Squadron 42: Pre-Alpha WIP Gameplay - Vertical Slice w/ Director's Commentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Watch the standalone Squadron 42 Vertical Slice Gameplay Demo with commentary from Game Director Chris Roberts, Technical Director of Content Sean Tracy, and Lead Writer Dave Haddock.
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Glad to see a commentary from the man himself! I'm also glad that the gameplay was very in-game and largely unedited. I love the honest depiction of the status of the game rather than the clearly modified demos you get at places like E3.
by largely you mean completely.
There were so many things that could have been "fixed" for the demo and I too am very glad that they didn't do that.
Tirus12 its not that odd. Theres been a ton of cinematic and pre-rendered issues lately. Companies do this to present at conferences to bait out hype. Mostly in the past 8 years.
I love the ones where it says in the bottom of the screen that you're watching "in engine footage".
This basically translates to "This isn't what the actual game will look like, but at least we've decided on what engine we're going to use."
You could do a demo for a brand new Unreal Engine game and just copy the footage of an older one and you'd still be able to claim it's in engine footage. It's utterly meaningless.
Sure, one could interprete it in that way... if one has not followed Star Citizen even remotely and only knows stuff like Watch_Dogs or Colonial Space Marines.
When the game actually when out, will be outdated, and then they will not launch and say that need to rework animations and things. Then the circle will happens again until the game never came out, and transform it self in the biggest scam in history.
This game is going to change everything. It's so special... the attention to detail, the scope, the atmosphere, the quality. Every ingredient is there for something truly memorable. It is genuine magic. Imagine introducing this level of perfection to the current gaming scene which is characterized by mass produced, soulless trash. An entire generation of gamers will have their eyes opened and the veterans who know better will relive the magic of gaming they had thought lost. Thank you Chris, and CIG for this masterpiece. Keep going! This will change everything.
I encourage everyone reading the above comment to do it while listening to something epic or inspiring.
We will have our own spaceships before this game release
exactly! to me it's been a VERY long time since the last really good shooters came out. for me it was probably Mirrors edge in 2009?... even Crysis 2 was pretty much a disappointment, and I can't even talk about the games after it. Half-Life 3 we probably will not ever get... Star Citizen seems like something which I can't even believe will happen.
Robyn cd project red is great as well
are you feeling it now mr krabs?
Really happy you did not fake anything for the capture. I am also really happy with the progress :)
sorry to bust your bubble, but by the looks of it they've been editing the gameplay capture.
OK, if you watched the video, you would know what I am referencing as they specifically say what they don't fake for the capture. I won't drop spoilers on you though.
@randi you are showing your ignorance here
Another reason to watch the gameplay again.
Simon They put it public 6 minutes after the original, you guys are too early.
TomaCukor “you guys”? I am only one person. It’s not Simons.
Simon Who wrote Simons?
This by-far the most magical Star Citizen experience I've had since I got into early testing of 3.0. I'm ready to download my mind once this is done.
@@celadewallace474 "like that's ever gonna happen"
Great to have the commentary. It's already answered a lot of questions for me.
It really answered a lot of the questions and criticism people were coming out with.
When i first heard about Star Citizen, i really imagined it being as the world of ''Guardian of the Galaxy'' or ''Valerian and the city of a thousand planets'' big grand spaces, biospheres, living breathing future hi tech space habitats. becoming a citizen of the stars. where not all is gray and black. but maybe a couple thousand years further ahead than what this is currently.
There are plans for those things, they have made the easier planetary bodies first. So far the only splash colour items in the game are the plants on Levski and the hydroponic farms.
I truly hope for it.
@@jediwarlock1 While some places in Star Citizen are grey and lifeless, there are also many places that are beautiful and unique. There are planets and moons for almost every type of biome, and i'm sure some of these places will give you some of those GOG vibes. Here's all the systems: starcitizen.tools/System
The commentary answered many of the questions I saw in the chat. Great job! I liked watching the demo free of commentary during the show and having this to watch afterward.
yeah this ans a lot of my worries in lighting and small hiccups we see.
Yeah he even came up with my thought of the guy not hearing the door. :) That made me smile. Another proof that Chris is always aware of the smallest issues.
I'm happy that for once a recorded gameplay clip is actual gameplay and not some tricks pulled off to make the game look better than in reality. Like with 99% of ubisoft games that got massively downgraded in graphics and mechanics after the inital E3 show -.-
+1
Wish i could like this comment twice
The crazy part is this isn't even finished so its the REVERSE of a UBIsoft, its going to look better when its finished...)
