Star Citizen - Squadron 42 Gameplay Demo

Erillion · December 2017

Here is the Squadron 42 Holiday Stream video and the Squadron 42 WIP Gameplay video excerpt from the Holiday stream (for those who did not watch it live):

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Andistotle · December 2017

completely breathtaking:) looking forward to this

Erillion · December 2017

"This is your show, Lt. ... lead the way !"

* Social interaction on the base ship
* Pilot briefing
* prep fighter
* Launch (and here is a pilot that actually looks for the signs of the deck crew ;-) )
* patrol and recon
* interaction with a salvager
* Eliminating hostile fighter
* Investigate debris field
* S&R EVA
* examine evidence
* enter atmosphere
* low altitude canyon stealth approach (liked that bit about turrets blasting high flyers out of the sky)
* landing
* gaining access (with some repair work)
* Knifing FTW
* firefights (neither side can hit a barn apparently ;-) or know how to clear a building)
* Alien style crawlway hide-n-seek
* prisoner rescue
* getting an ally
* preparing to clear the base ....

Quite a bit of variety in there.

Smoothness/FPS needs to improve IMHO.

I like some of the details ....

all the debris burning up in the atmosphere. Reminds me of "The Empire Strike back" ... "with all the debris flying around here, it will be hard to detect incoming ships .... "

Also the hand signs of the deck crew.

The military greetings.

The advocacy agent licking her split lips, trying to find out if she still has all her teeth after that friendly chat with the slavers ....

etc.

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Erillion · December 2017

Comment from everyones favorite nutcase

"....And for that, I am going to do everything in my power, and will spare NO time or expense to put Chris Roberts in jail."

Someone sounds pissed. :-D High praise indeed ;-)

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Erillion · December 2017

For those that want to know where the player is while walking around the ship:

Image: http://forums.mmorpg.com/uploads/editor/qa/vce4y9tw5n0k.jpg

The Bridge deck, Upper Hangar, Main Hangar and Argo Hangar are also there. Floor plans are from "Jump Point" magazine.

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rpmcmurphy · December 2017

If anything I am leaning to the disappointment side of the line. It looked good and sounded good at times but there was sweet FA gameplay, it was more like a 45 minute video tour with 4 or 5 minutes of interaction which is a shame because I have been looking forward to this far more than the MMO side of things.

I feel like I'm left with more questions than answers, do you have to do everything the way did it, breadcrumb style or is there a bit more free-form to the missions/world? Do I have to go and talk to these people before I can advance or can I skip that shit if I find another way?

Gdemami · December 2017

...this is what happens when you design a game like a (bad) movie instead of game.

Erillion · December 2017

It was my impression that this gameplay WIP video was deliberately done to be more of a video tour of things than a typical mission. Ticking of things you want to show - the ship, spaceflight, space combat, EVA, planetary flight, sneaking around, solving puzzles/repair things, FPS combat, social interaction etc.

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rpmcmurphy · December 2017

Gdemami said:

...this is what happens when you design a game like a (bad) movie instead of game.

Yeah there's certainly that vibe to it. A game like Life Is Strange had more interaction and better pacing in it's opening scenes than this did. This felt like it had a huge amount of filler to make up for the lack of gameplay, distract or woo them with the shiny visuals and effects etc.

MaxBacon · December 2017

I liked it, the SQ42 that was expectable is there that was something that felt like a successor to Wing Commander and this had its vibe.

MaxBacon · December 2017

This version has commentary on the entire thing and answers quite a bunch of questions as well. @rpmcmurphy might be worth a look as the demo itself wasn't that explanatory of how the gameplay flows in the missions and so.

Aethaeryn · December 2017

That got the nostalgia flowing! S42 is what I am most interested in. . although I did get into some online freelancer stuff and really enjoyed that as well.

Octagon7711 · December 2017

Commentary made a big difference in understanding what they were working on.

Slapshot1188 · December 2017

Aethaeryn said:

That got the nostalgia flowing! S42 is what I am most interested in. . although I did get into some online freelancer stuff and really enjoyed that as well.

Same here!

Izzin · December 2017

Octagon7711 said:

Commentary made a big difference in understanding what they were working on.

It also is amazing to hear how much more they want to do as well.

--Izz

WalkinGlenn · December 2017

Everytime he said Stanton all I herd was Stannis

rpmcmurphy · December 2017

MaxBacon said:

This version has commentary on the entire thing and answers quite a bunch of questions as well. @rpmcmurphy might be worth a look as the demo itself wasn't that explanatory of how the gameplay flows in the missions and so.

Thanks, I will give this video a watch.

MaxBacon · December 2017

Izzin said:

Octagon7711 said:

Commentary made a big difference in understanding what they were working on.

It also is amazing to hear how much more they want to do as well.

--Izz

Yeah but it doesn't feel major feature work there, it's a lot of details to come up together to improve the gameplay flow. Improvements over FPS AI, more details and stuff within each

Things like FPS AI are still not in a place where they can provide challenging gameplay, improvements on things as that is what makes the gameplay more attractive, usually in alpha/beta we always notice how wonky combat AI's are and that alone makes the gameplay meh

MaxBacon · December 2017

One of the best bits visually actually shows the WIP in the clouds, based on the volumetric stuff that is part of Amazon's work for LY.

Excited to see what they do with it once they get to the point to work on gas giants as some like Crusader have landing zones, the view would be great that likely so haha

Orinori · December 2017

Lots of stealth play, loved the whole thing, very cool.

Erillion · December 2017

Press voices

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/27/watch-an-hour-of-star-citizens-campaign-squadron-42/

https://www.polygon.com/videos/2017/12/27/16823830/star-citizen-squadron-42-video-mark-hamill-davos-seaworth

http://www.player.one/star-citizen-atv-squadron-42-gameplay-30-release-tomorrow-122608

http://www.gamestar.de/artikel/squadron-42-querschnitt-eines-meilensteins,3324070.html

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/star-citizen-2017-wrap-up

http://www.pcgamer.com/watch-an-hour-of-squadron-42-gameplay-complete-with-dogfights-and-spacewalking/

https://wccftech.com/squadron-42-one-hour-slice-gameplay/

https://www.dualshockers.com/commented-squadron-42-gameplay-star-citizen/

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/star_citizen/b/pc/archive/2017/12/27/the-single-player-of-star-citizen-tells-a-sci-fi-story.aspx

https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/daily-glixel-nintendo-ceo-has-big-plans-for-the-switch-w514803/watch-an-hour-of-star-citizen-spinoff-squadron-42-footage-w514804

http://www.pcgames.de/PC-Games-Brands-19921/News/PC-Games-Videos-der-Woche-879418/

and a lot more (especially in German)...

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