[Newbie] Should I be backing now?

[ooreikaoo]

Hello Everyone!

We get threads like these ALL the time at Star Citizen so believe me when I say I understand they can be annoying. That being said… was hoping you could give me an update on how this game is coming along, and if you believe there is any reason to back past the 1st tier?

The game looks simply amazing, and I remember when it was first announced I was really hoping you guys would take off and get this finished! It seems like you have made some decent progress now (congratulations on your alpha) and thought it may be a good time to see about tossing my hat in.

So how playable is the alpha?
How many hours can I expect out of this game?
Will there ever be multiplayer?
Will there be any land management/town building and such?
How detailed will the stat/perk system be?

Feel free to just toss links to certain pages if im being stupid and haven’t seen it. Thanks!

[Tsunamik]

1. low fps and some bugs, no save… waiting for beta
2. full or alpha? full about 30-50, alpha about 5
3. guess no
4. nope
5. very

[Wenceslaus]

Alpha is pretty much playable - you can do some quest, a little bit of sword fight (ar) and archery or just walk around, explore and look at the graphic and people’s routine ( I’ve spent about 60 hours in alpha). Though there is bug there and there and some may even could kill you (guards somehow suddenly though I’m a murderer while fighting in arena and killed me) and there is no save system except when you leave the game. There should be beta in a month or so, so you can wait and watch some review on it.

I think I heard 40 hours or something like that. Anyway, it’s open world so it will be a lot individual.

Classical multiplayer? No. Perhaps 1v1 arena or something like that in later acts (game is a trilogy) as devs once mentioned but I won’t give that much chances.

Definitely no town management and building from what I heard. They will focus on open world RPG and this isn’t exactly RPG mechanic and be pretty complex thing to do.

I would wait, they will sure add more. But to this day we know (all without description)

Atributes: Strenght, Agility, Vitality, Speech, Charisma, Visibility, Conspicuousness, Noise, Speed, Health Stamina, Rest, Food

Combat: Bow, Sword

Skills: Stealth, Horsewhispering, Fencing, Lockpicking, Alchemy, Defense, Herbalism

So far in aplha.

*edit: fogert about Stealth, typo

[Freix]

The tech alpha is not meant for serious playing, so don’t buy it if you expect some sort of meaningful playing experience - you will be disapointed. It’s just a showcase of the basic mechanics of the game. Do you want to support the devs, see the graphics ingame and try the early version of combat system and few other things? Good, buy it, that’s what the alpha contains. Otherwise don’t bother.

[Wicker]

Be a duke

Do it for the coin, and the little metal knight :3 (physical rewards)

[Earl_Thorn]

Now is a really good time to be a backer.

The Beta is literally on our doorstep, so get on board.