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Sendpicsofsandwiches, do games w Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations | Massively Overpowered
@Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works avatar

OH MY STARS! THE GAME THAT SPONGED CROWD FUNDING FOR MILLIONS IS TRYING TO GRAB MORE MONEY!? UNTHINKABLE!

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  • Sendpicsofsandwiches,
    @Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works avatar

    It’s not a scam guys. GUYS It’s not a scam quit calling it that. Just because saps, I mean marks, I mean people bought $400 digital ships over a decade ago and haven’t seen shit yet, doesn’t mean this game won’t release any day now.

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  • Asafum,

    If they were smart they would put all of their eggs into squadron 42, make it as good as they can

    They did, it’s why star citizen was lagging behind so hard for so long. All the production focus went into squadron 42 like 6ish years ago. Squadron 42 is announced for release next year and since the announcement they turned production focus back to star citizen. Still SC 1.0 is going to be years away still because they’re so damn slow with everything they do…

    tal,

    that has promised not one but two games that are not coming out.

    Not just the games. Don’t forget all the feelies, the physical stuff they promised to manufacture.

    This guy lost a court case trying to get a refund on his $5k seven years back:

    vice.com/…/star-citizen-court-documents-reveal-th…

    Along with the game—which originally had a targeted release date of 2014—Lord was supposed to have received numerous bits of physical swag. “So aside from [the game], I’m supposed to get a spaceship USB drive, silver collector’s box, CDs, DVDs, spaceship blueprints, models of the spaceship, a hardback book,” he said. “That’s the making of Star Citizen, which—if they end up making this game—might turn into an encyclopedia set.”

    That was back when only $200 million had been sunk into the development.

    ExtantHuman,

    Not even beta or EA.

    What do you call the thing you can load up and play right now?

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  • ExtantHuman,

    Which you can Access… Early.

    andyburke,
    @andyburke@fedia.io avatar

    A farce, if you go by the last time I tried it a year or two ago. And before you tell me I need to keep checking it out: I backed the kickstarter. I have given them plenty of time.

    If this ever magically becomes a game, great. As it is, it's been one very long grift and I am glad I didn't give them anything beyond what I lost in that initial backing.

    TheFeatureCreature,
    @TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca avatar

    “Load up and play” is a very loaded statement. When I tried it, about a year ago, it was a buggy, glitchy, crash-prone mess that ran like deepfried garbage.

    ExtantHuman,

    Sure, like most early access things.

    I get it. They deserve a lot of criticism. But pretending it’s vaporware when there’s a tangible product you can try - buggy or not - is a really stupid argument.

    DeathsEmbrace,

    The way they designed this game I swear to god the entire thing is one giant MLM and Star Citizen is the product they want you to sell to everyone else.

    Tetsuo,

    Eheh for a second I thought EA was Electronic Arts.

    Like a beta game is unstable but before the beta you get the EA stage/release where it’s just doesn’t work but is still for sale.

    AwesomeLowlander, do games w First Impressions: Cubic Odyssey smothers its potential under too much progression | Massively Overpowered

    The author sounds like the kind of player who complains about missing game features, then it turns out they skipped the tutorial.

    Asafum, do games w First Impressions: Cubic Odyssey smothers its potential under too much progression | Massively Overpowered

    How dare the game teach me how to play! I want to be tossed into the world and complain that there’s no direction!

    Kolanaki, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered
    @Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

    I remember seeing this idiot all over the Steam forums back in the day. I wouldn’t trust anything he makes even if it wasn’t blockchain related. His games suck, and he himself is a huge, arrogant asshole.

    Phegan, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered

    No thank you.

    Deestan, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered

    Remember that we are not players in Web3 games. We are mobs to be farmed.

    “Web3 Gaming” is gaming played by speculators and investors.

    The products they create are disposable tools used to manipulate and farm regular gamers for cash.

    bungle_in_the_jungle, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered

    Ironic surname apparently

    spankmonkey,
    @spankmonkey@lemmy.world avatar

    Smart like in smart appliances that are anything but.

    dan1101,

    His Battlecruiser 3000 game was the Star Citizen of it’s time, except it didn’t bring in hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Voroxpete, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered

    Jesus Christ, he’s still alive?! I haven’t heard that name in years.

    For those not blessed with the knowledge of our divine Lord and saviour Derek Smart, God’s gift to fame designers, oh boy, grab your popcorn, this is going to be good.

    And by “good” I mean that whatever Derek has come up with will manage to be the most objectively terrible version of that thing possible, and he will aggressively defend it as the greatest thing that has ever happened in the history of everything, ever.

    dan1101,

    And he has this little group of fawning supporters who will vigorously defend him in every discussion.

    Voroxpete,

    Who are definitely real people and not his sock puppet accounts.

    Yermaw,

    Like a dark-side Peter Molyneux

    doctortofu, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered
    @doctortofu@reddthat.com avatar

    multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’

    Wow, this single phrase managed to make me puke a bit inside my mouth three times - might be a new record…

    “Those of us in Web3 gaming are well aware that things aren’t working, but few seem to want to buck the status quo trend because the road less traveled isn’t for the feint at heart; it’s for pioneers and those who dare to defy,” Smart concludes. “And so, here I am, once again at the cusp of one of my greatest challenges, and what I believe to be my last hoorah, if you will.”

    Derek smart, humble as always…

    Agent_Karyo,
    @Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world avatar

    Feint of heart

    Btw, Smart appears in the MOP comments.

    Quetzalcutlass,

    As is tradition.

    haui_lemmy,

    That sentence also got me. :)

    frezik,

    Not so much mixed metaphors as throwing the ingredients in a bowl and calling it a cake.

    brsrklf,

    Those of us in Web3 gaming are well aware that things aren’t working

    You can stop there. That’s because so-called “web3 gaming” solves a problem that only exists in the mind of the dozen vocal idiots that want it to happen. And that problem is mostly “I don’t really like video games, but I would play if that game was just about thinly veiled real money transactions instead”.

    Agent_Karyo, do games w Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered
    @Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world avatar

    Derek Smart

    Derek Smart

    Derek Smart

    doctortofu,
    @doctortofu@reddthat.com avatar

    DEREK SMART DESKTOP COMMANDER!

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIn1_9YvGds

    Also, how in hell did I even remember that after all these years…

    johntash,

    I don’t know how to feel about that video being 17 years old

    erytau, do games w We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream | Massively Overpowered
    @erytau@programming.dev avatar

    Wow it’s been so long since I’ve heard about them, and I used to follow their development closely some years ago. Well, at least they’re still alive and working on it. I remember them having some tough times during covid.

    M137, do games w We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream | Massively Overpowered
    @M137@lemmy.world avatar

    Watch this:

    youtu.be/Jx-201Lgea8

    Knowing even the basics about this game and its devs should show you that you shouldn’t care about it.

    Carighan, do games w We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream | Massively Overpowered
    @Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

    Not bad for an early engine test demo for a game to be released in 2005. Impressive in fact!

    Yokozuna, do games w We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream | Massively Overpowered
    @Yokozuna@lemmy.world avatar

    What better way to show your game isn’t mired in controversy by disabling likes and comments on your showcase video. This isn’t going to end well, but I hope I’m wrong.

    Goronmon, do games w We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream | Massively Overpowered

    Wow. I actually did back this way back in the day and I swear I completely forgot about it for at least the last couple years until this post.

    fyzzlefry,

    Same! I backed the thing and I have no idea at what level any more. Knowing my dumb ass it was probably high.

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