Star Citizen: Arena Commander is Live!

[Vendor-Lazarus]

I just can't immerse myself if I feel artificially constrained within a game.

It's not artifical, it's the opposite. You play a human pilot. You see the world through his eyes. The end.

Nothing more natural than that.

What I meant by artificially constrained is that they purposefully made it first person view only.
I know from other games that it can be made into both without either views getting an unfair advantage.
For those who can become more immersed through a first person perspective, it's great. But not everyone can.

I'm not entirely with you on the natural aspect of that, since another view could be explained away through "advanced tactical ship hologram projection/simulation or what have you".

As I've said before, I would love me some Star Citizen. But due to my own feelings of constraint within a cockpit mode, it's sadly not for me.

I wish you lots of fun with it, there do seem plenty to be had. ,)

 

[Draconalis]

It's really badly optimized, which is pulling me out of it.

It's not even worth trying on my work PC with a Radeon 5870, and my main gaming PC, which is powered by a 280x, dips down to 35FPS at 1920x1080 and medium settings. I run most games just fine at 2560x1440.

That's to be expected this early in the stage.

I'm just happy I can not only play the thing, but record it with minimal stalling.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

3-person view topic that was beaten to death and back, and then back again (refer to the SC formus).

3P is intentionally unplayable. It is meant to help admire the views. The promise of Star Citizen always was to LIVE the life in space, not to play a GAME about space. And you experience the whole world through your eyes, directly.
First person view is a feature.

[Paraphrasing devs]

That might not so much be the case.


In one of the communities I'm a member of, there's a lot of talk about how mouse-and-keyboard has much better control than joysticks or similar control rigs. More than a few people have already cancelled subscriptions with complaints about the game being more arcade-y than simulation.

the game will support mods right? because if thats the case a simulation mod will be made less than 10 minutes after the game is released