Lt. Bradleston Coopers leads me on a journey deep within Chris Roberts' loins to discover the meaning of space and citizenry in this science fiction gaming epic 10 years in the making.
It depends on your CPU and GPU combo. Because they still have legacy code running alongside the new code the load on the main thread in the CPU has actually gone up. But the load on all other CPU threads have gone down. So since you just have a 6 core cou your disadvantage has gone down. Currently the best CPU for SC is R7 5800X3D, because its huge cache makes up for the cases where the game code exceeds regular CPUs cache size. 8 cores and 16 threads is also ideal for the game (it's sometimes single thread limited, but it'll use all 16 threads, and can become too much for 6 core processors sometimes in CPU intensive areas. Other than that, make sure that you got the game installed on a SSD. And that your page settings and in game settings is ideal for your system. It's a balancing act. Sometimes you'll get better performance by increasing some settings as it'll make your systems work load more balanced. Your Internet connection is super important too.
o7 Citizen Now I understand why folks kept saying I needed to work on my communication skills growing up. Man that's a heavy accent, I was having a hard time understanding myself, fml. I will join the chorus and say, yes.. this 'game' can be pretty rough on a new player, specially if those individuals come into the 'verse with certain expectations and/or habits developed by playing other online games. There is NO obvious 'hand holding' of any type. You're thrown into shark infested waters and are expected to make the choice to either sink (rage quit/refund) or swim (do whatever it takes to persevere). Personally, I kinda like this as it forces new players out of their shells and encourages communication and interaction with the community, even if it's only through in-game chat asking the standard new player questions. CIG has developed a pretty incredible sandbox for us to have fun in with while 'testing' out the ever evolving universe and when the stars align the experience is unparalleled. With nearly every patch you get more fixes/ships/game content (and new bugs) to explore, engage with, figure out, etc. Star Citizen today is not the same Star Citizen of last year and will not be the same Star Citizen a year from now. You also don't have to take part in any of the existing game loops and many develop their own loops (Piracy being the more obvious). And there's still a whole lot more yet to come. I've been playing off and on since 2013 and I'm still here learning and enjoying the game. I've definitely gotten my money's worth of fun with this product. I really enjoyed this more unique format for a SC video and appreciate the honest account of your experience being a new player in the game today. It's easy for many of us to dismiss/ignore the many bugs that popup here and there, specially since we generally know the workarounds and how to avoid them, and this video serves as a reminder of the new player experience. It makes me really happy to know that the time we spent in-game was a more positive experience and left a better impression overall, hell I had a ton of fun that night. I'm sorry to hear that you're dealing with Covid now. As a Covid veteran now having caught it a total of 3 times (2 and 3 being post vax), I can sympathize with you and the spectrum of unique 'discomforts' that come with the virus. Hope you get better soon.
Had to laugh at the "shark infested waters"...its true 😆 I think a lot people who try and quickly dump StarCitizen just needed to meet someone like yourself. A person who can show the finer side to the game. Those diamonds in the rough experiences that new players might never get to see because they spent too much time just trying to survive an unsympathetic solar system... Dotted with black holes (bugs) which for newbies with limited constitution will as ya say..rage quit or quit through fatigue. If they stay and learn the space ropes, its a very rewarding game...as limited as it is currently. That will change...I have great hopes for StarCitizen...heck I should, shoveled enough cash into the project 😏
You remind me of a guy who showed me how to really play Elite Dangerous back in like 2015 when I first got a PC. People like you keep games like these alive and thriving. o7 and safe skies!
The player base is pretty awesome actually had a problem recently where I couldn’t claim my ship and several players came to my aid, taking me to different stations to attempt to claim. Unfortunately I ultimately had to character reset but the community is fantastic and super helpful shout out to slammick that gave me the most luxurious Uber to the next station in a 600i
Lots of valid criticism here, the starter experience if you are coming in "blind" is a bit of a nightmare. For most people i tend to say that they should only check the game out during freefly events (which are pretty often these days) although typically this can be a bad time to play because the servers get pounded. Some of the issues you ran into have workarounds which at this time you'd only know about if you'd been playing a while. Performance-wise things are improving in this current patch and one thing i noticed was you had Planetery clouds turned up to high. Unless you have a beast of a rig i recommend turning that down or off as the cloud tech is pretty new and they are still working to reduce the performance hits it dishes out. Also if you aren't playing off an ssd then you are going to have a rough experience. However if you are stuck in game with issues just ask in the chat or hit up the forums/reddit and someone will be able to help you out, the community is mostly good about that sort of thing and some will just flat out donate you credits to ease your pain while you are getting up to speed.
I've been a Star Citizen backer for almost a year now and I really enjoy it. It isn't for everyone (especially in it's current state) but I truly think it is one of the best games out there, there isn't really anything like it. I enjoyed how your video showed both sides of the game, it can be very frustrating with bugs sometimes but the more you play, you learn how to avoid them and they become rarer (though definitely still happen!) and really enjoyed the end when another backer showed you the ropes. The Star Citizen community is one of the best out there, the vast majority of people are always helpful and will go out of their way to help a new player, or even just play with another stranger, some of my best experiences in this game have been with total strangers just crewing a large ship of 4-6 people. Welcome to the Verse! o7
I have been play testing SC builds for 4 years now , I use that language intentionally . I love your honesty describing your experience. This project can be very frustrating to learn and to deal with , very important that potential backers understand that and do not expect a game they just turn on and play . We are testers who believe in the project and want to help it , our role is to test it and report and confirm issues on the issue council. Yes many hours of fun . But also many hours of frustration. We come to SC because we hope it can become the game to drag the industry forward . Not because it is a game we just turn on and play without any issues or frustrating nights . You see glimpses of glory and glimpses of hell . This is a journey we take together as a community towards the goal of having the impossible game , made possible. Glad to see more content creators seeing it for what it really is . Glad to finally see the comment sections changing tone after so long of be berated as a community. Welcome new citizens to the verse ! we have a lot to look forward to over the next 6 to 12 months , exciting times to engage with the project, but still expect the game to haze you when you are new and expect to get kicked in the balls a few times along the way.
I’m glad you stuck it through all your frustrations, the games players (citizens) has been the saving grace of the game. Alway willing to help new player navigate all the bugs.
Happy to see you in the 'Verse. This game is far from complete, and the number of times things are lost to bugs is infuriating. However, it's improving little by little. One day, we'll have something amazing.
I think it's amazing now. No other space game, or even game has features like this. But it depends on the player. Alphas aren't for everyone. It requires an adventurous spirit and some patience. What kills it for these two, is they know nothing about the game. Don't know how to fly well, are terrible at combat, don't know PvP, don't know how to mine, can't do cargo running, and there's no tutorials. He tried doing box missions, in a fighter. Meanwhile, I make 400k an hour like it's nothing.
Will the Earth still exist when that happens? Or Solar system? Or, who knows: will the Universe still exist before imminent collapse, waiting for SC to be finished? So many questions, so few answers 😂
As an old backer i can 100% relate to your frustration and why sadly too many leave before they had the chance to truly experience SC. Honestly 9 of 10 bugs have a workaround. And it's when one has mastered all these different methods on how to avoid most bugs that SC is playable.. After that you realize the magnitude and its possibilities and all different ways of doing the same task/job at hand. We are a gang of few that have spent years on working both reporting bugs and passionately building the community. Not just making newbies wealthy but sharing light on all mechanics. The community has grown wildly fast, sadly more often than not towards the negative. A lot of toxicity and hate in general. We work hard on keeping the peace with tolerance. When possible. Consider maybe joining us one session two, we will deffo change your point of view even more man and give leave you with a good taste. Viper described it well when he talked about strangers opening their wallets: we are here to assist. This is the way. And hang the griefers of course after dominating them in battle. Knowledge is key and where that is even more true it's in SC! Come and share some free drinks and adventures. Nice to see you in person lemon beans! Feel free to add /Nanoki
*If it's one thing that anyone should take away from this video, it's that if you are a brand spanking new player, make sure you find someone that knows their s**t about this game.* I've been following this project since 2015 and I have been a solid player since 2018. But when I first started I needed someone like Viper to show me around too. Nowadays, I'm mostly like Viper, and I go around and help new players out wherever I see fit or can. Either monetarily or just to guide them around for a while. It's quite fun seeing them experience the game. Even if there are some pickups I teach them how to get around them. And also to remember that this game is still actively being built upon. In fact I've gone so far as to become an Official Guide for the game through the developer's Guide program. There were a number of things in this video that I saw that were of course wrong or done incorrectly. But being a new player and experiencing it for the first time, it's easily excusable. But all the same, it was painful to watch sometimes. Definitely on the first go-around is where a game guide or even someone that knows about the games and willing to show you the ins and outs of it for awhile would have been super helpful. Star Citizen does have a "request a guide" function right on the game launcher itself, but I believe that whole UI and the process to get a Game Guide needs to be improved upon. Some new players don't even know that function exists. All the same, at the end of the day, Star Citizen is a fun game to play. Especially if you stick with it and can find someone to play with that knows how to play and show you the ropes. Once you know how to play it correctly, SC is extremely fun! Especially with friends. It's also a great place to meet new people and new friends as well. Especially in Star Citizen Discord communities.
