Star Citizen

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User Score
2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 109 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 109
  3. Negative: 80 out of 109
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  1. KSplaTor
    May 30, 2022
    3
    High price for the highly overpriced product, it is still only a project and will not be finished for at least 3-4 years.
  2. JOE_JEPT_TOM
    Jun 23, 2022
    3
    I've been testing the Star Citizen alpha since the persistent universe launched in 2015. I've tested almost every major release of the game and originally backed the game way back in 2012.

    Star Citizen was 'pitched' as an extremely ambitious game that is no where close to fulfilling 5% of the promises Chris Roberts made about what the game was going to be and the features he said were    I've been testing the Star Citizen alpha since the persistent universe launched in 2015. I've tested almost every major release of the game and originally backed the game way back in 2012.

    Star Citizen was 'pitched' as an extremely ambitious game that is no where close to fulfilling 5% of the promises Chris Roberts made about what the game was going to be and the features he said were going to be present.

    The game is a train wreck I would say it plays like a pre alpha proof of concept or maybe a tech demo. It crashes all the time servers are desynced frame rates are bad even on high end systems and the AI is probably the worst I have ever seen and the game play is super shallow.

    I'm gonna give it a 3 only because I think some people involved with the project probably actually tried to make a game but under Chris Roberts incompetence and nepotism this was impossible.

    For people confused about how some people can score this a 10 and others score it so low there is a white knight cult that defends this game. They are anywhere from 1 - 40k sunk cost into this borderline ponzi scheme they don't really talk about that dirty little secret.

    My suggestion to you a potential consumer of this game is wait for a free fly event and test the game for free yourself OR wait for the game to release and get into it then.    … Expand
  3. stratos_au
    Jun 23, 2022
    2
    Short Review: DO NOT BUY - SUPPORT

    Have been a supporter since the Kickstarter campaign. The game showed so much promise and it was an amazing idea. However, months after the Kickstarter campaign while doing the citizencons and other meetings they promise so many things, scope creep has been rampant. I have supported the game with more than $2000 USD and the game show no signs of ever    Short Review: DO NOT BUY - SUPPORT

    Have been a supporter since the Kickstarter campaign. The game showed so much promise and it was an amazing idea. However, months after the Kickstarter campaign while doing the citizencons and other meetings they promise so many things, scope creep has been rampant. I have supported the game with more than $2000 USD and the game show no signs of ever actually being released. As a tech demo its ok , but its poorly optimised it can barely run on the recommended hardware. If you are on the fence to back this game, please dont. Its a big scam, the game is never going to release and they will just promise many features and ships and they are unable to delivery them. They claim that a ship takes them at least 1 year to deliver. This is completely outrageous. There is no galaxy to explore, just a couple of places to visit and that’s it.    … Expand
  4. Vikon
    Jul 3, 2022
    2
    Bought in back in 2013 with an "Admiral's Package" (Constellation and a bunch of extras). I have to say the development has been an utter disaster. 9 years in and bugs still kill me frequently, frame rate is crap, code optimization is non-existent, and they still have no server meshing, only 50 players per server, graphics falling below industry standard. Do not recommend.
  5. beyond2k
    Jun 22, 2022
    2
    Supporter since the beginning. Have been extremely disappointed with the lack of progress in the last 5 years. Especially in the last 3 years. I have upgraded my computer 3 times during the development cycle for this game and it still plays like garbage. Absolute horror show of bugs. They keep scaling back the designs of the ships and delivering potatoes instead of sleek ships theySupporter since the beginning. Have been extremely disappointed with the lack of progress in the last 5 years. Especially in the last 3 years. I have upgraded my computer 3 times during the development cycle for this game and it still plays like garbage. Absolute horror show of bugs. They keep scaling back the designs of the ships and delivering potatoes instead of sleek ships they advertised. Can't play for more than half an hour without some sort of game breaking bug where all cargo or mining inventory and the ship is lost. Takes entirely too dang long just to wake up from the hospital and claim a ship, find the ship, then get in it to fly. The last few times I have logged in most of the time spent was not flying or playing a game loop. It was just traveling to get to the ship or sitting in hyperspace jump or flying down to a planet surface. This game is lost in development hell. Everything in me wants to rate it higher but I know that would just be lying. It's simply a broken mess. Every single system is a design catastrophe. UI, Inventory, Flying, Transit, mining, cargo, trade, repair, refuel, gathering...literally everything. Its all broken and poorly designed. None of it is elegant or working correctly. They are a LONG LONG way from finishing.… Expand
  6. CyanCorsair
    Jun 23, 2022
    2
    I initially got into Star Citizen back around 2015 by way of the multicrew demo and videos by Scott Manley. At the time, I had the following gripes which put me off of it for a while:

