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[Durruti]

Star Citizen brings the visceral action of piloting interstellar craft through combat and exploration to a new generation of gamers at a level of fidelity never before seen. At its core Star Citizen is a destination, not a one-off story. It’s a complete universe where any number of adventures can take place, allowing players to decide their own game experience. Pick up jobs as a smuggler, pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, or enlist as a pilot, protecting the borders from outside threats. I’ve always wanted to create one cohesive universe that encompasses everything that made Wing Commander and Privateer / Freelancer special. A huge sandbox with a complex and deep lore allowing players to explore or play in whatever capacity they wish.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhsgiliheP0
Crowdfunding and Community Site: http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/

So, who else is hyped as fuck about this.

I can sincerely say that the full description of this game is everything I've ever wanted (and never found) from a sci-fi MMO. Probably as close to real-life Star Wars as I'll ever get. Especially since this game is apparently gonna support a virtual reality headset peripheral.

[Ant]

So it seems space is the new zombie now then...

[Saker]

Shit I spent a good portion of my teen years playing Freelancer, hope this one gets funded.

so, any guesses why they're not using Kickstarter for this?

[Radix]

So it seems space is the new zombie now then...

Space was the original Video Games Theme. Then for what feels like a decade it's been common knowledge that space doesn't sell--turns out people have had enough of a break though, because suddenly again it do. It's not "the new zombie" so much as everything just going back to normal.

[alastair]

Space is beautiful, those ships look cool to me.

[Manuel Magalhães]

This looks wonderful.

[Durruti]

so, any guesses why they're not using Kickstarter for this?

Kickstarter takes a 5% cut from the funding, which means the dev team would suffer a loss between $100,000 and $300,000 (depending on whether they make it to the minimum goal or the maximum stretch goal, respectively). I think they also wanted to have the community site tied directly to the crowdfunding, for the sake of drawing supporters into the community and having direct control over the funding app.

The downside is slightly less site stability and possibly the apprehension involved in throwing your money at a brand-new site you haven't encountered before, but I guess they've made their choice.

I think the dev team might be debating a Kickstarter on the side but I don't know where they're at in those discussions.

[C.A. Silbereisen]

looks great. been a while since there was a really good space sim and this could be the one.

[Sakar]

Looks like it'll be great and I already pledged money, but I was a bit hasty in doing so and am in the process of getting a refund. I think I'll wait until it comes out in a couple years before I decided to buy it for sure or not

[Dragonmaw]

Freelancer was a seriously underrated game and I'm looking forward to this Freelancer 2 Star Citizen.

That being said the X series has had space sims covered for a while.

[Musenik]

Yeah, I hope it works out, but MMOs are hard to make compared to games, like games are hard to make compared to anything else. Not much chance this will succeed. But I'll buy a copy if it does.