The scam hypothesis fits all the facts better than any other.
Shocking right?
I think you are all being trolled masterly atm
Sure but we dont go down the smack-talking, personal attack routine like other places (thanks to the mods). Often enough I dont even consider the person I m replying to because its too appearant hes not even reading or accepting what I post (all the people who say "wow you post a lot, I didnt read" and think they are cool dont realize they ve been had at that point) but I put my reply out there for whoever else might read it thinking about this project. This certainly was important for me years back when I was first drawn into the SC debate.
Watch any debate with an audience. The people on stage dont talk to each other and they will never change each others view because they know all the points, all the arguments and all the counters. Its always about winning the crowd. Thats what signals a "victory" or "defeat" and its not hollow either because people will believe you or think you are just breathing air based on your posts.
Only if you want it to fit so much that you can't see past it
Oh the irony
Beautiful game. If it was a space simulation I will certainly be playing it now. It just lacks all I love in SC.
I don't know a space simulation with better graphics than SC. If you know one, just tell us.
Star Citizen isnt it
Its not a simulation for sure. All the jokes we had with the "simulated atmosphere" years ago ( you remember, you ve been a backer since 2013) or the flight model oh my sides. AI is all scripts, no simulation. Is gravity simulated? Or is it a "stick" code that allows to walk on the station and float as soon as you manage to get your feet off? Are magnetic soles actually a thing or just a possible explanation? So if pretty much everything in Star Citizen is "hacked" what exactly is simulated or how much do you have to pervert the term "simulation" for it to apply to Star Citizen?
Imagine if they had the competence or honesty to say duing the kickstarter that what they had planned then was going to take about 6-7 years to devleop,
Imagine if, when they kept offering stretch goals, instead of CR saying the addition of more goals and more funding wouldn't significantly delay features they would instead have said, the more we add, the longer it will take. That was the honest thing to say.
For all we know they could have said that. They already got more money then they needed right? There was absolutely no legut reason to keep lying about it. If they really didnt know how long it would take thats already speaking volumes. And if they did and continued in order to get more money then we are back with the "money is more important then the game" narrative and evaluating everything CIG has done over the years this seems the most believable to me. In combination with CIG struggling with basic things of course. These guys have absolutely no idea what they are doing.
The 2012 trailer was CIGs "lucky break" and they managed with a lot of hardship and massive delay to reach an approximation of that trailer. They added more that was never intended or planned and helps to distract but at the same time it doesnt deliver what the trailer promised.