts dropping new star systems every other quarter (because they generate planets moons in a matter of minutes with their planet tech) they'll just find something new to complain about.

[@latch9781]

In fairness, Pyro is perhaps the best example of Soon TM, other than maybe S42

[@karsonkammerzell6955]

@@latch9781 They haven't mentioned a hard date on anything since they got (rightful) backlash from SQ42 and the original salvaging dates. Pyro has never been given a date; simply showcases on progress and planets. The closest they've given for Pyro is "4.0; Road to Pyro". They communicate in mostly what is being worked on and progression in various areas other than release dates for any features. That's part of the reason the 'scam' narrative is so easy for people to buy into. Unless you really care about Star Citizen you won't be in the loop about any of that. You have to actively go looking.

[@yehoshuaosei3133]

Someone gets it

[@andrewnelson8044]

Patience in today's world is a rarity

[@the_babbleboom]

great argument, i'm sure suckers who can't cope repeat this to themselves before going to bed, dreaming about their artificial scarcity jpegs becoming real within their lifetime

[@genericglass-8883]

Bitch and complain all you want but it’s clear you need to look in the mirror as you don’t even see how your coping.

[@SniperDizzyJohny]

Imagine all the people that died waiting for the game during 12 years.

[@SniperDizzyJohny]

"Skill isue"

[@hawkzulu5671]

If it 'released' they wouldnt have died? StarField and Elite released - both games are on life support - i guess they are keeping the people waiting for SC company

[@beardedlonewolf7695]

@@hawkzulu5671 He means while waiting for the tech demo to be a game... they never got to play what they paid for.

[@SniperDizzyJohny]

@@hawkzulu5671 great example of the straw man fallacy. That is sad, but the people that invested in the game for a decade and died in an accident or some normal event is just more sad and cringe. Imagine paying for a car , wait for it 10 years , die by a shoot in a robbery, you end dead once but robbed twice. People just love to get into scams.

[@dimoichi5841]

Star Citizen is one of the best space games of its type. Every game has haters and always will. But Star Citizen will remain one of my all time favorites.

[@tombeckhauser]

I’d argue Star Citizen is one of a kind. There is no developer out that’s even remotely attempting what CIG is doing

[@Bizarrebinx]

"i bought basket ball and i couldn't play basketball and blame the store"

[@tombeckhauser]

looooooool

[@blackjacka.5097]

Says the man playing a glorified tech demo

[@Zood94]

No argument? Just mock? lol, that copium smoke clouding your brain. Keep fly around and hauling cargo man, you're doing a amazing job 👍

[@DuxAKADuke]

Exactly lol

[@TimothyLittleton-en5zq]

Exactly! Dude is just another mindless shill 💀

[@lqg4395]

Says the person making no argument. A little self-awareness goes a long way.

[@Zood94]

@@lqg4395 Why should I? Answer mock with a mock-why should I make a compelling argument in response to mockery?

[@Zood94]

​@@JimJamTalks Damn, you're right, alright, sure, I am a jackass. So can I ask you something? Tell me how you make a compelling argument about this game, to answer "Wake the fuck up clown" without being a jackass.?

[@ZavageRides]

I got banned for speaking about the developers management issues and how it is a scam towards the community lmfao.

[@Gyyghhhhjjjkk]

Star citizen isn’t a scam it was horribly mismanaged that’s all. They promised a lot but pushes deadlines back and fourth but they are getting some content out at least and the game is actually fun. I was a ex ED and Tarkov player and I can assure you that SC is doing a wayyyyyyy better job at providing entertainment than those two. ED is great but tarkov is borderline dog shit at this point. All three of them are big rpg wannabes.

[@sterlingcampbell2116]

It's not a scam, just a failed execution that has gone too far in the wrong direction to salvage. Stat Citizen development have completely lost sight of what is important in a game. Little cosmetics mean nothing if the immersion, story telling, pacing and community foundation aren't established. They keep trying to fine tune the frosting when they don't even have a cake. The gaming disappointment of the decade, for two decades in a row now. Stop lying to yourselves. It's nothing but an expensive, boring demo with good graphics.

[@skrunklyOwO]

It basically is a scam lmao, game has been in developmental hell for years and years even with all the fucking money they've takin from ppl.

[@qawa2205]

that's the only money they make? you can play the game for 45 dollars which is cheaper then most titles these days. Have you ever played the game? seriously.

