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Re: On Star Citizen Alpha 4.0
Mar 18, 2024, 20:04
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Re: On Star Citizen Alpha 4.0 Mar 18, 2024, 20:04
Mar 18, 2024, 20:04
 
RedEye9 wrote on Mar 17, 2024, 09:50:
What is there to investigate? No one has died or lost their life savings.
Lots of backers have actually died. And, at this rate, it's likely that Chris Roberts will die before development is actually completed. There are also plenty of backers who probably have invested their entire life savings into this game, as CIG has packages that run into tens of thousands of dollars.

As for what to investigate? Chris Roberts has misrepresented the progress (or lack thereof) at every stage of development. Even now, after nearly 15 years of development and with $670m in funding, we're no closer to actually getting the game that was promised. Those who backed at the beginning - when it was claimed development would complete around 2015/16 - don't have what was promised and have never been offered a refund. In fact, CIG has fought providing refunds at every step of development.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
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Re: Star Citizen: Alpha 4.0 "Not Our Final Destination!"
Mar 15, 2024, 14:28
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Re: Star Citizen: Alpha 4.0 "Not Our Final Destination!" Mar 15, 2024, 14:28
Mar 15, 2024, 14:28
 
Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 15, 2024, 13:44:
$670,341,739 -- at the moment --- LOL just noticed Blue has it linked in his post.
To put that amount in perspective, the game has been in development since 2010 and next year it will have been in development for 15 years. Yet right now all we have is a single star system that is missing the majority of its features, has no meaningful gameplay content, and is visually dated in comparison to AAA from five years ago.

To release the 100 star systems promised in the next five years, that means it would need to deliver 20 star systems per year - currently it's averaging zero. And we have absolutely no idea how many other star systems are being worked on, because CIG stopped updating the public progress tracker at the end of last year (not that it was ever accurate). And to be clear, CIG isn't even claiming a timeframe as ambitious as five years.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
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Re: TRIBES 3: Rivals Early Access
Mar 14, 2024, 12:57
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Re: TRIBES 3: Rivals Early Access Mar 14, 2024, 12:57
Mar 14, 2024, 12:57
 
Razumen wrote on Mar 13, 2024, 21:39:
Looks like all the other attempts before it, they focus too much just on the spinfusor and the esports aspect, instead of making it a fun, expansive, all around team game like Tribes 2.
Yeah, I feel that Tribes 2 really had a great balance. I loved the multi-crew vehicles and the scale of it all. I haven't been impressed with any of the games since. I want to like this version but it looks too fast paced for the tactics and gameplay that made T2 so compelling.
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Re: FTC Objects to Microsoft Layoffs
Feb 8, 2024, 02:09
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Re: FTC Objects to Microsoft Layoffs Feb 8, 2024, 02:09
Feb 8, 2024, 02:09
 
Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 7, 2024, 23:45:
jdreyer wrote on Feb 7, 2024, 21:46:
They'll fine MS a couple mil. That's just the cost of doing business. Meanwhile those layoffs are likely saving MS $300,000,000 per year.

Then it sounds like the fines need to be upped from millions to billions. Make it hurt so that corrective action actually matters.
Exactly. Microsoft is a multi-trillion dollar company and can't be allowed to be above the law.
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Re: Grand Theft Auto VI PC Will Trail Consoles
Dec 5, 2023, 15:54
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Re: Grand Theft Auto VI PC Will Trail Consoles Dec 5, 2023, 15:54
Dec 5, 2023, 15:54
 
FloodAnxiety wrote on Dec 5, 2023, 13:15:
I still haven't bought GTA V because they did this last time too. Oh right, I just remembered, at some point got GTA V for free.
Yup, I did the same. I refused to pay for it on release and then just forgot about it. I picked it up for free a while back and played a few missions, though I never got into it as a game.
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Re: Star Citizen Free Fly
Sep 2, 2023, 17:34
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Re: Star Citizen Free Fly Sep 2, 2023, 17:34
Sep 2, 2023, 17:34
 
Wilhuf wrote on Sep 2, 2023, 13:16:
FUNDS RAISED: 600,370,528
STAR CITIZENS: 4,762,537
GAME DELIVERED: 0
Correction, that should be:

GAMES DELIVERED: -2

That's because CIG cancelled Sataball and Theaters of War, which were supposed to be big standalone modes. And Squadron 42 has been pulled from sale, so maybe that has also been cancelled but just not announced as such. CIG claims it's to review the price but it doesn't take several months to update a price entry in a database.