this literally happened with me and a friend 2 days ago, we were trying to mine, couldn't figure it out, were about to give up, and then someone in the game chat offered to help and showed us for 2 hours how to mine, refine, and sell! It made my day and seeing this video and seeing the guy help you as well made me smile so big 😁
It sounds cheesy, but of all the neat things that Star Citizen has done, I think bringing together a space sim-enthusiastic community where so many players help each other is one of its best features. And people just naturally pay it forward.
Chat isn't as helpful as it was 3-4 years ago but we are still out there. Me and one other random were showing this newbie how to play for a solid 6 hours and loved it.
Welcome to the verse! o7 Glad you found someone helpful to guide you through. SC is definitely a challenge when trying to play blind as there is a veritable iceberg of mechanics, bugs, and gameplay you have to wrap your head around first before things start picking up. Once you get your space legs though, the experience is unlike anything you will have ever seen in any other game to date.
Agreed the community is 50% of the positive in this game. We have our fun and to our best to help those in the same infuriating shoes we walked in before
Honestly, one of the best videos I have seen for a new player. So many people get on and get frustrated because there are bugs. There are issues. BUT there is SO much potential. The biggest mistake almost everyone makes is trying to just play the game solo without knowing how. This game is meant to be played with people. The community of Star Citizen is hands down the best online gaming community I have ever seen. I am glad you found that out before you gave up. I love all kinds of games. I have fun in all kinds of games, but I have never had the kind of fun in a game that I have had in Star Citizen. Before you give up on mining though, give it a try. I hated the idea of it until I tried it. If you can do it successfully, it is a great experience.
You found star Citizen's best and most powerful feature. The dedicated fan. This feature is not in any of the sales brochures. Citizen player base is comprised of amazing people.
Maybe I was a bit quick to write this game off. The basic mechanics are great and the scope of the game is huge! But my god, some of the bugs make my blood boil.
A lot of people don't realize that for Star Citizen you are not making a game purchase. You are literally contributing to the company that is actively developing this game. Without this influx of cash, the game would have failed years ago. Seriously, the game is being developed as we play test it. There are bugs, and because we are acting as testers, we report them to the developers so they can be fixed. It can be frustrating and if you aren't prepared to live with them this game just isn't for you. It isn't hard. You learn how to work around them and if something happens, you just start again. The game isn't finished so none of your progression matters yet anyway.
Community help is available. Ask in chat if someone is in an Org, and is recruiting. You'll find tons of help there. And next time you 30k (server crash), just close you eyes, breathe, and say "Just another day in Star Citizen".
@@BalokLives i think they also dont realize that there is no other game like this, with the visuales the complex mechanics the things RSI wants to add, when u see the ships and only the ships u get why its taking so long to make this game the ammount of detaling and mechanics that goes only into the ships is amazing, then u see the planets how big they are and everthing is explorable (even tho besides exploring it doesnt have that many poi at the moment), then u see the space stations and so on and on
Great video, thanks for sharing. SC is a fun game to mess around with; if you enjoy combat, you are in luck. Later this month there will be an event called Invictus Fleet Week. In terms of lore, it's a celebration of the UEE Navy and all the game's combat ships become available to see and fly on certain days. CIG also brings out the massive capital ships too and there are in-game events where everyone on the server can work together to fight off Xenothreat incursions (this results in regular big space battles). You really need to crew on a fully-manned hammerhead to experience that kind of battle, it's awesome. It's also a free-fly for the duration of the event so you can invite your friends to try it if you like; they only need to make an account. Anyway, cheers and feel better soon !
The unspoken, most vital part of finding happiness and success in Star Citizen: Community. Join an organization. It'll have veterans with big ships that are super cool, and it'll also have newer players (like the person reading this now). Depending on the org, they might organize a bunch of events so there might be a Mining 101 night, or a high-stakes-trading night where they need cargo and security personnel. There could be a bounty hunting mission night where everyone hops in a Hammerhead and goes to town. There might be a racing night. They might organize a 25v25 combat extravaganza. The possibilities of a sandbox are limitless when you have people and creativity.
Star Citizen itself is not friendly to new players but the community is. It has a steep learning curve and UA-cam is probably the best learning resource.
Welcome to the verse! I hope you feel better. Console games were buggy messes when in alpha too. All of them. But you never got a chance to play them. The new player experience is awful. It's a steep learning curve. I can make 400k an hour doing bounty missions. Find or make a friend with experience in the game, and have them walk you through it. They even have a guide system on their website where players volunteer their time to show you the game for free. It's a great community. Ask in chat if somebody would be willing to let you tour a big ship. I also recommend upgrading to something like an Avenger. You want a Jack of all trades ship that can handle itself in combat. Good luck Citizen! Subscribed for more adventures!
I have never seen your channel before lemon beans as you popped up in my feed and I am loving this SC chat, I have shared it with so many of my friends and have now subbed, though I never play DayZ etc... Thank you for this well written well conveyed summation of SC as it is today.
Welcome to the verse! Early access is a rough road. The co-op emergent game play is what I have the most fun with. An occasional mission to spur my exploration of environments suits my needs. I play just enough to stay current on each new patch, but not enough to get bored or burned out. Backer since 2013 and still loving it. Definitely worth the price of admission.
Glad you hung in there. It can be frustrating... and it can be wonderful. Like anything worth having ---. I've not had another experience like it and I look forward to the future of SC.
Been an avid backer since 2014 and what you've shown is the perfect representation of the new player experience. I wish I could say there was a time where the game was polished and welcoming for new players but I don't think I could've got through some of the rougher updates if not for years of Bethesda games, Arma and DayZ preceding my experience with Star Citizen and getting me used to buggy games. The best sessions in this game are absolutely the ones where you meet the NetVip3rs of the community - who thankfully represent a decent majority. I love logging in for a quiet hour or two of random missions and scratching the itch the Skyrim or Arma III once did, but it's when you take advantage of the multiplayer aspects of this game that it becomes something completely new. There was one update years ago where they focused heavily on polish and the new player experience and it was close to perfect. I envy the players that came in during that. However, most of the good that was done was undone by the next patch. Only since becoming a software developer have I come to empathise with the devs - what they're doing is way beyond any of the projects I've worked on and yet that stuff gets broken all the time. It's incredible what they've accomplished so far, and although I wish I hadn't finished high school and almost two degrees in the time it's taken, I know it wouldn't be nearly as visionary or memorable if they'd gone the easy route and built the much simpler game described in 2012.
Thanks for this great vid! It's well edited and I liked the format a lot. I thought I was watching someone with way more subs, so just shows how underrated your channel is here. When it all works, Star Citizen is an absolutely incredible game. Every time I play it I'm beaten down and frustrated by bugs glitches and whatnot, but then those moments like you had at the end just bring me back. I'd love to see some more vids from you on Star Citizen! Ask around for ship tours and whatnot I guarantee someone will oblige.
