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.
How Do I Pledge?
What is Star Citizen?
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.
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 empire. 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.
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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.
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 $36,000,000
(enough funds to fully develop a AAA-grade game)
additional funding goes directly to