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by SurrealSoul 2801 days ago
6 years ago I was 20 years old in college. I got so excited a new a mmo to play in space and drank the kool-aid. Dropped $150, played with my super cool ship in my hanger at 15~fps having a good time looking at all the details on my aegis gladius, watching the stairs come out of the ship and so on.

Eventually I could fly it, and it was cool but of course it was alpha and there was nothing to do except drink more kool-aid. More ships, more promises, more stars, more space.

Now, my same ship can land on planets, I can walk around and it's great. Honestly it's pretty cool. The only issue is now I am 26, married, spend 75% of my awake time working or with my wife. I don't want an mmo.

I am no longer the target demographic, and the majority of the early adaptors are not either.

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Perhaps you will still enjoy Squadron 42, Star Citizen's single player campaign that's an on-ramp to the MMO.
Squadron 42 was meant to be released in 2016. It's 2018. It's not getting released in 2018, is it? Want to bet 10$ it's going to be released in 2019?
That's $10 I'd rather save, my dude.
I'd be amazed if it releases in 2020 or earlier.