[NGTM-1R]

I love the idea that backing out of E3 is according to plan.

Not, not going to E3, but backing out of it.

[Mikes]

I love the idea that backing out of E3 is according to plan.

Not, not going to E3, but backing out of it.

At this point I guess you could find people who would support "going to Hawai with 100 Million and buying a Yacht" was all according to plan as well. ;-)

SC community has gotten rather weird and uncritical. /shrugs.

[Hades]

****ed if true

[The E]

Well, that may not be them "fleeing the project" but rather them being busy doing acting for things that'll actually see the light of day some day. Bungie ran into similar issues when they cast Peter Dinklage in Destiny: By the time they made the DLCs, Dinklage was unavailable, and so the first two DLCs have exactly no lines from his character. By the time they made the third expansion, they decided to recast him and go with Nolan North; as it turns out, professional voice actors are more easily available for such jobs.

[Phantom Hoover]

I think it's fair to call actors breaking their contracts "fleeing the project".

[The E]

If that's what has happened, yes, sure.

[Luis Dias]

SC community has gotten rather weird and uncritical. /shrugs.

This is what happens to a community when all the skeptics have been either purged or quit the project entirely: your only remains are completely gullible people, and even remaining "moderates" will prevent themselves from posting too skeptical noises, with fear of reprisals.

The time for shouting how naked the emperor is within those forums is still far far away.

[StarSlayer]

I wonder how many delays they will flog the voice talent horse.

[Kszyhu]

So you're suggesting that's why Gillian Anderson is "on the run"?

[Kobrar44]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXeplUbtMuc

**** you, non-believers.

[General Battuta]

Why...why did I ever doubt it? Only by simulating every joint upon every soldier's hand, the grain of every bullet and the tap of every last thruster, the jiggle of fat in the gut of the pilot, can this unprecedented level of fidelity and cinematic immersion be achieved...

[Det. Bullock]

Why...why did I ever doubt it? Only by simulating every joint upon every soldier's hand, the grain of every bullet and the tap of every last thruster, the jiggle of fat in the gut of the pilot, can this unprecedented level of fidelity and cinematic immersion be achieved...

LOL

Really though, if the thing isn't too scripted and allows to use a stick when flying I might consider buying it.

[StarSlayer]

I think they missed an opportunity by not utilizing at least BSGesq sound design for space.  It would have added a nice contrast to highlight all those transitions from atmo to vacuum.  That being said depending on how much freedom of control the player is allocated that sequence would be pretty fun to play.

[Col. Fishguts]

Hey, SQ42 is further along than we all thought! Oh wait...

[Det. Bullock]

Hey, SQ42 is further along than we all thought! Oh wait...

You are not the first to make that joke, nor the last.

I indeed wonder what would Chris Roberts think if it came out something a bit too similar to what he's doing with Squadron 42...

[Blue Lion]

Dunno if anyone saw this but that doesn't look like it bodes well for things

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-06-21-star-citizens-refunds-process-just-got-more-complicated

[Mikes]

Lately I've been wondering whether the "real" "scam" is that CR actually IS making the game of his dreams (I.e. a highly cinematic single player spiritual successor to Wing Commander) while most backers throwing money at the screen appear to think they are actually making any progress towards some kind of "ultimate space MMO that has everything of everything and is super detailed and even the task of tending soda vending machines on commercial flights will somehow be fun because of "IMMERSIUNNN!!"".

[Phantom Hoover]

Oh yeah, it's been clear for a very long time that CR's main interest is spending money raised by promising insane stretch goals for the MMO open-world simulation game on directing a movie with a bunch of A-list supporting actors so he can go back to his personal dream of pretending to be George Lucas.

[General Battuta]

Stretch goals and endless backer funds have at last enabled Chris Roberts' dream of eternally expanding scope and endless iteration on already-finished systems, without the tyranny of producers or any actual finished product to constrain him.

[Lorric]

http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/feature/star-citizen-and-the-fleet-of-folly,421017

Perhaps this one will sell his ships, but still, it will be to someone else thinking something like him when he bought them.

I don't get it unless that kind of money is chump change to you. I could understand it perhaps if the game came out and it was your dream game but you were just getting crushed and unable to acquire the higher ships or get anywhere because people were stomping your starting ship like an empty beer can, but even then you'd buy one ship at a time until you were strong enough to earn the rest. Hell, you could probably pay a gold farmer off for a fraction of the price to get the necessary in game cash to buy the ships.

I wonder if over at Elite Dangerous they offered a player a battlecruiser complete with full escort for $100,000 if someone would pay for it.