Said to be a great game

[:{ Yoda }:]

I see so many good reviews for this game and all the YouTube love for it. But if it is so great why is there only 330 people playing it right now? Is this really worth $20 or should I wait until I see a couple thousand more people playing it before I spend money on this?

[djinnxy]

Easily worth 20, but it has a lot of features not implemented and some bugs.

[Valdyr]

The only advertising this game gets is word of mouth and EA just released a little while ago, thus the numbers. It's a great game even with the rough edges and lack of polish and it's only going to get better. If you like games like X3, ED, Wing Commander, etc. then you will love this game.

A true diamond in the rough, this game would have more polish if it had a bigger budget and a larger team working on it, but right now it's just one mad Turk doing more in the short time he has been working on it than the Star Citizen team accomplished in 10 years with a $500 million budget. The future is bright for this game and it's dev.

[:{ Yoda }:]

I didn't even know about it until I saw a review on YouTube a hour ago.
I think I will give it a try, it seems like No Mans Sky. I got that when it was ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and now it's one of the best space games out there.

[Valdyr]

The main gameplay loop is more concerned with building up resources and using those resources to capture territory for your faction. NMS is solidly in the crafting and exploration category, however there IS exploration in the game with a whole guild dedicated to it and crafting is coming in future updates. That said, the game has some unique elements and adds to the 4x and space sim genres in it's own ways and there are plenty of things to do in game that are outside of the main loop.

[sedman]

Originally posted by :{ Yoda }::

I see so many good reviews for this game and all the YouTube love for it. But if it is so great why is there only 330 people playing it right now? Is this really worth $20 or should I wait until I see a couple thousand more people playing it before I spend money on this?

There are many AAA games that would love to have 300 - 700 concurrent players, even after full release. While this is in EA, many would have purchased it but put it on the back burner for later.

You say that this game has youtube love - seriously? Relatively, there is hardly anything on youtube, twitch or the net generally. The hype really hasn't started yet.

This game is a sleeper - i predict that it will win many awards and become one of those games that people talk about fondly in 20 years, like we do about Freelancer and the original Elite games.

[caidicus]

I mean, it's no Anthem, but it's still pretty good.
:P

[procdrone]

This is a game with great potential but with little polish ; be aware of what you're getting. Its certainly not release worthy yet, but still a good time for space sim fans

[zidahya]

It's totaly worth it and I think the reason why only so few people playing it, is bad marketing. I never heard of this game before a few weeks when some youtuber decided to play it.

Steam never brought it to my attention, although my list is full of space games.

[Cowboy]

10+ years of developing SC didn't become this diamond here, which has to be polished a little but in the end - i believe after EA - it will be a better one. Dunno why i spent such much money in the wrong project. DBK should release some DLC if it's getting narrow. I hold your back.

[NSFW Gamer]

Originally posted by sedman:

Originally posted by :{ Yoda }::

I see so many good reviews for this game and all the YouTube love for it. But if it is so great why is there only 330 people playing it right now? Is this really worth $20 or should I wait until I see a couple thousand more people playing it before I spend money on this?

There are many AAA games that would love to have 300 - 700 concurrent players, even after full release. While this is in EA, many would have purchased it but put it on the back burner for later.

You say that this game has youtube love - seriously? Relatively, there is hardly anything on youtube, twitch or the net generally. The hype really hasn't started yet.

This game is a sleeper - i predict that it will win many awards and become one of those games that people talk about fondly in 20 years, like we do about Freelancer and the original Elite games.

You are right about low Twitch coverage. I'm one of the few that stream it. I'd love to see it get more attention, but word of mouth is slowly spreading it around at least. Given time I sure it will snowball in popularity.

[:{ Yoda }:]

I ended up getting it and have played it some yesterday. I do like it, the UI is hard to get down. The amount of detail in the game is enticing so I will keep it and watch it evolve. I think it will get to some really interesting updates. I do really hope that he gets some investors or maybe some more help. I saw he has someone to help with bug fixes. That is a plus for sure!

[redwitch]

Watched a gameplay video and can't believe a single person has done this. Impressing work.
On the other hand, the original Mount and Blade was developed by a single guy, too, with the help of his wife. Coincidentaly, he also is Turkish.

Btw ... Manor Lords is being developed by a single dev, too. I wonder where these individuals get the strength to achieve this. This looks like moving a mountain to me. I'm sure I could not.

[Sel Und Irae]

It has zero Advertising so it's understandable it has low numbers. For me, Already better game than Elite and X4. I kinda don't want him to get investors cause that usually ends up with them pushing stupidity into the game.

[Prismatic Platypus]

This game is seriously impressive for what it is. I surely hope it gets more attention for the developer.

[Varge]

seeing as this is a 100% solo game only, it doesn't really matter how many plays at the same time. the game is good, it's clearly not Star citizen, but it has the in game content to keep you busy for a long time.