Here are 25 minutes of gameplay footage from Star Citizen's single-player campaign, Squadron 42

Cloud Imperium has released a new video, showcasing 25 minutes of gameplay from the single-player campaign of Star Citizen, Squadron 42.

[PrinceOfAnger]

This is amazing! looks better than anything on consoles

[VenomUK]

The visuals and the art design are incredible, you can see the budget onscreen. I hope there’s a great game in there too. What’s encouraging is that it’s in the polishing stage, meaning the game is ostensibly complete. This could mean a release by the end of 2024.

[PrinceOfAnger]

I hope the gameplay is good and fun too they need to focus more on this not just the visuals
anyway i can't wait to play it!

[Trilithon]

really? you can see 600 million USD on screen? there's no way its making that money back that's for sure

[Roarke]

@Trilithon

Why it should make money back? They already made 600 millions, pretty successful projects ;)

[Trilithon]

@Roarke

lol good point

[VenomUK]

@Roarke Great point!

[MrNinosan]

Nah it doesn't
Trees and grass doesn't move, shadows are bad, no ray tracing etc etc.
Can mention lots of games that looks better on Series X, PS5 and PC, but I assume your post was a troll post anyways.

However, after 169 years in development and billions of dollars with investment, the game should look absolutely stunning, and I'm sure it will with the big open world in mind.

[PrinceOfAnger]

They will add ray tracing later as they said.
and this video is all in-game gameplay
what games looks better than this?

[MrNinosan]

@PrinceOfAnger

Here are a few:
Horizon Forbidden West
Last of Us Part 1
CyberPunk 2077
Spider-Man 2
Ratchet & Clank
Callisto Protocol
Final Fantasy XVI

[MrBaskerville]

Well, it's a bonus game. Star Citizen is the big one. Wondering if they include space traversal. I know it's a more linear game, so not sure of the scope.

[PrinceOfAnger]

Show me one ps5 or XSX game that looks better than this you troll

https://abload.de/img/20220...

Lol you are lying what games on XSX looks better than this!

[Terry_B]

Yeah..its a great looking interactive tech demo.

[sadraiden]

Making it PC vs consoles? Hack take.

[Longadog]

too bad that the game will never ever be finished. all that will be released are just snippets of this and that. Ofcourse, the gullible "master race" will defend this and continues to fund this scam while the devs laughs all the way to the bank.

[Andrew336]

Are you slow or did you not watch the video.

[Longadog]

@Andrew336

thank you for proving my point

[Sashamaz]

For 11 years of development, it is somewhat disappointing however I will admit this looks incredible. I will not be investing in any of their ship packages however should the game ever release I will support them.

[PrinceOfAnger]

https://abload.de/img/20231...

[PrinceOfAnger]

@Mr
Lol
Dude this game is even better than Cyberpunk 77 a game that digital foundry choosed as best graphics 2020 over games like Last of us 2 and Miles morales etc.

SQ42 is next gen.

about CP77 and TFW
https://abload.de/img/colla...

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I can not wait to see the documentary about the development of this game with all the overhaul changes made through out the years when this game finally comes out.

[DrDoomer]

Every year we are reminded that this is still a thing.

[PrinceOfAnger]

incredible!
https://abload.de/img/20231...

[tbagmonster]

who the phuck has time for this. garbage

[OneLove]

I see why folks are throwing their money at these guys.

[purple101]

Wow that looks impressive, time to invest?

Muahaha

[sadraiden]

Let's see. Mark Hamill, John-Rhys Davies, Gary Oldman, Sam Rockwell, Liam Cunningham, Kate Beckinsale.

Don't tell me they spent all this time and money making sure they had famous actors in their game where no one cares about faces.

[BurritoWarrior]

Microsoft already making Starfield an afterthought with another 30fps space game?

[Nacho_Z]

Somehow both impressive and boring at the same time.

[anast]

So many solid options for space games, we've got Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, No Man's Sky, the Mass Effect Trilogy and hopefully the new Star Trek.

[rlow1]

So are they finally going to release it? They’ve shown teasers over ten years ago and as magnificent as some say it is. I wouldn’t hold your breath until they give a firm launch date. Anything less is just smoke and mirrors.

[MrBaskerville]

Given that it's feature complete, I'd assume the game would be done next year or in 2025.

Star Citizen is another deal, not expecting that one anytime soon.

[Stanjara]

Ufff, it looks really stiff.
Everything feels so heavy.
Facial animations really stiff.
Music is generic... it started good... first scene really good... than that emotional midi track is awful.

Framerate is heavy... uuuu all over the place... 20fps... sometimes 35...than 41..than 27...ohh.

IDK they need to polish this shit out.

Geometry, models, atmosphere it's there. That's good.

Flying is stiiiiiffffff uuuuuuuuuuu.

Oh...and to all senior developers, please don't wear $5 t shits. My god...put some polos and jackets and a nice automatic watch. Seiko Japanese!

Hollywood actors on strike... all came into this game. Budget spent well I see. Garbage.

[Trilithon]

lol those senior devs probably drive home in custom star citizen lamborghinis

[Pepsi_Man3000]

This has been in development for like a decade lol

[PCgamer98]

People still fall for marketing stunts? I'll believe when it's in the actual game and it's not broken as hell.

[Armyofdarkness]

Get outta here Scam Citizen

[purple101]

at the ends he thanks you for your patience ..

"Squadron 42 was part of the original Star Citizen Kickstarter campaign launched in 2012,"

only a quick 10years of it then

[-Gespenst-]

All that talent and all that cutting-edge technology, and they make a generic space marine game. Don't get me wrong, the graphics are obviously amazing, but I'm just not interested in playing this game.

[MrBaskerville]

Always thought it would be a Wing Commander type game, so is a little dissapointing with all the fps stuff.
But do love the concept. It's cool that you can walk around in a huge ass spaceship in the middle of a space battle.

[vTuro24]

Lmao these comments. If this were a ps5 exclusive people here would be wanking it like it's the Jesus of video games.

[anast]

It would be a better game, so it makes sense.

[vTuro24]

Sure m8, suuure.

[anast]

"Sure m8, suuure." This doesn't make sense.

[Knightofelemia]

Wow an actual article about a black hole simulator actually not sucking up large sums of cash

[Trilithon]

nice speech yawn. voice acting is way over done. everything is really dark. they copied the gravity gun. it took them how long and how much money to put this out? mass effect meets FTX cause the devs prolly live in penthouses in the Bahamas. you better be able to skip those cinematics...

[MrBaskerville]

I think it's the seemles persistent space travelling with fully modelled space interiors. They basically did what Bethesda failed to do in a AAA setting. Surprisingly enough, a lot of this seems to have made ot into Squadron 42.

Not gonna lie, I think this looks amazing. Imagine if this had been an unannounced game, people would lose their shit.

[Trilithon]

i know they have the content. Ive seen the artwork, concepts, ship models, environments etc. i feel this video doesn't really show case it well. i don't feel hyped up or excited from this presentation..