"Star Citizen" has apparently fallen from the good graces of some game critics, as the latest Alpha 3.0 build for the upcoming indie game has disappointed a lot of people.
Robert Purchese from Eurogamer is one of the leading negative critics of the game chastising the developers for the rather unsatisfactory experience from the Alpha build. It seems that for them, "Star Citizen" does not convince as a game, and it was even likened to posts on Instagram, where the outer appearance of something hollow is made to look amazing.
Thus, Purchese has claimed that the game is more successful as a demonstration of technology rather than an actual science fiction (sci-fi) roleplaying game (RPG). He also stated that there was little to do in the game and that its features, the sprawling futuristic cities and vast open vacuum of space and massive planets, do not have much to offer other than being there.
There are some missions included in the Alpha 3.0 build, as well as some armor, gear, and ship upgrades, but apparently, most of them were boring and half-baked.
Meanwhile, players have also expressed disappointment to the developers and even took to Reddit to expound on their poor experience. Most of them point out the horrible optimization of the game, where some of the most important moments, such as space dogfights, only ran at a sluggish 25-30 frames per second (FPS) frame rate.
However, website Game Revolution has argued that the game is still in Alpha phase and that players and other critics should do well to remember this. This means that it still is pretty much in its early development stages, hence the lack of content and the poor optimization of the graphics engine. These are all parts of an Alpha version of a game, where the consumers are also requested to report any flaws or bugs in the game in order for the developers to address them.
However, the disappointment was quite understandable given the budget that the developers have accumulated via crowdfunding and how much they committed to deadline promises which they could not fulfill. At the moment, players will have to set their expectations reasonably until the developers announce something big or progressive for the game.