[@zackwedker2460]

​@@qawa2205pay 45 dollar for unoptimized bugged game 😂

[@GMvexed]

“Wake up clowns” whilst wiggling his little joystick

[@DrathanKhan]

When a literal cult member calls you a clown lol

[@starfighter1043]

😂😂😂☠️👍💪

[@chronoIV]

Omg 😂

[@andrewshandle]

Their new PTU policy is to allow players who have spent more than $25,000 USD on the game to be in on the first wave...let that sink in. $25,000 dollars.

[@tombeckhauser]

You get Wave 1 access if you’re a subscriber which costs $10 or for FREE if you’re an active player. But yes you automatically get access to Wave 1 if you spent 25k. Please tell the whole story

[@andrewshandle]

@@tombeckhauser the fact that a group of people large enough to necessitate a "wave" have spent over 25K on a game should be the alarming part of CIG's changes to the PTU policy, not the part about who else can get in the PTU. But you do you I guess. The fact that all of these people in the "$25K wave" paid for ships that will likely never be delivered should be a massive concern to any and everyone who plays. Remember how people lost their minds when the bag Bethesda included in one of they're editions of Fallout 76 was plastic not canvas? Multiply that by 250.

[@theartofbanana]

Also concierge early access was a thing for a longer time, right? Im not so into ptu and dont get the hate. Its a TEST universe, its not meant for playing, it makes sense that people who are into this game a lot like streamers who make money with it get first access and can actually test the new features and report

[@andrewshandle]

@@theartofbanana It's the fact that they added an entire wave for people who have spent more than a $25,000 USD in game is where you should be concerned. The name of the video is "I've paid a lot more money for a lot worse games", and this is a game where enough players have spent over 25K that they had to change the rules for who gets into the test realm...if that doesn't set off a dozen (or 25,000) red flags, I don't know what will. Imagine EA or Activision pulling that shit, the internet would explode.

[@theartofbanana]

@@andrewshandle ok, I really dont care and I dont know why I should. People habe a lot of money and use it. And? Its like real life, no one starts the same and if they want to play this way they can. I personally prefer grinding, thats why I only payed for the lowest tier. And hell did I have fun.

[@Eppie_fox]

I have never seen someone refer to people as clowns and be so genuine about it

[@rbarbeats]

Fanboys are so annoying bro 😂

[@tombeckhauser]

You know no one is forcing you to consume Star Citizen content right? No one is holding a gun to your head. You are FREE

[@thomasbardoux1692]

​@@tombeckhauser and free to tell you that you're coping

[@tombeckhauser]

@@thomasbardoux1692 correct

[@calsonic2272]

Man's got Roblox in his name. Who let the child groomer out of the woodwork

[@CitizenWeez]

@@tombeckhauser as time goes on all i see is haters coping over being so wrong for so long. when they announced SQ42 was feature complete and moving to polishing the haters still say its never coming out.. you have to have a really low IQ to think SC is never coming out. they wont look at the facts and get their opinions from rumors. when the game comes out they will still lie and call it a scam because they dont want to be wrong. I revel in it.

[@Wanelmask]

The guy seems himself well versed in the art of clowning. So I guess we can trust him to identify other clowns !

[@xredrum41x]

It’s kind of a scam when there’s no ship trading and it’s still in alpha after a decade.

[@joescorner4353]

huh??? you can buy ships in game.

[@eddiemarohl5789]

What do you mean by ship trading? Cargo works fine and you can buy all but the most recently released ships in game.

[@matt-ju7rk]

elite dangerous hasmt got player to player trading and nobody complains wjy is sc any different

[@eddiemarohl5789]

It do tho with fleet carriers sorta kinda.@@matt-ju7rk

[@ImBored8141]

$70 for the same COD, FIFA, Madden, etc every year and people call SC a scam

[@endmyoblivion9684]

I mean yeah it is a scam there’s $1000 ship package. The game doesn’t run half the time properly to even be able to actually play the game so yeah $550,000,000 10 years you do the math

[@LordCreo]

Except you can get all the same ships for free in-game, you only buy extra ships if you want to help fund development. GTA6 has a 2BN budget and has been in development for 9 years, and is still 100% unplayable at this point, so it's a way bigger scam right?