Given how much money CIG has burned through so far, the lack of progress is a scandal.
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Re: Star Citizen Funding Passes $600M
Aug 27, 2023, 13:13
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Re: Star Citizen Funding Passes $600M Aug 27, 2023, 13:13
Aug 27, 2023, 13:13
 
At this rate, I genuinely believe that a bedroom developer is going to be able to use AI to make an Unreal Engine 5 game that surpasses Star Citizen before CIG gets within a decade of shipping a finished game.
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Re: AMD Starfield Partnership
Jul 1, 2023, 08:40
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Re: AMD Starfield Partnership Jul 1, 2023, 08:40
Jul 1, 2023, 08:40
 
RogueSix wrote on Jun 28, 2023, 11:22:
Starfield is a different story in so far as AMD is not adding something extra (they're not) but instead they are specifically BRIBING Bethesda to NOT implement DLSS. AMD are paying Bethesda to piss off 84% of the dGPU market by excluding a competitor's technology. That's why a lot of people aren't too happy with this move (see Steam forums which are on fire).
There's no evidence that AMD is paying Bethesda not to support DLSS. Further, FSR is a multi-vendor solution whereas DLSS is vendor exclusive. If developers had to pick one implementation, then it should always be the one with the widest support (though obviously the best case would be for FSR, DLSS and XeSS to all be supported).

I think it's hilarious to see so many adults throwing their toys out the pram when we have next to no information about how the game performs, what upscaling solutions are supported, or whether the game is even any good. I also sincerely doubt that anyone really interested in the game is really going to skip a huge release like this - it's just hollow virtue-signalling.

I'm an nVidia owner and still don't see what all this fuss is about. DLSS isn't as impressive as some of you make out.
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Re: April Fools' Day Roundup
Apr 1, 2023, 14:00
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Apr 1, 2023, 14:00
 
I guess it shows my age when I see a headline like "3DFX re-enters the GPU market, shows off an RTX4090-killer" and my immediate reaction is: 'that doesn't make any sense because I remember nVidia buying 3DFX'. That was 21 years ago. Goodness.
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Re: Saturday Multiplex
Oct 9, 2022, 11:23
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Re: Saturday Multiplex Oct 9, 2022, 11:23
Oct 9, 2022, 11:23
 
Lukiopimp wrote on Oct 9, 2022, 01:38:
Is this gameplay though? It just looks like some random cutscenes. I don't see "real" gameplay, from a players perspective. Maybe I'm missing sth, but it looks just like a bunch of animated scenes without any player input/control.
Exactly. CIG has a solid track record of producing decent looking assets but there is no actual gameplay. To put that in perspective, CIG had claimed SQ42 would be feature complete in 2019 and hit beta in 2020 - yet this year we've had a monthly report stating that first-pass narrative work is being done for a large section of the game that is being reworked.
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Re: Star Citizen Passes a $Half-Billion
Sep 21, 2022, 11:58
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Re: Star Citizen Passes a $Half-Billion Sep 21, 2022, 11:58
Sep 21, 2022, 11:58
 
There was an argument to be made that it wasn't a scam back in the early days. However, any benefit of the doubt has long since evaporated. CIG has repeatedly claimed that SQ42 was nearly done or just around the corner - then in July 2022, we received this update:

During July, Narrative focused on completing first-pass scripting and recording scratch dialogue for a large section of one of SQ42’s middle chapters. Design refined the gameplay in this section so Narrative frequently played through these updated enemy encounters, puzzles, stealth, and navigation challenges.

The game was meant to be feature complete in 2019 and yet now they're working on first-pass scripting for a large section of the game in 2022. And rather than address any of this, it's buried in a monthly report that barely anyone reads. CIG even scrapped the roadmap, so it's not even pretending the game is due any time soon anymore.

