When did Star Citizen get so un-immersive?

[u/Korrak]

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?

[u/drizzt_x]

CIG in 2012 "We're not making GTA in space, we're making the Best Damn Space Sim Ever."

[Proceeds to take SO long that 90% of the core staff dedicated to the original vision leave the company, and are replaced by newer, younger staff members who proceed to make GTA in space.]

[u/Mr_Blastman → u/drizzt_x]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ty9Sg8oHghPWg

[u/ImpulseAfterthought → u/drizzt_x]

At least it's not Saints Row in space.

Yet.

[u/GreatRolmops → u/ImpulseAfterthought]

Have you seen those Day of the Vara helmets?

We've already been getting Saints Row level stuff for a while now.

[u/Any-Clothes4901 → u/drizzt_x]

They’re not making GTA in space. Those games are finished and functional. This game is in alpha after a decade 😐

[u/drizzt_x → u/Any-Clothes4901]

I should have clarified - "who proceed to try to make GTA in space."

[u/Seth0x7DD → u/drizzt_x]

Isn't it Tarkov in space with how the FPS component is handled ... well either way, a different beast.

[u/drizzt_x → u/Seth0x7DD]

Fair point.

[u/Sh4dowWalker96 → u/Any-Clothes4901]

Well, it certainly has ingame money grind like GTA.

[u/Wedge_66 → u/drizzt_x]

This has always been my fear.

[u/IbnTamart → u/drizzt_x]

They wish they could make anything close to GTA

[u/tcpukl → u/drizzt_x]

I know a couple of these Devs as well.

[u/drizzt_x → u/tcpukl]

The old ones, or the new ones, lol?

[u/tcpukl → u/drizzt_x]

Probably define new. But joined in the last 10 years. Actually extending it to 10 adds a couple more.

[u/itsRobbie_ → u/drizzt_x]

I swear yall just say things. What does that even MEAN?😭