Tried this in early access, it had potential and it was fun to build out your own Majesty-style town with an inn and shops.

Some part so the game still needed work (too much micro with hero mission management).

I am curious to see how the 1.0 release plays. Will need to try it out.

I am engine developer, but even to this day you can clearly see Cryengine 3.x issue in star citizen.

They simulate zero-g areas as a Cryengine underwater map. You routinely see stuff floating as if in water even on planets with gravity.

You can also witness strange bugs that confirm the size issue (that they made everything extremely small in a Frankenstein version of a Cryengine map); one example would be your footmarks suddenly becoming massive.

The completely fucked up physics in sc (e.g. tanks bouncing like beachballs) is also a legacy of Cryengine 3.0.

X3 is a fun game, with a very developed universe (you'll see factions conduct invasion in real-time as you do your own thing) with a wide variety of gameplay. The universe of X3 honestly makes Star Citizen seems like a theme park for children.

That being said it is extremely difficult to get into them both because there are so many gameplay options and the UI/UX is subpar (prepare to be constantly fiddling with menu and looking up how to execute a given course of action).

It did add some challenge, but nothing that you can't deal with.

My last run was also during the badwater addition. It was a lot of fun, the biggest issue was water management in the late game, this update seems to address a lot of the issues I had.

Whatever the topic, it's best to avoid the opinions of videogame streamers/youtubers on matters outside of videogames.

I somehow doubt Hoyt has ever lived in Israel/Palestine, speaks Hebrew or Arabic or has ever read the Talmud, Bible or Quaran (even partially, but in a serious manner; one that provides some context on the "styling" of Abrahamic religious texts).

I haven't seen much of Hoyt's content, but the few clips I've seen seemed very low effort. If you can't even be bothered to make good content around videogames, you should definitely avoid narcissistic outbursts on serious matters.

From what I heard Last Oasis was completely dominated by a large few zerg guilds.

No, I meant that I missed the word "shop" in the title, I edited it in. :)

Missed the "shop".

It does look like a compelling gaming experience.

I might try the demo if I have time.

2 years in jail?

I think I am going to stick to the current mini-description format unless it's a game I've already played before (and enjoy). :)

In my country sometimes games are notably cheaper than in EU/North America.

No it is not automated. :)

Depends on your region too, in some places salaries are very low in USD equivalent. But yes $4 USD is pretty cheap.

Somewhat retro graphics, but that's not necessarily a bad thing (especially if the gameplay is good).

Did not know this was still alive.

The difference being that some Steam games are DRM free, so de facto you do have full ownership of what you buy (just like with GOG), as long you have a copy for the files.

I tried the itch.io demo a few months ago (not sure how different this current demo is). I can recommend Iron Village, the demo wasn't too deep in terms of gameplay, but it was fun and the setting is unique (and it impact gameplay mechanics).

Do you mean this is in a negative or positive way?

Somewhat of a meaningless post.

If you follow the party line in a public manner, it'll help you suck up to management. If you publicly criticize this decision (especially by highlighting that crunch is product of management failure and incompetence), they'll immediately start looking for PR-friendly reason to fire you.

The difference here is star citizen devs are well compensated and given time in lieu

How did you come to this conclusion? IIRC their salaries are below average.