    - Low FPS - Character movement felt like controlling a clunky marionette - Your character was as durable as wet paper - Not a whole lot to do, the most interesting piece of content was the private    I initially got into Star Citizen back around 2015 by way of the multicrew demo and videos by Scott Manley. At the time, I had the following gripes which put me off of it for a while:

    - Low FPS
    - Character movement felt like controlling a clunky marionette
    - Your character was as durable as wet paper
    - Not a whole lot to do, the most interesting piece of content was the private investigation mission where you move about in a derelict space station. That was the highlight of it for me at that time.
    - Arena Commander was fun, but got dull quickly and using my Aurora wasn't exactly satisfying

    I drifted away and in 2016 I was linked to a video from MandaloreGaming about Star Citizen and its controversies. Suffice to say, I stopped paying attention to the project after that.

    In 2021, roughly after the release of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, I got interested in Star Citizen again after someone from the Elite Dangerous community discord talked about how much it had changed. I downloaded it again and gave it a try.

    My experience is summed up as follows:
    - Character movement feels awkward and it's easy to get stuck on terrain, which can crash the game
    - Frames in the range of 10 to 20 on average, below 10 in ArcCorp
    - Randomly dying while walking or running around
    - Elevators bugging out, including on the 890 jump mission
    - Rocks I mined getting stuck under the level geometry and the mining vacuum (the laser that sucks up the gems) not picking up rocks randomly
    - Combat A.I at Kareah and in bunkers on Hurston not actually reacting to me. I was able to basically just waltz up to them.
    - Ship randomly exploding on the launchpad.
    - Crashing after an hour or two of playtime, consistently

    Eventually, I think in late May/early June, I was linked to the quotes album on the Star Citizen Refunds subreddit on Reddit. After that, I was linked to Sunk Cost Galaxy by BinkyAtx on YouTube.

    Without going on a tangent, I will simply say that if you want to try it out do so on a Free Fly weekend. Just don't give this project any more money, because around half a billion dollars and a decade later it is still just a tech demo.    … Expand
  7. Strangly
    Jun 22, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bought the game in 2013, never got what they promised. Reinstalled recently and it’s an abomination. Stay away or wait for a free fly. Don’t buy into the heavily edited YouTube videos, 500 million dollars and it’s still pre alpha. The game is about buying jpegs and brag about it to make you feel good about yourself.… Expand
  8. waleri
    Jun 23, 2022
    2
    Star Citizen could have become such a great game but Instead of making progress they prefer to endless rework the same stuff over and over.

    https://imgur.com/a/P9PZSNw great summary of what CR and his employees said over the last decade.
  9. Asdflvr
    Jun 25, 2022
    2
    Game that raised 500 million dollars and has been in development for over 10 years. Constantly falling through floors, dying in the middle of my ship for no reason, exploding in high atmosphere for no reason, and so many more game breaking bugs utterly ruin this experience.

    Not to mention any of the shady practices of the developers. This game has promise, but any one who thinks it will    Game that raised 500 million dollars and has been in development for over 10 years. Constantly falling through floors, dying in the middle of my ship for no reason, exploding in high atmosphere for no reason, and so many more game breaking bugs utterly ruin this experience.

