Citizencon 1st day

[Shadow Reaper]

The Sq42 demo totally rocked. Did anyone catch the awesome power of those Vanduul Stingers? Those are gnarly ships. They call them heavy fighters but they’re closer to bombers.

 

[Richard Bong]

I doubt they want to launch with less than 20. Castra is a good choice since it connects to Nyx, Pyro, Hadrain and Oso.

That didn't age well. :) 5 it is.

 

[KuruptU4Fun]

Day 2 they announced Terra as one of the additional systems we'd be getting for SC 1.0 correct?

 

[Talonsbane]

That didn't age well. :) 5 it is.

I wasn't too far off with my speculation. lols My list just added 3 extra & missed 1

 

[Richard Bong]

Day 2 they announced Terra as one of the additional systems we'd be getting for SC 1.0 correct?

Yes

 

[NomadicHavoc]

The Sq42 demo totally rocked. Did anyone catch the awesome power of those Vanduul Stingers? Those are gnarly ships. They call them heavy fighters but they’re closer to bombers.

Agreed. I loved the Squadron 42 demo. But, I do hope that they speed up the ships considerably…maybe 30% at least. The Vanduul were like way too underwhelming, like shooting fish in a barrel full of jello. I know that players are being onboarded but he selected the most challenging setting. Yawn.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Agreed. I loved the Squadron 42 demo. But, I do hope that they speed up the ships considerably…maybe 30% at least. The Vanduul were like way too underwhelming, like shooting fish in a barrel full of jello. I know that players are being onboarded but he selected the most challenging setting. Yawn.

I'm guessing the work in progress had the difficulty in all four buttons set to "Functional" regardless of the one chosen

 

[AccidentProne8]

Agreed. I loved the Squadron 42 demo. But, I do hope that they speed up the ships considerably…maybe 30% at least. The Vanduul were like way too underwhelming, like shooting fish in a barrel full of jello. I know that players are being onboarded but he selected the most challenging setting. Yawn.

I kind of thought that they were targeting subsystems suicidally.

Also it was the tutorial mission so I don't think it is a safe assumption they'll be that placid later on. Even Elden Ring has the Soldier of Godrick first boss.

 

[Richard Bong]

The Sq42 demo totally rocked. Did anyone catch the awesome power of those Vanduul Stingers? Those are gnarly ships. They call them heavy fighters but they’re closer to bombers.

It looked like it was about 50% cut scene, which feels like a bit much.

 

[NomadicHavoc]

I agree that a lot of cut scenes may be off putting to many, but it really does a great job of selling the world they‘ve built. If they have substantially shorter cut scenes throughout the rest of the game that would probably be best. But then again, with so many top tier actors, they probably wanna get their monies worth by letting them shine.

 

[AccidentProne8]

I agree that a lot of cut scenes may be off putting to many, but it really does a great job of selling the world they‘ve built. If they have substantially shorter cut scenes throughout the rest of the game that would probably be best. But then again, with so many top tier actors, they probably wanna get their monies worth by letting them shine.

I mean I loved it. I want more already.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

I don’t really care about the percent cut scenes. What struck me was how magnificently CIG pulled off making the player feel a small cog in a large machine —just how one ought to feel at the start, before they have any sort of noteriety. You were there. You survived. Now let’s learn to pilot a fighter. Oh yeah, erm cool. You saved the Captain too. Good that.

 

[AccidentProne8]

I don’t really care about the percent cut scenes. What struck me was how magnificently CIG pulled off making the player feel a small cog in a large machine —just how one ought to feel at the start, before they have any sort of noteriety. You were there. You survived. Now let’s learn to pilot a fighter. Oh yeah, erm cool. You saved the Captain too. Good that.

I like how they made sure to mention the recommendation was from before the incident so it's not JUST because you saved the Captain. You deserved it.

 

[Blind Owl]

I don’t really care about the percent cut scenes. What struck me was how magnificently CIG pulled off making the player feel a small cog in a large machine —just how one ought to feel at the start, before they have any sort of noteriety. You were there. You survived. Now let’s learn to pilot a fighter. Oh yeah, erm cool. You saved the Captain too. Good that.

Man, I was almost in tears by the end of it due to those feelings your describing here. I cannot wait to immerse myself in this. That video alone captures all the feels I've been waiting for since . . .well, I dunno when. *sniffle*

 

[NomadicHavoc]

Just finished my 2nd viewing of the Squadron 42 demo and I must say that I enjoyed it even more. Didn’t hurt that the second viewing was absent screen tearing and crashes. What a superb job they’ve done! I’m jonesing for more!