Keeping track of Star Citizen's development is a little like watching the same, tired old guy in the back of a very expensive car, turning the key while the engine stalls, whispering, quietly, like a prayer: "This car will start soon. We promise."
Originally having a planned release date for 2014, the game's been stuck in crowdfunding limbo for over a decade—only releasing in early access back in 2017. You will observe that it is now 2026.
The latest domino to fall is this disastrous live stream, which is still miraculously up on the game's official YouTube channel. It was broadcast at the start of August, but has only breached containment recently, and—oh man, where to start.
The stream, intending to show off the currently-awaited Siege of Orison event (which was delayed), is a complete trainwreck. Sluggish-looking first person shooter gameplay and worrying desync issues plague the whole ordeal, despite be...
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