    Not to mention any of the shady practices of the developers. This game has promise, but any one who thinks it will reach that is delusional. This game is borderline a scam and I truly do pity anyone who has given money for the promise of some half-working future ship which doesn't have all it's features and sits within a nearly unplayable buggy mess of a game.

    I really do not understand how anyone can look past the bugs and the shady business practices that plague this horrible dumpster fire.    … Expand
  10. wupaz
    Apr 10, 2023
    1
    It is probably one of the biggest scams of recent years, Netflix is preparing to make a documentary about it
  11. redtraveller
    Jun 16, 2022
    1
    Shamefully incomplete, buggy, crashy, broken physics. Totally unaceptable for a game in development for over 10 years.
  12. Dikova
    Jun 18, 2022
    1
    This is a 10 year long running scam. Being sold as "live" and no actual release and completion in sight.
  13. Kimpaliz1989
    Jun 20, 2022
    1
    Ist zwar schön anzusehen, aber zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt nicht genießbar.
    Man kann praktisch keinen Mission abarbeiten von Anfang bis Ende ohne mindestens über 2-3 bugs zu stolpern von den manche Gamebreaking sind.
    Die Idee ist sehr gut, aber bis zum Fertigen Produkt brauchen wir sicher noch 5 Jahre wenn nicht noch mehr.
  14. falloutboy9993
    Jun 22, 2022
    1
    So, I have been a SC backer since 2016. I’ve had fun in the small system that CIG has made. But it is a bug filled experience. They want it to be an immersive space simulation but it ends up as needlessly complex and hard to play. There are no new player tutorials, you have to look on YouTube, but even those can become outdated in a few months. The PC requirements are relatively high toSo, I have been a SC backer since 2016. I’ve had fun in the small system that CIG has made. But it is a bug filled experience. They want it to be an immersive space simulation but it ends up as needlessly complex and hard to play. There are no new player tutorials, you have to look on YouTube, but even those can become outdated in a few months. The PC requirements are relatively high to make the game playable. You have to install the game on an SSD because of its poor optimization. The game also uses a physics system that can kill your character just by walking up stairs or tripping over a box. Death also means that all the items on your character are left with your body. Which means it could take you 15 to 30 minutes to get back to it, assuming it doesn’t despawn. Many of the systems in place are unfinished. It may say the game is released but it is firmly in a pre-alpha state. If you want to try it, wait until a free-fly event, where you can try it for free. As someone who has spent over $5000, do not make the same mistake I did. The community is very good at getting you to invest in this project. Just wait and see.… Expand
  15. grandmaslayer
    Jun 22, 2022
    1
    This is the biggest scam perpetrated in to the gaming community. There is no "game".
    Pacman & Tetris each have 10 times more gameplay loops than this.
    CIG uses predatory marketing tactics to sell ships (or jpegs of ships) that cost more than any ninth-generation console or gaming PC.
  16. Sartith
    Jun 22, 2022
    1
    First off, I don't hate this game. I want to love it. At this stage in development I'm so jaded and have no faith in the entire development team.

    I get that the game is in development and subject to change but I got used to a flight model just for them to change everything. LTI insurance was touted as being a big deal then we got a rug pull on that..
  17. Orfik
    Jun 27, 2022
    1
    Game after 10years cant make any progerss in alpha, just a moneypit with no end.
  18. saddles
    Jun 23, 2022
    1
    I am an original backer. I have purchased beer and pizza over Skype (remember when that existed?) for the team and lost a lifetime of weight alongside Wingman, nearly a decade ago. These were good people.

    The studios are not being allowed to make a game. By this time, they have made two or three games worth of engineering and content, but under the auspices of neurotic management with a    I am an original backer. I have purchased beer and pizza over Skype (remember when that existed?) for the team and lost a lifetime of weight alongside Wingman, nearly a decade ago. These were good people.

    The studios are not being allowed to make a game. By this time, they have made two or three games worth of engineering and content, but under the auspices of neurotic management with a long, checkered career of failure when they are leading projects more complex than early-90s, low-fidelity pixel shooters with simple plots and video cutscenes. Erin Roberts is the only leadership figure with successful complex releases while heading large studios under his belt, and he isn't even being allowed to do his own thing.

