I want my money back. This is taking WAY too long.
I want my money back. This is taking WAY too long.
I bought the game back in 2011 for 10$ and since then, in total I spent absolutely ridiculous ammount of time playing it. All the different builds released over the years, crazy ammount of mods for the various builds I tried ... and I had tons of fun playing. Did I expect back in 2011 that it still won't be finished in 2018? Not really. But does that bother me today? Hell no! Compared to many other games I bought over the years and then barely even played, those 10$ I spend on Starfarer (as it was named back then) was the best spent money ever ... and the "bang per buck" value is totally of the charts. The game is being developed, updates are still coming and the improvements and content has so far always been worth the (sometimes pretty long) wait.
Patch intervals have become progressively longer. It used to be several months, but less than a year. The last one took about a year. The one we are waiting for has exceeded that.
It was $10 before 0.65, the version with food runs.Last patch was in June, so not a year yet. (But it certainly will be by the time of release)
Patch intervals have become progressively longer. It used to be several months, but less than a year. The last one took about a year. The one we are waiting for has exceeded that.
But I gonna burned hard by Battle Brothers and how their devs finished it. Literally.
"When its ready" is not realistic in reference to Mr. Sylvesters quote, because it will never be ready. An artist is never "ready" to end a piece of work, but he can finish it.
Great game. Good luck to the dev.
After industry/colonies are in there aren't any major features that we have been made aware of left. I expect the next major patch to be .9 and then after some more core features (endgame content?) and whatever else Alex has in store for us, 1.0. Thus, the game should be completed in about 2 years. Of course I don't speak for Alex, but this seems to be the case for me.
Alex always said that this game was his life work and something he was meant to make, I'd love if he continued working on it forever like the devs you mentioned, but he might have other projects.
How it goes post 1.0 depends on a lot of things, including how sales go. Will just have to see once we get there!*buys 10 more copies at 1.0 release*
Maybe a thing that you can do already is create a game page so people can follow and add it to their wishlists, but not buy it.
Please don't do that. We'd see this "When is release?" thread x10 as often.
There is no way this should be put on steam before it is finished. Majority of potential buyers will judge the game based on what is available, not what will be coming. Waiting a few years till the game is complete will vastly generate greater income and success.
While I do understand that it takes time to develop a game like this, I think there should come a time when enough is enough and the game has to be wrapped up. Don't do a Chris Roberts and develop this game forever because that would be a mistake. You lot might not care because you've invested the most precious currency of them all - time - but the rest of us standing on the sideline would rather see closure.
My only worry is that hardware will outstrip what the game supports.Yeah, I think Apple is dropping iOS support for java?
I want my money back. This is taking WAY too long.
I bought the game back in 2011 for 10$ and since then, in total I spent absolutely ridiculous ammount of time playing it. All the different builds released over the years, crazy ammount of mods for the various builds I tried ... and I had tons of fun playing. Did I expect back in 2011 that it still won't be finished in 2018? Not really. But does that bother me today? Hell no! Compared to many other games I bought over the years and then barely even played, those 10$ I spend on Starfarer (as it was named back then) was the best spent money ever ... and the "bang per buck" value is totally of the charts. The game is being developed, updates are still coming and the improvements and content has so far always been worth the (sometimes pretty long) wait.
To me, this game's "end" will come only after the modding community will become dry. Even if 0.9 would be the last release (God forbid) and eventually modders would too come to complete their mods, I will still in the future pick this game up and play, as I have been since I found it.
Sadly here patience can make people see the delay of a full (or beta) release as something good or something bad. Although admittedly anyone that is still aboard the ship, must be in one or another way enjoying the ride, even if it is the hope to see it complete. I myself am on the side of people that feel that my money have more than being paid for, thanks to the continues updates of the game and the team that give their time for it, as much as all the modders that selflessly from my perspective have been contributing greatly in how wonderful the game has been at any version I have played it. They for sure have every right to hope for a final release of the game, so they can come to a conclusion that will know will remain viable for users to come.
Personally the previous year I booted up 0.6.5.2, only so I could enjoy some specific mods. To me, older versions (back to 0.5.4.1a at least) just register in my mind as a different game mode, simpler and/or easier.
As a final thought you, when I saw 0.9a patch notes up in the news, first thing that passed through my mind was "so close". That to me translated as Starsector is soon to be a final step away, from what Alex always wanted it to be, as a base game at least. I bought the game fully prepared that it might never reach a complete 1.0 release (thanks to my experience with Steam), but here I am now thinking I am definitely getting the complete Starsector.
Bless Alex, the people that help him and all the modders, along with the whole community that helps in their way.
I'm honestly shocked that the v1.0 stamp wasn't put on the game years ago, and everything we are getting now would be paid expansions. The game has had a complete gameplay loop for a few years now.But where are the outposts> Did it have outposts?