Welcome to the verse. Really felt your pain as I was a lone wolf at first like you. Just checked in between patches when I joined in 2016. Port OIisar station and first iteration of the baby verse was out for a few months back then. Ultra basic, but the initial mechanics were amazing, especially back then. Each quarterly patch looked more and more promising until found my tipping point in April 2021. Then I went full in. A month later, I made friends within Star Citizen, whom I still play with multiple times a week to this day. Even made me buy a headset and dusting off a never used Discord account. Star Citizen is amazing when experienced together. Even once you finally got the hang of it. Hope to see more Star Citizen content. Love your style in presentation and editing!
We have had reached a stage since 2010s where any significant evolution of videogaming is going to take significant invest in time and resources. Now we're only slowly recognizing it.
Just got yourself a new sub, well put together Been backing since 2016 and playing almost daily since late 2020 For those of us who have stuck around/drudged through the starting experience, its easy to forget how deeply complex/difficult this game was/is to get into. You found yourself a good buddy in the verse, and im gonna echo his sentiment to not give up! Find yourself an Org, something Like NOVA intergalactic where you can talk to/play with players who enjoy all aspects of the game and can act more or less as a guide while also letting you make more new friends The community for this game is honestly its saving grace, we all just want the game to succeed, and we all know how hard it can be getting started, dont be afraid to keep asking for help in chat, 90% of the time the community will bend over backwards to help you love the game as much as we do This past year has been huge for the game and this upcoming year is looking to be even better, hope to see you stick around and continue to make content! o7
Perfect title... I was born in version 3.8.2 :D I watched the game for 2yrs or so, finally saw that it was 'done enough' to warrant payment, and I have not looked back. It is soo immersive and amazing, even if there is so much not yet done, missing or otherwise. As it even stands now you can spend your life screwing around and still not be done... so is it done, NO... is it still a game and still amazing... YEP you bet. See ya in the verse!
Watching you shooting ships without targeting physically hurt my eye lol. Im happy you got someone to show you around. The 1st time experience is quite jarring to honest.
Cool vid...true review and great that you got to meet Viper (NetVip3r) a great rep for the community. I've been hooked on this beautiful (somewhat broken) game since 2014... it is getting better, no doubt about it. Every quarter we receive the latest Dev goodies..sure its broken again for a week or so then its great...ready for the next DLC. The features planned are what I'm looking forward to...New Starmap...multiple star systems... massive base ships ($$$$) Hoping the company and the game survives. Oh yeah there's Squadron 42 the single player side to the whole StarCitizen genre...its out in a year...or so 😆 Lot of celebrities hired for the mocap work. Andy Sirkis, Gillian Anderson, Mark Hamill, Mark Strong, Henry Cavill, Liam Cunningham, John Rhys Davis, Gary Oldmen...
So glad it worked out!! Star Citizen has been a wacky ride of the gate but it seems like it’s finally getting refined and the experience is getting more dialed in as they continue to remove bugs and add more of the core functions. You came back at a good time! I look forward to more Star Citizen content.
Welcome to the verse! If you ever want some help with the game. I'd be happy to help. Hit me up! It's personally fun to show new players around in the game. Because it's like I get to see it for the first time again through their eyes
Welcome citizen! It's a great community, and there is just something about this game that I'm not even sure I can put my finger on, or put words to. It stands unique among all the games out there. I was hooked from my first moments in-game about three years ago. Enjoyed the video! Cya in the 'verse!
Truth! Star Citizen can be a blazing dumpster fire at times and places, but it gets a little more awesome patch by patch - and whether or not you think it can be the best damn space game ever, it sure does have the best ever community in gaming! Great video, thanks so much for making this!
Welcome back to SC o7. SC can be brutal for new players [i actually like this]. The game will not hold your hand and you will have to learn some things the hard way. Props to the guy who helped you out. Almost every bug has some sort of workaround, just ask in chat. SC for the most part is full of "adults" willing to always help new players out.
Welcome to Star Citizen! Yeah there is a learning curve and the game is still being built. However as you saw along with frustrations based on the fact that this is an Alpha (aka game systems being built or in first pass implementation) there are some amazing technologies at work in this game and some experiences I have not seen yet in other games. I have much hope that this project will complete one day. I am still having fun how and I like that I can share my opinions with the development teams as this game is being built. Good stuff! I'm glad our community was able to help you find your way through your early steps in the game. :)
I backed this game sometime in 2012-2013 with high hopes of it being real within a few years as they had originally promised, and like a few others I've realized that it will sadly never release. I still download the "game" once every two years or so, and frankly it has not improved since the first release of "Persistence Universe" back in 2015. Any and all criticism this game receives from new and existing players are 100% valid and deserved. Hell, even if you have never played this game and you talk shit about this game I feel like it's 100% valid and deserved. Every time I log on to this game, I get hit by a bug not even 1 minute into playing, and even worse is how the bugs I encounter are the same fucking bugs from 10 years ago. Calling Star Citizen in its current state a "tech demo" is very generous, as I'm sure tech demos run better and has less bugs than SC. If this game ever releases, it will meet the same fate as Duke Nukem Forever. I don't think Star Citizen will ever release seeing how they have only gotten this far in 10-11 years, however I do think Squadron 42 will release sometime in the next 5 - 8 years, which is the singleplayer and campaign driven Star Citizen. I'm sure Chris Roberts also knows that SC is nothing but a buggy sandbox and waiting room for his true magnum opus which is Squadron 42. I would advise anyone that is on the fence about buying into Star Citizen to simply forget about it, wait for a definitive release date for Squadron 42 and then wait for reviews of that game. There are better things to invest your money into than a buggy play test.
Hey man, you just earned a sub. Even if you never play SC again, I like your style. I am an Old School SC Backer. Been here since the very beginning. It can be frustrating, but manage your expectations as it is still an alpha. For me, it is a labor of love mixed in with some really great fun. Welcome to the verse and if you are ever in game, look a brother up. FeralCarr
The biggest issue Star Citizen have today is the begginer experience. MOST problems you faced was due to poor knowlege of the ins and outs of the game.... Star Citizen really don't hold your hand through that learning curve. Even though I appreciate not being treated as a child, the game should have a starting mission for every game loop showing you how it works, otherwise, you gotta count on the experience other players already had and are willing to share in chat or forums. To counterpoint this, It is a nice feeling when you finally figure out how something works and the awe feeling you have when you travel around the verse.
It's definitely true that there is minimal beginner experience. (I know there are some "hints" that appear at the bottom, but I've been around so long that I don't even register what it's saying so I can't speak to what it does.) I wish that the website had a more prominent link towards their guide page, where volunteer players will actually join up with a newbie to help them out. I remember many, many years ago there was a tutorial set at Levski. It's been so long that I don't remember the details, but I think the tutorial became outdated and they just got rid of it.
SaltEMike shared you on his live stream....incoming SC players that love you now! Great video, so on point and we were dying watching it. 10/10, would fly with you anytime. Wait until you get the HOSAS bug....hope you have TrackIR or Tobii already :) Also I'm a fellow DayZ migration to SC as it hits the same points for me.
I started playing this year and I love it! Box missions are the best way to make money starting out. Mining is the best way to make big bucks to buy ships. There is no other game like this one. It's very much like Ready Player One.
Good and honest video, welcome to the Verse. Only the hardy and persevering survive, but you are facing down Covid - you'll be fine. Wish you the best in recovering, and hope to see you in the black of space.
If you are a new player to the game, don't get dedicated fighter ships. If you want mining, go for the Prospector, cargo hauling has the Nomad, and bounty hunting is the Cutlass Black. Those are the best ships I know for each type of play after being a player for several years.
Dude, welcome. The game has a lot of quirks, workarounds and optimizations, and there’s so much to experience. If I ever meet you in game I’d gladly show you a thing or two. Enjoy!
Just started this game last week. Love it very much. Some of VERY frustrating bugs. BUT, when know how they happen and how to work around it, its a great game.
Baptism by fire. We all go through it when starting, and are better for it.. or at least the community is. I think the verse has the low toxicity level because the people who have the the patience to get through the early days, are probably just have a less toxic base level. Couple that with an already friendly culture, and people tend to move in that direction.
Welcome to the 'Verse. That mission was way above your ship level. You need a larger group with better ships to do this mission, and welcome to Alpha, and now you understand.
