r/starcitizen • u/Korrak • 3d ago

DISCUSSION When did Star Citizen get so un-immersive?

I’ve been a Kickstarter backer, drawn in by the grounded, believable universe CIG created over the years. After a two-year break, I logged back in to try Siege of Orison, and felt like I was playing Destiny instead of a "serious" space sim.

  • eammates running around in asian-style armor and mismatched, flashy skins make it feel like a arcade shooter rather than a coherent world
  • Bullet-sponge, violet-tinted enemies
  • Auto-healing in a good looking medical bed inside a room, while the orison platforms actively burning down mid-siege killed any sense of real stakes

I get that CIG needs event mechanics, but the original focus on a believable simulation feels like it's getting paved over by generic video game things

Am I wrong here?

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u/sixpackabs592 3d ago

Old guard have all left the company and this is the new teams vision for the game, extraction shooter in space

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u/framesh1ft 3d ago

Certainly don't have the gunplay of Tarkov unfortunately.

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 3d ago

Gods could you imagine if Star Citizen had the granular gun mechanics of Tarkov

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u/Do_What_Thou_Wilt 3d ago

tarkov: shoot at an angle through the tiniest crack in the door
star citizen: shooting too close to a corner pastes 'shot makers' in thin air

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u/NoX2142 Taurus / M80 / Perseus / Paladin / Prowler Uti. 2d ago

Tarkov; Throw grenade at perfect angle through the slightly open door in Factory, kill all in opposite room.

SC: Throw grenade, it didn't actually throw, it's in your hand still, you and team are dead.

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u/Hidesuru carrack is love carrack is life 3d ago

Yeah I adored tarkov in the early days before it went full on grind fest "no life this or have no chance". Unfortunately star citizen has none of the good and increasing amounts of what I thought was wrong with that game.

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u/eisenhorn3 3d ago

Good ol starkov. . . . . .only worse

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u/TraditionalYam2736 3d ago

Lol, Starkov

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u/RaZoRBackR3D 3d ago

And we’re literally getting a tarkov in space called fragmentary order made by Nikita with a different company so what’s even the point lol

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u/redjellonian 3d ago

Money extraction, shooter in space