With the multicrew systems in Star Citizen at their most simplest levels, there is no real incentive to ride alongside other players when you can easily spawn one of the ships available to you at the time and play the role of Captain yourself. But this changed for me the other day, when a routine server bug of specific elevators in New Babbage not working led a group of us deciding to make the trek from The Commons to the Spaceport across the icy cold surface of MicroTech. Sure, the smart thing to do would have been to all hop on hovercrafts, but where is the fun in that?
Here is a few images of us six getting ready to set off in the six-seater Ursa, before a group of four other players decided to hitch a ride with us. Let’s just say that while the journey seemed promising at first… we quickly and abruptly all found ourselves blown up.
In development by Cloud Imperium Games and their studios across North America and Europe, Star Citizen is being helmed by Wing Commander (1990s) creator Chris Roberts. The game has currently been in a long-term alpha phase with no confirmed release date. Despite this, the studio has raised more than $300 million USD through on-going crowdfunding.
Take That (In-Game) Snap Daily Photo is an off-shoot of the Take That (In-Game) Snap article series, in which the first article focusing on Final Fantasy XIV was recently published. This looks at, celebrates and critiques how video game developers have implemented professional photography-like systems into their games. It will cover how the systems handle, just how accessible they are and, where applicable, how a modding community might be making these tools even better. With this Daily Photo spin-off series, I will be sharing individual photos from the games either covered or soon-to-be-covered.
