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date: 2023-10-26
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- video games
- game guide
- outer wilds
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{{< imgproc "images/ship.png" "500x" "right" "A video game screenshot of a rather crude spaceship perhaps vaguely resembling the Apollo Lander module. Parts of it are made of wood." >}}

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Star Citizen is an incredibly weird game.
{{< imgproc "images/train_station.png" "450x" "right" "A video game screenshot of a character standing in a train station, looking at a sign that says 'Train Arriving in 0:30'" >}}
Riveting gameplay.
{{< /imgproc >}}
{{< imgproc "images/train_station.png" "450x" "right" "A video game screenshot of a character standing in a train station, looking at a sign that says 'Train Arriving in 0:30'" >}}Riveting gameplay.{{< /imgproc >}}
I often describe it as "a game I deeply enjoy that I would never recommend to anyone else." It is next-level buggy. It has a weird, arguably predatory business model. It is the single biggest example of [scope creep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope_creep) I have ever seen. Nearly everything in the game is shoddily half-implemented because the scope creep means they've never done a real polish pass. The zealous dedication to (sci-fi inflected) realism means that you spend an awful lot of time traveling. (on the planet-side cities you even have to *wait for the train*, which I have to say just makes me avoid the planet-side cities as much as possible) And it's been in alpha for a decade, with no signs of a stable release any time soon.
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We met up at the city of New Babbage on the planet Microtech.[^1] After a quick trip on the train to the city center and its gun shop, I was kitted out in more firepower than I've ever carried in my life.
{{< imgproc "images/hangar.png" "450x" "left" "A video game screenshot of a character standing in front of a spaceship." >}}
Old reliable in her hangar.
{{< /imgproc >}}
{{< imgproc "images/hangar.png" "450x" "left" "A video game screenshot of a character standing in front of a spaceship." >}}Old reliable in her hangar.{{< /imgproc >}}
Next, back to the spaceport, and the leader of our operation led us to their ship, a venerable Cutlass in mostly decent condition.[^2] We climbed aboard, me riding in the turret in case we met trouble on the way. I'm usually the one one in the pilot's seat, so it was a delightful change to just spin the turret around and watch the scenery. Before long we found ourselves cruising down onto the dark side of the planet, at a location my HUD flagged as "Ghost Hollow." Apparently this is a wrecked spaceship that has been converted into a camp used by outlaws.
{{< imgproc "images/turret.png" "450x" "right" "A video game screenshot of a first-person view inside a spaceship's gun turret. The turret looks out on a futuristic snowy cityscape." >}}
Taking in the sights.
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{{< imgproc "images/turret.png" "450x" "right" "A video game screenshot of a first-person view inside a spaceship's gun turret. The turret looks out on a futuristic snowy cityscape." >}}Taking in the sights.{{< /imgproc >}}
The ship's lights revealed a snowy forest. In the distance, fires burned, just barely revealing the outline of a large structure sitting at an odd angle. We touched down in a clearing, filing out of the ship and into the cold, dark night.[^3]
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"Go dark!" The call came crackling through our comms, and we quickly flicked our lights off and crouched behind some trees. The light of this interloper swept away from us, and for a moment, we thought we were safe. Then, the sound of gunfire and explosions as the newcomer found our ship.
{{< imgproc "images/forest.png" "450x" "left" "A video game screenshot of a character standing in a snowy forest, lights from her ship illuminating the trees." >}}
Moody AF.
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{{< imgproc "images/forest.png" "450x" "left" "A video game screenshot of a character standing in a snowy forest, lights from her ship illuminating the trees." >}}Moody AF.{{< /imgproc >}}
Without an easy way out of the situation, we pressed onward, lights off and ready to dive for cover if the ship swept back our way. We made it to the outlaw's encampment without further incident, but with the increasing suspicion that they now had backup, if they were here at all.