Not very surprised, the game has been a trainwreck in the making from the beginning. Total scope was just way too overambitious, and people weren't going to plow hundreds and thousands of dollars into spaceship jpegs forever.
I'm not following this at all, but I can't see anything particularly obvious that's a 'train wreck'.
They have a game. It's playable, if not particularly good. Some people are playing it (or something? Someone is posting gameplay videos anyway).
I have zero investment in it so I don't really get it; I see a lot of unhappy people making :( faces.
Games take time and money to make. They're making it. It's not done yet. They're keeping in touch with people and releasing regular updates.
I mean, what do you want them to do? Not make it? Make it faster? Communicate more? Communicate differently?
That's really good compared to some crowd funding people... isn't it?
...? Where's the drama?
Anyone who's loved the game Undertale will tell you that was a fine use of their funds. But games like that wouldn't be possible without unsophisticated investors throwing their money at it in small quantities.
Half the subreddit seems to be die hard acolytes while the other half seem to be extremely bitter vets of a game that hasn't been launched.
The biggest game development project ever, with extraordinary transparency, and shoddy bloggers are still making money throwing out talking points about how it's a train wreck barely half way through development.
Again: without any actual proof. However, if there is any, I will gladly change my opinion.
http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/03/controversial-star-citi...
It "must have been" nothing or anything.
Maybe they actually reached a mutual agreement. Who knows.
What it must be is an expensive and elaborate scam that is in league with moon landing conspiracies.
It's a game that's not complete. What of it?