Ok so I have seen Star Citizen pop up everywhere from reddit to here. What is released now and what can I get into playing right now?
Three very important things before you go any further:
#1 The FULL GAME won't release at the earliest late 2016 but be prepared for 2017 or even 2018!
#2 You pledge for the game right now, that's why ships are expensive BUT once the game is launched you can get everything for FREE in the game.
#3 The game is being buildt in modules meaning that they have a module for diffrent aspects/sections of the game. All these modules will eventually be emerged into eachother and form what is called The Persistent Universe. Every module that's released now is early Alpha or even pre-alpha. This game is very much in open development so bugs, glitches, server crashes, instability or whatever are to be expected and also things are not optimized at this stage, pure and simple.
If you're still interested keep on reading, if not then that's completely cool. Just let the development period run it's course and come back when the game is near completion.
To get to the point: So far
3 modules have been released to the public and is available to play RIGHT NOW:
The Hangar moduleView the ships you bought and your hangar is your starter point once the Persistent Universe goes live. In your hangar you have access and can
play Arena Commander and soon also Star Marine through a so called SimPod, think a game within a game. You also have access to ArcCorp through your elevator in your hangar.
Arena Commander 1.0 (Dogfighting Module)A dogfighting
simulation that let's you test the dogfighting portion of the game in diffrent game modes. You can test fly your
single seater ship/s in diffrent scenarios and game modes. You also have free flight which let's you fly your ship freely.
ArcCorp (The Social Module)Lets you visit and explore a landing zone on ArcCorp (planet) and interact with other players as a first taste of The Persistent Universe. You can access this module through your hangar.
The cheapest way to get the game is to pledge for one of the following packages:
AURORA MR AC STARTERMUSTANG ALPHA AC STARTERThose packages include:
Arena Commander Pass (Only Beta Access not Alpha!)
SelfLand Hangar
Starting Money: 1,000 UEC
3 Month Insurance
Digital Star Citizen Manual
Squadron 42 Digital Download (The singleplayer campaign of Star Citizen)
Star Citizen Digital Download
Beta Access
****IMPORTANT to get Alpha access you have to buy Arena Commander Alpha Pass for 5 Euro and that's because alpha access is a special perk for early backers.****Upcoming Modules this year:
Star Marine (FPS Module)
FPS combat
simulation that let's you test the FPS multiplayer portion of the game in diffrent game modes including combat in Zero-G.
Arena Commander 2.0The same as AC 1.0 but with multi-crew ships and a large map.
Nyx (a new planet/location to explore)I hope I was clear, it's alot to digest!