Star Citizen Free Fly 2022 (November 18-30)

Star Citizen is still around?

This scam is still around? xD
I tried it a few years ago, might even have been the other free event mentioned in the OP. There was literally nothing to do. It felt like a proof of concept, not even like an Alpha, although it is in development for an eternity.
Utter crap.

Hmmmrm. It appears I overlooked "still around?" when I made the poll.

Please, also add "its a scam"

No thanks, i have integrity.

i have been waiting this game for about 6+ years (since first kickstarter)...and then i realize that will need more than 10 more to be completed...so i discontinued this game xD

I'm fascinated by its (kind of) existence, but prefer to observe from a distance.

I think I got the game (or just one part of the game?) for free. Maybe for buying a new video card? That sounds right. Never tried it, though. It's interesting but I'd prefer to wait until it's more playable.

I tried last time, and... Its like the free ship i was suppose to have to try, wasn't there.. (i was supposing it was because i already tried the game for free a few years before so they decided i shouldn't receive anything)
So i won't bother with it this time

The person in charge of this years-long scam is living proof that cheaters prosper and crime does in fact pay.

If they come to Steam, I may try it. Otherwise, just fxxxk & pxxxsss OFF!!! No offence. 👎🤣

Honestly, it's one of the best and worst space sims I've ever played. So I recommend it, only if you're content waiting 2-5 more years before it's truly worth playing (assuming it doesn't fall apart). It has the best, most natural feeling flight mechanics I've encountered in a space sim in awhile, the fps combat is done well, bounty hunting, cargo hauling, delivery, etc etc are all decent systems being upgraded over time, the list of good things can pile up, but I don't want to write that much, and then there is the negative side of the game...

There simply is not enough content overall right now, and what there is, is contained within a single solar system. They're continuing an ongoing effort to get server meshing and icache up and running to finally be able to push forward on tons of promises, but who knows how long that'll take. In the meantime servers are pretty trash, from desync to getting booted completely, making playing with friends a nightmare. AI is broken half the time, there are still countless bugs, again, like the good side, the bad things can pile up.

It's a game that does what it does better than anyone, but it's really not a game right now, more of a tech demo. It has the potential to be the most amazing space sim to immerse us and suck up all our time, but it could also crash and burn a complete failure. Me, I just keep hope it'll turn out. People are still consistently making purchases, increasing funding for further development, and I just hope everyone gets what they paid for at some point.

the best scam in the video game lol

ive owned this game since alpha cuz it came with my graphics card like 8 years ago, and i still havent played it lol

I'll try it (Something 42) when it's done.
Still rolling to that 2016 release date.

You have to sell your house, your car, your wife and kids to stay relevant and buy new ships in this game.
Biggest scam in videogame history.

I like how the poll ranges from "I've tried it" right to "I have over 500 hours" implying under 500 hours of play time is considered "trying" it. :P

Quoting Leon S. Kennedy:
"No thanks bro!"

Played it yesterday and already uninstalled it. This is the worst new player experience I had in years...

I essentially prepurchased this by buying a low-end tier after the kickstarter. A certain ship that tickled me, and acess to both the singleplayer campaign stuff and the online world. And then of course I realised after this that if you wanted to actually test-fly anything, you couldn't do it unless you purchased access to the 'arena' thing. And then they released a seperate racing mode which you had to pay for. And pay-for skins to support them. Skins that did not yet exist except as a store entry and a name, and nothing else.

Yeah. Not to mention walking around the station was laggy as hell, and when they eventually added a tutorial so you even knew how to interact with the environment / menus, that lagged so hard that it choked to a complete freeze. At that point I gave up. Having to wait for a 'free fly' weekend just to sample the tutorial or open vs-AI arena of the game I prepurchased, and then download a 100gb each time (on what back then was a connection that could usually only hit 800kbps). Not the greatest :P

All of this could be shrugged off as just wonky modern gamedev stuff, if not for the fact they are selling in-game resources for real world money on an unfinished product, in the name of "supporting" the development... but then holding conventions for the unreleased game? Everything points to their business model being about milking cash-cows first and foremost, with the release of the full product being a very distant secondary objective. After all, if they hit full release then they lose a major hype point in speculative buying.

i just want a release date for squadron 42