Haven’t seen any posts here about this game, has anyone else backed Star Citizen at all?
I’m super excited about it, as the main guy behind it (Chris Roberts) is the guy that made my favourite series of games of all time: Wing Commander / Privateer. It’s also the biggest crowd-funded game yet, with pledges just recently ticking over 21 million dollars. For people who are interested, on the Star Citizen website (robertspaceindustries.com) there are multiple packages listed, varying from the basic version that comes with the game & a basic ship, to the “obsessed” packages that cost multiple thousands of dollars.
Now in case anyone is interested:
People who back now are considered ‘New Backers’, people who backed earlier than July this year will be considered ‘Veteran Backers’, and those that backed prior to the end of 2012 are considered ‘Original Backers’. Each of these backers have access to most packages, but the Veteran and Original backers have slightly cheaper prices, and also some additional features and bonuses, with the Original backers having the best deals. Original Backers also have the perk that the ships in all of the packages that they buy come with “Lifetime Insurance” (i.e. if it gets destroyed in the game, it will be replaced for free), whereas anyone else will have to pay ongoing premiums for insurance (using in-game money).
I am an Original Backer, so if anyone is interested in getting these better packages, let me know. There is a sending/gifting ability that has been built in to the Star Citizen website and endorsed by the developers that can be used for this purpose. Let me know if there is anything anyone wants to know.