A new video has been released for Star Citizen, announcing that in the “Meet the Team” format, less focus will be placed on the developers’ work in the coming weeks, and more on the developers themselves. Twitch streamer SaltEMike has reached his breaking point.
What an announcement! In a new video from Star Citizen on June 20, Jared Huckaby, the Creative Lead at CIG (via youtube) explained:
- The Alpha 3.23 of Star Citizen has been released, and work is now underway on further patches.
- Therefore, we are now in a phase where we have time for experiments.
- For the next three weeks, we will spend time explaining who the developers actually are, rather than dealing with what they are working on.
Twitch streamer punches his chair in frustration
This was the Twitch streamer’s reaction. The streamer SaltEMike had a meltdown live on Twitch out of sheer frustration during this explanation, stood up, and punched his gaming chair.
At first, he only asked incredulously, “Three weeks?”, then he held his head, had to breathe deeply, stood up, punched his chair, and questioned what had been done in other formats over the years where the team was introduced.
You can watch the clip here:
Critics sneer at hidden delays
This is being discussed: Behind the streamer’s reaction lies frustration about the fact that Star Citizen, after a phase where the game made rapid progress and brought new features, is now going “dark” again and has nothing new to report.
In a critical Reddit post about Star Citizen, it is commented that the technical innovations like server meshing obviously take considerably longer than estimated. Chris Roberts presented everything so casually 11 years ago. Only now are the developers realizing how much time and what technology the features really require.
Other users also see delays in the development process here and interpret the “We will introduce developers for three weeks” statement as a sign of hidden shifts and delays in the planned development timeline.
One user says, “They never announce delays, but they have already missed the deadline.”
Fans of Star Citizen love to closely monitor the development of the game and track every step. But critics view Star Citizen skeptically because the game seems overly ambitious and has earned so much money in development that some doubt the developers’ motivation to finish it: 12 years and 700 million dollars later, Star Citizen still has no release – players continue to hope.