Glad to see you found someone to show you the ropes of the verse. It's not really noob friendly and there really isn't a tutorial other then asking people how things are done. Hope to see you in game! My tag is WonderousPizza, I generally do trading but sometimes bounties
Awesome vid dude. I do think Star Citizen fails or succeeds depending on whether it's played with other people or not. Playing it solo I just get bored out my mind. Playing it with other people it's the best game I've ever played and still to this day keeps providing me with moments I've never experienced in another game before (which is kind of crazy now I think about it being as I'm comparing this buggy ass alpha with finished products). Best advice I can give is when bugs or issues are becoming too much, don't try and play through the frustration, just put it down and go do something else and you'll keep wanting to go back to it.
Space Jail has to more ways to leave. One is escaping. Yes there is a platform puzzle-ish escape route in prison, but ultimately, it requires someone from outside to come and pick you up as you'll be stranded on the planet otherwise. Not to mention bounty hunters that might be coming for you in the meantime. The second is hand mining. You can hand mine rocks in those caves in exchange for reduced sentence times. The deeper you go into the caves for mining, the more valuable those materials are, and therefore, the more time is reduced from your sentence. And I guess you could say the third way is just log off and wait it out, but I think a lot of people won't consider that as a "proper in-game" way to exit prison.
Great video. I'm glad your experience with Star Citizen was saved, I know it's hard for most new players. I really hope you make more SC content or at least are able to keep having fun while playing it. o7 fellow Citizen.
Superb video. I hope you stick with the game and continue your content creation as well. SC is indeed an ambitious project, and the no compromises approach it takes to dropping you into the world has some very clear disadvantages that turns off many new players. That stated, the utter lack of help gives the in-game universe a very visceral and real feeling that I think makes it one of the more unique and rewarding experiences in gaming. The world feels a bit more dangerous and a bit more expansive for it. The downside, of course, is that with so many bugs it's hard to tell if your failures are due to a bug or player error. Of course the hope is that this will eventually get ironed out, but the bugginess is all too often a direct result of the constant focus on introduction of new features which is necessary to keep player interest. It's all a big balancing act.
This is my first time watching you, and I don't have a pc to play star citizen on, but it was cool seeing you play this game for the first time. Btw, I also got covid rn, it'll get better in a bit. Hope you get better soon
so the claim jumper mission is going to be a bit harsh on two new players in a mustang and an aurora anyway. (even without the bugs) it's probably better to start with the illegal monitors mission and then start working your way up through the bounty missions and the ECN alerts. and yeah having collisions can knock weapons off of your ship, although with this patch they're supposed to come back after you claim your vessel. and that's totally awesome how a random player was down to help you out! i've gotta say the star citizen community can be pretty cool sometimes. also i highly recommend finding an org that you like. it helps immensely to have some veteran players around at hand to show you the ropes and how to avoid the pitfalls. (shameless plug incoming) if you ever feel like giving the large multicrew stuff a try check out the org i'm with called Nova. we're a white hat org that got a pretty good activity level. also we run beginner's guide ops about twice a week.
Man did this vid speak to my SC experience since freaking 2014 (when I first purchased it)! All these years I'd try to play it and last 1/2 hour at best, uninstall it, try again in 1/2 year. Finally seen all the 3.17 hype vids popping on UA-cam and big names like JackFrags and LevelCap (don't follow either but know of them) playing and decided to try again given the talk about performance improvement (the main sore thumb of my exp up until now)! Talk about a turn around, having mostly smooth gameplay, actually accomplishing things, enjoying myself, and loving the visuals/immersions! I've actually managed to keep SC on my PC for more than a 1/2 hour and don't plan on uninstalling it! Perhaps you'll have more SC uploads in the future for me to watch, this one was good! Also came from all the survival games (burnt out on them all) so I know that feeling.
I'd like to add that in space-jail you can work off your sentance by mining rocks using your multitool... OR.. you find the escape route wich is practically a underground jumping puzzle and a maze that eventually leads to the surface. But be warned.. the prison is (of course) located on a hostile world and temperatures are high so you will need to leave before you cook. And you also have a limited oxygen supply.. because of course you do. Apparently along the way you find a code somewhere (ive never gotten that far in space jail myself, sorry) but with that code you can open a garage and ride away in a buggy to get out of the space-jail's restricted zone. Again, it's what I heard, if thats incorrect.. dont shoot me. Anyways, as you now make your escape you will need a buddy that can pick you up in his/her ship. Of course you still have a crime stat and this area is restricted... so your buddy has to either risk getting a crimestat and/or shot down or you rendevous with them outside of the restricted area. You can then either choose to live with said crimestat, wich means being a target for bountyhunters and also not being able to land everywhere... or you can find yourself a security post like Kareah station (in orbit around the moon Cellin) and "hack" the security mainframe to clear your criminal history. You will need a cryptokey for this but those are available at GrimHex, wich is where people with a crimestat usually hang out. Just make sure your ship doesnt get blown up by Kareah's turrets. they only target ships though, so getting out in time and EVAing over does the trick. All in all I think the whole crimestat/spacejail is a pretty neat idea, it just needs refining.
I am a huge SC hopeful, but I am not going back in until server meshing starts hitting. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done, but there are many things about this game that are still top-notch.
So I went through the same thing before getting into SC, thought it was probably a perma-fundraising and nothing else. When I got in however, I had the opposite experience of yours. Because I love figuring out challenging stuff, I felt the helpful community was "too social" for me, I like to keep to myself most of the time. =p I enjoyed figuring out ways to make missions work solo and I try not to group much, but I have to admit the community is great.
I've been following the game since around 2014 and have wanted to get into it for the last year or two as it has started to look significantly better in at least some aspects, and I think this video was my tipping point to sell ye old Xbox and finally get a PC built
This game is so unforgiving to newbies and that's a BAD thing. But if you have the patience, luck and a little bit of help from the community, you start to learn how to enjoy the game. I love it, but I completely understand why people discover a deep hate for it, lol. It's hard work, but the potential is there and it's the potential that keeps many of us coming back. There is so many things wrong with it, but once you catch the bug, it digs in deep. I hope you continue to find enjoyment in it, good show o7
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It depends on your CPU and GPU combo.
Because they still have legacy code running alongside the new code the load on the main thread in the CPU has actually gone up.
But the load on all other CPU threads have gone down.
So since you just have a 6 core cou your disadvantage has gone down.
Currently the best CPU for SC is R7 5800X3D, because its huge cache makes up for the cases where the game code exceeds regular CPUs cache size.
8 cores and 16 threads is also ideal for the game (it's sometimes single thread limited, but it'll use all 16 threads, and can become too much for 6 core processors sometimes in CPU intensive areas.
Other than that, make sure that you got the game installed on a SSD.
And that your page settings and in game settings is ideal for your system.
It's a balancing act.
Sometimes you'll get better performance by increasing some settings as it'll make your systems work load more balanced.
Your Internet connection is super important too.
o7 Citizen
Now I understand why folks kept saying I needed to work on my communication skills growing up. Man that's a heavy accent, I was having a hard time understanding myself, fml.
I will join the chorus and say, yes.. this 'game' can be pretty rough on a new player, specially if those individuals come into the 'verse with certain expectations and/or habits developed by playing other online games. There is NO obvious 'hand holding' of any type. You're thrown into shark infested waters and are expected to make the choice to either sink (rage quit/refund) or swim (do whatever it takes to persevere). Personally, I kinda like this as it forces new players out of their shells and encourages communication and interaction with the community, even if it's only through in-game chat asking the standard new player questions.
CIG has developed a pretty incredible sandbox for us to have fun in with while 'testing' out the ever evolving universe and when the stars align the experience is unparalleled. With nearly every patch you get more fixes/ships/game content (and new bugs) to explore, engage with, figure out, etc. Star Citizen today is not the same Star Citizen of last year and will not be the same Star Citizen a year from now. You also don't have to take part in any of the existing game loops and many develop their own loops (Piracy being the more obvious). And there's still a whole lot more yet to come. I've been playing off and on since 2013 and I'm still here learning and enjoying the game. I've definitely gotten my money's worth of fun with this product.
