In Star Citizen, you not only shoot at spaceships, first-person shooter battles with handguns are also part of everyday life in the space MMO. For maximum comfort when shooting virtual you can in the future Attachments such as visors and silencers Switch quickly and easily with a dynamic attachment function – in the middle of a fight.
In the current episode of the news show Inside Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games shows the new feature that is striking reminiscent of the mechanics in the classic Cysis and could not prevail in later first-person shooters despite the high utility value:
The fixed exchange of components on your firearms provides a huge improvement So far, Star Citizen Alpha players have had to click on these essays in the inventory. Possible weapon attachments are laser pointers, sniper visors or barrel stabilizers.
The mechanics are introduced to the game with Alpha 3.9; the latest version of Star Citizen is currently available from the Evocati volunteer tester group, who are looking for bugs before the official release. Publication on the servers that are freely accessible to Star Citizen buyers is expected over the next few days.
The weapon diagonally in front of the face, several fixed attachment points and a transparent interface: The attachment feature in Star Citizen is strongly reminiscent of the model Crysis (left). Careful: icons and menus are not yet final.
Star Citizen Alpha 3.9 with an icy New York
Anyone who follows the sequence of Inside Star Citizen integrated above will also get a closer look at New Babbage. This is the city on the recently added Microtech planet that is accessible to all players from Alpha 3.9.
New Babbage consists of a large space airport as a landing site for incoming spaceships, which is connected to the metropolis by a fast train. With its skyscrapers and bridges, the city itself is vaguely reminiscent of New York, more precisely the Manhattan district. However, this Big Apple is frozen, because icy temperatures prevail on Microtech.
The frost does not prevent NPCs and players from enjoying their free time: New Babbage offers, among other things, the opportunity to practice yoga and other virtual workouts. There is also a bar decorated with palm trees.
In addition, research is also carried out diligently here, after all, the planet is home to a large technology group of the Google brand. On Microtech, players are supposed to do jobs for local researchers, such as doing industrial espionage. The place is also an important trading center.
News like the one from Alpha 3.9, together with stylish advertising trailers and clever marketing, ensure that Star Citizen collects $ 100,000 from fans every day via crowdfunding. You can read more about this in the large Plus Report:
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