Make no mistake, the Alpha is super buggy and doesn’t have much content at all. So, since this seems to be just the perfect game for me and since I already had hours of fun just watching CIG’s youtube channel, during the anniversary sale a few weeks ago, I finally decided to get myself a ship and head out into the Alpha. Also, I learned that at some day, they do plan to allow alternative privately run servers and possibly even mod support, how cool would that be even if it doesn’t happen before 2025. However, given all it’s other positives, I thought I’d give SC a chance anyway. Screaming kiddies, annoying griefers and chat-trolls are the worst nightmare if you want this kind of game experience but they are hardly avoidable in an MP game. It’s all about how much you want to pretend to be in the game world. And when I say role playing, I don’t necessarily mean playing an RPG, I can also roleplay in the Call of Duty campaign, trying to act like a soldier might, running from cover to cover, etc. I am always very skeptical about MP because I play games first and foremost for the immersive role playing experience. One of the main gripes i had with the game was the focus on MP (at least for the large universe, the SP - Squadron 42 - will be a more linear campaign AFAIK). With the combination of space sim, ground FPS combat, exploring and seamless immersive gameplay, Star Citizen seems to become basically the game of my dreams. I think the new tech they put into the Cry Engine is absolutely spectacular and the combination of procedural generation and areas handcrafted by artists is exactly the right way to go for large space games (I think I remember from one interview that ME:Andromeda uses a similar approach for its larger environments actually). It only really caught my attention this year with the Alpha 3.0 demos. However, I did follow Star Citizen closely from the time back in 2012 and thought it might be a fun game but that was pretty much it. To start things off, here is my story with this game: From the very beginning of the whole crowd funding movement, I was really skeptical about anything to do with kickstarter or early access I never backed anything and didn’t invest into early access games either. So, here it is, BSN boards very own Star Citizen thread:Ī few links for those who lived under a rock the past 4 years and don't know what I am talking about I would have thought that Mass Effect fans would naturally be drawn to a massive space game with extensive lore, even if it is still in Alpha. So, I was surprised not to find a Star Citizen thread on here.