Agent_Karyo

Agent_Karyo, 21 godzin temu

All this stuff sounds like Randy Pitchford building out his personal brand.

I wish anything involving Pitchford was not reported on (at all).

Agent_Karyo, 4 dni temu

I remember them announcing that SQ404 was entering a “polishing” phase in late 2023.

At that point and to this day, they failed to finalise a flight model, develop an armour/shield system and implement engineering gameplay.

Arguably these are critical elements for a release with space sim gameplay. Although if SQ404 does release, I think it will be 30 hours of Wing Commander The Movie level cut scenes (space bulldozer) and script, with bored sounding Hollywood actors counting the seconds till they can leave Chris Roberts’ mocap studio.

Inside Chris Roberts’ Mocap Studio:

Roberts: Hehehe. Hey, Mark! You know how I came up with the Vanduul? Hehe.

Hamil: No, how?

Roberts: Ehehe. Vandals to Vanduul! Get it? Hehehe. Pretty smart, right? Hehehe.

Hamil: Very original.

Roberts: Did you know the Vandals were a Germanic tribal grouping that raided the Roman Empire? Bet you didn’t know that! Hehehe.

Hamil: I am in awe of your creativy!

Roberts: I know, right! Hehehe.

Ok Mark, enough farting around. Pretend you are riding a space bulldozer!

Agent_Karyo, 4 dni temu

What does you having fun with friends in star citizen have to do with the discussion about it being a scam?

These things are unrelated.

There are companies with 50K employees with working delivery (no JPEG of an oil barrel) where the management was found to engage in fraud.

It’s not like the only type of scam possible is a day 1 rugpull.

Agent_Karyo, 4 dni temu

Gary Oldman said squadron 42 was coming out next year

Mark Hamil said that something called “Squadron 54” was coming out soon, this was half a decade ago.

Agent_Karyo, 4 dni temu

Congrats and welcome to the mod team!

Agent_Karyo, 14 dni temu

Love that euro-trance track, very authentic.

Funny to see the 2000s starting to get defined in the mass consciousness.

Agent_Karyo, 19 dni temu

Can’t speak for competition in consoles, but parts costs have radically increased, particularly GPUs (and it’s getting much more difficult to have generational leaps in graphics quality).

Agent_Karyo, 19 dni temu

You’ll need to specify what genres and game styles you like.

Agent_Karyo, 22 dni temu

My Time a Sandrock is very good.

Agent_Karyo, 24 dni temu

“It allows us to do things without imposing the framework of a typical video game studio,” Chris Roberts said in an interview with La Presse from his home in Los Angeles. “The players who fund us expect the best game, period. We don’t have to streamline, cut jobs, or change our business model.”

This is false. I am honestly surprised about the cavalier attitude with the truth.

Star Citizen Devs Confirm Some Layoffs As Part Of A ‘Restructuring,’ Relocation Appears To Be A Factor (Feb 2024)

Star Citizen Developer Hit With More Layoffs (Nov 2024)

Agent_Karyo, 23 dni temu

So if it is released, would it be fair to allow “no question asked” refunds on all cash shop items that are in still in JPEG form or de facto don’t work?

Agent_Karyo, 23 dni temu

Yes, the release date is N + 2 years. With N being the current year.

Agent_Karyo, 22 dni temu

Sure, but if SC is actually released, it is only fair to provide a no questions asked refund policy for JPEGs and non-functional cash shop items. Is it not?

At any rate, this discussion is moot, because SC is not released as BlameTheAntifa claims. The overwhelming majority of marketed gameplay, content simply doesn’t exist and a large part of the cash items are either broken or borderline non-functional.

Agent_Karyo, 22 dni temu

There are also contractual issue to consider. Their investors have a “one-sided” put option in 2028 that might force them to “release” SC even if 80% of the marketed gameplay doesn’t exist and large number of cash items are de facto non-functional.

Agent_Karyo, 22 dni temu (edited 21 dni temu)

If the game is formally released, it is reasonable to provide refunds (irrespective of purchase date) for cash shop items that don’t exist or don’t work.

Agent_Karyo, 25 dni temu (edited 25 dni temu)

I am not a bot. 😀

Just sharing, I saw a let’s play of the game and it looked cool. The concept of an MMORPG management also sounds fun (there is MMORPG Tycoon 2, but development is going at a glacial pace).

Agent_Karyo, 25 dni temu

Not the dev, just a tycoon/management games fan. An MMORPG management game sounds like a lot of fun.

There is also MMORPG Tycoon 2 (that’s in 3D), but development has a strange cadence.

Agent_Karyo, 26 dni temu

Why do you think the scores are useless? They are good starting point and/or a way to evaluate smaller indie titles that often don’t get professional reviews.

Agent_Karyo, 27 dni temu

Almost feels like an elaborate (and nerdy) satirical skit of some sort.

Agent_Karyo, 28 dni temu

It’s a good thing that I haven’t given Paradox money since Cities: Skylines was released (solid game, but the transportation system was lacking on release).

Agent_Karyo, 28 dni temu (edited 28 dni temu)

Nah, the maps were all linear and there were no multiple solutions.

It’s pretty clear they made a random action RPG.

Agent_Karyo, 27 dni temu

The was the last console game that I’ve played (a few party games notwithstanding)

Agent_Karyo, 28 dni temu (edited 28 dni temu)

Played the original (but Win95) release as a kid in the 90s.

Exploration was a huge part of the maps. I remember constantly getting stuck and not being able to progress forward.

Agent_Karyo, 30 dni temu (edited 30 dni temu)

I’ve been following this game for several years now (I am a Kickstarter backer), it’s impressive how many different genre are combined in this game (while seemingly doing this in a manageable way).

I am looking forward to checking out the demo.

Agent_Karyo, 30 dni temu

I would say mostly planned. It was always supposed to be galactic sandbox strategy with colonization, city-building and space station stations.

Agent_Karyo, 30 dni temu

If I remember correctly, Linux support is planned, not sure about Linux support for demo.

Agent_Karyo, 30 dni temu (edited 30 dni temu)

A lot of the classical westerns were produced by Italians. Even ones with Clint Eastwood. Hence the term spaghetti Western.

Italian productions were also profilic in making Mad Max clones (post apocalyptic action) and Conan clones (sword and sandals action) in the 80s, but I am not aware of a specific name for these styles.