    In some of the positive reviews, you will see acknowledgment of technical hurdles that are outside of the team's control. These hurdles are not outside of the control of the management of the studios, and you are kidding yourself if you believe them. From the way that these people drone on and on about alpha and experimentation and the creation of the most physically-fidelitous game universe ever, you would think that all games were heaping piles of engineering rubble that look worse than Fortnite and have less reliable physics simulation than Minecraft. Anyone under 45 who actually goes out and plays other modern games ought to know better. Knows better--or is deliberately trying to sign you on as yet another whale for the studio that has thusfar turned ten years and half a billion dollars into something that runs spectacularly worse than Mass Effect Andromeda did upon release while also being more visually out of date than most Bethesda games by this point.

    Avoid being fooled. If you want to play Star Citizen, watch some streamers--stay away from YouTube videos that edit out the real experience. If you like what you see, go for it. Nobody is stopping you.

    This is getting a 1 in memoriam of prior employees who were fantastic people, many of whom are still making kick-ass projects.    … Expand
  19. Tom_NeverSummer
    Jun 29, 2022
    1
    Released in 2014, you will discover gameplay mechanics, never been done before :

    - Bartender advanced AI - Sunsets screenshots generator - An ambitious 50 players MMO - Amazing bedsheets physics - 1 huge system fully explorable. - 300 ships easily obtainable. - Immersing pooping mechanics - Studios around the world to develop and maintain complex code like 8+ levels of if - else    Released in 2014, you will discover gameplay mechanics, never been done before :

    - Bartender advanced AI
    - Sunsets screenshots generator
    - An ambitious 50 players MMO
    - Amazing bedsheets physics
    - 1 huge system fully explorable.
    - 300 ships easily obtainable.
    - Immersing pooping mechanics
    - Studios around the world to develop and maintain complex code like 8+ levels of if - else nested statements.
    - Advanced caves exploration
    - Chris Roberts
    - Modern Tier 0 inventory system
    - You have X games in 1 : a mmo, a single player game, a fps shooter, a sataball simulator and much more.
    - An open-minded and helping community.
    - Everything you can dream of.    … Expand
  20. Fireball4096
    Apr 15, 2023
    1
    Cannot stand it anymore. For 10 years now I revisit on a yearly basis, but enough is enough. If I could, I would command my money back.

    An over 10 year old game with exactly that old graphics, sluggish and messy controls by foot, and arcade-ish mouse controls in space, this is a disgrace for all the good ones Mr. Roberts created decades ago. It is a shame. Uninstalled it for good    Cannot stand it anymore. For 10 years now I revisit on a yearly basis, but enough is enough. If I could, I would command my money back.

    An over 10 year old game with exactly that old graphics, sluggish and messy controls by foot, and arcade-ish mouse controls in space, this is a disgrace for all the good ones Mr. Roberts created decades ago. It is a shame.

    Uninstalled it for good this time.

    edit: And for the 10/10 ratings, stating "it is Alpha, there are meant to be bugs": How many decades until we reach the beta? So entertaining, at least for once.    … Expand
  21. Gary777777
    Jun 27, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great concept just poor delivery and execution. After 11 years the alpha version is unplayable filled with bugs. Deadlines are never met and barely anything to show for $600 million dollars.… Expand
  22. AFTSBRADY
    Jul 6, 2023
    1
    SO you have us pay to play then my ship isn't showing up! This is the third time I have tried to play this game with friends and I got to the ship deck to call my ship AND IT'S NOT THERE. why make someone pay to play, give them a ship, only to not give it to the player. If I have to look forward to this every time I want to play this then I'm going to not play it at all. it's so pointlessSO you have us pay to play then my ship isn't showing up! This is the third time I have tried to play this game with friends and I got to the ship deck to call my ship AND IT'S NOT THERE. why make someone pay to play, give them a ship, only to not give it to the player. If I have to look forward to this every time I want to play this then I'm going to not play it at all. it's so pointless to make someone pay for a ship/allow someone to play this game only for them to be stick at a space station. **** dumb… Expand
  23. Supercuate
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    I paid USD $120 to be randomly killed by the most random bugs.

