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. 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
  2. Supercuate
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    I paid USD $120 to be randomly killed by the most random bugs.

    10 years for this? scamware
  3. Jdesalvo
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    Absolute buggy trash. It should be considered a tech demo at best. Graphics already outdated.
  4. TeoX796
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    11 year, 500 mio dollar, 700 employees, an extremely toxic community, and a company that only lies to sell ship for 100dollar +

    game itself is an 11 year long disaster

    delay after delay, bugs keep coming back and a completely shameless management behind it

    I have no idea how this "product" (or whatever it is supposed to be) can give more than 2 points
  5. RobinAngels
    May 17, 2022
    0
    I really wanted to like this game. I has features that could be good down the line. Unfortunatly after a month of really trying to get into the game I just surrender. They have few game play loops that are viable at all for money making and of those most of them are too glitchy to utilize. Bunker missions glitch because of a wave mechanic so the higher paying missions never work. MinningI really wanted to like this game. I has features that could be good down the line. Unfortunatly after a month of really trying to get into the game I just surrender. They have few game play loops that are viable at all for money making and of those most of them are too glitchy to utilize. Bunker missions glitch because of a wave mechanic so the higher paying missions never work. Minning is a terrible waste of time. You cant crack rocks solo that are worth anything, the rest of the rocks in the system are worthless or have 2% of the resourse your looking for. They are killing all their own gameplay loops. I worry that since you "pledge" IRL money to get starting ships that they are conveniently forcing the player base to shell out more cash for better ships that are otherwise going to take you many in game hours,weeks or months to obtain. I truly hope they fix the game so it becomes a more fun, less masochistic game that people can enjoy.… Expand
  6. redtraveller
    Jun 16, 2022
    1
    Shamefully incomplete, buggy, crashy, broken physics. Totally unaceptable for a game in development for over 10 years.
  7. daybag
    Jun 17, 2022
    0
    There is no game. Just a janky, buggy arse crap piece of code. Wake me up when it releases.
  8. 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..
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. FipSub
    Jun 19, 2022
    0
    I come from Elite Dangerous and No Mans Sky. Thought SC would be the best of all 3 but there is just no way. Bugs galore, crashes galore, unfinshed content that is a joke, the novelty of the pretty graphics wears off pretty fast.
  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. thenormal02
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    It's a scam. Scam Citizen. Buggy. Unfinished. Messy. Frustrating. Not even 1% of what has been promised by the developer since 2012 is present. It's 2022 now. This is the most crowdfunded game ever, which has accumulated more than 500 million dollars from backers. Please buy it and see for yourself.

    Scam Citizen, developed by Clown Imperium. Keep your eyes peeled for the single player    It's a scam. Scam Citizen. Buggy. Unfinished. Messy. Frustrating. Not even 1% of what has been promised by the developer since 2012 is present. It's 2022 now. This is the most crowdfunded game ever, which has accumulated more than 500 million dollars from backers. Please buy it and see for yourself.

    Scam Citizen, developed by Clown Imperium. Keep your eyes peeled for the single player dlc, called Squadron 54. It will be released soon. Lol.    … Expand
  15. Nbongo
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    10 years in development the game is still barely playable. Almost 0 gameplay in it and still a pletory of bugs preventing you from playing the little they added in 10 years. Don't be misled by the beautiful images you can see left and right published by zealots. The demo is beautiful indeed but it's never going to be a decent game from a tech and gameplay point of view.
  16. mauzao9
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    Chris Robert seems to be, for whatever reason, able to gather money despite the lies and the never-ending development.
    There is no game, only an empty tech demo driven by predatory marketing; 11 years and 1/2 Billion.
    Even the community is toxic; they want everybody in to promote their referral code as much as possible. Buying non-existent or non-complete ships and taking sunsets    Chris Robert seems to be, for whatever reason, able to gather money despite the lies and the never-ending development.
    There is no game, only an empty tech demo driven by predatory marketing; 11 years and 1/2 Billion.
    Even the community is toxic; they want everybody in to promote their referral code as much as possible. Buying non-existent or non-complete ships and taking sunsets screenshots are the main "gameplay" loops.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. Pete2022
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is a complete 100% scam .
    In development for 11 years.
    45.000 $ packages in the shape of Jpeg ship packages with some ships in concept for 10 years and being sold without being in game for $600.
    The company CIG is dishonest has only one purpose, to male promises and trick customers into buying ships from their store.

