Star Citizen, really?

[The92Ghost]

So, after reading so many comments about Star Citizen being so much better than Starfield, and the space exploration of Starfield being compared to Star Citizen, as well and the questlines and everything, I decided to give it a go. They had an open Alpha last weekend, I believe it is still on going and I have to admit... the experience was... well find out below:

So the first thing that I did after successfully launching the game was to create a character, the tool was quite abstruse. Literally. Anyway, I managed to create the character after wondering for 10 minutes from where to start and how the tool actually works. Once more, unclear, complex even. However, I have to point out that they do have an interesting and unique character creator tool, just I wish it was a lot more intuitive.

Moving on, I finally managed to create my character after 40+ minutes and it wasn't because I was trying to make him look good but because I was trying to make him look... let's say something acceptable as a character that I usually play. Regretfully, the tool had very limited scope but I am not criticizing that, the game is still in Alpha state after all.

Finally, I managed to start the game, the performance was terrible, like really terrible so I am not sure why so many people claimed that the game performs better than Starfield, when in reality it isn't but I swallowed and moved on, dropped the settings even to High from Very High, I said myself, okay, not optimized that is okay it is an Alpha after all. You DO NOT criticize game's performance based on Alpha.

Finally, I got down to the main lobby where the game starts, I have to add here that I needed at least 30 or so minutes to get out from the first room in which you spawn until you figure out the controls, some are intuitive others are very confusing, some are even baffling. I also checked interactive objects and other things within the room but let's say that the controls for getting an object and then using that object were completely opposite of intuitive but I have to applaud the system they created here like grabbing an object and clipping it on the surface, it was snappy, interesting to be honest but I still think that they could have done it more intuitive to the average player.

Finally, I start my adventure in Star Citizen and my first mission is to get to the Spaceport to get my ship, part of the tutorial, therefore, I did and well, the rest you can follow in the video you can get, my first hand experience with Star Citizen and then you can even check my Starfield gameplay through that are 10 times better. All three recordings were done in the very same day within a short spasm of time just to make sure that I make proper comparison:

https://youtu.be/5xutMyMjpnM

I do apologize in advance for the bad audio recording in Star Citizen, I honestly didn't realize that I was recording with my laptop mic throughout the entire time and I did not want to make a second video with false first-impression of Star Citizen, plus it does catch how I truly felt and how terrible the experience was.

[ULTRA]

Wow, OP's video seems to have like 7 or 8 people in an instance. That's amazing. It's almost 1/10 what Everquest (1999) could handle.

[Clail]

I just feel sad for any one still invested in Star Citizen.

A more comparable game would be Elite Dangerous, and although the game has no loading screens, in the end even that makes you appreciate what little Starfield does have to offer.

[ULTRA]

Clail původně napsal:

I just feel sad for any one still invested in Star Citizen.

A more comparable game would be Elite Dangerous, and although the game has no loading screens, in the end even that makes you appreciate what little Starfield does have to offer.

When I played Elite Dangerous like 6 years ago it mostly made me realize that Star Citizen would be boring as hell even if it worked right

[The92Ghost]

Falcos01 původně napsal:

Most of the comments here is just some dude sharing their first time experience with Star citizen. You get into the game thinking its a superior Starfield but its not a comparable at all its a completly different game one is incomplete in progress MMO nothing to do with Starfield so stop comparing it with Star Citizen.
also you probably don't have the PC minimum requirements to play star Citizen and the knowledge to figure out how it work which is why you uninstalled it.

I will quote this guy here because I do hate people assuming something they have no knowledge of. My hardware is posted literally in the video's description you can check it there, minimum requirements for Star Citizen are as follow directly from their official website:

OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11
CPU: Quad Core CPU – Intel: Sandy Bridge / AMD: Bulldozer or later
GPU: DirectX11 compatible Graphics Card with 4 GB+ VRam
Memory: 16 GB+ DDR4
Storage: 83 GB+ SSD

I have double the specs above, with the exception of RAM which I will be updating in the next few months. Since my RAM is 16 GB. My CPU was almost not used at all during my gameplay, just barely 3-4% while my GPU was at 80% and it is 8 GB VRAM, 4060. The game ran like trash, sorry but it is the reality but I do clarify in my original post that I did not judge the game based on performance since it is in Alpha state, you do not judge game on performance during the Alpha test, the performance check is at the end of the beta, usually. And I've done plenty of game tests in the past 10+ or so years.

Regardless, I've met the minimum requirements it was the first thing I checked before installing and downloading Star Citizen because I knew it will be quite tough on my hardware, due to not being optimized at all. I needed to know how much my tech will heat up and how bad the performance will be, regardless I was hitting mostly 45 FPS sometimes even 50+ when I dropped down from Very High to High and then around 55 FPS when I dropped down to medium. Game is simply not optimized but that is to be expected. It is an Alpha test.

[The92Ghost]

WebsterHelios původně napsal:

Star citizen is taking so long Elite Dangerous caught up and runs much better.

I will be testing Elite Dangerous next, probably tomorrow or later tonight when I am in mood.

[The92Ghost]

Eminem původně napsal:

Star Wars Outlaws is MUST SEE. Ground vehicles? Star Wars universe? Space battles?

This game will scratch the itch of open world space games and with this being the first true open world in a Star Wars layout? omfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6L6bXv9Emk&ab_channel=GameV

I will be playing this one, as well, it is part of my Ubisoft Account already.