    10 years for this? scamware
  24. Tubey
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    I'm scoring this a zero as it wasn't released 10 November 2021. Indeed, it wasn't released at all, and in all likelihood never will be released, so I have absolutely no idea why this is listed on Metacritic for review.

    Strange. But if you're reading this, the Star Citizen saga is one worth reading up on - it's basically a vaporware game that started out with good intentions but    I'm scoring this a zero as it wasn't released 10 November 2021. Indeed, it wasn't released at all, and in all likelihood never will be released, so I have absolutely no idea why this is listed on Metacritic for review.

    Strange.

    But if you're reading this, the Star Citizen saga is one worth reading up on - it's basically a vaporware game that started out with good intentions but feature creep and an insane fan base morphed the game into a decade plus long scam where the developers make more money from not releasing it than if they ever did. Seriously look it up, it's a case study on the sunk cost fallacy.    … Expand
  25. Tabarnacul
    Jan 6, 2023
    0
    Unplayable, cannot finish the first mission because i cant grab a simple package.
    i tried 3 time now im out. do not buy this game it's buggy as hell
  26. ksipe
    May 28, 2023
    0
    The creator of this game should face criminal charges for mismanagement and fraud (hired his wife, hide fact that she is his wife, wife used company's office and workers to further her "movie career" with husband's approval).

    Ten thousand broken promises.
  27. borreLore
    Dec 20, 2022
    0
    I've been waiting for star citizen for 10 years and paid $90 for a garbage star fighter, and for the promise that I will someday get to play the single player squadron 42 game. Instead, all I got is hundreds of "update" emails where they are trying to figure out a new AI behaviour, or switching game engines, or something else. Absolutely zero news about squadron 42.

    What we have    I've been waiting for star citizen for 10 years and paid $90 for a garbage star fighter, and for the promise that I will someday get to play the single player squadron 42 game. Instead, all I got is hundreds of "update" emails where they are trying to figure out a new AI behaviour, or switching game engines, or something else. Absolutely zero news about squadron 42.

    What we have currently is a Star Citizen "Alpha 3.17.4". That's right, 10 years and it is still in Alpha. The last time I played this hot trash, my $90 fighter and 4-5 other fighters were trying to take down a single premium several hundred dollar alien craft in PVP for nearly 30 minutes, and it repeatedly smoked all of us, because in its current state the game is pay to play.

    I am honestly so butt hurt about this. I feel like I was robbed by the developer, and I will never support any game Chris peddles in the future. Maybe in my death bed in 60 years I will finally see it enter Beta.    … Expand
  28. Smithsmc
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    I was very excited when first heard about it, then pledged and guess what? I fell into scam.

    Its money machine, not a game. Perfectly hidden scam.
  29. idijebise
    Dec 22, 2022
    0
    It's not a game, I'm not sure what it is, but it's not a game. I have been a supporter since 2014, writing this review in 2022. After spending years and thousand of dollars (Concierge access) I am firmly convinced this is an elaborate scam. Some ships are somewhat flyable, some missions are doable, but there is no game. It's just a barely passable limited space sandbox that you can'tIt's not a game, I'm not sure what it is, but it's not a game. I have been a supporter since 2014, writing this review in 2022. After spending years and thousand of dollars (Concierge access) I am firmly convinced this is an elaborate scam. Some ships are somewhat flyable, some missions are doable, but there is no game. It's just a barely passable limited space sandbox that you can't really do much in.

    Whatever the "vision" is at this point, I'm not sure and I honestly don't care to find out. I wish CR the best and hope his project works out, but I'm out. It's not a game, it's not fun, and I no longer care to know what it is.    … Expand
  30. ram_1941REG77
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    pyramid scampyramid, deceit, nothing happens, short videos come out and that's it! Developed scammers!
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