Star Citizen Squadron 42: Users discuss graphics comparison

During the internal Citizencon trade show, Cloud Imperium Games and lead developer Chris Roberts introduced a remake and a prequel to the separately implemented single-player campaign called Squadron 42 of the online space flight simulator Star Citizen. This new presentation now also allows for a direct graphical comparison to the 2023 version.

Graphics Discussion of 42 Squadron: Old vs. New

A Reddit user on the Star Citizen subreddit has screenshots of the new version of the intro along with footage from an earlier version from 2023 Placed directly opposite. Naturally, a discussion immediately developed about the advantages and disadvantages of each graphic version. Opinions are relatively divided. While some Reddit users are sad about the outdated color contrast in the space shots, other users are happy to see a better view of the characters in the 2024 prologue. On the other hand, the new version generally looks gray-green and therefore a bit washed out.

However, you always have to keep in mind that the graphics in the new intro are no longer pre-rendered, but are now in-game graphics, which is very impressive. Another user also says that the color grading was not correct during the live demo of the new intro and this is in The video has been officially released It should have been corrected again. After all, most users agree that the character models used now look more realistic.

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source: Reddit