Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has said Squadron 42, the single-player portion of its controversial space sim, is finally “feature complete”, over a decade after it was announced.
  • Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
    293·
    11 months ago

    Now, 11 years later, it looks like the finish line for Squadron 42 may be in sight, although CIG stopped short of announcing a release window.

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    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      83·
      11 months ago

      They might as well say they have an unreleasable buggy mess and don’t know how to fix it yet. Which for today’s standards is saying something.

  • Why9@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    11 months ago

    Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if this sucks?

    There’s no way a game announced 10 years ago, is still ‘up to date’ today. Games have changed. Gaming itself has changed and Squadron 42 will be judged by those modern standards. If it isn’t perfect (with the money and time spent on it, it better be at least free of major bugs and with a significant story element etc) then RSI is heading for probably the most embarrassing incident in gaming history.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    81·
    11 months ago

    So they’ve finally stopped the feature creep and are ready to start finishing the game. I hope they finish it within 4 years and release it june 10 (in honor of duke nukem 4eva)

    • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      I wouldn’t count on that necessarily. They’re having a live event and saying it’s nearly done, but they’ve been saying that since about 2014. I’ll believe it when it’s downloading personally.

  • Rosco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    11 months ago

    It’s amazing how little I trust announcements like this now. I have been burned so many times by empty promises from game developers that I can’t feel hyped anymore.

    • Gekkonen@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      What I find interesting is that every generation of gamers has a different original hype disappointment moment. For some, it was E.T. next, maybe Daikatana. For me it was Spore.

      • Rosco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Spore was a big let-down, but I think that Starbound was the last straw for me. I never bought an early-access game since then.