You mean The Division lol
PC games doesn't have the limits as what the consoles do
- "Are we supposed to be scared of him, or something?"
- "Yeah" ;)
Fun revisiting this after citizen con. Everything seems to be in a much better place now all around.
When I first heard about and backed Star Citizen, my hype for the project was a raging thing, full of passion and fire. I would rant on and on about the project to friends, debate it hotly online, and generally was quite annoying about it.
Today my hype is still there, but it is a softer, more patient thing now. I'm still confident in the project, its direction and its goals, but I am content now to wait and watch as it develops before me, and slowly resolves itself into something with the potential of being very special. I'm glad I supported the project, and I will see it through to the end, with patience and excitement in equal measure.
That goes the same for me! Great way to put it into words! :)
My passion is still there is slowly transforming into calm certainty of it's development being iteratively improved and completed.
My passion is gone, I have given up on this game, my faith is diminished. This game will never come out. Mark my words
So marked.
I didn't like how people (Back in 2014) claimed this game would be released by now. The star citizen community used to be so immature (As a community not as individuals) but I am quite glad to see it becoming a warm one instead of a blazing hot with hype thing.
"We don't have the mop tech working yet"
MFW I realize that's not actually a joke, and Chris Roberts is serious.
lol seriously, as you hear Sean laugh you can almost HEAR the look Chris gave him, like "What are you laughing at? I expect Mop Tech and have this working"
Well, new roadmap and the mop and bucket tech is an item now.
@@marneus Amazing. I really need to fix my 2factor auth and get back in
When the game actually when out, will be outdated, and then they will not launch and say that need to rework animations and things. Then the circle will happens again until the game never came out, and transform it self in the biggest scam in history.
@@raf.nogueira Considering they just mentioned raytracing will eventually be in star citizen with vulcan implementation, I highly doubt this. Not exactly a whole lot to improve graphics and options wise.
The love and dedication you can hear from the directors is inspiring!
Wow! Slowing this down to integrate the procedural tech was worth the wait and creates an awesome sandbox feel. The motion capture is amazing. The music is stirring. The burgeoning subsumption AI looks very promising. We don't know state of the other missions and there is clearly a lot of work to do but the bones of something awesome is slouching toward release.
was it? . . do you feel the same now? 50 years have passed, but I do not age.
I'm commander shepherd and this video has the best commentary on the citadel.
You did an awesome job on the facial animations. I can totally understand why they are so amazed about it.
I'm So happy for this Directors commentary. More! Moreeee! delicious!
yep very informative ...please more!
so awesome !! I love how they won't rush it at all, they would polish everything until it's actually ready
Hearing all the AI tech they are putting into this certainly gives me hope for hiring Npc’s for crew..great job as always...but what is sad is most people will never take the time to appreciate the level of detail..they just can’t comprehend how much effort was put into the details...I’ll certainly take my time..I wanna enjoy the experience..
It doesnt matter. This game is not made for "Most People". Its made for the ones who can appreciate this kind of gameplay.
Hear, hear. Well said.
Yeah this is exactly the kind of game for me. I love relishing the details. I'm happy it doesn't appeal to everyone. That makes it more special that it can exist because of crowdfunding. The game publishers wouldn't make, but needed to.
not consciously but I bet they will feel it.
I will. I’m in love with their attention to detail.
this was four years ago
Absolutely insane.
@@Broccoli_32 imagine what S42 looks like now....
@@daytrading9731 Probably the same since they didn't really worked on it till now.
@@daytrading9731 Right, all we can do is imagine, because they won't show us.
@@O-.-O no...they use the same engine and assets from Star Citizen, meaning...it looks a lot better now
I love the actors that are in the OMC scene both on the OMC and the UEE side. Incredible tension between both sides.
This is EVEN MORE AMAZING with the commentary. So many little details.
Hey SC just thought I'd point out when you talk about not being able to see the deck crew signals due to the lighting @25:00 instead of having more lights you could put some of that glowing florescent stuff that is on their torso, on their hands and arms as well so we could see the signals that way.
After rewatching this in 2021 .. We had all this in 2017 .. why don't we have sq42 in 2021 ?
Totally blown away by the scope of this. Awesome!
This is why I look forward to star citizen for more than 5 years. I will never regret the thousands of dollars invested. Star Citizen will revolutionize the world of video games and simulation, to all sides!
