[wellthisisgreat]

There have been very few games that gave me this flash-like sensation of breathtaking wonderment at the vastness of their world. Ultima Online, Planetside 2 and Star citizen come to mind.

I caved in to curiosity and got SC maybe 2 years ago.

I’d login in every 3, then every 6 months or so for 1-2 fly-throughs. Fly-through is when I get into a ship, take a mission or two, get to some planet. Maybe I crash maybe I complete a mission, maybe I succumb to the bugs. Anyhow I keep flying till I’m dead. Then I log out. The whole endeavor takes 2 hours at the longest, so I set some time aside for this. I don’t watch any tutorials or guides, just figure things out by myself, or, don’t, and leave them for the next flythrough.

I certainly got my money’s worth of entertainment from these few fly-throughs.

There are certainly deeper games out there, or even bigger in terms of playable area. Still, I think, if we put the games on a “immersive experience” chart where Y is visual effects and X is scale, then Star Citizen will be in the top right.