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Info text for players that have not bought the game yet, so they know what they are buying into

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Important

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Pro:

If the servers are stable, you can have hours of fun gameplay with your friends or alone
If you are interested in following the different stages a big game goes through in development, SC has some very interesting tech and mechanics to offer

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Contra:

If you do not like to experience early development, bug-hunting, low FPS and are not crash resistant, the current game is not for you
The whole game is in an early alpha development state, everything evolves/changes a lot with each update
Total progression wipe every major patch during alpha (at least every 3 months)

Price

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Info:

Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are two different games but both playing in the same universe
You need a package to play the game, a standalone ship will not give you access to the game

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Star Citizen:

48,73 EUR in GER (45 $ w/o VAT in US)
Includes Arena Commander, Star Marine, Hangar, Universe
Cheapest starter packages: Aurora / Mustang / Other
Development status

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Squadron 42:

In production, not playable
48,73 EUR in GER (45 $ w/o VAT in US)
Includes Arena Commander, Star Marine, Hangar, Singleplayer Campaign
Cheapest starter package: SQ42 Standalone
Development status

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Combo-Pack:

70,39 EUR in GER (65 $ w/o VAT in US)
Includes Star Citizen, Squadron 42
Cheapest starter packages: Aurora / Mustang

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Price model:

Pay once and play as much as you like
Everything except some cosmetics will be available ingame, without paying extra money

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Min. System Requirements

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Info:

Even with the latest hardware the game can be: Laggy, stutters from time to time, FPS can drop and it can crash for no obvious reason

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Windows 7 (64bit) with Service Pack 1, Windows 8 (64bit), Windows 10 - Anniversary Update (64bit)
DirectX 11 Graphics Card with 4GB RAM
Quad Core CPU
16GB+ RAM
SSD strongly recommended
65GB free space + 32GB constant windows swap file recommended

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Does it run on my computer?

Compare your PC with other players

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Gameplay: Arena Commander

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Info:

Dogfight-Simulator on 2 maps
Does not influence your ships/progression in the universe
Earn REC-credits to rent ships and equipment exclusively for Arena Commander

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Bugs:

Some minor bugs
Aiming system for fixed weapons is broken
Servers mostly stable
Game balance far from perfect

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Gametime:

Approx. 3h to learn the basics
A lot more to master your ship

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Modes:

Vanduul swarm/Pirate swarm
Fight waves of enemy ships
1-4 players
Battle royal
You vs. everyone
Up to 15 players
Free flight
No rules, exiting your ship and coop on one ship possible
Up to 16 players
Classic race
Up to 3 other players
1 map
3 different courses
Squadron battle
Team deathmatch
Up to 8 vs. 8 players

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Gameplay: Star Marine

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Info:

Simple first-person shooter
You can change your personal loadout in all modes
Does not influence your progression in the universe

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Bugs:

Lots of minor bugs
Servers mostly stable
Game balance far from perfect

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Gametime:

approx. 1h to understand the basics

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Modes:

2 different maps
Last stand (domination mode with up to 12 vs. 12)
Elimination (free for all with up to 24 players)

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Gameplay: Universe

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Info:

Huge fully explorable PVP/PVE multiplayer space within a solar system
50 players per server

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Bugs:

Lots of different bugs
NPC ships are rubber-banding a lot
Aiming system for fixed ship weapons is broken
Server-crashes do happen
Losing a lot of ingame money due to a bug is easy
Game balance far from perfect

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Gametime:

Depends heavily on what you like to do

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Planets:

Crusader (gas giant, not explorable)
Hurston (Earth-like, fully explorable)
Arccorp (think Coruscant, hot-spots explorable)

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Moons:

Fully explorable
Trading outposts
Drug labs
Different bioms
Some have asteroid belts or stations orbiting them

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Citys / Bigger Locations:

Lorville on planet Hurston
Fully explorable city complex with mission givers, shops, etc.
Area 18 on planet Arccorp
Fully explorable city district with mission givers, shops, etc.
Levski on asteroid Delamar
Fully explorable old mining facility with mission givers, shops, etc.
Grim-Hex on asteroid near moon Yela
Fully explorable station with mission givers, shops, etc.

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Space stations:

Port Olisar (fully explorable)
Shops: merchants, weapons, clothes, components
Player spawnpoint
Spawn ships
Kareah (partially explorable)
Hack computer to lose your crime-stat
Covalex (partially explorable)
Short story driven mission
Comm arrays
Hack or repair missions
Small rest stops
Truck stop like space station

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Game mechanics:

Simple delivery/trading (needs ship with cargo space)
Some short story driven missions
Simple reputation system to gain access to different missions
Mining (needs ship "Prospector", available ingame)
Scan for minable rocks on moons or asteroids
Ore extraction / selling
Buy ships and equipment
FPS combat missions
FOIP (Face-over-IP) chat
Needs a simple web cam, the game then projects your face movements to your player
Scramble race missions
Deathmatch-races in space or on ground
Scanning
Only simple scanning mechanics currently in game
AI Bounty Hunting
AI bounty hunters will hunt you down
PVP Bounty Hunting
Hunt down other players with crime-stat
Piracy
It is fully PvP
Search and investigate/destroy (needs sometimes ship with cargo space)
Example:
Find a destroyed ship wreck inside an asteroid belt, EVA into the wreck, find some clues, fight some NPCs go back to the mission giver.
Beacons
Make contracts with other players (combat assistance, personal transport)
Exploration
No real goal, there are a lot of beautiful places and eastereggs
Moons can be explored by foot or any vehicle
Stations can be explored by foot or EVA
Planets would take years to fully explore
Space is huge

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Equipment:

Change personal weapon loadout
Change personal flight suit and armor
Buy normal clothes
Everything buyable in game with ingame money

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Gameplay: Ships

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Info:

Not all ships are for sale the whole year
Not all ships are currently buyable ingame
Ship Customizer in website shop (currently only 300 series)
List of all ships
Development status
List of all currently buyable ships

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Bugs:

All ships are work in progress
There are all kinds of glitches and bugs

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Flight mechanics:

More on the simulation side, learning to fly your ship takes some hours of practise
Setting up your joystick, HOTAS, or other peripherals is possible, but needs some time and experience