At Star Citizen, a tool has now been presented that shows how story missions can be created in no time. This tool is meant to quickly bring the vast universe of Star Citizen to life. However, a YouTuber debunks this thesis.
What is this promise of Star Citizen? Star Citizen has now raised $599,577,903 through crowdfunding, but it has a problem: credibility. Even 12 years after the start of development, there is no release date. But doubt is scattered with a promise:
- The dimensions of the project are so immense that fans wonder how one can fill such a vast universe with life: Where are all the planets, NPCs, and quests that allow the dream of a real sci-fi universe to come true?
- And even if all of this becomes great, why can we still see so little after such a long development time? Shouldn’t much more be finished by now?
- The response from Star Citizen has always been: We are currently developing tools. Once they are finished, development will proceed much faster than before.
Some sci-fi fans have been waiting for Star Citizen for more than 10 years, while Starfield, which is about to be released, is enticing:
Developers showed tool to create missions “quickly”
This was the latest example: In a video from September 11, Star Citizen showed how a designer, with the help of a development tool, could complete a mission in about an hour.
Here again, the message was: Yes, it takes time to create this tool, but once it’s there, everything will go much faster (via youtube). The speed of development will increase exponentially as soon as the necessary tools are developed and put to use.
Under the video, the developers received much praise for this insight into their work: One could see how a custom-made tool was used to create a mission.
For 10 years they say development is getting faster – It never happened
This is the thesis of the YouTuber: The YouTuber Camural, specialized in Star Citizen, has compiled in an elaborate video all the many times developers of Star Citizen have said more or less the same thing: Yes, development takes time, but when the tool is finished, everything will proceed faster.
YouTuber debunks core promise of Star Citizen
The video begins with Chris Roberts himself, on October 16, 2012, explaining that he will build a universe, which he has always wanted, but he lacked the tools to do so – until today.
The video ends with an “Inside Star Citizen” from August 17, 2023, in which a developer says: Now the work “under the hood” is completed, and they can now work faster on features.
YouTuber Camural says at the beginning of the video: He hopes that Star Citizen will become a fantastic game, but this promise that everything will become faster with tools has been used by CIG for 10 years now.
No increase in the pace of development has ever been seen. Neither 10 years ago nor today.
Some players, who are tired of waiting for the release of Star Citizen, have announced they will switch to Starfield:
