When I compare the planets of SC and what you can do on them to a lot of other games with planets, on the contrary I find it an achievement.
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I already have, in F-19, a Microprose game from 1990. A lot of fun indeed.
So you should understand that's also a lot of fun in SC. Or perhaps you think it's old-fashioned in 2023 ?
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A river. Singular.
But now they have the tools to make rivers they can make as many as they want.
The fact they haven't added any more rivers since adding that one is probably because according to lore there is only 1 river in the whole of Stanton.
One of my fave games of all time, along with Gunship. And that has reminded me what SC is missing , a high quality paper keyboard overlay!!
On that matter your own words say all that need to be said.Keep your head in the sand to not hurt your feelings
But why?"to make rivers they can make as many as they want."
Exactly40 rivers now.
although this meme does somewhat assume a level of competence I'm unconvinced exists in this case
Only CIG would charge $20 for it plus $50 postage and packaging.
Why 40 rivers in Stanton ? But why limiting the question to rivers ?
Also why 20 biomes, trees, grass, flowers, rocks, snow, ocean, dumps, sand, dust, wind, clouds, cliffs, mountains, mist, caves, cities, etc ?
Agreed. Why?
And probably more importantly, why these graphical assets and fluffery before the game itself is even designed?
And Vandulls, and cheeky little alien monkey people, and space raiders on hoverbikes, and Netches, and Space Whales, and alien lobsters, and marauding Ranta's, and wise Turtle People, and Blue Dragon Tree Merchant aliens, and absolutely enormous singing Sandwurmies.
They all make Star Citizen feel so alive when I interact with them in the game.
I don't, 10 years spent developing a couple of planets is outrageous, if FDEV spent ten years just working on a couple of planets instead of developing the promised explorable galaxy players would be rightly outraged.
Those pesky Vanduls, always hot-wiring my hoverbike with their knives.
(Or is that Gremlins? I get confused.)
On the surface, SC rivers look like NMS rivers. This is not a good thing in general. The difference being, NMS rivers are procedural, like everything else, and can be placed on uncountable numbers of planets. They definitely didn't require an entire studio dedicated to locations.
Oh wait, planets in NMS can have whole lakes as well, with actual, if simplified, water physics and interesting underwater creatures:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvoppcpTQ0I
For the love of Vishnu, according to quick googling, Hello Games had 26 employees in 2020. And they never sold a single concept ship for which one would have to wait for more than a decade. A Tier-0 decade, so to say.
Oh wait, planets in NMS can have whole lakes as well, with actual, if simplified, water physics and interesting underwater creatures:
For the love of Vishnu, according to quick googling, Hello Games had 26 employees in 2020. And they never sold a single concept ship for which one would have to wait for more than a decade. A Tier-0 decade, so to say.
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It has more than lakes, it has oceans. Some worlds are mainly water, with islands dotted around. Its not Subnautica, but it does a decent job of the water biome.