As backer of both, I don't see how they could be more different from each other.
SC is the flashy "star and stripes" action movie; while ED is the "2001 Kubrick " slow tempo movie.
The first does not even exist yet; for now the only thing that exist is the flight model and fees implementations of damages and weapons. if you strip down Arena Commander, and put cubes; all that is left is cubes using the flight model , and a rudimentary shield/damage model, in areas that are really small and with limited number of players.
In the long run, there will be more, but as is now; that's what is there.
ED is a bit ahead; it has most of the mechanics done; the system jump mechanics, the instance mechanics, the damage and flight models, energy management and a basic AI and economy system. Overall is probably a year and a half (4 years in Chris Robers timeframe
I believe that they appeal to different kind of audience, just like 2 movies appeal to 2 different kind of audience (altho there are people that can mostly like both at the same level). I play different MMO for different moods; and space MMO games like SC and ED are exactly the same, so I cheer both of them, hoping that they will continue the tradition of their respective predecessors.
Their logic is to continue to make things that sell, no matter if it is functional to the idea of what it has to do...people requested working toilets; and they did it for realism; but mainly because people shed money to buy ships with a working toilet.
If people shed money for ships that are basically airplanes to race, it is natural that they will make more.
As you may see, most of the real development started when the majority of backers were tired to see always new ships and no game at all; once that the excitement and hype wear down; people realize that SC is a big commercial machine, like anything else. Nobody does anything for free, and games nowadays needs to be AAA to appeal, so can't really make one in a garage with just 2 people, like it was at the time of the 16 bit computers in the 80s.
Mr Braben did not spend 40M to make his game; was just him and few others if I am not mistaken. Mr Crammond made F1GP and Revs by himself, Mr Molineux made Populous mostly by himself, like Mr Wright did Sim City.
Times are different now. Sadly.
They talk about passion and dreams of a space sim that has X and Y, but when they are working 60 hours a week, the passion wear off quickly, and all that you need is some good old cash to remind you why you do things...so the passion come back
Ah CGI....so please help cause i cant seem to find it:
Ok if you insist...
Hehe your helping me then, Freelancer "failed" cause of short of money and then a big publisher came in and stripped the game down of main features for the saking of delivering it!
Since Star Citizen has no publisher and keeps making tons of cash were good to go
Consoles couldnt even run Star Citizen now, much less in 2 years with more features implemented
Im fine with that, i already feel I got my moneys worth
You lack vision my friend, you have a hangar, you have spaceships detailed has cars with mechanical and electronic components that will need to be mantained, overclockable, upgradable, tuned... do the math.
Rome wasn´t built in one day
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