The whole thing is a Ponzi scheme. If funding dried up tomorrow, CIG would never be able to complete the game. It's all based on new investors backing the project and keeping it afloat.
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Re: Fanatical Quits Acquitted
Aug 1, 2022, 06:00
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Re: Fanatical Quits Acquitted Aug 1, 2022, 06:00
Aug 1, 2022, 06:00
 
TLDR: Game tries to be controversial to generate sales. Game is removed from a bundle for being too controversial and hurting sales. Blames cancel culture.

I know nothing about that case, other than what was written in this thread. But he was acquitted by a court of law right? If what he did was deemed legal, and you have a problem with the legality of his actions, then the problem is either YOU or the SYSTEM.
The issue is not the legality but the morality. Most people can agree that going around looking for people to shoot is not acceptable in a civilised society - that so many Americans think otherwise is a testament to the moral bankruptcy of their culture.
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Re: FTC Investigating Sony/Bungie Deal
May 6, 2022, 07:01
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Re: FTC Investigating Sony/Bungie Deal May 6, 2022, 07:01
May 6, 2022, 07:01
 
I'd be concerned if the FTC wasn't investigating large mergers like this, especially when they have the potential to impact competition in the market.
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Re: OotB: Slap-Happy
Apr 2, 2022, 04:19
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Re: OotB: Slap-Happy Apr 2, 2022, 04:19
Apr 2, 2022, 04:19
 
Teddy wrote on Mar 31, 2022, 23:14:
And Chris Rock mocked someone for having a medical disorder, knowing full well that her hair loss was something that had caused her distress after she had taken the time to go on television publicly to talk about how traumatic and significant it was for her as a woman to lose her hair.
That doesn't excuse physical violence. That also ignores that Chris and Jada have known and worked with each other for decades, so it's not like he made the joke about a complete stranger.

Teddy wrote on Mar 31, 2022, 23:14:
I question the values of anyone who would seek to diminish what HE did, and yet so many do. It was 'just a joke', after all. Do we now make fun of the weight loss people suffer for contracting AIDS? Or the way Parkinsons patients shake? Or the way pharyngeal cancer patients speak with a voice box? Apparently people have decided there are some diseases or conditions that are acceptable to mock and others that are not based upon what they (who have experienced none of them) decide are traumatic enough symptoms.
Would I make such a joke? No, but I'm not a comedian. But we all know that comedy can be quite edgy and as a result sometimes it crosses the line. Does that mean I think it should be outlawed? Of course not. Whereas physical violence is outlawed.

Teddy wrote on Mar 31, 2022, 23:14:
If the racist dickbag John Wayne gets to keep his Ocsar after attempting to assault Sacheen Littlefeather
If you're talking about the 1973 Oscars, then that's a pretty bold interpretation. What we was trying to do was remove her from the stage for making a political speech during the Oscars. He of course had no right to do so, and was prevented from doing so.

Teddy wrote on Mar 31, 2022, 23:14:
Clint Eastwood can still win them after mocking her attempt to educate the public on the butchery of Native Americans and continued horrific treatment by the US government (at the personal request of Marlon Brando)
There is a massive difference between expressing an opinion and physically assaulting someone.

Teddy wrote on Mar 31, 2022, 23:14:
That said, while I do not agree that violence was the best choice for Smith in this, I do understand it.
Everyone understands it, but that doesn't mean one has to support his actions.

Teddy wrote on Mar 31, 2022, 23:14:
Had someone gone on a giant stage viewed by millions and mocked my wife's struggles with depression and self-harm, I would have done far more than just slap the man.
I'm sorry that your wife has gone through that - that's awful. But physical violence is a last resort and only when you or your loved ones are at risk of actual harm. Sometimes it's difficult being the bigger person but it's the right thing to do. Will and Jada could have addressed this in any number of ways without violence.
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Re: OotB: Slap-Happy
Mar 29, 2022, 08:00
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Re: OotB: Slap-Happy Mar 29, 2022, 08:00
Mar 29, 2022, 08:00
 
Jivaro wrote on Mar 29, 2022, 02:44:
*gasps*
THE VIOLENCE! OH MY!

please. he slapped him, it wasn't a fight. drama queens.
He physically assaulted someone over a joke. I question the values of anyone who would seek to diminish what he did.

