[Newbie] Should I get this game in its current state? Will it be fun?

[MorganMajestic]

I am a proud collector of many a game and builder of my own computer, and I've always, always loved scifi and spaceships and all that sorta stuff. However, no game has ever really filled the niche of scifi spacegame and all that openworld jazz-- Space Engineers did, for a time, but it grew too lonely, too unfulfilling, because even with how much I loved building and space (and SE does a fantastic job of combining them, even back when I started playing it years before its full release), it didn't really have atmosphere, challenge, or reward. Elite Dangerous held my attention for a short while, but I quickly grew tired of it and found myself off-put by how disconnected everything is-- you remain in your ship the entire time, and little more, without paying a significant extra just for land vehicles-- and with real money, you couldn't get them with the base game at all, which was, again, off-putting. I've always heard there's a great deal more to Elite Dangerous, but its a game that didn't grab my attention and let me really enjoy the fact that I'm in *space.*

So I ask, is it worth to get this? Now, I don't mind bugs and the like-- so long as it doesn't truly *break* the game (ship being destroyed, for example, and unable to regain it), I'm fine with bugs. I've a long history of grabbing games in alpha or beta and enjoying them just fine, bugs and all. I'm just asking if it's feasible to play it, to run missions or build outposts or whatever (I recall watching a few videos on the topic some time ago). How hard is it to team up with people-- would casually playing it in the afternoon possibly lead to actually making and joining a community? Are there groups, clans, factions that are recruiting?
 

Is it worth playing, and if I do get it, would I end up playing alone or how likely would it be that I could end up attached to some people, wingmen to play with?

I'm quite willing to buy into the game. Just not sure if I'd enjoy it and be able to laugh afterwards.

[Danakar Endeel]

Well, you're in luck as you can currently try it out for free until the 8th of May by checking out the link below 

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/35-Free-Fly

If you make an account and enter the FreeFlight code GETINTOTHEVERSE you can try it out until the 8th of May and will get access to a selection of ships during that time. To me that would be the perfect way to get a feel for the game with some firsthand experience. Now things may sound a little daunting at times but overall the community is always happy to help out and there are lots of 'quick start' videos on YouTube. I believe Star Citizen's official YT channel recently put out a few tutorial videos as well.

 

During your account setup it may ask if you have a referral code. Now I'm not going to post my own referral code as that wouldn't be fair but you can get a random one HERE. Using a referral code is not required but will add 5000UEC (the game's ingame currency) to your account.  

Be advised though that this is not a finished game yet but still an alpha in full development. So there will be lots of bugs and missing features. But if you can keep that in mind I'd advise you to try out the FreeFlight event first and if you like it enough you could get one of the Aurora or Mustang Starter Packs. Either the one with just Star Citizen (the MMO) or a combo-pack that has both Star Citizen (the MMO) and Squadron 42 (the singleplayer campaign). Personally I would suggest a pack with the Mustang Alpha just in case you ever want to upgrade it to something else (like an Avenger Titan or something) as the Mustang Alpha is 'worth' $5 more compared to the Aurora MR.

• PACKAGE - MUSTANG ALPHA STARTER PACK
• PACKAGE - MUSTANG ALPHA STAR CITIZEN + SQUADRON 42 COMBO

[Rain2reign]

I would say try it out first as Danakar suggested. Afterwards if you like it, invest into a basic pack like the Mustang or an Aurora and see from there whether you find further investments worth your time and money. The game is still in development and prone to bugs, but its still fun nonetheless.

This game is always more fun, when you play it with other people and more people. You can always just hop on our Teamspeak or Discord to find other players (for starters) and just ask around.

[MorganMajestic]

9 hours ago, Danakar Endeel said:

If you make an account and enter the FreeFlight code GETINTOTHEVERSE you can try it out until the 8th of May...

Yeah, so I've been looking and I can't find where to redeem this.

[Rain2reign]

54 minutes ago, MorganMajestic said:

Yeah, so I've been looking and I can't find where to redeem this.

At the bottom of this webpage, https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/35-Free-Fly, there are the steps written for it. I hope this helps.

[Danakar Endeel]

4 hours ago, MorganMajestic said:

Yeah, so I've been looking and I can't find where to redeem this.

Go to https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/35-Free-Fly

Scroll to the bottom and you should see 3 steps.

First you have to click 'enlist' in order to make an account. Once you have your account and have logged in with it step 2 should be visible to you where you can enter the code GETINTOTHEVERSE. After that you can download the installer at step 3 (be sure to have around 50GB of free space on your drive; preferably an SSD).