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The reason I supported it way back in 2013 was because it promised to be a PC game for PC gamers that would push the boundaries of the technology available at the time. I remember being frustrated at playing a bunch of bad PC ports that left me feeling ripped off. It was like, "why is it that my chosen platform is being treated like an afterthought when the games are created by using computers in the first place?" But yeah, I think a lot of us early backers were interested in what they wanted to achieve on a technical level. The game kept growing though and eventually, I recognized around 2016 or so what the real scope of what they were aiming for. I knew then that it was going to be likely 2023-24 before we got there. Throw in a global pandemic and some failed R&D initiatives and I suppose that I wasn't that far off the mark. R&D incidentally is another thing that I think people don't account for. When you are inventing new tech and trying to get prototype systems together to test, well, sometimes you fail. We have no idea how many times CI tried to get things working and yet had to go back to the drawing board. Any attempt though takes time and money but it's a reality regarding what they are trying to do here. Concerning negative press, I get the reasoning and I've been angered at times over the years too. But if you get to the root cause of why a lot of industry news coverage has been negative, I think it is because if CI pulls off a win here, it's going to set a precedent. A very expensive one for an industry currently on fire. I think they want the game to fail so they can keep going with their current live service models that are less work and generate more money. But hey, we all saw how Baldur's Gate 3 was received last year - modern gamers were shocked to see a complete, polished game that they could start and finish at their leisure with no microtransactions or seasons.... and they ate it up; GOTY. I think CI should position S42 as a similar sort of outlier / rebel title in that regard. It IS different. It's different under the hood and in it's approach when compared to what's out there today. I don't think the industry is going to all of a sudden start pumping out games like SC, even if it's a hit... but you know, they might approach CI and license their engine and just use the tech available to them, which is exactly what I think the company is hoping for. Imagine a Star Wars, Star Trek or Warhammer 40k game with a fully functional Star Engine and all the suite of tools CI is developing in tandem to work within it (i.e.: Starchitect or whatever it's called, etc.) I think there's a lot of money to be made in licensing the engine and tool suite if they can demonstrate through a successful S42 and PU launch that it all works and is well-received. Anyway, those are my thoughts. Thank you as always for your content Hav0k, your videos have fast become my go-to source for SC info. Cheers!

Thanks for the giveaway!

McLaren's dead.

Question is which decade?

I also saw the slow fighters and easy kills. However, I tempered my reaction with the fact that the new player is playing through a cinematic tutorial to teach them basic skills and operations within the game and in that respect, I can understand it being a bit easier.

If it plays like the prologue, it will become a meme and the reviews are going to be brutal

Great commentary Hav0k! The thing that makes SQ42 is that it was crowd funded, did not have to meet any publisher or stockholder timelines, and had us along for feedback for 12 years. Given the nonsense that comes out of AAA studios now, this would be epic for CIG and for gamers everywhere.

5% chance I will buy it I like a little more game in my video games

Need whatever y'all are smoking lmao this game is 700mil$ duke nukem forever

its true, but which decade?

I agree the crafting will be a game changer. It gives everything else in SC purpose. Hunting for previously low value resources could be exactly what you need to finish that item. Logging in will have much more meaningful, long term purpose.

I need SQ42 soundtrack.

10:30 good that we have no microtransactions, only mega transactions

Great video. I love that you are able to be objective, properly understanding the good and bad, unlike most other SC channels. I played all of the Wing Commander games like many others and SQ42 is everything I hoped it would be so far. I will say though that It's not really been in development for over 11 years. Not in the traditional sense. It might be 'technically" correct. But most people watching won't be aware that they had to build a studio first, and crowd fund the mocap, and make changes to cryengine (plus the delay the legal battle added) and then rework the game to procedural planet tech. Sq42 ep.2 should be more reflective of 'normal' game development.

It looks good but brings no new mechanics so no. still baldurs gate, my opinion may change if I can see the full game.

I cannot see it being a game of the Decade. No way it will be better than Days Gone or Valheim. Game of the year if they get lucky.

No, SQ42 will be 8 missions ffs

"blueprints are permanent" -- but what does that mean for Death of a Spaceman? do they transfer via inheritance? and they're tied to the account?

I am 100% sure this game will kill gta 6, what would you prefer to be? A criminal single mother and her simp or you prefer to be a soldier trying to save the universe from alien invasion? The choice is obvious to me.

