I remember them announcing that SQ404 was entering a "polishing" phase in late 2023.

At that point and to this day, they failed to finalise a flight model, develop an armour/shield system and implement engineering gameplay.

Arguably these are critical elements for a release with space sim gameplay. Although if SQ404 does release, I think it will be 30 hours of Wing Commander The Movie level cut scenes (space bulldozer) and script, with bored sounding Hollywood actors counting the seconds till they can leave Chris Roberts' mocap studio.

Inside Chris Roberts' Mocap Studio:

Roberts: Hehehe. Hey, Mark! You know how I came up with the Vanduul? Hehe.

Hamil: No, how?

Roberts: Ehehe. Vandals to Vanduul! Get it? Hehehe. Pretty smart, right? Hehehe.

Hamil: Very original.

Roberts: Did you know the Vandals were a Germanic tribal grouping that raided the Roman Empire? Bet you didn't know that! Hehehe.

Hamil: I am in awe of your creativy!

Roberts: I know, right! Hehehe.

Ok Mark, enough farting around. Pretend you are riding a space bulldozer!

It'll be released when the original backers grandchildren have kids 😂

All I really wanted was SQ42 back when I supported it on Kickstarter. With my 20 bucks there's no regret, but it's quite funny where things have gone since then.

I install the latest alpha once every year and am both amazed and disappointed.

I don't expect SQ42 to be released before 2030 and I do expect it to be a buggy, unoptimized mess when it finally arrives.

I've been thoroughly entertained all those years, though.

Sigh deeply, rub their foreheads, and open their wallets.

Color me surprised. I still think this whole thing is a big scam, like a money laundering scheme or some grift.

hahahahahaha

I think it's high time we just ghosted any news of this scam of a game and studio.

Scam Shitizen.

I guess if it's any consolation, our real world space efforts are also largely even more behind schedule than usual, thanks Elon.

What an insane and unprecedented surprise.

Since i saw that gameplay footage which was released like somewhere in the last 5 years its all i can think about when Sq42 is in the news again. Until that point i just hoped that maybe somehow someday an unpolished but interesting game will come out. But that footage looked so unfun and ass after ~10 years of development i lost all hope.

Not to worry, I'll have GTA 15 to keep me entertained until then

We'll see Shenmue 9 before Star Citizen's release.

I think the people claiming this game is a scam, don't know what scam means. I paid for this game years ago and sometimes I go online and have fun with friends or just drink beer and do cargo hauling to relax. Like any other game really. Early access or not, people are having fun.

Sunk cost fallacy? What cost am I putting in, and what am I expecting in return? This game cost me a night on the town years ago that would've been forgotten at this point, and gained me a fun space game.