Evidently, the number of things being added to Star Citizen's next alpha build is enough that it requires a whole new label. That's right, don't call it alpha 4.11; call it alpha 5.0 instead. Which is totally indicative of what's going into it and surely not a smoke screen for its possible delayed release. Cynicism aside, the [...]
I really don’t see it as a scam. I think I paid $30 for the game and they’re continuing to develop it. I’ve played it a bit and while it definitely feels unfinished, I’d say they’re certainly onto something, it has serious potential to turn into something cool.
So one thing to mention here, these planets exist at a nearly realistic scale, most a have about a 2000 km diameter, which puts their surface area around 12,600,000 square km. You can’t sculpt every inch of that by hand and make it look good, you just can’t. At some point you need to leverage procedural methods to fill in the space between crafted areas.