Star Citizen spinoff Squadron 42 has been delayed yet again, citing everyone going gaga for GTA 6, even if it isn't coming to PC yet

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• LovelyMover@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I paid for a copy of this…at least 10 years ago, I bought a couple of ships too,never played the game.

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• huf@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  so the spinoff of the most delayed game is the second most delayed game? what?

  we’ll get half life 9 before any of this…

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• book@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There needs to be SC anonymous meetings. “Hi I’m a SC Kickstarter backer. It’s been 10 years since I bought a ship or given Roberts money.”

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• belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel sorry for every backer of this scam

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• CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The kickstarter for this game started before GTA 5 came out, for reference.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s been 14 years they have been milking this cow

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• ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Spinoff? It was the original idea.

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• Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a long time backer of star citizen… this is totally bullshit. Its because the game isnt ready and we all know it. The company that will never release a full game continues its trend.

  Its BS and I have slowly stopped playing as time continues and its upsetting because I firmly believe it to be the greatest gaming experience possible for myself.

  In other news, anyone wanna help me make a massive fully immersive space Sim with thousands of ships with interiors and hundreds of star systems? Lol

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• absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean two things can be true at the same time.

  It’s true that there are a lot of pc games that are trying to avoid the GTA6 release window, to the point it creates a 3 month void of games (right around christmas too!) and I suppose it’s for good reason.

  It’s also true that roberts is a scammer and you should not belive his lies because SC and S42 are scams.

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  • chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not a complete scam, just a buggy mess caused by mismanagement and constant forced rewrites.

    Roberts micromanages every aspect of the game, but fucks off for months at a time before rejecting whatever work has been submitted to him.

    So his art teams and devs all have to twiddle their thumbs waiting on him.

    Roberts also has a habit of firing design teams and hiring on a new team to redo all the work.

    He also has a feature creep problem. Keeps adding new shit to the requirements.

    The man has never released a game on time, and the only reason he’s released anything, was a publisher stepping in and taking over.

    But yes, the ship sales are pure scam.

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    • Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We needto invent an entirely new term to describe the level of feature creep Star Citizen has suffered.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve supported enough indie devs on Patreon to know “forced rewrites” are what they always say when they want the grift to keep going, because that’s what the model financially rewards, eternal development.

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    • absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I know of his issues, but they hardly absolve him of blame.

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• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We’re beyond the pale at this point. Anyone who is feeding Chris Roberts and his fuckwads money at this point is just a fucking idiot. There will never be a game.

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• mastertigurius@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I bet they got so many investors from that shiny trailer, though.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    NMS is giving me everything I wanted from that trailer

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• Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pretty sure it’s never gonna come out. I think it’s eclipsed Duke Nukem Forever at this point.

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  • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At this point a lot of games have.

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    • Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dnf took just over 14 years, and i think holds the Guinness record still. However, I’m sure other games will take it provided they ever release, like SC or Beyond Good and Evil 2. The key point is the games actually have to release.

      As an original Kickstarter backer of Star Citizen, honestly I’ve played enough to compensate me for my $40 over the years, at this point if the game releases it’ll just be a nice surprise.

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