The State of Star Citizen in 2024 | The Continued Struggle Towards an MMO

Star Citizen set out in 2024 to make some big moves, but how is it doing? Is the game different in 2024? Is it worth playing? What's actually going on? Here is a breakdown of the game currently, and why we are where we are.

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[jeremiahwilkins]

Too many ship captains and not enough crew players will be a problem.

[SpaceTomato]

Something I realize I didn't get to touch on here. While features and functionality are seeing updates, the overall format of playing the game has still not changed.

Major changes to missions, warning potential, and the reputation system are needed for this to truly feel like a different game from what we've had.

They've talked about these things, but we've yet to see them prove them out.

So 2024 is different for gameplay, but maybe not THAT different.

[oledevo]

I don't want to "jump in and try". I want a complete finished game.

[jful]

Just settling into bed and new space tomato video drops, perfect.

EDIT: real nostalgia trip seeing Wingman and Rob

[bimmerthing]

Great video, the production and youtube management below is very good.

[samghost]

Thank you! I think i will wait another few months and then over the Winter buy the game and play

[WardenOfTerra]

There's still ZERO player-focused content. It's all based around what ship you own, rather than what type of player you are.

[malismo]

First half of the year is almost up ;). Like you stated, would love to see some progression to how the game is played by changes to reputation, missions etc.

[Antares-A]

Just after you drop this. 3.24 XD

How does CIG avoid being late at the last minute for 3.23... call it 3.24, CIG never changes.

[mattgoldstone]

Chris Roberts reminds me of Simple Jack from Tropic Thunder. Star Citizen makes my eyes rain. 😂😂😂

[leehrvyoswld]

Take a drink everytime he says "better than it used to be".

[commanderroddi]

Thanks for the video (of "talk"). I really enjoy these!
I've been away from SC for a while since... well, you can guess it, but 3.18 (that was bad). I dont' really follow all the newsletters either nor watch a lot of videos (I used to, but figured, why follow the roadmap if it'll let you down? etc). But this video was a nice overview and catch up for me.
THanks!

[kwoowoo]

Do you lost your ship in battle just like Eve Online? I know there are ship insurance in this game like Eve Online. So a related second question is do the ship insurance cover 100% of the cost to rebuild back the same ship lost?

[holydaysgarden]

With each new patch, what will happen to the customizations made in the individual hangars? Will they be reset?

[neonsamurai]

Honestly, it gets worse with every Patch, Just more and more broken Features are added to the game, added at tier0, then patched to totally broken and useless and then they Just ignore it for years. The Tiny little Momentum they got during Citizen Con is gone, and it only gets worse from here. With the upcoming changes they basically kill the Cargo gameloop by adding a massive time gate to the loading Process. No one Wants to wait for hours until the Cargo is loaded and unloaded, at the current state its 5 Hours wait time to load and 5 hours to unload for the big Cargo Ship. Thats not Gameplay, thats a time sink. Nothing more, nothing less.

[stevenszmek]

Currently it is easy to be blinded by its progress and new stuff. What is often forgotten are all the ships that are broken or need a rework. The Reclaimer, Starfarer, Mole, etc. ... And on to there comes new stiff that will also need fixing. Yes it is getting better - but it just takes a look into the issue coucil to realise that much that is there right now still requires fixing. ... and not everything is meshing related.

[DeadlyInsite]

Probably been said a thousand times already by other posters, but dang, you have the perfect narration voice, cadence and inflection for these videos.
And unfortunately, your content is good and informative. Unfortunately - because im going to need to start culling my YT subscribed channels, just too many. But ive seen enough of your content now, and all are very well produced, interesting and informative and I want your channel on my list. Thanks for what you do so well😊

[beandaddy]

Where do you stream? I've come across your videos randomly and am interested in catching them if able

[emperorurbi]

I was really excited for all the advances this year and the latest patch.
Until Master Modes, the new flight model took most of the fun out of the game...

I really hope cig listens to the crazy amount of negative feedback and try to revert parts of master modes.
we got a lot of crew members gradually losing interest and a big factor is the boring new flight model...

But time will tell if that was a good decision or not...

[Sgt_Hest]

Sure, if they keep changing their goals Realistically have they met any goals at all in time?