But Chris Roberts has never been wildly imaginative, preferring a very bland and derivative “World War 2 submarines and dogfights in space” aesthetic. It isn’t even the first time they’ve been accused of copying a ship’s design. Star Citizen has also “borrowed” art from Eve before, copying the Immensea nebula for concept art last year. While concept artists often use such assets in rough concept work, this work is rarely used in marketing material or to promote extremely expensive ships. CIG previously faced criticism due to the practices of former CIG artist Ryan Archer in using obvious copy and paste jobs in concept compositions. While the Vulture may just be a coincidence, it’s hardly the first time CIG has been accused of plagiarism in its concept designs. The ‘entry-level’ mining ship has also been priced at $140. Should the Vulture actually make it into the game, it will join a number of other hangar-ready paperweights in waiting for CIG to decide on what non-combat activity will actually look like in the game.Īfter years of silence on the topic of mining, leaked footage from the “Alpha 3.2” release has surfaced, showing the player shooting a laser at shale (of all things, and on an airless moon) in mining gameplay that somehow makes Elite’s mining lasers look engaging. At a modest $120, the Vulture is downright affordable (by Star Citizen standards), fitting for a salvaging frigate. Even so, CIG has sold hundreds of high-priced luxury concepts for its game, most of which have never made it into what they term the “persistent universe,” an instanced game world consisting of a handful of set pieces, often for thousands of dollars.
The fact that the names differ by two letters only nearly moves it from farce into tragedy. Now, while I would always encourage the #StarCitizen community and the community to be friends…if you do need to settle things…maybe do it in an online game? <3 /OBxhCz3BAcīut they are uncannily similar, and while “two arms extending in front of the cab” might not be unique, it is certainly interesting that they share so much in common, from color scheme to purpose to functionality. Responding to a call to arms as the two subreddits engage in a fairly one-sided emotional battery, CCP Guard tweeted:
CCP Games clearly doesn’t believe it to be a significant problem, as CCP Guard took to Twitter to invite players of both games to fight it out over Eve Online’s actually existent massively multiplayer single universe, boasting hundreds of systems and tens of thousands of players online around the clock. It’s difficult to say that an industrial ship with two arms extending in front of the cab could be unique IP or constitute brand identity. Citizens quickly answered the call to engage in quasi-religious apologetics for the beleaguered developers. As Eve Online players took to the StarCitizen subreddit to poke fun, moderation there quickly took to banning anyone associated with the Eve Online subreddit, citing ‘brigading’. It's okay, – we love you too! ? #tweetfleet /1rI4NUwm0Sīut CIG’s troubled community has not made its reputation for circling the wagons undeservedly. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ? CCP Games even recognized it, tweeting about it on Thursday following CIG’s announcement.
Star Citizen Vulture Copyright CIG Original Spaceship Do Not StealĮve Online players will immediately recognize the ship as closely resembling the Venture, an ORE industrial frigate first released (into the actual game, not just as a concept) in 2012.
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