[Silamon]

The92Ghost původně napsal:

OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11
CPU: Quad Core CPU – Intel: Sandy Bridge / AMD: Bulldozer or later
GPU: DirectX11 compatible Graphics Card with 4 GB+ VRam
Memory: 16 GB+ DDR4
Storage: 83 GB+ SSD

That's gotta be the most optimistic system requirements I've ever heard lol. What were they shooting for with that, anything over 3 fps?

Maybe it's just really old system specs and they have not updated it in like... 6 years?

[Formous]

ULTRA původně napsal:

Wow, OP's video seems to have like 7 or 8 people in an instance. That's amazing. It's almost 1/10 what Everquest (1999) could handle.

Then you are misinformed. The usual server is 100. there are people all over the verse at any one time, across multiple worlds and moons, even as he was at Babbage. Also, Everquest? Man you must feel special using a aged, old, and low intensity game for comparison.

[The92Ghost]

Silamon původně napsal:

The92Ghost původně napsal:

OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11
CPU: Quad Core CPU – Intel: Sandy Bridge / AMD: Bulldozer or later
GPU: DirectX11 compatible Graphics Card with 4 GB+ VRam
Memory: 16 GB+ DDR4
Storage: 83 GB+ SSD

That's gotta be the most optimistic system requirements I've ever heard lol. What were they shooting for with that, anything over 3 fps?

Maybe it's just really old system specs and they have not updated it in like... 6 years?

Well, it is the developers job to upgrade the requirements if required. I don't think that they forgot to do that, it is more like, on what system the game will run most likely when they optimize it and to be honest, I can see future there if they do the optimization right. Which by itself is quite the challenge.

[The92Ghost]

Formous původně napsal:

ULTRA původně napsal:

Wow, OP's video seems to have like 7 or 8 people in an instance. That's amazing. It's almost 1/10 what Everquest (1999) could handle.

Then you are misinformed. The usual server is 100. there are people all over the verse at any one time, across multiple worlds and moons, even as he was at Babbage. Also, Everquest? Man you must feel special using a aged, old, and low intensity game for comparison.

I can confirm that there were more than 8 people per hub, but I have to add here that Star Citizen has loading screens, just not in the traditional way with the spinning wheel. I've noticed on few instances shift and when I flew from the the planet's surface to open space and then during the travel through open space, all of these were well hidden loading screens but due to lack of optimization you can see them fail here and there throughout the video, rare but it does happen.

[Maya]

The92Ghost původně napsal:

Eminem původně napsal:

Star Wars Outlaws is MUST SEE. Ground vehicles? Star Wars universe? Space battles?

This game will scratch the itch of open world space games and with this being the first true open world in a Star Wars layout? omfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6L6bXv9Emk&ab_channel=GameV

I will be playing this one, as well, it is part of my Ubisoft Account already.

New hype game? Looks good, I hope it turns out well. With recent hype games' failures, it's hard to have confidence in the developers.
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[The92Ghost]

Maya původně napsal:

The92Ghost původně napsal:

I will be playing this one, as well, it is part of my Ubisoft Account already.

New hype game? Looks good, I hope it turns out well. With recent hype games' failures, it's hard to have confidence in the developers.
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I am actually quite familiar with Ubisoft's approach on games, I've worked for them for like 4 years, so I know what to expect from each of their games. Hell, I even supported their games technically when it was required.

[Falcos01]

Silamon původně napsal:

Eminem původně napsal:

Star Wars Outlaws is MUST SEE. Ground vehicles? Star Wars universe? Space battles?

This game will scratch the itch of open world space games and with this being the first true open world in a Star Wars layout? omfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6L6bXv9Emk&ab_channel=GameV

My first thought was "oh that could be cool" second was "but who is publishing it?"

Turns out Ubisoft, so I don't care about it. I'll just assume it will be lackluster and move on.

Remember Beyond Good and Evil 2 ?? developped by Ubisoft its been radio silent for 3 years I wonder if they took this to make Star Wars Outlaws instead ?

[Falcos01]

The92Ghost původně napsal:

Formous původně napsal:

Then you are misinformed. The usual server is 100. there are people all over the verse at any one time, across multiple worlds and moons, even as he was at Babbage. Also, Everquest? Man you must feel special using a aged, old, and low intensity game for comparison.

I can confirm that there were more than 8 people per hub, but I have to add here that Star Citizen has loading screens, just not in the traditional way with the spinning wheel. I've noticed on few instances shift and when I flew from the the planet's surface to open space and then during the travel through open space, all of these were well hidden loading screens but due to lack of optimization you can see them fail here and there throughout the video, rare but it does happen.

The only loading screen is when you first enter the PU (Persistent Universe) if you notice any other loading than your Hard Drive is not fast enough LOL

[zpc]

Silamon původně napsal:

Eminem původně napsal:

Star Wars Outlaws is MUST SEE. Ground vehicles? Star Wars universe? Space battles?

This game will scratch the itch of open world space games and with this being the first true open world in a Star Wars layout? omfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6L6bXv9Emk&ab_channel=GameV

My first thought was "oh that could be cool" second was "but who is publishing it?"

Turns out Ubisoft, so I don't care about it. I'll just assume it will be lackluster and move on.

Same. Game is published by Ubisoft or Electronic Arts? -> not relevant. I've seen them killing too many games (and studios for that matter) with their "formula".