Star Citizen

[Xant]

Except FPS is what makes it special.

[Kafein]

Except FPS is what makes it special.

How so? There are bazillions of good FPS games out there, but only a handful of space sims.

[Gravoth_iii]

The middle part has that Ratchet & Clank-ish Bergeaud style to it.

Oh yeah it actually did, thats neat. Makes me wanna play those games again. Good ol' ps2 games.

[Vibe]

How so? There are bazillions of good FPS games out there, but only a handful of space sims.

But no space sims with FPS

[Xant]

How so? There are bazillions of good FPS games out there, but only a handful of space sims.

Because the whole point of SC is that it'll be a spacesim, not a spaceship sim. A scifi world where you can fly ships but also walk around or shoot with guns. And no, there are no good FPS games out there, certainly nothing with the context SC provides for the firefights.

[Leshma]

If only they could have not have this FPS nonsense idea and make a really good and functional space sim. We'd be playing it right now.

I would never put my money on it without FPS and every other component they promised. Currently, sore spot is lack of celestial and orbital mechanics. Those asteroids in demo look hella weird being stationary. Same goes for Elite, what bought me is promise of planetary exploration accompanied with spaceship sim.

These animations they have shown in multicrew demo looks really weird and jerky, must be old animations.

[Xant]

It's because they're doing the 1:1 third person/first person animations. It still needs polishing when watching other people.

[Leshma]

Looks just fine in planetside demo.

[Kafein]

Because the whole point of SC is that it'll be a spacesim, not a spaceship sim. A scifi world where you can fly ships but also walk around or shoot with guns. And no, there are no good FPS games out there, certainly nothing with the context SC provides for the firefights.

I just don't understand what the combinations of those things is supposed to bring to the table. Space sims can be extremely deep without FPS elements tacked onto them.

[Vibe]

I just don't understand what the combinations of those things is supposed to bring to the table. Space sims can be extremely deep without FPS elements tacked onto them.

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[Xant]

I just don't understand what the combinations of those things is supposed to bring to the table. Space sims can be extremely deep without FPS elements tacked onto them.

It gives actions context. Instead of being a space ship, you're a person that can pilot spaceships or fuck around planetside or whatever. It's more, as gay as it sounds, immersive. As for the FPS aspect, I see/hope it will be kind of like DayZ, only much, much better. Having a massive universe with a ton of crap happening in the background, feeling like a living, breathing world. The context is really important. Without context, all you have is a CS match. With context, you get DayZ+ where firefights have meaning, where you really don't want to die, and where winning has substantial rewards.

It's like the difference of playing GTA 5 as a car and playing GTA 5 as it is, with a whole world built around the driving, and being able to do other shit.


Also, SC FPS looks really, really promising. It does quite a lot of things no one has ever done before. Graphics also look great at the moment, their new lighting really shows.
https://youtu.be/TuuCRbFb-PI?t=6317

Can't wait for it to release.

I love the soundtrack, the look of the space, the ships, multicrew stuff, everything.

[Vibe]

question is when

[Xant]

question is when

Never ask that question.


The gamescom presentation was super promising though, showing they've done a crap ton of work behind the scenes, and for the first time demonstrating how all of the promised features merge together.

[Dach]

I didn't invest in Star Citizen since it looked way more like an hoax than anything else at first...

Just watched their multicrew demo and I must say this look impressive. 

Yep multicrew in multiplayer isn't new per say (Example: Battlefield vehicle)

But doing that in an open world ish game is kinda crazy and I love it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xSOzEWsHOs

[Vibe]

Looks awesome, hope there's a lot of bigger ships as well, not just fighters (the one in the demo seems decently big, the one above it even better). Any other demos like this that I've missed?