In 2021 only three of the items on the roadmap for the end of year 3.16 patch actually made it into the game.

In 2019 Forbes magazine put out an investigative piece exploring the game's long development process and said that while there's no fraud being committed since a game really is being developed, there is excessive waste, micromanagement, and changing scope that is causing the final product to experience constant schedule slips.

As the development drags on, discussion on the developers' handling of funding and constant delays is beginning to displace discussion on the game itself.

As the Player Character's core temperature continues to drop/rise to dangerous levels, the sound of their increasingly raspy breathing & moaning as the interface fades to black & white is pretty darn horrifying - This video speaks for itself.

Nightmare Fuel: Alpha Patch 3.9 added Survival Mechanics to the game, one of which is body temperature and the ability to die of hypothermia/heat stroke if you're in an extreme environment for too long without a suit that provides adequate protection.

The aforementioned inertia-dampening thrusters also have absolutely crazy thrust-to-weight ratios to prevent ships from endlessly sliding, leading many to wonder why the ships even have their huge aft engines when the dinky RCS thrusters produce as much force.

G-force tolerances were increased in an update, along with making the Inertial Dampening thrusters swivel effectively instantly, which is less realistic but far nicer to fly with. However, the early implementation of the effects were wildly overblown, causing your pilot to black out in a turn that someone in a basic Cessna would be fine with, let alone someone in a fighter wearing a g-suit.

Misaimed 'Realism': The game features a g-force blackout system where excessively tight turns at speed can cause your vision to dim and eventually black out entirely for several seconds.Memetic Mutation: 'I got that ice cream you wanted.' note One 'commercial' had a pilot, after fighting aliens, casually telling his partner that he got that flavor ice cream they wanted.On the other hand we have a bunch of EVE players hoping it'll be like EVE, but actually fun. On the one hand, many are hoping that it'll end up as everything EVE Online isn't. It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: Star Citizen has an interesting relationship with this reaction.

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