2/5 ★ – Hazzi's review of Star Citizen.

Star Citizen: The Prettiest Trainwreck I’ve Ever Played Star Citizen grabbed me immediately. The visuals are incredible, the ships look stunning, and physically climbing into a cockpit feels like something from the space game I have always wanted. That first impression is strong, but it disappears the moment you try to actually play. The game gives the appearance of being complete, but underneath it feels like a half-finished project covered with expensive graphics. Systems break, markers vanish, bugs interrupt simple tasks, and the UI feels like it was designed to punish anyone who tries to interact with it. The biggest issue for me is how unhelpful the game is. Missions provide almost no guidance. Accept a delivery and all you get is a vague objective. There is no explanation of where to pick up the package. The mission marker disappears once you get near the location. You are left guessing your way through something that should take a single sentence of instruction. A project that can build planets the size of real locations should be able to offer basic clarity to the player. When you get stuck, the official suggestion is to ask chat. I did not download a space game to rely on random players for the most basic information. The community is amazing and genuinely helpful, but that does not excuse a game design that expects players to teach each other things the game should explain from the start. The tutorial also falls apart quickly. If you crash your ship, you are starting over. It is not immersive or realistic. It is simply poor onboarding disguised as a challenge. After a few hours of struggling with the game more than playing it, the final warning sign appeared. The only way to uninstall Star Citizen was to delete the folder manually. A modern game that cannot even provide a proper uninstaller tells you everything you need to know. Maybe the game becomes playable after forty hours. Maybe people stick with it because they have spent money or time and feel like they need to keep going. Maybe there really are some hidden gems buried under all the problems. My time has value, and I am not spending it digging through something that feels like a dream concept held together by frustration. Star Citizen is everything I want in theory. Vast worlds, beautiful ships, and a true space simulation experience. In reality it is far from the game it wants to be. Amazing concept. Sad execution. 4/10