I really enjoyed this more unique format for a SC video and appreciate the honest account of your experience being a new player in the game today. It's easy for many of us to dismiss/ignore the many bugs that popup here and there, specially since we generally know the workarounds and how to avoid them, and this video serves as a reminder of the new player experience. It makes me really happy to know that the time we spent in-game was a more positive experience and left a better impression overall, hell I had a ton of fun that night.
I'm sorry to hear that you're dealing with Covid now. As a Covid veteran now having caught it a total of 3 times (2 and 3 being post vax), I can sympathize with you and the spectrum of unique 'discomforts' that come with the virus. Hope you get better soon.
Had to laugh at the "shark infested waters"...its true 😆
I think a lot people who try and quickly dump StarCitizen just needed to meet someone like yourself.
A person who can show the finer side to the game. Those diamonds in the rough experiences that new players might never get to see because they spent too much time just trying to survive an unsympathetic solar system...
Dotted with black holes (bugs) which for newbies with limited constitution will as ya say..rage quit or quit through fatigue.
If they stay and learn the space ropes, its a very rewarding game...as limited as it is currently.
That will change...I have great hopes for StarCitizen...heck I should, shoveled enough cash into the project 😏
You remind me of a guy who showed me how to really play Elite Dangerous back in like 2015 when I first got a PC. People like you keep games like these alive and thriving. o7 and safe skies!
All I can say is thank you.
The player base is pretty awesome actually had a problem recently where I couldn’t claim my ship and several players came to my aid, taking me to different stations to attempt to claim. Unfortunately I ultimately had to character reset but the community is fantastic and super helpful shout out to slammick that gave me the most luxurious Uber to the next station in a 600i
Bro, you were the MVP here. So glad they fixed the VOIP back in 3.13. Kudos mate, all the good will coming your way :)
This longer form narrative/review/gameplay format is awesome, I'd love to see more like it in the future
Lots of valid criticism here, the starter experience if you are coming in "blind" is a bit of a nightmare.
For most people i tend to say that they should only check the game out during freefly events (which are pretty often these days) although typically this can be a bad time to play because the servers get pounded.
Some of the issues you ran into have workarounds which at this time you'd only know about if you'd been playing a while.
Performance-wise things are improving in this current patch and one thing i noticed was you had Planetery clouds turned up to high.
Unless you have a beast of a rig i recommend turning that down or off as the cloud tech is pretty new and they are still working to reduce the performance hits it dishes out.
Also if you aren't playing off an ssd then you are going to have a rough experience.
However if you are stuck in game with issues just ask in the chat or hit up the forums/reddit and someone will be able to help you out, the community is mostly good about that sort of thing and some will just flat out donate you credits to ease your pain while you are getting up to speed.
Save the date viewers, in 2 weeks starting the 21st free to fly event. You can play for free during this invictus.
Experience the verse
I've been a Star Citizen backer for almost a year now and I really enjoy it. It isn't for everyone (especially in it's current state) but I truly think it is one of the best games out there, there isn't really anything like it. I enjoyed how your video showed both sides of the game, it can be very frustrating with bugs sometimes but the more you play, you learn how to avoid them and they become rarer (though definitely still happen!) and really enjoyed the end when another backer showed you the ropes.
The Star Citizen community is one of the best out there, the vast majority of people are always helpful and will go out of their way to help a new player, or even just play with another stranger, some of my best experiences in this game have been with total strangers just crewing a large ship of 4-6 people. Welcome to the Verse! o7
I have been play testing SC builds for 4 years now , I use that language intentionally . I love your honesty describing your experience. This project can be very frustrating to learn and to deal with , very important that potential backers understand that and do not expect a game they just turn on and play .
We are testers who believe in the project and want to help it , our role is to test it and report and confirm issues on the issue council.
Yes many hours of fun . But also many hours of frustration.
We come to SC because we hope it can become the game to drag the industry forward . Not because it is a game we just turn on and play without any issues or frustrating nights .
You see glimpses of glory and glimpses of hell .
This is a journey we take together as a community towards the goal of having the impossible game , made possible.
Glad to see more content creators seeing it for what it really is .
Glad to finally see the comment sections changing tone after so long of be berated as a community.
Welcome new citizens to the verse ! we have a lot to look forward to over the next 6 to 12 months , exciting times to engage with the project, but still expect the game to haze you when you are new and expect to get kicked in the balls a few times along the way.
I’m glad you stuck it through all your frustrations, the games players (citizens) has been the saving grace of the game. Alway willing to help new player navigate all the bugs.
Happy to see you in the 'Verse. This game is far from complete, and the number of times things are lost to bugs is infuriating. However, it's improving little by little. One day, we'll have something amazing.
I think it's amazing now. No other space game, or even game has features like this. But it depends on the player. Alphas aren't for everyone. It requires an adventurous spirit and some patience. What kills it for these two, is they know nothing about the game. Don't know how to fly well, are terrible at combat, don't know PvP, don't know how to mine, can't do cargo running, and there's no tutorials. He tried doing box missions, in a fighter. Meanwhile, I make 400k an hour like it's nothing.
Will the Earth still exist when that happens? Or Solar system? Or, who knows: will the Universe still exist before imminent collapse, waiting for SC to be finished?
So many questions, so few answers 😂
@@vcc_pdr I mean we have already real laser weapons before sc released,so that bet got lost
As an old backer i can 100% relate to your frustration and why sadly too many leave before they had the chance to truly experience SC. Honestly 9 of 10 bugs have a workaround. And it's when one has mastered all these different methods on how to avoid most bugs that SC is playable.. After that you realize the magnitude and its possibilities and all different ways of doing the same task/job at hand.
We are a gang of few that have spent years on working both reporting bugs and passionately building the community. Not just making newbies wealthy but sharing light on all mechanics. The community has grown wildly fast, sadly more often than not towards the negative. A lot of toxicity and hate in general. We work hard on keeping the peace with tolerance. When possible.
Consider maybe joining us one session two, we will deffo change your point of view even more man and give leave you with a good taste. Viper described it well when he talked about strangers opening their wallets: we are here to assist. This is the way. And hang the griefers of course after dominating them in battle.
Knowledge is key and where that is even more true it's in SC! Come and share some free drinks and adventures. Nice to see you in person lemon beans! Feel free to add /Nanoki
*If it's one thing that anyone should take away from this video, it's that if you are a brand spanking new player, make sure you find someone that knows their s**t about this game.* I've been following this project since 2015 and I have been a solid player since 2018. But when I first started I needed someone like Viper to show me around too. Nowadays, I'm mostly like Viper, and I go around and help new players out wherever I see fit or can. Either monetarily or just to guide them around for a while. It's quite fun seeing them experience the game. Even if there are some pickups I teach them how to get around them. And also to remember that this game is still actively being built upon. In fact I've gone so far as to become an Official Guide for the game through the developer's Guide program.
There were a number of things in this video that I saw that were of course wrong or done incorrectly. But being a new player and experiencing it for the first time, it's easily excusable. But all the same, it was painful to watch sometimes. Definitely on the first go-around is where a game guide or even someone that knows about the games and willing to show you the ins and outs of it for awhile would have been super helpful.
Star Citizen does have a "request a guide" function right on the game launcher itself, but I believe that whole UI and the process to get a Game Guide needs to be improved upon. Some new players don't even know that function exists.
All the same, at the end of the day, Star Citizen is a fun game to play. Especially if you stick with it and can find someone to play with that knows how to play and show you the ropes. Once you know how to play it correctly, SC is extremely fun! Especially with friends. It's also a great place to meet new people and new friends as well. Especially in Star Citizen Discord communities.
great video about the state of the game, you almost made me buy it. looking forward to the next one! also get well soon
It's still very undercooked I wouldn't recommend it unless you have multiple days of patience.
Side note, the game has a few '' free fly '' events during a year, very good way to try it out without buying it
@@MartinB034 and the end of may i think there is one actually
@@DeepStone-6 True. Early access is not for everyone. Those with a low tolerance for frustration should wait for release.
this literally happened with me and a friend 2 days ago, we were trying to mine, couldn't figure it out, were about to give up, and then someone in the game chat offered to help and showed us for 2 hours how to mine, refine, and sell! It made my day and seeing this video and seeing the guy help you as well made me smile so big 😁
It sounds cheesy, but of all the neat things that Star Citizen has done, I think bringing together a space sim-enthusiastic community where so many players help each other is one of its best features. And people just naturally pay it forward.