[@Havanna1512]

No game in the whole world needs 550.000.000 dabloons for development. Hmm.. im wondering if most of that money went into their pockets 🤔 🤔🤔

[@LordCreo]

@@Havanna1512 Really, that's not the most expensive game development by quite a long shot, GTA 6 is over $2bn and 9 years into development.

[@Havanna1512]

@@LordCreo Two billion!? Man.. that truly isn't the most expensive game then xD

[@LordCreo]

@@Havanna1512 no idea if it is the most, but definitely way above SC's current cost.

[@zecumbe]

"Wake the F*ck up Clowns" 😂

[@SNUSNU4U]

People will say star citizen is a scam, and then pay 250$ for escape from tarkov single player 😂😂😂😂

[@carpelunam]

Is this what you tell yourself? me an multiple other people I must know must be one offs then

[@DarkWarjo]

contribute 45dollars to the developement, get to play a game = scam? Sure it's not fully ready, it has bugs and it gets updates time to time, almost sounds like a normal AAA-Game release...

[@thomasbardoux1692]

Thousands of people investing on promises systematically broken. That's a scam

[@Dovaskus]

I havent seen a broken promise, just bad project management.

[@morgan_blake]

Well, those AAA releases are scams

[@generalbennet1554]

@@morgan_blakeretard point of view your saying Dead space remake, Atomic heart, Elden ring, Baulders Gate 3 all released last and this year are scams? At least they are finished get your head out of your ass.

[@paintspot1509]

​@Dovaskus have you been living under a rock?

[@N0rseman]

You can play star citizen for 45 bucks with a community that is fn amazing. Or you can play dual universe and pay 14.99 per month for a garbage ass game.

[@thomasbardoux1692]

Or you can play actual games, not glorified demos

[@matt-ju7rk]

​@@thomasbardoux1692pleaseinsert yourself into the nearest bin and wake tf up

[@ar-tv8ln]

​@@thomasbardoux1692actual game? Tell have you playef star citizen?

[@samsmokes3100]

For $60 I have thousands of hours of gameplay lol

[@Jfhfbcu]

star citizen only costs $45, yet you have to pay $70 for most trash Ubisoft games and shitty call of duty.

[@wannabelyx2496]

I've been playing a scam for 9 years then😂

[@ironmarshall1963]

9 Years ?? wtf do u even do ? after a few months you have seen and done everything then they just reset everything

[@Vessbon]

​@@ironmarshall1963I could look at crusader from port olisar for 9 years straight that planet is mind blowingly beautiful

[@grahamindustries64]

Without a doubt the p2w aspect for ships is scummy, however these people who call star citizen q scam will pay full price for awful AAA release that are glorified slot machines.

[@NayrAnur]

True, but the bigger ships are often useless when piltoing them solo.

[@grahamindustries64]

@@NayrAnur oh for sure. The one good thing that has come out of it is people just wanting people to play with them to have full functionality. I've snuck onto ships about it 5 times and 4 times I just became part of the crew

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

The only alternative is space USSR, where everyone gets the same model of ship, like a Lada Great logic batman 😂

[@Zinj1000]

COD and Sports games are more of a scam than this will ever be.

[@KryptonArcher]

Honestly can’t find another game that gives you that first person Mass Effect vibes with multiplayer options

[@Relixification]

my name in the game is literally Garrus Vakarian, and I met a Shepard and a Tali Zorah player, and we've been playing ever since New Babbage came out. Its phenomenal.

[@jamespruitt4756]

@@Relixification before i changed my name, mine was Normandy_SR2 :D

[@Chief_kemosabe]

Mass effect doesn’t have a story now? Pretty sure mass effect also had actual content

[@EdenResolve]

It is though. Nothing in the game works.

[@eddiemarohl5789]

​@@EdenResolvehint they're talking about you

[@raider3167]

I’ve sunk 700 or so bucks into this game by now and I gotta say This is the worst scam I’ve ever seen. I got an actual product out of it and it’s still being made

[@ligmasphere901]

The owner of the circus calling people clowns 💀

[@tombeckhauser]

You don’t think people who make false accusations online are clowns?

[@chaseviking5096]

Owner of the circus? He didn't buy it from you.

[@ligmasphere901]

@@chaseviking5096 You work for me boi 🤡

[@oceanbytez847]

I still consider star citizen vaporware. It has had the longest development time in history for any game, and the budget is insane too and they only barely put out anything and STILL want more money. Glad i saw it for what it was way back then, and still feel that way now.

