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So... Worth a punt yet?

 

Of course not. There isn't even a game yet, even less so than in the case of the Elite remake.

 

This is what happens when you hire 300 people in a short time, and just tell them: "Do your best!"

And why coordination is essential.

 

They didn't hire 300 people on a short time, they have been steadily increasing their staff since the project started.

 

Yeah and they also seem to specialized different studios they own in different things.

Like for example Frankfurt studio is mostly made out of ex-Crytek dudes who now work on engine (their studio is responsible for procedural planet generation btw)

UK does SQ42

US does mostly SC and supplies UK with assets and content.

 

In terms of an MMO's development time, it's on a fairly normal pace. Hell, The Elder Scrolls Online was in development for seven years, and is estimated to have had a budget of around $200 million, same goes for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

 

and they both are shit

 

best one:

 

at the same time that guy obviouslyhas mental issues. i feel kinda bad now

 

It is a parody.

 

So where's the single player game?

 

Q1 2017

 

When the single player component is tied so deeply to the MMO on both a technical and design level it is very much affected by the usual MMO development cycle and its length.

 

I don't think they spoke which Q. Just hinted at 2017. I expect it mid year to end of a year.

 

Can Dread Pirate Roberts dodge the Smart Missile?

 

They also never mentioned Anno Domini.

 

Something big is a-brewing in the Smart lab. Apparently some new sources have come forward.





However RSI are using their weather control device (creating a hurricane) in an attempt to thwart Smart from posting.

 

if thats suppose to represent DS credibility i wouldnt want to know how CR shed looks like. by mid 2017 he is finished! noone will ever forget all the ways he managed to fuck up, and people like you allowed him to.

 

I'd just wish that Derek Smart would release an actual working game for once. It is a genuine mystery to me how this guy has made a rather profitable career out of releasing the shit he makes.

Star Citizen in the mean time? Dunno. I expected a Wing Commander clone when I backed it. Then a Privateer clone when the scope seemed to expand. Then it seemed to turn into a Privateer clone with an added Wing Commander on top. By then I kinda stopped following this. Prime example of feature creep. Personally I'll be surprised if it ever comes off the ground. And even if it does, if it won't be a massive disappointment.

Still, I've been digging Roberts his ambitious vision on gaming since forever. Fondly remember the days when a new Origins blockbuster would mean having to buy a new pc. Games like Strike Commander will always have a special place with me.

 

Problem with those "visionaries" is they promise going to the Moon and then Mars and then outside the Solar System yet they never go the Moon.

Its a question of being a realist, its fine to want to create a holodeck but at the end of the day you know you cannot create a holodeck so you try to get as close as they can, that brings the other issue ... Crowd Funding have no accountability and as you can argue they arent intending to mislead people, that is no intent to create fraud the fact is this cannot be extended to everyone, it reminds of the The Producers were you can have a Franz Liebkind but you will also have a Max Bialystock.