@@LMMSDeadDuck Yes! This!
Chat isn't as helpful as it was 3-4 years ago but we are still out there. Me and one other random were showing this newbie how to play for a solid 6 hours and loved it.
This is a major plus - the community is one of the game’s best assets.
Welcome to the verse! o7 Glad you found someone helpful to guide you through. SC is definitely a challenge when trying to play blind as there is a veritable iceberg of mechanics, bugs, and gameplay you have to wrap your head around first before things start picking up. Once you get your space legs though, the experience is unlike anything you will have ever seen in any other game to date.
Good stuff. Sometimes the players make the game worthwhile! I like the video format too, you've got a good voice for narration!
Agreed the community is 50% of the positive in this game. We have our fun and to our best to help those in the same infuriating shoes we walked in before
Honestly, one of the best videos I have seen for a new player. So many people get on and get frustrated because there are bugs. There are issues. BUT there is SO much potential. The biggest mistake almost everyone makes is trying to just play the game solo without knowing how. This game is meant to be played with people. The community of Star Citizen is hands down the best online gaming community I have ever seen. I am glad you found that out before you gave up.
I love all kinds of games. I have fun in all kinds of games, but I have never had the kind of fun in a game that I have had in Star Citizen.
Before you give up on mining though, give it a try. I hated the idea of it until I tried it. If you can do it successfully, it is a great experience.
Came over from SaltEMikes reaction vid. Glad you didn't quit, Welcome to the verse!!
You found star Citizen's best and most powerful feature. The dedicated fan. This feature is not in any of the sales brochures. Citizen player base is comprised of amazing people.
Maybe I was a bit quick to write this game off. The basic mechanics are great and the scope of the game is huge! But my god, some of the bugs make my blood boil.
A lot of people don't realize that for Star Citizen you are not making a game purchase. You are literally contributing to the company that is actively developing this game. Without this influx of cash, the game would have failed years ago. Seriously, the game is being developed as we play test it. There are bugs, and because we are acting as testers, we report them to the developers so they can be fixed. It can be frustrating and if you aren't prepared to live with them this game just isn't for you. It isn't hard. You learn how to work around them and if something happens, you just start again. The game isn't finished so none of your progression matters yet anyway.
Community help is available. Ask in chat if someone is in an Org, and is recruiting. You'll find tons of help there. And next time you 30k (server crash), just close you eyes, breathe, and say "Just another day in Star Citizen".
When you take it in as an alpha, things calm down a bit
I developed a tolerance for it over time.
@@BalokLives i think they also dont realize that there is no other game like this, with the visuales the complex mechanics the things RSI wants to add, when u see the ships and only the ships u get why its taking so long to make this game the ammount of detaling and mechanics that goes only into the ships is amazing, then u see the planets how big they are and everthing is explorable (even tho besides exploring it doesnt have that many poi at the moment), then u see the space stations and so on and on
Great video, thanks for sharing. SC is a fun game to mess around with; if you enjoy combat, you are in luck. Later this month there will be an event called Invictus Fleet Week. In terms of lore, it's a celebration of the UEE Navy and all the game's combat ships become available to see and fly on certain days. CIG also brings out the massive capital ships too and there are in-game events where everyone on the server can work together to fight off Xenothreat incursions (this results in regular big space battles). You really need to crew on a fully-manned hammerhead to experience that kind of battle, it's awesome. It's also a free-fly for the duration of the event so you can invite your friends to try it if you like; they only need to make an account. Anyway, cheers and feel better soon !
The unspoken, most vital part of finding happiness and success in Star Citizen: Community. Join an organization. It'll have veterans with big ships that are super cool, and it'll also have newer players (like the person reading this now). Depending on the org, they might organize a bunch of events so there might be a Mining 101 night, or a high-stakes-trading night where they need cargo and security personnel. There could be a bounty hunting mission night where everyone hops in a Hammerhead and goes to town. There might be a racing night. They might organize a 25v25 combat extravaganza. The possibilities of a sandbox are limitless when you have people and creativity.
Star Citizen itself is not friendly to new players but the community is. It has a steep learning curve and UA-cam is probably the best learning resource.
It's true there is a ton of exceedingly accommodating people in Star Citizen-a significant portion of which is due to the sunk-cost fallacy.
Welcome to the verse! I hope you feel better. Console games were buggy messes when in alpha too. All of them. But you never got a chance to play them.
The new player experience is awful. It's a steep learning curve. I can make 400k an hour doing bounty missions. Find or make a friend with experience in the game, and have them walk you through it. They even have a guide system on their website where players volunteer their time to show you the game for free. It's a great community. Ask in chat if somebody would be willing to let you tour a big ship. I also recommend upgrading to something like an Avenger. You want a Jack of all trades ship that can handle itself in combat. Good luck Citizen! Subscribed for more adventures!
lol the whole time i was laughing my ass off because we have all been there as star citizens
I have never seen your channel before lemon beans as you popped up in my feed and I am loving this SC chat, I have shared it with so many of my friends and have now subbed, though I never play DayZ etc... Thank you for this well written well conveyed summation of SC as it is today.
Welcome to the verse! Early access is a rough road. The co-op emergent game play is what I have the most fun with. An occasional mission to spur my exploration of environments suits my needs. I play just enough to stay current on each new patch, but not enough to get bored or burned out. Backer since 2013 and still loving it. Definitely worth the price of admission.
Glad you hung in there. It can be frustrating... and it can be wonderful. Like anything worth having ---. I've not had another experience like it and I look forward to the future of SC.
Most underrated youtuber ever
Been an avid backer since 2014 and what you've shown is the perfect representation of the new player experience. I wish I could say there was a time where the game was polished and welcoming for new players but I don't think I could've got through some of the rougher updates if not for years of Bethesda games, Arma and DayZ preceding my experience with Star Citizen and getting me used to buggy games.
The best sessions in this game are absolutely the ones where you meet the NetVip3rs of the community - who thankfully represent a decent majority. I love logging in for a quiet hour or two of random missions and scratching the itch the Skyrim or Arma III once did, but it's when you take advantage of the multiplayer aspects of this game that it becomes something completely new.
There was one update years ago where they focused heavily on polish and the new player experience and it was close to perfect. I envy the players that came in during that. However, most of the good that was done was undone by the next patch. Only since becoming a software developer have I come to empathise with the devs - what they're doing is way beyond any of the projects I've worked on and yet that stuff gets broken all the time. It's incredible what they've accomplished so far, and although I wish I hadn't finished high school and almost two degrees in the time it's taken, I know it wouldn't be nearly as visionary or memorable if they'd gone the easy route and built the much simpler game described in 2012.
Thanks for this great vid! It's well edited and I liked the format a lot. I thought I was watching someone with way more subs, so just shows how underrated your channel is here.
When it all works, Star Citizen is an absolutely incredible game. Every time I play it I'm beaten down and frustrated by bugs glitches and whatnot, but then those moments like you had at the end just bring me back.
I'd love to see some more vids from you on Star Citizen! Ask around for ship tours and whatnot I guarantee someone will oblige.
This was really entertaining to watch. Wouldn't surpise me at all if your channel really takes off one day, the quality certainly is there!
Welcome to the verse. Really felt your pain as I was a lone wolf at first like you. Just checked in between patches when I joined in 2016. Port OIisar station and first iteration of the baby verse was out for a few months back then. Ultra basic, but the initial mechanics were amazing, especially back then. Each quarterly patch looked more and more promising until found my tipping point in April 2021. Then I went full in. A month later, I made friends within Star Citizen, whom I still play with multiple times a week to this day. Even made me buy a headset and dusting off a never used Discord account. Star Citizen is amazing when experienced together. Even once you finally got the hang of it. Hope to see more Star Citizen content. Love your style in presentation and editing!
We have had reached a stage since 2010s where any significant evolution of videogaming is going to take significant invest in time and resources. Now we're only slowly recognizing it.
