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They started developing it with a full crew and not with a few people like Starcitizen.
that would probably be why no one is really complaining.
I do not wish to be +1 in what could possibly be the biggest gaming scam in history.
I'll see how it is if/when it actually launches. At least I can get give hard nosed critiques without minions using the "it's not done yet" retort (they'll switch to "It just came out give it some time").
Please believe after being so close to 1/4 billion anything other than One of The Greatest Games of All Time is an absolute deserved failure.
"As long as you're asking, why don't we go for a cool billion?"
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Of course this doesn't change the validity of critisms.
I think the amount of hype plays a key role for enough people to care and try to make observations about the problems of this project. Imagine if Blizzard's Project Titan had a playable alpha for the whole development stage. I bet we would get a lot more heated arguments and criticism regarding that compared to SC.
As per the wiki:
Cyberpunk 2077 entered pre-production as soon as developer CD Projekt Red had finished The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine.[27] Around this time, approximately fifty staff members were involved;[28] they later devoted a team larger than that of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,[29] and after it was released, began upgrading their REDengine 3 to complement Cyberpunk 2077.
If this (SC) project had raised 50 million and was 'showcasing' what they had right now as a 'free fly' weekend, the negatives would be a lot more than they are. The ONLY 'argument' the white knights can pull is 'yeah but look at the money'. The white knights for EQ Next and Landmark had MUCH better arguments, first and foremost SoE (when they were running it) had actually RELEASED a game on their own.
All these arguments and debates devolve into the same thing every time. Which they maybe should but not in the direction or reasons (valid) they do go.
The most pertinent and valid reason any critic has is with Roberts himself and his well documented history. And while the white knights can try and rewrite history all they want the facts are he has been fired or removed from just about every project he has been involved with and the reasons are exactly what is going on now 20 years after he had anything even semi meaningful going on in is 'work' history. Ironically those reasons go to why it "might' not be a complete con job, because the guy has always (supposedly) been a 'visionary' and has always wanted to deliver things not possible no matter how much money you threw at them.
Regardless the guy has never released anything he wasnt FORCED to release and since now no one can force him to do anything the likelihood of a release are slim to none. Other than them releasing whatever it is they have done when the funding stops.
I think i will go on Twitch and find that trans woman who streams this game, I went into the stream once but i left because it was so boring, Because there was nothing happening in game from what i could see, But maybe stuff has changed and i might learn something why some people like the game, The streamer seemed pretty nice but the game just seemed so boring.
I have spent roughly £300 on LOTRO recently because i have just started playing it, That has plenty of content and i am going to have a guess here but, I think it cost a lot less that $ 192 million, So i'm not skint, I just don't like Sci Fi games to be honest.
I'm just surprised with how much money they have raised that is was about 3 years ago and $100 million less than what they have raised today, That the game would be fully released by now, Seeing as that was the last time i got involved in one of these threads about SC, How the time flys by so quickly.
My argument was never to defend SC development or Roberts capability. And as I have stated many criticisms are valid. I know people can be stupid or delusional, but that's not what I meant in this case.
I've only addressed the availability of free demo and how it is a good thing, and how ridiculous the complaints are about the lack of information regarding what that demo is. That would make people lazy and entitled, not stupid.
Downloading the demo and finding it a piece of trash, then express your opinion about why it is trash is totally fine, more power to you.
I have played a ton of pre relase games I was around during that 'golden' age when everyone and their brother was making and releasing MMOs there a decade ago. Lotro, Rift, Warhammer, Fallen Earth, the first Conan, Tabula Rasa, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Star Trek, and probably a few I forgot about So I know a lot about what something should and maybe shouldnt 'look' and 'feel' like at different stages of 'development'.
But theyre is still a correlation with pre release and more people playing a 'game' than after an actual release. ARK is the most obvious one. But Warframe, Conan Exiles and a few opther "RP" games had quite a few more players and a lot more streamers in general before they had a full release. Not all obviously but many.
Opinions aside I dont think any 'logical' person can look at what is available now to 'play' during this free fly weekend and know the amount of money raised (not knowing what has actually been spent but having a decent guess maybe) along with the increased number of people working on this project for at least the past 30 months as well as all the side deals and engine re-dos (which was the number one go to card for the white knights when they were defending why it was taking so long) and think that what you see is indicative of the resources that have been poured into this thing over the past few years.
But I am out of my element right now I usually dont get into the Star Citizen jokefest until Oct and then after they release (or more accurately DONT release stuff they promised during these conventions and hypefests) SO I am a little early. But when its a broken record and people are saying the same things they said 2 and 3 years ago about this then it shows just how little things have really changed.
They have optimized this quite well actually, releasing the biggest update of the year with the conference and make it its highlight, syncs their dev resources into the update.
Now you're just having a go, the guides were there, I linked them to you, you dodged any response or acknowledgment... hmmm
Instead, you, decide to go on ranting telling us to "wake up" that the game will never release and blah blah blah... //eyeroll