Star Citizen?
For people not following Star Citizen’s development closely, it
can sometimes be difficult to get the right information on just
what Star Citizen is. In this article we’ll look at Star Citizen and
broadly cover its main features.
What is Star Citizen?
Three things:
• The Squadron 42 single player campaign,
featuring Hollywood quality voice acting,
motion capture animation and a fifty mission
non-linear campaign, where your decisions
and actions will affect the story. Squadron
42 allows drop in co-op anytime, and can be
played with a full squadron of friends.
•The Star Citizen Persistent Universe, a
massively multiplayer online environment
with a fully fledged simulated economy, more than 100 star
systems to discover and explore, and a dynamic plot featuring
the decline of the human race. Players can trade, fight, mine,
explore and run organizations in an entirely free and open
universe.
• The Star Citizen Private Servers, where players can run
smaller instances of the Persistent Universe and make their
own rules for the game. Private servers can be heavily
modified, so expect to see some very interesting player
content soon after release!
How Can I Play Star Citizen?
Star Citizen will be released at some point in 2015. It is
currently at the pre-alpha stage of development, which means
most of the game is still being developed. By pledging money
to the project, you will gain access to the alpha and beta
phases of the game, Hangar Module (which you can currently
download and enjoy) and the soon to be released Dog Fighting
Module.
Alternatively, you can wait for the game to be released and
buy it at slightly higher regular retail prices. Star Citizen is a
Buy To Play game, meaning that there are no subscription fees
and all of the content in the game is available without needing
to spend any additional money.
Be warned that as the game is currently in a pre-alpha state,
there are many unfinished and unbalanced ships, weapons
and game mechanics, as well as bugs and missing features!
By pledging and participating in the game’s development you
are helping to make it great, but if you would prefer to play a
finished product you might want to wait until 2015.
How Do I Pledge?
Pledgers can donate any amount of money they would
like to Star Citizen, from $5 for a ship skin to the $15,000
Completionist Package.
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The cheapest option that includes a ship is the $30 Aurora
MR package, which includes a copy of the finished game and
access to the Hangar Module. The next cheapest option, (the
$40 Aurora MR+ package) adds full alpha
and beta access.
While many people have taken to collecting
the ships available on the pledge page, all of
the listed ships (including the special limited
edition ones) will be available for purchase
in the full game, purchasable in-game using
in-game currency earned through gameplay.
Even though Star Citizen has already raised
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