Star Citizen
Star Citizen
Star Citizen est un jeu vidéo de simulation de combat et de commerce spatial multijoueur, développé par Cloud Imperium Games pour Windows. Dirigé par Chris Roberts, le projet constitue une prolongation des ambitions non réalisées pour Freelancer (2003). Annoncé en 2012, il a bénéficié d'une campagne Kickstarter qui a récolté plus de 2 millions de dollars américains. Depuis sa mise en accès anticipé le 30 août 2013, Star Citizen reste en développement sans date de fin annoncée ; en août 2025, Chris Roberts a indiqué viser une sortie en 2027 ou 2028, tandis que le spin-off solo Squadron 42 est attendu pour 2026.
Dans Star Citizen, les joueurs évoluent dans un monde ouvert MMO de type bac à sable, où ils peuvent explorer, combattre et commercer. Le scénario, tel qu'esquissé, plonge le joueur dans le quotidien d'un pilote spatial, entre réparations de vaisseau et livraisons de cargaison. L'histoire principale offre une durée de vie d'environ 125 heures. Le jeu utilise le moteur Starengine et est classé dans les genres jeu de tir, aventure, simulation, jeu de rôle et indépendant.
L'accueil des joueurs est partagé, comme en témoignent des avis sur Metacritic. Certains joueurs expriment des difficultés techniques, l'un d'eux écrivant : « SO you have us pay to play then my ship isn't showing up! This is the third time I have tried to play this game with friends… » D'autres comparent le titre à Elite Dangerous, estimant que ce dernier est plus immersif et agréable à jouer. Star Citizen obtient néanmoins un score agrégé de 92,13.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« SO you have us pay to play then my ship isn't showing up! This is the third time I have tried to play this game with friends and I got to the ship deck to call my ship AND IT'S NOT THERE. why make someone pay to play, give them a ship, only to not give it to the player. If I have to look forward to this every time I want to play this then I'm going to not play it at all. it's so pointless to make someone pay for a ship/allow someone to play this game only for them to be stick at a space station. **** dumb »
« I play both ED and SC and I find Elite Dangerous so much more immersive, easy to play and enjoy. I don't even care if there is repetition of tasks, especially down the line. It just runs so well, so damn smooth and the sound effects are out of this world. Even just starting up my ship is a euphoric experience for me in Elite Dangerous and I never get tired of it. The ships are overly complicated in Star Citizen and the set up is intimidating. Playing it feels more like hard work. That's not to say I don't enjoy Star Citizen, it's the second best space sim in my opinion and there are aspects of it that are better than elite dangerous I love my persona and character development in Star Citizen as well as walking around my ship and the graphics are mind blowing. What I usually do is play Star Citizen for a few hours and when exhaustion sets in and I get tired of the bugs I switch to Elite Dangerous which feels more polished and way more chilled to play. But we really are spoiled brats when we get to play such amazing games and we fight over which is better. Play your favourite or play both and just be grateful you are born in a time that we can have such amazing experiences in video games. When I was a kid I used to fantasize about exploring space and having amazing adventures there. 10 year old me would have pissed his pants with excitement if he could have played either of these two games back then. »
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« It is very good. So freaking good I made an account on this site to review it. So freaking good I am writing a review three days in. »
« The creator of this game should face criminal charges for mismanagement and fraud (hired his wife, hide fact that she is his wife, wife used company's office and workers to further her "movie career" with husband's approval). Ten thousand broken promises. »
« its barely a game, tried it for free cant think about how sad it is to buy it. it runs poorly on my very high end pc and bugs and glitches appear every couple of minutes also calling it alpha is no excuse for the teams bad coding knowledge »
« Tried Star Citizen but it is broken, then tried Elite Dangerous to fill the spacesim crave, never looked back. Thanks Roberts. I guess. »
« Cannot stand it anymore. For 10 years now I revisit on a yearly basis, but enough is enough. If I could, I would command my money back. An over 10 year old game with exactly that old graphics, sluggish and messy controls by foot, and arcade-ish mouse controls in space, this is a disgrace for all the good ones Mr. Roberts created decades ago. It is a shame. Uninstalled it for good this time. edit: And for the 10/10 ratings, stating "it is Alpha, there are meant to be bugs": How many decades until we reach the beta? So entertaining, at least for once. »
