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Do not buy Star Citizen
4 years ago
So, I've finally played Star Citizen.
Before buying, I saw how pretty the game was, checking my specs, it should be running perfectly on my machine... etc. WRONG
Once I got into the game in New Baggage: Immediately: LAG
Had to turn down all quality settings to LOW in order to even get 50FPS at 1080p with a minimum of 10FPS at random locations and intervals
Then... the bugs
Firstly, NPCs randomly stand around or inside each other or even T-pose. Now, I don't mind that, it doesn't affect me, just looks weird... however... once I tried to buy myself a weapon on a terminal, the game wouldn't have it. The UI for that terminal did not even load, I couldn't buy anything. Tried to reload, get on a different server... Once I restarted my whole PC it seemed to work.
Okay, fine, I'll still give the game a chance. Now it's time to actually fly a ship!
I bought the Aurora because well, it's the cheapest starter pack (And I'm glad I didn't spend more money for this shit)
Flying works great, I'm used to such controls from other games. All good.
So, I went to the station in orbit, got myself a delivery contract.
First contract EZ, everything worked fine.
Then I got myself another delivery contract which required me to deliver 3 packages instead of 1 now.
I got on my ship, headed to pick up: Worked fine, then delivered the first package, meeting another thankfully friendly player, and then.... a storm came just as I exited my ship...
My ship was flung in the air like it's made out of paper, tossed across the planet 1.2km away from me where it then came to a halt flipped over.
So, I had to run there for 2 minutes, once I got there, trying to get into the obviously spacious enough doors was impossible. The game wouldn't have it cuz it was glitching out, trying to get me to align with the ship's flipped over ground (which is now the ceiling) while fighting the planet's gravity.
I tried glitching myself in, tried flipping the ship... all in vain
After trying for 5 minutes, the ship was tossed 500 meters into the air again, landing 2.5km away from me this time. Already dying of hypothermia, I died halfway of getting back to it.
10/10 Will play again in 10 years. Would not recommend it sooner.
What will I play now... hm, how about Starsector, an actual GOOD game. Haven't played that in a while...
Before buying, I saw how pretty the game was, checking my specs, it should be running perfectly on my machine... etc. WRONG
Once I got into the game in New Baggage: Immediately: LAG
Had to turn down all quality settings to LOW in order to even get 50FPS at 1080p with a minimum of 10FPS at random locations and intervals
Then... the bugs
Firstly, NPCs randomly stand around or inside each other or even T-pose. Now, I don't mind that, it doesn't affect me, just looks weird... however... once I tried to buy myself a weapon on a terminal, the game wouldn't have it. The UI for that terminal did not even load, I couldn't buy anything. Tried to reload, get on a different server... Once I restarted my whole PC it seemed to work.
Okay, fine, I'll still give the game a chance. Now it's time to actually fly a ship!
I bought the Aurora because well, it's the cheapest starter pack (And I'm glad I didn't spend more money for this shit)
Flying works great, I'm used to such controls from other games. All good.
So, I went to the station in orbit, got myself a delivery contract.
First contract EZ, everything worked fine.
Then I got myself another delivery contract which required me to deliver 3 packages instead of 1 now.
I got on my ship, headed to pick up: Worked fine, then delivered the first package, meeting another thankfully friendly player, and then.... a storm came just as I exited my ship...
My ship was flung in the air like it's made out of paper, tossed across the planet 1.2km away from me where it then came to a halt flipped over.
So, I had to run there for 2 minutes, once I got there, trying to get into the obviously spacious enough doors was impossible. The game wouldn't have it cuz it was glitching out, trying to get me to align with the ship's flipped over ground (which is now the ceiling) while fighting the planet's gravity.
I tried glitching myself in, tried flipping the ship... all in vain
After trying for 5 minutes, the ship was tossed 500 meters into the air again, landing 2.5km away from me this time. Already dying of hypothermia, I died halfway of getting back to it.
10/10 Will play again in 10 years. Would not recommend it sooner.
What will I play now... hm, how about Starsector, an actual GOOD game. Haven't played that in a while...
I'd recommend Empyrion Galactic Survival over this any day tbh. It's the same premise but more gameplay, just not as pretty.
But I care more about gameplay than prettiness. A beautiful environment is just an addition, not the main focus to me.