GG to all the developers and Chris for this world to discover in the coming years. That a Beast! ^^
lets just hope it won't end up like Crysis did... A benchmark for PC when it came out that got downgraded in later iterations for consoles ...
No it will simply be optimized at any time or it will require it. Chris is very demanding and fussy about graphic design
Guilds Tech since other devs will never have access to similar amount of money and unlimited time SC will not change anything, it will become next gen Crisis, expensive PC Benchmark.
Ill name my character "Loot Tenant Tonk"
I'll call my Mustang "Le Moose Tonk"
Haha golden comment xD
I'll be Lt. Lawrence Arabia
Since there are so many British blokes around the ship.
That reminds me that you will not find any military personnel on a Cutlass anymore.
twitter.com/Dowlphin/status/944638127871840256
Well, if you are, don't forget it's lef-ten-ant, and not loo-ten-ant.
57:43 Give the player a sense of pride and accomplishment.
well at least in s42 it's from solving a problem or playing well xd not from dumping 50 dollary doos into lootboxes :D
I'm kinda sad over the fact that some people will have amazing ships in the MMO version just from buying them with real money during the development. But that's the price that we have to pay for these games to be free of publishers like EA. The difference is that those greedy publishers would push out the game as an incomplete mess, have no interraction with the fans while making it, and they would keep real money ship purchases in the finished game.
>But that's the price that we have to pay for these games to be free of publishers like EA.
This is completely wrong, my friend. This project would be just as successful without the bullshit pre-order tier system.
slash213
Statistics prove You wrong
nachoguy5 It's basically just deluxe versions of the game, and within the deluxe versions there are cooler in-game spaceships.
Where do you think the money would come from. The initial kickstarter was 9 million. You can only dream to have a game like this for 9 million.
can you shoot the same gameplay again , so we can see the difference in 4 years?
Glad you guys gave us this commentary. There is no way I would have picked up on all of the little details. This game is amazing. Nothing comes close.
This Director's Commentary is a great idea, thanks a lot and Merry Christmas! :D
This is now my favorite video. Super insightful and breathtaking.Thank you.
Mind your step.
Love that Engineer, going in his own pace. Great
I really hope we get something like this at Citizencon this year
@Cloud Citizen it certainly did not lmao
awesome job guys, I'm speechless. The overall feel is looking GREAT. Couple suggestions--while walking your head remains perfectly level. There should be SOME sway to give an impression you are actually walking, not floating. Characters eyes need more movement, as someone else said, they look dead. The planet tech is awesome but, to be honest it looks out of place with the hand crafted stuff next to it. The boulders and rocks on the planet look completely fake and procedural.
It's early days and even though nothing is ever perfect, I'm sure I will enjoy this game. Keep up the incredible work.
They actually had this, but ppl got ill and the head boboing was really bad, so they worked on a solution and took a mechanic in from chickens. :D Chickens never headbob.
Didn't see this in the comments I scrolled through, but I quite liked the "Lieutenant" greeting. While repetative, it's a fairly common thing to hear aboard many Naval vessels (officers greeted by rank and not "sir"/"ma'am"). It's one of those little details that many miss but makes the immersion even better.
Only seeing this now - ITS AWESOME!
There we go, that's a lot more like I was expecting. Looking phenomenal, nothing less than was hoped for.
This was awesome. So much good info, well done team!
This was worth the delay.
Is it?
Who else cannot wait for the game to come out.
Crazy to be a member of this game. Squadron 42 looks awesome.
Loved the commentary, it's really cool to hear what people's thoughts are with what's being shown. I'm super amped for the game. It's very rough admittedly, but it's coming along nicely, and there are some points within the demo that are truly exceptional (especially as far as art direction is concerned). I'm hoping that with the "vertical slice" done, the rest of the game can start coming together and we can start seeing the polish being applied in particular.
Squadron42 était déjà à l'époque une claque, que ça soit graphique, gameplay, cinématique, acting et labiale.... Celui de 2017 foudroie de gros jeu sortie ces dernières années mdr
Que dire maintenant? Bientôt il nous offrira le premier véritable jeu next gen, merci CIG, merci Chris!
This game will change the industry, I'm amazed
That was a good one xD
3 years later...
gdamn. Better than watching a movie! What they're doing with this is insanely impressive imho.
This was great, loads of questions answered! Great work everybody.
The acting is phenomenal.
The director's commentary made this even more awesome :) - Shout out to everyone at CIG - enjoy the holiday and get back to work soon :)
Thanks for the commentary! Happy Holidays!
