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submitted 1 year ago by UlyssesT@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

That reason is I've watched roughly and near-exactly this trailer five fucking years ago. You can still find it on Youtube if you bother to look. Fuck it, I'll do it myself. LOOK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSGlZSL0DE

And that isn't the only time, or even the first. I'm genuinely amazed that this grift is so perfect that the same vaporware can get polished up again and again, spinning its wheels in place, and people on the official forum and in Youtube comments say they're in tears about this.

I won't say I respect the hustle because I don't lick boots, but I am truly impressed with how powerful this grift is that it's self-perpetuating with that little to show for it over half a billion dollars and over a decade later.

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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

I pledged to the original Kickstarter and by now I consider my $20 a solid investment since it allows me to dunk on obnoxious SC fans by calling them "band wagoners" and "fair weather pilots".

[-] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

the before and after stuff kills me, yeah it's because the game took 10 fucking years to make so rendering and modelling technology evolved in that time, lmao

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

I will respect them being honest by putting the CON in capital letters.

When the Kickstarter was launched, I thought about pledging because I like space. Even if I would've only given whatever the minimum amount was to play the game, so glad I didn't give these guys a cent. Instead I pledged to Elite Dangerous' Kickstarter, and while that and its subsequent development had issues, at least it was a game that was playable and I had some fun with it.

Elite Dangerous was definitely lib-brained, though: just look at the in-game descriptions of the communist faction.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

E:D was an incredibly competent space sim plagued by terrible leadership

I had so much fun taking my phantom out into the deepest edges of the Milky Way, but frontier essentially abandoned the game in favor of some crappy FPS that no one wanted

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

That's what I meant by subsequent development, did they think the terrible FPS addon would bring in Cawadoody players or something

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

It's baffling. A prime example of how to completely alienate your entire player base

[-] renlok@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Star citizen was the game that convinced me to stop buying pre-orders. Bought the game 10 years ago and have buggy tech demo to show for it.

[-] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

you would think roberts would be good at arcadey space fighter spin off game given that's what made him famous

[-] D3FNC@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The real entertainment for me is watching the people still defending it.

Love how gamers don't give a shit about anything they're pouring money into. Every role is a celebrity cameos by A list Hollywood actors? Hard pass

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Crazy that the game's been around for a decade at this point and I still can't tell if was a scam or not.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this reminds me of the first TOS star trek movie where the movie opens and just has 1 hour of pans of star ships while captain kirk looks on blankly. This is not an exaggeration.

also copy that delta cock sucker moving in to dock so-true

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

That trailer is really choppy...

[-] shath@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

you should see the game

[-] shath@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago
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