Realistically, now that there is touchable game, the hype can only keep getting stronger. So good to see it has such a kind playerbase as well!
Just got yourself a new sub, well put together
Been backing since 2016 and playing almost daily since late 2020
For those of us who have stuck around/drudged through the starting experience, its easy to forget how deeply complex/difficult this game was/is to get into. You found yourself a good buddy in the verse, and im gonna echo his sentiment to not give up!
Find yourself an Org, something Like NOVA intergalactic where you can talk to/play with players who enjoy all aspects of the game and can act more or less as a guide while also letting you make more new friends
The community for this game is honestly its saving grace, we all just want the game to succeed, and we all know how hard it can be getting started, dont be afraid to keep asking for help in chat, 90% of the time the community will bend over backwards to help you love the game as much as we do
This past year has been huge for the game and this upcoming year is looking to be even better, hope to see you stick around and continue to make content!
o7
Perfect title... I was born in version 3.8.2 :D I watched the game for 2yrs or so, finally saw that it was 'done enough' to warrant payment, and I have not looked back. It is soo immersive and amazing, even if there is so much not yet done, missing or otherwise. As it even stands now you can spend your life screwing around and still not be done... so is it done, NO... is it still a game and still amazing... YEP you bet. See ya in the verse!
Watching you shooting ships without targeting physically hurt my eye lol. Im happy you got someone to show you around. The 1st time experience is quite jarring to honest.
he actually did very good w/o locked target and pip
Great story! Shows it's not that easy to join but when settled there are some great gamer moment waiting in the verse with others😊
found your channel through the Stalker video and wtf your stuff is so good, I also love how you have a very consistent and distinct, earnest style
Cool vid...true review and great that you got to meet Viper (NetVip3r) a great rep for the community.
I've been hooked on this beautiful (somewhat broken) game since 2014... it is getting better, no doubt about it.
Every quarter we receive the latest Dev goodies..sure its broken again for a week or so then its great...ready for the next DLC.
The features planned are what I'm looking forward to...New Starmap...multiple star systems... massive base ships ($$$$)
Hoping the company and the game survives.
Oh yeah there's Squadron 42 the single player side to the whole StarCitizen genre...its out in a year...or so 😆
Lot of celebrities hired for the mocap work. Andy Sirkis, Gillian Anderson, Mark Hamill, Mark Strong, Henry Cavill, Liam Cunningham, John Rhys Davis, Gary Oldmen...
So glad it worked out!! Star Citizen has been a wacky ride of the gate but it seems like it’s finally getting refined and the experience is getting more dialed in as they continue to remove bugs and add more of the core functions. You came back at a good time! I look forward to more Star Citizen content.
Welcome to the verse! If you ever want some help with the game. I'd be happy to help. Hit me up! It's personally fun to show new players around in the game. Because it's like I get to see it for the first time again through their eyes
thanks for sharing, and get better soon!
thanks Mike, I appreciate that
Welcome citizen! It's a great community, and there is just something about this game that I'm not even sure I can put my finger on, or put words to. It stands unique among all the games out there. I was hooked from my first moments in-game about three years ago. Enjoyed the video! Cya in the 'verse!
Truth! Star Citizen can be a blazing dumpster fire at times and places, but it gets a little more awesome patch by patch - and whether or not you think it can be the best damn space game ever, it sure does have the best ever community in gaming! Great video, thanks so much for making this!
A hidden gem is born
Welcome back to SC o7. SC can be brutal for new players [i actually like this]. The game will not hold your hand and you will have to learn some things the hard way. Props to the guy who helped you out. Almost every bug has some sort of workaround, just ask in chat. SC for the most part is full of "adults" willing to always help new players out.
There is also many tutorials for starting players.
Oh man I feel like this too sometimes. We must keep pushing tho.
Love the chair.🧡
Welcome to Star Citizen! Yeah there is a learning curve and the game is still being built. However as you saw along with frustrations based on the fact that this is an Alpha (aka game systems being built or in first pass implementation) there are some amazing technologies at work in this game and some experiences I have not seen yet in other games. I have much hope that this project will complete one day. I am still having fun how and I like that I can share my opinions with the development teams as this game is being built. Good stuff! I'm glad our community was able to help you find your way through your early steps in the game. :)
I backed this game sometime in 2012-2013 with high hopes of it being real within a few years as they had originally promised, and like a few others I've realized that it will sadly never release. I still download the "game" once every two years or so, and frankly it has not improved since the first release of "Persistence Universe" back in 2015.
Any and all criticism this game receives from new and existing players are 100% valid and deserved. Hell, even if you have never played this game and you talk shit about this game I feel like it's 100% valid and deserved. Every time I log on to this game, I get hit by a bug not even 1 minute into playing, and even worse is how the bugs I encounter are the same fucking bugs from 10 years ago. Calling Star Citizen in its current state a "tech demo" is very generous, as I'm sure tech demos run better and has less bugs than SC.
If this game ever releases, it will meet the same fate as Duke Nukem Forever. I don't think Star Citizen will ever release seeing how they have only gotten this far in 10-11 years, however I do think Squadron 42 will release sometime in the next 5 - 8 years, which is the singleplayer and campaign driven Star Citizen. I'm sure Chris Roberts also knows that SC is nothing but a buggy sandbox and waiting room for his true magnum opus which is Squadron 42.
I would advise anyone that is on the fence about buying into Star Citizen to simply forget about it, wait for a definitive release date for Squadron 42 and then wait for reviews of that game. There are better things to invest your money into than a buggy play test.
Hey man, you just earned a sub. Even if you never play SC again, I like your style. I am an Old School SC Backer. Been here since the very beginning. It can be frustrating, but manage your expectations as it is still an alpha.
For me, it is a labor of love mixed in with some really great fun. Welcome to the verse and if you are ever in game, look a brother up. FeralCarr
The biggest issue Star Citizen have today is the begginer experience. MOST problems you faced was due to poor knowlege of the ins and outs of the game.... Star Citizen really don't hold your hand through that learning curve. Even though I appreciate not being treated as a child, the game should have a starting mission for every game loop showing you how it works, otherwise, you gotta count on the experience other players already had and are willing to share in chat or forums. To counterpoint this, It is a nice feeling when you finally figure out how something works and the awe feeling you have when you travel around the verse.
It's definitely true that there is minimal beginner experience. (I know there are some "hints" that appear at the bottom, but I've been around so long that I don't even register what it's saying so I can't speak to what it does.) I wish that the website had a more prominent link towards their guide page, where volunteer players will actually join up with a newbie to help them out. I remember many, many years ago there was a tutorial set at Levski. It's been so long that I don't remember the details, but I think the tutorial became outdated and they just got rid of it.
Its people like this that make it all work LETS GO VIPER!!!!
SaltEMike shared you on his live stream....incoming SC players that love you now! Great video, so on point and we were dying watching it. 10/10, would fly with you anytime.
Wait until you get the HOSAS bug....hope you have TrackIR or Tobii already :) Also I'm a fellow DayZ migration to SC as it hits the same points for me.
I started playing this year and I love it! Box missions are the best way to make money starting out. Mining is the best way to make big bucks to buy ships. There is no other game like this one. It's very much like Ready Player One.
Good and honest video, welcome to the Verse. Only the hardy and persevering survive, but you are facing down Covid - you'll be fine. Wish you the best in recovering, and hope to see you in the black of space.
Your channel is gold !
Love your SC videos, keep em comin'!
If you are a new player to the game, don't get dedicated fighter ships. If you want mining, go for the Prospector, cargo hauling has the Nomad, and bounty hunting is the Cutlass Black. Those are the best ships I know for each type of play after being a player for several years.
I just watched yoou vvideo i came from SlatyMike who was reveiwing yoour content on Sar Citizen! enjoyed it.
Dude, welcome.
The game has a lot of quirks, workarounds and optimizations, and there’s so much to experience. If I ever meet you in game I’d gladly show you a thing or two.
Enjoy!
Please make more of these videos :)
I like your editing style. Also, welcome to Star Citizen!
What is this gem of a channel I just found. Fucking amazing content bro.