    The game engine is horrible and tye demo crashes all the time for no reason.
    The demo is horribly optimized with the worst performance seen in decades of gaming history.

    Avoid like the plague.    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. Lo0odak
    May 30, 2022
    0
    Review can be so long,and boring,but people should check themselves,except graphic look,this "game"is just waste of time right now,and not sure why they selling ALPHA game to people,but okay,10 years of developing,good stuff.
  21. 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
  22. SC_TheBursar
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    "By the end of this year, backers will have everything they originally pledged for plus a lot more" Chris Roberts 2015

    Come one, give this man more money, its totally worth it. Cant wait to celebrate the 1 Billion milestone.
  23. 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
  24. Orfik
    Jun 27, 2022
    1
    Game after 10years cant make any progerss in alpha, just a moneypit with no end.
  25. Christ_Roberts
    Jun 24, 2022
    0
    My remaining lifespan is only 40-50 years, I hope this "game" will be released before I die.
  26. bowser8302
    Jun 30, 2022
    0
    Got into the game on the 3.17 release. Paid $75 USD on a starter ship then spent a little over 2 months playing and GRINDING LIKE HELL to buy bigger/better ships to explore other play styles. Now with 3.17.2 coming down the pipes, the company is saying that there will be a database wipe and ALL IN-GAME MONEY AND ITEMS WILL BE LOST. But if you paid real money for something, oh then that'sGot into the game on the 3.17 release. Paid $75 USD on a starter ship then spent a little over 2 months playing and GRINDING LIKE HELL to buy bigger/better ships to explore other play styles. Now with 3.17.2 coming down the pipes, the company is saying that there will be a database wipe and ALL IN-GAME MONEY AND ITEMS WILL BE LOST. But if you paid real money for something, oh then that's safe.

    No company with over $484 million (https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals) and a project that's over 7 years old (public alpha for Star Citizen started in 2015) should have this many bugs, charge this much to enter, or conduct COMPLETE DATABASE WIPES. Save your time and money and look elsewhere. I'm not even sure this game will be worth it even when it reaches production release.    … Expand
  27. Mirificus
    Jun 27, 2022
    0
    Do NOT BUY, free fly ok.
    CIG have wasted $500 million of Backers money and have a TECH DEMO for u to enjoy ROFLMAO
    PLEASE GIVE MORE MONEY PLEASE /s Dont believe me ? Have a go at the Free Flys or wait 2 more years and u might get Squadron 42 released, try that. If you have any money, keep it and play Starfield when it comes out, Game Pass will have it. Starfield with expected Mods,    Do NOT BUY, free fly ok.
    CIG have wasted $500 million of Backers money and have a TECH DEMO for u to enjoy ROFLMAO
    PLEASE GIVE MORE MONEY PLEASE /s
    Dont believe me ?
    Have a go at the Free Flys or wait 2 more years and u might get Squadron 42 released, try that.
    If you have any money, keep it and play Starfield when it comes out, Game Pass will have it.
    Starfield with expected Mods, MultiPlayer and VR will be way more playable and enjoyable.
    Then in TEN YEARS you can have a relook at Star Citizen, if it is even still in existence.
    Currently most of funds and workforce working on Squadron 42, even less work on Star Citizen, at least 2 years for SQ42 then another 4 to 10 years for Star Citizen.
    So Please keep giving money, please. SC = "Sucker Citizen"    … Expand
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. BP123
    Jun 28, 2022
    0
    Backed originally in 2015 and forgot about it. After a decade it's just a disaster what is happening and is setting a terrible precedent for the future of funding tech demos which will promise you anything you can dream of and deliver essentially nothing. Unfortunately for many scams when one person stands up from the table two more people are willing to sit down.
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