10:55 the jab at Mass Effect Andromeda's animations
[EDIT] The jab at EA in general 57:42
That was siiiiick. I'm totally sold now. I don't care if this makes even my 1080 Ti cry. PC deserves it's next Crysis. Please never downgrade this insane gorgeousness!
Take your time boys and girls, the best things are worth waiting for. We love you!
Amazing job guys. My compliments to the chefs, this is gonna be absolutely delicious once its finished.
This series is an excellent, unexpected Xmas present. A big thank you to subscribers and CIG!
Btw, anyone else get that notification that Alpha 3.0 will go Live "tomorrow"?
Wondering if that's 12/23/2017 12:00am PST. I couldn't believe my eyes. Just want more of a sanity check.
Thanks in advance for any conf.
SkegakisInc yes alpha 3.0 releases tomorrow to live alpha servers, so anytime before 11:59 pm PST
Does game package prices increase upon live release?
What?! How do you know?
email was sent out last night
first thing to turn off , motion blur and depth of field . but man it all looks amazing i can`t wait to play .
and V sync if its enabled
Also chromatic aberration
Thanks for the Christmas present Chris & Team! Can't wait to fly with Old Man. If you want to out-do yourself next year get Mark Hamill to share some commentary about the character.
The game looks awesome.
Even if this project fails completly gamers are forever in your debt for even attempting something like this.
It's good to hear the devs remaining so excited about where they're headed!
Such a pleasure to watch. Thanks guys !
That high tech broom lol
Is it possible to give us a update on the game? Been a few years since this awesome slice of SQ42 gameplay...
Gonna be watching this again and again for a while. Praying for no big delays and the 2020 release!
it's gonna be 2021, but it's still on track for a private beta this year according to leaks
@Emma Your "leaks" are bullshit
That is what praying gets you... nothing.
@@WIKUS70 they're literally putting most of the devs on the game... last big push for 2023 release
@@tevarinvagabond1192 2023 here, no beta still lmfao
Love that weapon check animation. Careless armorer not checking it before handing it to you though =P
I noticed in an episode of... something, when Steve Bender (IIRC his name) was handed a weapon to demonstrate some things he was animating, both the person who handed him the weapon and Steve cleared the weapon. It made me so proud. He also maintained trigger discipline. Was heartwarming to see :D
armorers dont need to cheack the weapon, it comes out of the rack in the armory... they get checked when get stored in... i never saw an armorer check it when they give it to you, you do that when you take it...
That's no excuse. Every armorer I had in the Army checked the weapon before handing it out. It's just good practice, and a good way to build the habit. It doesn't matter how many times you clear it, respect for the weapon and the safety of everyone takes priority. You may have checked it 10 minutes ago or 10 days ago, but you should always check it again before handing it to someone. It's the same reason you should always check a weapon when it's handed to you. There's a saying one of my NCO's used to say all the time. "Trust, but verify."
I mean, there's always that one guy that goes to clear a weapon, sticks the rifle in the barrel and boom, forgot to take the round out of the chamber. That's why we check weapons, regardless of when it was last used. It's just good practice.
Maybe I'm just paranoid. *Shrug*
im the same, i was 4 years drill instructor, i trained over 900 recruits in shooting and handling a weapon. Thats why the first lesson is allways, check the weapon when you get it and when you give it. but maybee doubble checking in the timespan of 20 secs is necessary ;) in the german army the armorer was allways present when you checked it, so i guess we can agree on that.
But you are right, you cant be to paranoid with weapons... And trigger safety is like god, you may not believe in him, but it can allways happen and you stay infront of him faster than you thought...
Wait... and this was on December 2017?!?!
I was thinking about paying the extra $20 for the story, but I don't think it will release. For all I know the devs could be lying in the commentary to get the pay pigs to give them more $$$
Ok Boomer
@@tevarinvagabond1192 Whatever Whale
@@themaughan3378 I have one ship, a 315p lmao
@@tevarinvagabond1192 lmao
I agree with the comments praising the commentary. It was interesting and informative, and highlights yet again the commitment to transparency that CIG team has. I wonder if it would be possible to add in-game commentary to the final game? I think it would be fascinating, kind of like the commentary track on blu-rays. Valve did that a while back with TF2 I believe - basically you could load levels with commentary, which would take the form of a floating icon and when you clicked on it you would get a short commentary on something relevant to the room or the map or some such.
I'm thinking that in SQ42, after you finish it once, you could unlock the commentary mode, and if you turn that on when replaying the campaign, then in certain place or situations you would get prompt in the corner, something like "press F10 to hear commentary". Anyway, just an idea.
