▲ 310 ▼ Star Citizen has a disastrously laggy stream with horrendous vibes, which isn't a great look when you're past $1 billion in funding (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 month ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (8 children) Scope Creep Simulator permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (7 children) Was Star Citizen scope creeped? I seem to remember it kind of always being sold as one of those "do everything for everyone" games that can't possibly exist. Fly spaceships to different planets, be a bounty hunter, be a cargo freighter, go way out in the wilderness and explore, be a back alley prostitute, get into fist fights, join the navy, run a government. Meanwhile what they've made is a marginally Elite: Dangerous without an actual game in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Ashtear@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (4 children) This was always my read on it, too. The scope was ridiculous from the jump, which fits Chris Roberts's MO. Only reason he ever put games out was because he used to have someone over his shoulder telling him to knock it off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Star Citizen isn't the only game in the "be all other video games simultaneously" genre, I mean remember Peter Molyneux's Fable? But that eventually came out with a reasonable RPG scope. Star Citizen is the extreme example, that has gone the farthest with the least to show for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) The whole thing kind of reminds me of what happened to John Romero when he was given unbelievable amounts of money to found Ion Storm and create Daikatana. But for Star Citizen the money faucet has never turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago Oh yeah! I forgot about Daikatana. Are we still all John Romero's bitch? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ashtear@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago I always saw Molyneux as more of the "traditional" hype man (or conman) in the video game space. Promise the world, but actually deliver some lesser product. I genuinely think Roberts is just unhinged in this way (or maybe he was before he got this ridiculous endless funding stream). Grand visions that he won't let the minor annoyances of software engineering get in the way of. Tetsuya Takahashi's another one like that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago look up the original Kickstarter and what those backers were sold. What we have here is an entirely different game. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (7 children) Was Star Citizen scope creeped? I seem to remember it kind of always being sold as one of those "do everything for everyone" games that can't possibly exist. Fly spaceships to different planets, be a bounty hunter, be a cargo freighter, go way out in the wilderness and explore, be a back alley prostitute, get into fist fights, join the navy, run a government. Meanwhile what they've made is a marginally Elite: Dangerous without an actual game in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Ashtear@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (4 children) This was always my read on it, too. The scope was ridiculous from the jump, which fits Chris Roberts's MO. Only reason he ever put games out was because he used to have someone over his shoulder telling him to knock it off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Star Citizen isn't the only game in the "be all other video games simultaneously" genre, I mean remember Peter Molyneux's Fable? But that eventually came out with a reasonable RPG scope. Star Citizen is the extreme example, that has gone the farthest with the least to show for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) The whole thing kind of reminds me of what happened to John Romero when he was given unbelievable amounts of money to found Ion Storm and create Daikatana. But for Star Citizen the money faucet has never turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago Oh yeah! I forgot about Daikatana. Are we still all John Romero's bitch? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ashtear@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago I always saw Molyneux as more of the "traditional" hype man (or conman) in the video game space. Promise the world, but actually deliver some lesser product. I genuinely think Roberts is just unhinged in this way (or maybe he was before he got this ridiculous endless funding stream). Grand visions that he won't let the minor annoyances of software engineering get in the way of. Tetsuya Takahashi's another one like that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago look up the original Kickstarter and what those backers were sold. What we have here is an entirely different game. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ashtear@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (4 children) This was always my read on it, too. The scope was ridiculous from the jump, which fits Chris Roberts's MO. Only reason he ever put games out was because he used to have someone over his shoulder telling him to knock it off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Star Citizen isn't the only game in the "be all other video games simultaneously" genre, I mean remember Peter Molyneux's Fable? But that eventually came out with a reasonable RPG scope. Star Citizen is the extreme example, that has gone the farthest with the least to show for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) The whole thing kind of reminds me of what happened to John Romero when he was given unbelievable amounts of money to found Ion Storm and create Daikatana. But for Star Citizen the money faucet has never turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago Oh yeah! I forgot about Daikatana. Are we still all John Romero's bitch? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ashtear@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago I always saw Molyneux as more of the "traditional" hype man (or conman) in the video game space. Promise the world, but actually deliver some lesser product. I genuinely think Roberts is just unhinged in this way (or maybe he was before he got this ridiculous endless funding stream). Grand visions that he won't let the minor annoyances of software engineering get in the way of. Tetsuya Takahashi's another one like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Star Citizen isn't the only game in the "be all other video games simultaneously" genre, I mean remember Peter Molyneux's Fable? But that eventually came out with a reasonable RPG scope. Star Citizen is the extreme example, that has gone the farthest with the least to show for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) The whole thing kind of reminds me of what happened to John Romero when he was given unbelievable amounts of money to found Ion Storm and create Daikatana. But for Star Citizen the money faucet has never turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago Oh yeah! I forgot about Daikatana. Are we still all John Romero's bitch? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ashtear@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago I always saw Molyneux as more of the "traditional" hype man (or conman) in the video game space. Promise the world, but actually deliver some lesser product. I genuinely think Roberts is just unhinged in this way (or maybe he was before he got this ridiculous endless funding stream). Grand visions that he won't let the minor annoyances of software engineering get in the way of. Tetsuya Takahashi's another one like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) The whole thing kind of reminds me of what happened to John Romero when he was given unbelievable amounts of money to found Ion Storm and create Daikatana. But for Star Citizen the money faucet has never turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago Oh yeah! I forgot about Daikatana. Are we still all John Romero's bitch? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago Oh yeah! I forgot about Daikatana. Are we still all John Romero's bitch? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ashtear@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago I always saw Molyneux as more of the "traditional" hype man (or conman) in the video game space. Promise the world, but actually deliver some lesser product. I genuinely think Roberts is just unhinged in this way (or maybe he was before he got this ridiculous endless funding stream). Grand visions that he won't let the minor annoyances of software engineering get in the way of. Tetsuya Takahashi's another one like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago look up the original Kickstarter and what those backers were sold. What we have here is an entirely different game. permalink fedilink source parent