The SF epic Star Citizen is a game of superlatives. An interview with a xenolinguist challenges the skeptics.
In Star Citizen, there is a xenolinguist at your service. He is responsible for ensuring that the alien languages used in the game follow an internal logic. This is done by Birtton Watkins, who also created languages in “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” This is known as “Constructed Languages.”
“And what do they do?” – “I create alien languages”
Even though this information may break hearts: There are neither ancient writings from which one could derive Zwegish, nor signals from space that showed us how Klingon should actually sound. Thus, someone must construct the languages.
In a video, Star Citizen now presented us with Watkins’ work.
No matter the topic – Star Citizen divides opinions
This raises numerous skeptics on gaming sites who amuse themselves over such expenditures at Star Citizen. On Pc Gamer, one asks: What does it mean, “When will Squadron 42 come in this alien language?” Squadron 42 is the single-player campaign of Star Citizen, which is still awaited. Some had expected pictures of Squadron 42 by the end of 2016, but it was postponed at short notice.
On Gamestar, a discussion about vaporware breaks out. Such refers to products that are announced but never appear. For years, fierce and lengthy discussions about Star Citizen have been conducted on the largest German gaming site.
Star Citizen is deemed an incredibly ambitious project that aims to break boundaries. Discussions about it continue in gaming media both domestically and abroad. Critics believe the game is a pipe dream into which backers have invested millions, but will never materialize. However, fans of the game believe it is worth waiting for such a masterpiece. Delays are absolutely normal for a AAA project of this magnitude.
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