# Dual Universe...anyone anticipating or in the kickstarter? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-universe-anyone-anticipating-or-in-the-kickstarter/786762 "2017-05-16T16:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-universe-anyone-anticipating-or-in-the-kickstarter/786762/1 "2017-05-16T16:25:56Z")
I’ve been looking at this game for a bit now and almost went in for the [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949863330/dual-universe-civilization-building-sci-fi-mmorpg) when they were close to their goals but still below (they seem to have since made it 100% so far). For anyone who doesn’t know what this is and is interested in watching, [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzfvIV2tTNM) is a YouTube video on the game. There are tons on YouTube if you want to look them over. Basically the game seems to be a cross between Space Engineers, Eve Online and maybe Star Citizen…an MMO crafting, open world sandbox that allows the user to deform and transform terrain, explore and craft everything from bases to space stations to ships, trade and cooperate or do PVP, etc etc, all the while being a single shard or universe where everyone plays in the same universe. It SOUNDS great if you like games like Space Engineers (which I do) and Eve Online (which I never played). Pretty much it sounds like what I wanted Star Citizen to be, originally. Anyone else looking at this game? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-universe-anyone-anticipating-or-in-the-kickstarter/786762/2 "2017-05-16T17:28:40Z")
That almost looks good enough to get me to buy a Windows machine just to play it. Seriously, that looks amazing. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-universe-anyone-anticipating-or-in-the-kickstarter/786762/3 "2017-05-16T17:55:07Z")
It has a lot of potential. After No Mans Sky, I’m a bit wary, mostly because of how ambitious it is. But overall I’m seriously considering getting in on the early access beta at 50 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-universe-anyone-anticipating-or-in-the-kickstarter/786762/4 "2017-05-16T19:08:35Z")
Do the people developing it have any MMO development experience?