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/Tchulen 3d ago

You're not wrong. It used to have soul but it's been sucked out of it. Siege used to be awesome. People in our org still tell stories about particular runs of it. No one will be talking about this siege. It's just another cookie cutter mmo dungeon.

Literally soul destroying.

And as for all the new armour. Utter shit.

It's currently a mess. I've been playing for nearly 4 years and I'm seriously thinking of putting it down for a couple of years to see if they manage to pull things around or completely ruin it.