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During yesterday's PC Gaming Show, Roberts Space Industries showed off a brand new trailer teasing Alpha 3.2. The new version of the game is said to be "coming soon".
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And I don't think it has been the first time, I think when CIG gave them a feature reel last year, they titled "3.0 trailer".
It's possible that PC Gamer wasn't supposed to label it as Alpha 3.2 trailer and they might have given wrong info, but since they were representing CIG they were in a position where info given by them was official.
And for all that is reasonable, this is a PU trailer, not in-game either yet labeled as in-engine.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Backers also pointed that out on the comments of the video, if they are to fix it the title or not, or even have that ability to get them to do such, idk, but the impact was already made.
Its the new wave of dishonestly plaguing the game industry right now. "footage taken with in game engine" fancy word smithing to try to trick you into thinking its "gameplay footage" when really its the same old non gamplay pre rendered cinematics that have nothing to do with what players will actually be playing.
PC Gamer obviously watched the video, saw the bit at the end and said "ok, it's a get yourself hyped for 3.2 trailer" as most logical people would.
If there's any mistake it rests at CIG's feet, no one elses.
Considering E3 is not a CIG-specific event for backers, it's quite logical that a large amount of folks would watch that and assume it was coming in 3.2. I daresay CIG isn't interested in dismissing those views unless/until enough backer/media backlash is given as to why CIG hasn't clarified.
I would actually agree, unless you'r a fan, people wouldn't logically think as Max put, they see "Prepare for update Alpha 3.2 coming soon" and think "Oh? so this is 3.2 alpha stuff coming to the game"
Overall, I'm not sure why they showed a trailer, just felt bit....odd. Just a trailer that lead to nothing.
A nice Idea would have been to put together some current in-game fan footage, would show that something is happening and people are enjoying themselves, all this did was make people roll their eyes as it didn't show any progress, just glossy trailer imho
The footage itself is typical of E3 trailer aside of that.
I think you severely misunderstood the trailer. Patch 3.2 is coming soon. It's currently in testing with a group of players and general release time from a batch of players to public is about a month. It didn't state the game is coming soon. The game is still in development and has no release date currently.
That being said, a lot more went into this game cause of how much money was received so a lot of revisions were made to the existing vision to improve and make a better version of the game. The game has been in development for around the same time a normal AAA title is in development and those are usually rushed. If you don't have the patience for it, don't back it. It is as simple as that.
While I did back it, I backed it simple to show the industry, "Hey, this is the kind of game I want.". Even if Star Citizen were to fail, I am sure someone else will pick up the vision for the game and actually make it. The demand for it is there and the money is obviously there. Regardless of who makes it, I backed it hoping something like this will come out in the future.
I will give everyone this though, CIG have been making rather stupid moves in terms of marketing and funding lately and even I am upset with it. I do not hold them up on a pedestal and I am critical of them as well. However, when it comes to development time, I use common sense when it comes to being critical with them. It's only been 5 years since the game started it's development.
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Their is by definition no dishonestly involve especially because "footage taken with in game engine" is watermarked. Compare all E3 trailer/teaser which are not labeled "gameplay" and as a sudden, this CIG trailer is nothin but a teaser with information of current Alpha state 3.2 coming soon.
If CIG is "guilty"... the all game companies are...
The information is fairly misleading without context from CIG, as has been noted by backers on the Reddit and as evidenced by the fact that the video led even journalists covering the game to believe it was a 3.2 teaser trailer.
Jopurnalist believe what they want to believe. The all 27K package "drama" is a prefect exemple. Only a few pinpoint that it was on request of an Org Leader and that it would sold once because nobody is going to flight +117 ships at once... nor that the cost per Org member is less than what pay a WOW player... per year!