Just started this game last week. Love it very much. Some of VERY frustrating bugs. BUT, when know how they happen and how to work around it, its a great game.
Baptism by fire. We all go through it when starting, and are better for it.. or at least the community is. I think the verse has the low toxicity level because the people who have the the patience to get through the early days, are probably just have a less toxic base level. Couple that with an already friendly culture, and people tend to move in that direction.
Welcome to the 'Verse. That mission was way above your ship level. You need a larger group with better ships to do this mission, and welcome to Alpha, and now you understand.
Well-presented. It was entertaining, I enjoyed the format, and it looked like a really honest assessment of a game I didn't even know existed.
Excellent video. More commentary vids please. You have the perfect voice for it.
Glad to see you found someone to show you the ropes of the verse. It's not really noob friendly and there really isn't a tutorial other then asking people how things are done. Hope to see you in game! My tag is WonderousPizza, I generally do trading but sometimes bounties
Awesome vid dude. I do think Star Citizen fails or succeeds depending on whether it's played with other people or not. Playing it solo I just get bored out my mind. Playing it with other people it's the best game I've ever played and still to this day keeps providing me with moments I've never experienced in another game before (which is kind of crazy now I think about it being as I'm comparing this buggy ass alpha with finished products). Best advice I can give is when bugs or issues are becoming too much, don't try and play through the frustration, just put it down and go do something else and you'll keep wanting to go back to it.
Space Jail has to more ways to leave.
One is escaping. Yes there is a platform puzzle-ish escape route in prison, but ultimately, it requires someone from outside to come and pick you up as you'll be stranded on the planet otherwise. Not to mention bounty hunters that might be coming for you in the meantime.
The second is hand mining. You can hand mine rocks in those caves in exchange for reduced sentence times. The deeper you go into the caves for mining, the more valuable those materials are, and therefore, the more time is reduced from your sentence.
And I guess you could say the third way is just log off and wait it out, but I think a lot of people won't consider that as a "proper in-game" way to exit prison.
12:03 this guy is genuinely super introspective/observant here, wtf
I mean, at least the first part. I'm not sure about the boondoggle conclusion.
Damn, yeah, Steve is right.
Great video i shall now subscribe
Welcome to the game. :-)
I think that you'll find mining and stuff more interesting in SC then a lot of other games.
It takes skill and knowledge.
Music choice for this vid was 👌. Miss OG 007 games
Switched to zelda as I wrote that comment and man... I can tell you were blessed with a good childhood lol
Great video. I'm glad your experience with Star Citizen was saved, I know it's hard for most new players. I really hope you make more SC content or at least are able to keep having fun while playing it.
o7 fellow Citizen.
Welcome to the verse citizen o7
Great video :)
Superb video. I hope you stick with the game and continue your content creation as well. SC is indeed an ambitious project, and the no compromises approach it takes to dropping you into the world has some very clear disadvantages that turns off many new players. That stated, the utter lack of help gives the in-game universe a very visceral and real feeling that I think makes it one of the more unique and rewarding experiences in gaming. The world feels a bit more dangerous and a bit more expansive for it. The downside, of course, is that with so many bugs it's hard to tell if your failures are due to a bug or player error. Of course the hope is that this will eventually get ironed out, but the bugginess is all too often a direct result of the constant focus on introduction of new features which is necessary to keep player interest. It's all a big balancing act.
This is my first time watching you, and I don't have a pc to play star citizen on, but it was cool seeing you play this game for the first time. Btw, I also got covid rn, it'll get better in a bit. Hope you get better soon
i'm vaxed and boosted so i'm guessing it could've been way worse, but that first night my skin felt like i had a sunburn. super weird.
Great video! You have a new follower!
"By jackfrags" *proceeds to show a picture of PewDiePie
Welcome to the Verse (again), the learning curve is steep to begin with. Making friends is the way to go.
so the claim jumper mission is going to be a bit harsh on two new players in a mustang and an aurora anyway. (even without the bugs) it's probably better to start with the illegal monitors mission and then start working your way up through the bounty missions and the ECN alerts. and yeah having collisions can knock weapons off of your ship, although with this patch they're supposed to come back after you claim your vessel.
and that's totally awesome how a random player was down to help you out! i've gotta say the star citizen community can be pretty cool sometimes. also i highly recommend finding an org that you like. it helps immensely to have some veteran players around at hand to show you the ropes and how to avoid the pitfalls.
(shameless plug incoming) if you ever feel like giving the large multicrew stuff a try check out the org i'm with called Nova. we're a white hat org that got a pretty good activity level. also we run beginner's guide ops about twice a week.
Great content! Glad you gave the game a second chance!
The first time I ever flew up and saw the city my first thoughts were, "ah so that's why it's lagging so badly on my 1080ti."
Man did this vid speak to my SC experience since freaking 2014 (when I first purchased it)! All these years I'd try to play it and last 1/2 hour at best, uninstall it, try again in 1/2 year. Finally seen all the 3.17 hype vids popping on UA-cam and big names like JackFrags and LevelCap (don't follow either but know of them) playing and decided to try again given the talk about performance improvement (the main sore thumb of my exp up until now)!
Talk about a turn around, having mostly smooth gameplay, actually accomplishing things, enjoying myself, and loving the visuals/immersions! I've actually managed to keep SC on my PC for more than a 1/2 hour and don't plan on uninstalling it! Perhaps you'll have more SC uploads in the future for me to watch, this one was good! Also came from all the survival games (burnt out on them all) so I know that feeling.
I'd like to add that in space-jail you can work off your sentance by mining rocks using your multitool... OR.. you find the escape route wich is practically a underground jumping puzzle and a maze that eventually leads to the surface. But be warned.. the prison is (of course) located on a hostile world and temperatures are high so you will need to leave before you cook. And you also have a limited oxygen supply.. because of course you do.
Apparently along the way you find a code somewhere (ive never gotten that far in space jail myself, sorry) but with that code you can open a garage and ride away in a buggy to get out of the space-jail's restricted zone. Again, it's what I heard, if thats incorrect.. dont shoot me.
Anyways, as you now make your escape you will need a buddy that can pick you up in his/her ship. Of course you still have a crime stat and this area is restricted... so your buddy has to either risk getting a crimestat and/or shot down or you rendevous with them outside of the restricted area.
You can then either choose to live with said crimestat, wich means being a target for bountyhunters and also not being able to land everywhere... or you can find yourself a security post like Kareah station (in orbit around the moon Cellin) and "hack" the security mainframe to clear your criminal history. You will need a cryptokey for this but those are available at GrimHex, wich is where people with a crimestat usually hang out. Just make sure your ship doesnt get blown up by Kareah's turrets. they only target ships though, so getting out in time and EVAing over does the trick.
All in all I think the whole crimestat/spacejail is a pretty neat idea, it just needs refining.
A great honest review of the game
That's a nice chair, Morpheus
The Star Citizen community is amazing.
The N64 comparison made me laugh. Ah, good old Superman.
I am a huge SC hopeful, but I am not going back in until server meshing starts hitting. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done, but there are many things about this game that are still top-notch.
So I went through the same thing before getting into SC, thought it was probably a perma-fundraising and nothing else.
When I got in however, I had the opposite experience of yours.
Because I love figuring out challenging stuff, I felt the helpful community was "too social" for me, I like to keep to myself most of the time. =p
I enjoyed figuring out ways to make missions work solo and I try not to group much, but I have to admit the community is great.
I've been following the game since around 2014 and have wanted to get into it for the last year or two as it has started to look significantly better in at least some aspects, and I think this video was my tipping point to sell ye old Xbox and finally get a PC built
This game is so unforgiving to newbies and that's a BAD thing. But if you have the patience, luck and a little bit of help from the community, you start to learn how to enjoy the game. I love it, but I completely understand why people discover a deep hate for it, lol. It's hard work, but the potential is there and it's the potential that keeps many of us coming back. There is so many things wrong with it, but once you catch the bug, it digs in deep. I hope you continue to find enjoyment in it, good show o7
loving these sit down style videos has a podcast feel, also this video made me want to buy star citizen ha
Great video; Hope you do it again. 👍🏼
love the new haircut Chris, hope life is treating ya right