Jivaro wrote on Mar 29, 2022, 02:44:
BY THE WAY: Will Smith isn't getting away with it because he is rich, he is getting away with it because Chris Rock didn't press charges. You know that. Don't come in here with this "rich privilege" crap.
Bullshit. He should have been immediately removed from the event and should never have been awarded an Oscar. The fact he was given a platform after such an egregious act speaks to the lack of integrity in Hollywood, especially when Smith went out of his way to avoid apologising. Do you really think that Smith's status and privilege wasn't a factor in Rock refusing to press charges? He would have been painted as a bad guy by the media, saying he deserved what he got for the joke he made - it could also have impacted future earnings for him.

So yes, Smith is getting away with physically assaulting someone because of his privilege.
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Re: GSC Game World May Partially Relocate
Mar 23, 2022, 17:07
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Re: GSC Game World May Partially Relocate Mar 23, 2022, 17:07
Mar 23, 2022, 17:07
 
I can't imagine the psychological impact this would be having on them, though I'm glad they're moving towards some sort of normality. This is easily my most anticipated upcoming game, so I'm really glad to hear that it is moving forward.
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Re: Morning Tech Bits
Mar 17, 2022, 18:12
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Re: Morning Tech Bits Mar 17, 2022, 18:12
Mar 17, 2022, 18:12
 
The Flying Penguin wrote on Mar 17, 2022, 17:46:
Agreed. The way modern CPUs work, overclocking is pointless except for bragging rights.
The biggest drawback is that power consumption goes through the roof, at a time when energy costs are most important than ever. Chips like the 12900KS are effectively overclocked out of the box, as their power consumption is way out of whack in comparison to other SKUs. So yeah, I'm fine with this.
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Re: Activision's Ukraine Support
Mar 7, 2022, 03:55
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Re: Activision's Ukraine Support Mar 7, 2022, 03:55
Mar 7, 2022, 03:55
 
Hardline Mike wrote on Mar 7, 2022, 03:28:
Activision isn't expecting anyone to do anything. You're not required to donate or even pressured to do so. Like I said in a previous thread, criticizing people for donating a number you think is not enough is wrong and counterproductive. It creates a situation where donating nothing is preferable to donating something, to avoid any criticism of being "cheap."

You'll notice we don't have any headlines here mentioning how X or Y game developer has not donated anything, and thereby no comment sections in which they can be excoriated.
That's not what I was saying. The point is that people like Kotick are worthless parasites that extract obscene amounts of money out of companies and contribute very little to the performance of the business. If that money instead went to the employees doing all the hard work then they would have the ability to make vastly larger donations without needing the company to match their donations.

If employees as a collective were responsible for determining the corporate pay structure there is no chance that they would choose to pay the CEO $155m for a year whilst lower level employees have to borrow money and work obscene hours to get by.
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Re: Activision's Ukraine Support
Mar 7, 2022, 03:23
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Re: Activision's Ukraine Support Mar 7, 2022, 03:23
Mar 7, 2022, 03:23
 
Hardline Mike wrote on Mar 6, 2022, 20:25:
Cutter wrote on Mar 6, 2022, 12:43:
Kotick is a cheap, greedy bastard. Shocker. Rolleyes

Cutter criticizing someone elses donation while donating nothing himself. Shocker.
Kotick's compensation for 2020 was $155m and he has an estimated net worth of $8 billion. Yet Activision is expecting employees on significantly lower pay to be the ones making donations to such an important cause.

So I'm with Cutter on this one.
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Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Development "Shifted to the Sidelines"
Mar 3, 2022, 16:25
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Mar 3, 2022, 16:25
 
hypnotic wrote on Mar 3, 2022, 13:17:
I am a huge fan of the S.T.A.LK.E.R series. This is disappointing, but the circumstances are understandable. I highly anticipate the release when it happens.
Yeah, this was probably my most anticipated game of the year but it pales in significance to what the people of Ukraine are going through. My wife has been finding it really difficult, as she originates from neighbouring Hungary and has a friend from Ukraine who is trapped there. The pictures that they've sent are truly horrendous and they even witnesses a Russian shell flying overhead. We've sent over money to help out but every day we worry it will be the last time we hear from them.
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