Hey Guys! Just wanna say I'm SO impressed with this squadron footage. The facial expressions of sophie @ 23:15 really convey emotion in her character. That in itself is just one major take home amongst many & really gives you a feel for whats to come in this "game". Jesus, what will walking around Bengal carrier be like (I assume we WILL be able to in squadron)? Do we have a projected release date for Squadron 42 yet? Outstanding work guys!
6 years already? Still holding tight to my SQ42 package. Especially now, when it was removed from the store. Little birds say it will return 3 times more expensive (like $60+).
One word . . . Amazing :) . Keep up the fantastic work. Merry Xmas o/
Such an awesome 3rd watch with this commentary!
Plot twist : the game is a dating sim for "Old Man" ; and we get to date Mark Hamill.
SOLD
I think you're making a mistake there: the game you're describing is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Awesome! Happy Upcoming New Year!!! Everyone!!! :)
Love what we're seeing and really love the Gladius HUD here as opposed to standard/3.0 - hope you'll be changing it to this in the PU.
it would be kool if we could have NPCs work at outpost we build. would be nice to turn an outpost to a mini trading hub with exclusive deals on products. but im just one person with an idea.
Let's go SQ42 !! Cannot wait to jump in !
This in VR, is the future!
AND THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT! ;0)
Spectacular work, CIG.
DEC 2022
-SQ42 is still absent
DEC 2023
-SQ42 Is still absent.
This is not a sky box
He sounded so sad that everybody is just so used to skyboxes they won't even appreciate it not being a skybox :D
Almost 2022.
You should put reflectors or LEDs on the flight crew's suits. I think it would be more authentic and then you could actually see their semaphores. Or the light wands.
30:10 This starting to remind me of the Expanse from Star Trek... Looking awesome so far :D
I'm already invested in the story lol I wanna know more and interact with the characters! The acting and performance capture is incredible
28:32 the view, clouds and lightning , i want it :C
6 years later... i'm still waiting. wander how development is going. maybe be ready in another 6 years.
If I recall correctly Half Life 2 projected a volume onto screens on the monitors/displays for stuff like Breen, the scientist, etc.
they made a "skybox" style mechanic to make a 2D projection from a real 3D enviroment (in any other place of the map) not like in Star Citizen that projects 3D.
Hello from Oct 2021. No beta or sign of life from the game.
Lmao, there won't be a beta... it's releasing end of 2023 or beginning of 2024
I wish ambient occlusion weren't as strong on skin shader.. but I bet you use screen space ao without separate control over draw calls.. Same goes for other engines like UE4 or Unity. Sometimes I wish we could change ao setting per material, to set it stronger on darker materials only..
Anyway, Merry Christmas guys. Keep the great work!
The ships, especially the military ones need a HOTAS system, being able to control almost everything through your throttle and stick
Although it's short I really like the animation of the female flight mechanic. It's really nice!
2 years later .....
3 years later .....
4 years later . . . !
That was awesome!
I would happily pay twice the amount of cash to a game dev that continues to be as transparent as you guys. Can't wait to play this! Will be amazing. Just bought a £4000 PC, however I'm going to keep saving more money so that I can ENSURE I can run this game maxed at 1440p, might need two GPUs :P
What specs you have bc i run ARMA 3 almost maxed 4k with a R9 fury. My build was under 3k. Gona upgrade to gsybc and 1080ti soon.
I run the game at 1440p with a much cheaper PC than you. Specs: 1070ti, i7 6700K, 32GB RAM, game installed on a SSD. Its still a decent rig of course, but considering how much of a performance improvement we have gotten with the latest patches im often istting at well above 60fps, but its very dependant on what area you are in.
have they considered checking some of the features on vega to see if it will help the fps? 16bit etc
Looking stunning guys! will this be more linear than star citizen?
What happened to the longer part one and part two videos?
haha can you imagine if every npc in the game, including the ones that just walk around or t-pose on chairs all looked different and had different mannerisms/personalities.
24:25 space deck crew still got them fancy gestures
I want another hour long video of Sean Tracy rambling about low level cryengine tech.
The didn't mention the land mining tractor, we saw at least 3 of them. I wanna get one!!! Would PlanetSide mine with my chug-chugga-chug machine in a heartbeat. Just land on a planet, and pull your tractor, no need to have a massive ship to transport it.
I was looking at those thinking they could use one as a taxi up to the front door.