Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has said Squadron 42, the single-player portion of its controversial space sim, is finally “feature complete”, over a decade after it was announced.

Over 10 Years After It Was Announced, Star Citizen’s Single-Player Squadron 42 Is ‘Feature Complete’ - IGN::Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has said Squadron 42, the single-player portion of its controversial space sim, is finally “feature complete”, over a decade after it was announced.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    94·
    1 year ago

    It’s not money laundering. It’s crowdfunding as a primary business model. The point isn’t to finish the game, but to keep baiting people with carrots-on-sticks until they get sick of the grift and the money dries up.

    • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
      59·
      1 year ago

      I can’t imagine still thinking this after seeing that the game is actually releasing…

      I was coming in here to see if the positivity actually carries over to various places as I was surprised to see all the positive YouTube comments on ign, but lemmy always seems to have a extra serving of negativity in all things… Oh well.

      Don’t deprive yourself of a good time, if you have the means to play it I would absolutely check out star citizen when they have their free to play events.

        • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
          33·
          1 year ago

          More than likely in the next year to year and a half. They specifically mentioned they are entering the polish phase in the video they released that these articles are referencing.

          They don’t give dates anymore because they did like twice in the early 2010s and then changed the scope of the engine completely so they got a ton of shit about it. The game is super late because they went from starfield “loading screen to surface” to a system where there are no loading screens ever and you can go wherever you want.