Star Citizen single-player spin-off boasts planetary flight, destructible cover-based gunplay and Half-Life-style puzzl…

Squadron 42 is the single player campaign of Star Citizen, that is supposed to launch as a separate game. It’s basically a small portion of Star Citizen, but with a story and ending. I’m still not confident; waited too long for that.

  • tal@lemmy.today
    3·
    1 year ago

    It’s been 11 long years since the unveiling of Squadron 42, Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign

    It’s basically a small portion of Star Citizen

    "As we move into the polishing phase…

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever

    On May 24, 2011, Gearbox announced that Duke Nukem Forever had “gone gold” after 15 years.[16] It holds the Guinness world record for the longest development for a video game, at 14 years and 44 days,[17] though this period was exceeded in 2022 by Beyond Good and Evil 2.[18]

    https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-protracted-game-development/

    I assume that the reason that the Guiness Book of World Records doesn’t accept Beyond Good and Evil 2 is that they probably require an actual release.

    Duke Nukem Forever was released on June 14, 2011, and received mostly unfavorable reviews, with criticism for its graphics, dated humor and story, simplistic mechanics, and unpolished performance and design. It did not meet sales expectations but was deemed profitable by Take-Two Interactive, the owner of 2K Games.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Good_and_Evil_2

    Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been referred to as vaporware by industry figures such as Jason Schreier due to its lengthy development and lack of a release date.[3] In 2022, Beyond Good and Evil 2 broke the record held by Duke Nukem Forever (2011) for the longest development of a AAA video game, at more than 15 years. In 2023, the creative director, Emile Morel, died suddenly at age 40.

    • thingsiplay@kbin.socialOP
      21·
      1 year ago

      But there is a big difference to all those games: Star Citizen (and therefore Squadron 42) is backed and payed by customers already.

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        And in SC’s case, in their hands.

        I’ve been playing it with my wife for years, so it rankles me when people show up with the “will it ever release!?” takes. Go play it and see for yourself; they have free-fly events every quarter, so you don’t even have to buy anything.

        “Will Eve Online ever release? They haven’t shown us any progress on Walk In Stations in years!” /s

    • Aatube@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      The Guinness Reason is actually because Beyond Good & Evil 2 was teased in 2008 as a prequel to a game from 2003, while Star Citizen was known in 2012. Both haven’t released.