[@TwoLeftSh0es]

Isn't the game playable as is?

[@TazyBaby]

@@TwoLeftSh0es they really like to ignore that

[@Ninjastahr]

Idk man that's some pretty playable vaporware. I tried a free flight once, it's playable and fun with friends but it wasn't in a state where I wanted to spend money on it yet. Guess what? I didn't buy anything, and am waiting for the game to be in a state where I can enjoy it. No big deal. The sale of ships is predatory as fuck, but the game sure as hell isn't vaporware

[@BeWhoYouWant2]

​@@TwoLeftSh0esa tiny fraction of what was promised. That's what makes it a scam. Let's say you order a pizza and they say it will be 30 min. 30 min later they show up with one slice and say they need more money and time to finish the rest. Did you get scammed or is it OK because you got a slice while you wait?

[@chromaticabberationsgiveme9811]

Oh how Id love to see your reaction to the most recent trailer of Squadron 42. The server persistence has to be the thing that drew my eye to star citizen. I was never too into playing until the trailer came out and I got to see videos of the... citizencon (?) Where they had shown the tech working live. I'm not in the field of tech, in fact I work on Airframes, but since I was a young kid I would always find ways to learn about technology, more specifically computer software/hardware. I felt like a kid again going through the server persistence tech demo. I felt like I did when I got my first job at 16 and used whatever remained of my paycheck on server trays and stacks, making and coding crude lines of code to host my own personal games or to localize my data. After the tech demo I actually decided to try the game in its current state and got blown away but how much you ACTUALLY CAN do in the game. I even got involved in a guild of sorts that hosts raids and found a whole atmosphere of living that casual players never try to find. Traders, contraband runners, PvP mercs, police forces, bounty hunters, clan bases, ship stealing, weapon running, clan wars. Even someone doing some space trucking is actually part of the greater scope, I mean I have terrorized quite a few haulers after I realized how ludicrous it can be instead of hauling myself. When SQ42 releases I will buy it, when the PU is server persistant: I will take a week of PTO to play it with some of my close friends. Give it a genuine try. If you understand backend, frontend or just have technical knowledge then you shouldnt see it possible to even have the game exist, nevermind be in such a healthy state

[@TobyDK91]

Star Citizen may be an unrealistic project, with lack of direction and pipeline. But it is not a scam. It's pretty obvious that this sort of project gobbles up money.

[@SCHWATO17]

You know it's not a good game when the content creators spend a good amount of time trying to prove to 'haters' that the game is fun, rather than you know, having fun.

[@bobholly3843]

Well, I feel they don't want to admit it's a scam because they have invested a lot of money in it. If Starfield had a good release (and it actually has a release date, unlike SC), the only way for SC to prove they aren't a scam is to kick things into high gear & have show actual progress & a release date itself. Otherwise just releasing new ships is not going to keep the crowd.

[@deflatedmarshmellow9293]

why do ppl keep comparing starfield and SC starfield is no where near the same experience of SC there two different things. Secondly SC has just achieved groundbreaking technology that no other game has achieved (PES) . Im not closed to criticism but star citizen is an experience that you cant really find anywhere else and it isnt easy to create something like this.

[@jasonmaxwell9762]

Starfield is already forgotten haha. People don't understand that normal development games do not compare to something like SC. Yes the ships are a extremely over priced. But people buy them anyway so the project lives wich is a good thing. Thank the whales for funding the game and fly your $45 starter and enjoy the game

[@lynx-alpha2073]

Its not like you get told the development works. I put down 60 bucks in 2013 And i could have left it at that. These are fools who over invest creditcard money they dont actually have and then get buyers remorse

[@Ace-Brigade]

WRONG, I spent thousands and could care less if it burns to the ground. When we are ten more years in the future and we still have a buggy mess maybe you cult members will wake up. People who spent that kind of money have it to spend.

[@mastere6115]

I know right, you don't need to buy fleets of ships to play and enjoy the game, even the starters are more than enough with some experience, the hard part is grinding out the money but bar that you can get 80% of the ships the game offers in game with some time, so you don't even have to pay more than starter ship prices.

[@godofm3tal1]

For what they charge they should be guaranteeing your entertainment. There should be no remorse to be had.

[@Kopalchuck]

I get buyers remorse and I have the money lol

[@bensmith9984]

This is the same cope gacha game addicts use. It’s fine to play gacha games as long as you realise your playing a gacha game.

[@solaireofastora3146]

People who say Star citizen is a scam are wales who invested in an obvious alpha in development. Just a bunch of entitled cry babies. I haven’t seen anyone who plays the game with a $45 starter pack cry as hard as they do lmao

[@andrewnelson8044]

I gauge every game I play on a scale of money sownt vs time played/enjoyment had. I have spent hundreds on games like league of legends and star citizen yet have thousands of hours on each game. I've payed 60 dollars for games I have barely played for a couple hours. The best thing about star citizen is there is so much potential and so many things promised to supports that it makes you so excited to see the progress they make. Ps don't listen the the children that have a couple disconnects and say it's terrible. Yest it happens but there is so much cool stuff you miss out on

[@eastonmiller4711]

bro when i get star citizen idk if i will even be able to stop playing it

[@Fire-Bound]

The comments in this section highlight a growing disillusionment within the Star Citizen community. The developers created Star Citizen from scratch, using their proprietary engine capable of simulating an entire universe seamlessly, without any loading screens. Admittedly, the game does suffer from numerous bugs, which can be frustrating. There's room for improvement in the game's management and marketing strategies. However, there's some positive news to look forward to. Squadron 42 now has a release date, and Pyro is set to launch soon. Saying someone is “coping” merely for enjoying a game is unwarranted. Games take time to develop and on the scale of Star Citizen it makes sense for it to take as long as it has. Remember that nobody is compelling you to engage with Star Citizen content if you dislike the game. If it's not to your liking, it's better to distance yourself from it altogether.

[@IsaacFNghost]

Yikes… I’ve heard this game has been in development for 10+ years and is still only in alpha? 😬😬 I’d be worried af if I was part of this player base. Sounds to me like their studio is a huge mess and can’t get things organized

[@orientalanon]

The player base is full of players like this, who don't believe there's a problem with a game being in alpha for 14 years and kept on smashing more money into it😂

[@mwRafee]

​@@orientalanonevery year haters add 5 years to the development cycle

[@mythiontactial]

@@orientalanon 14 years now? Dang! It's gone from 10, to 11, to 14! What is it tomorrow, 23? No other studio has been as transparent with development from day one. There's a lot to consider, there are plenty of games that are much smaller in scope, that took just as long.

[@orientalanon]

@@mythiontactial "Pre-production of the game began in 2010" So yes, given it's Sept 2023 it is almost 14 years. And yes, given that our time moves forward in this world it's gone from 10, 11, to essentially 14. And yes, given the promised 100 systems and the only 1 we currently have which took over 10 years, it's going to be 23 one day. Also, apparently CIG is so transparent that it tried to release a road map for a road map. So transparent and totally not trying to drag the development!

[@mythiontactial]

@@orientalanon "essentially 14" see? That's a massive way to be disingenuine. You haven't a clue as to what you're talking about.

[@leonorlengaming6913]

Just dont spent thousands of dollars on a fricken Jpeg

[@ParaquatSC]

Yeah, it's completely optional. And for many it's literally a donation. And if you put money into a ship, you can melt it at any time to play with any other ship or ships will lesser or equal combined value. It's not like a skin in a game where if you buy it that's final. Its as if you could melt any skin down into currency again at FULL VALUE and buy another one.

[@YoshihitoBLM]

Definitely a scam. Even Shroud thinks so. I've backed the game and it's been a major disappointment so far. Over 10 years in development with only buggy gameplay to show for it. Broken systems, new ships to milk players for money, added bloatware, etc. A full game might be available one day, if they learn how to manage things and stop adding all the nonsense they keep adding which lengthens the development. I won't hold my breath though.

[@colt4518]

This guy looks like the average star citizen players

[@Spike-qh2bb]

It's not a scam but it's sure is a cash grab.

[@Relixification]

No one is forcing you to be cash grabbed. There are billions more poured into Gacha games than fking Star Citizen. And what has Gacha games given the gaming industry in terms of technology innovation and forefront tech? NOTHING.

[@LordCreo]

$50 really isn't that much!

[@bensmith9984]

@@RelixificationThis is so much cope, gacha games don’t force you to buy things either, they just dangle the carrot in front of you (ships In SC case) until you eventually cave. There’s nothing wrong with playing gacha games as long as you realise they are gacha games.