I'm loving the positivity Havok! And its not unfounded. Its well deserved by CIG. As someone that played the whole Wing Commander series as a kid, I am soooooo looking forward to this. While its too early to say for sure whether it will be great, let alone game of the decade, if this 1hr prologue is anything to go by... I cant imagine what the remaining 39 hrs will be like. Also.... ...bagpipes.

The Cutter is a good starter to explore the verse.

"They will redefine how the devs find excuses to not get NPC crew ready for 1.0"

Which Decade? 🤣

Agree with all points made. Specially the apparent lack of allies, the slow Vanduul fighters and their non-menacing presence.

the glazing goes crazy tbh. they actually delayed it again to 2026. i really hope they release it then but im not so sure........

Did you say "Decade"? Oh the irony!

I feel that it's gonna flop Because it's the same engine from SC and SC = still in beta in what 15 years? Dont get me wrong, i want it to successful. But seeing at all these tripple A studio flop, this will also because it's to ambitious. From all the "empty" promises we get from big company, left me a empty promise. I grew up with freelancer and star lancer.. those two games made my LOVE space games but sadly non came close to that story telling. The emotions, the plot, the fights, the grind and so on. It's great! I hope it will work out!

cause its made by non-woke devs

I Love Star citizen And Javelin is my favorite Ship

saying RSI Galaxy? when he is a builder, he would live to these times

Yeah it’s not going to be anything like that. Once you rank up your crafting to max like every other person doing crafting you will be going to wait until the next addon or update pops up to max out the new max like every other player. You will run instanced missions with your guild for recipes and t0 loot. With only 5 systems there will be only a limited space for player structure so that you won’t be able to fly for 2 min around a planet without seeing one OR it will be so expensive in upkeep that you need you’re whole guild to keep it running so they can prevent it being everywhere.

About the gameplay shown, its both an introduction to the story but also an tutorial. But he did chose harfest difficulty.. was it a placeholder or intended.. But yeah, if this is the difficulty degree throughout the game. This need work, and is why SQ42 is 2y away. And it could go more, like release date announced in 2026 and released in 2027... We see, a bit early and little information to say anything avout that part.

TIME will make it that a lot of people will be able to craft top tier kit if they could be bothered. me I may try to do the weapons I like and maybe the ships. but if you have to "Craft 100 pistols " to unlock the next level of that pistol, how will that work with Fabricators tiers ? or ships . thinking of that Bengal that may never get to lvl 5 or will it me like once you have unlocked the ability to craft lvl 5 ships all the ships are lvl 5 ? IMHO I think crafting weapons , ship components , bases is great but the ships them selves do feel right as in the Manufacture say Origin would never let joe blogs to make one

I'm love to get a Drake

Squadron Forty Poo.

Sadly it will release years from now and will be buggy and fail. For some reason that is just how I feel. I have waited years for it. I love the genre. I really hope I am wrong.

I personally have no interest in playing singleplayer games, but I like watching no-commentary playthroughs and livestreams of the good ones (Silent Hill, The Last of Us, etc), and S42 seems to fit right in that category. And if it turns out to be really special, the 180-degree reversal of the ridicule SC and CIG have been receiving from the overall gaming community for years will be nice to see.

"Obviozsly some folks might have different opinions and that's perfectly fine." - Life could be so easy if all of us would get that!

The drake cutter has always been a ship that interests me, and now especially with the base building drones announced at citizencon, I think it will make a great remote base building runabout!

I do think it could be and good job for your videos

SQ42 will release between end of 2026 and I guess 2028. Consider what unreal engine will do in that time. The humans in cig already are not the best. Imagine how dated this will look when released.

I can not wait to play Squadron 42 in 2036! Seriously though, this game looks incredible, and that's why the delayed release date is so darn painful!

So... in the video, you mentioned that you were giving away drake cutters and that a link in the description would have the details. The description has a line that says to follow the link for more details, but there is no link given. Am I missing it?

Short answer, yes. Long answer, it depends. There is no doubt that SC&SQ42 ist the most ambitios projekt of all of gaming history. If you do it right (what i personally hope), this game will be very good. No matter what the outcome will be, this game will go in the historybooks. Greetings from germany.

Hav0K: [...] "Overwelmed by the sheer volume of positive flooding the internet" Reddit: Oh, hello there :3 I know what u mean but when reading reddit CIG get hate after hate after hate XD But i also think S42 will be good^^

Going to take a while before we get there but still, exciting times.