Star Citizen doesn't look that great in my opinion, but It looks ambitious

[VanceIX]

burning_phoneix said:

VanceIX said:
It looks good, but I'm worried on whether it will be a microtransaction fest or not. There are some ships selling for $300+. You could buy a new graphics card with that kind of money :/

Technically, those ships come as bundles (Game+ Alpha Access+ In game money+ gifts).

 

I think the most expensive single ship that ever came out was the Xian Scout ship at 150$. It was  limited time offer because the developers didn't want too many alien ships in the game from the start.

 

The Single most expensive package is the 400$ constellation Phoenix package which includes:

 

• Hartwell Music Sentinel 88G
• Starting Hangar: Deluxe
• Starting Money:10,000 UEC
• 6 Month Insurance
• Deluxe Silver Collector's Box
• Spaceship-shaped USB Drive
• CD of Game Soundtrack
• Glossy Fold-up Star Map
• 5 Spaceship Blueprints
• 3 Inch Model of Spaceship
• Hardback Making-of Star Citizen
• Beta Access
• Digital Star Citizen Manual
• Squadron 42 Digital Download
• Star Citizen Digital Download

So overall not a bad deal.

 

The thing about microtransactions is they do not let anyone purchase anything that they could not buy if they had just played the game itself. In fact, there is a limit to the amount of real world money you can convert to in game credits.

 

The problem with microtransactions is that without spending a lot of money, it's impossible to get some of the stuff. It may be different with SC, but seeing the pledge prices, I'm not too confident. I've ordered the Origin 300i package for now.