[@Relixification]

@@bensmith9984 Love how you mention cope and your very argument is exactly that, I could say the same for Star Citizen. Theres nothing wrong with playing Star Citizen as long as you realise its' Star Citizen.

[@bensmith9984]

@@Relixification What even is your comment? Star Citizen is a gacha game, the very thing you criticised. Like I literally said, there is nothing wrong with playing a gacha game (star citizen) as long as you realise it’s a gacha game (something you don’t realise).

[@Phasguy]

This isn’t about star citizen, but half of this video is just arrogant ad hominem nonsense and the other half devolves into an awkward add on “anyway, I-I hope there are none watching anyway” You’re vibe is just really annoying

[@justanaveragebalkan]

Says that flying off on a placeholder city, with framedrops worse than an indie title.

[@alexanderrichards6403]

I tried the game when it was free a few months ago and I thought it was fun, but I haven't been able to buy it yhough

[@strangegoat7382]

There’s another free fly on the 19 th of may

[@alexanderrichards6403]

@@strangegoat7382 my PC broke so I'm on a old dell prebuilt with 4gb of ram so even if I had it I couldn't play though

[@tombeckhauser]

Aaah that suck. I really hope you get to play it again soon

[@thedoopa3169]

Were tired of the trash development. The people making the ships, planets, cities, pretty much anything you see are amazing at they're work. Its hands down one of the prettiest games ever, then you have the people actually taking these gorgeous assets and screw everything up. The coders need to go.

[@samsufy8945]

Not even right, it feel already outdated.

[@RealCraftspirit]

I absolutely hate this subreddit. I got banned because I was "gaslighting" because I was arguing in a FRIENDLY MANNER with someone else, and he was not hostile too, he had points, counterargued, and it was a very friendly conversation. Then as said before, a fat mod stepped in as if I was super toxic and manipulative and "gaslighting" Just proved that basically the mods are just gaslighting their sub, ironically. Yes, they have points, but we do too. This sub basically censors our proper POV.

[@tombeckhauser]

That's cringe. You're more than welcome to come speak freely on my stream sometime :)

[@gamerhex7335]

SC is getting the Nickelback treatment. It's just popular to hate it.

[@tombeckhauser]

Haha, you might be right

[@wardy940]

Its hilarious how the star citizen brigade will defend this rip off but slag off other companies for releasing shitty unfinished games. Deep down, they're just salty they've spent so much on trash that will never get finished.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

So your argument is based on a hypothetical world you created in your head?

[@wardy940]

@Uncanny you wish it was a hypothetical world. Star citizen will be in alpha when Bethesda are releasing their 10 year anniversary edition of starfield

[@Citizen_of_the_Verse]

The only thing hilarious is how people who Know nothing about the game think they know more then 10 year backers.

[@artuno1207]

​@@wardy940why do people keep comparing these two games? One is single player, one is MMO. I want the MMO so I can play with friends and interact with strangers and go on adventures together. Besides, theyre using the FALLOUT 4 ENGINE. ANYONE WHO THINKS STARFIELD WONT BE A BUGGY BROKEN MESS AT LAUNCH IS AN IDIOT OR HAS A SHORT MEMORY.

[@Jasepo]

​@@artuno1207you think SC is an MMO? there's only 100 people per server, and if that's not enough, people try to avoid another players the best way possible. How is that an MMO experience?

[@brickstonesonn9276]

The people that say Star Citizen is a scam are those types of gamers that cant form their own opinions about something and just parrots whatever someone else has said in the past. This is coming from someone who has never played star citizen and dont plan on playing it anytime soon. "Scam" means theyre lying and/or tricking you. There is no lies or tricks in Star Citizen. They tell you up front what you're getting into, and the free fly events allows you to play the game for free to test out if you would want to pay for the game or not. There are many other AAA games coming out nowadays that fits the definition of a "scam" more than Star Citizen.

[@tombeckhauser]

Not all but true! I bought a starter pack for 40 bucks and have over 600 hours in the game now haha. Not only are there multiple free fly events throughout the year but even if you buy the anything you have 30 days to refund. On Steam you get 2 hours of in-game time lol

[@iaminevitablethanos5168]

I find you argument of the game not being a scam wasn’t constructive, if you wouldn’t want to have an escalation, it would of been better to give arguments, and say it in a polite way instead of only insulting them.

[@slabbyjig]

Its its not a scam. Doesnt change the fact that it will not be finished developing soon.