Flabbergasted gamers are discovering just how barebones Star Citizen still is in 2026: ‘the most expensive tech demo in history’ is still ages away from 1.0

Star Citizen is nowhere near release, even after spending almost 14 years in development. It’s now almost old enough to go to high school, and yet we’re still longing to see any sort of accurate release date. And while that’s probably familiar to many of you, some players are only now learning of how undeveloped Star Citizen actually is.

“I didn’t realize how dire the state of Star Citizen was,” says the title of a Reddit post made by user CapytanHook, who heard of Star Citizen and its decade-and-a-half-long development journey, but never actually understood what state it’s actually in.

“It’s just so incomplete and lifeless,” they said, adding that “missions are painfully repetitive,” that there are many bugs, that “ground PVE combat is a joke,” and so on and so forth. While it does look amazing and has great potential, Star Citizen really does need more time in the oven, which begs the question of whether the oven’s been on for the past 14 years at all.

Those responding to the post parroted much of the sentiment that’s been surrounding Star Citizen for years now, that is, if you’re not part of the community that forked over $935 million since 2012.

They called it a scam, a glorified tech demo, and a game that’ll probably never see the light of day because its “dream” is as much of a product as the game itself. It’s a project that thrives on the “what if” and the “what is to come” rather than something made to release with a set of established features.

The promise is the key here, and it’ll probably keep growing so long as people believe in it.

However, even those who did at some point back the game up and trust its potential didn’t have the best things to say. One user indicated that Star Citizen should “add more features to a functional stable core,” rather than “adding more and more stuff to a house of cards barely holding together as it is.” Others agreed with the sentiment and offered comments not unlike the one outlined in the initial post.

So what is the future of Star Citizen, then? To be completely honest, I can’t really tell. Squadron 42 might come out in the next couple of years, maybe, to try and justify all the money it has spent on A-list Hollywood actors, but as for Star Citizen itself, I fail to see it ever releasing in any real capacity.

It might get a shadow launch that’s 1.0-but-not-really, one that continues the impression and the promise of the “dream” while actually being out there on the market and on platforms like Steam. However, that is still likely a decade away if it ever comes, so I wouldn’t hold my breath.

And it’s a shame, truly, because some of the technologies developed for Star Citizen itself (especially server tech) are actually impressive, though likely forever stuck between a rock and a hard place at Cloud Imperium Games.

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The gun is arguably one of the coolest weapons to use in LORT, and you can use it irrespective of the adventurer you pick.

However, the weapon will remain locked at first, and doesn’t appear as random loot until you complete a specific achievement. This guide will make it easy for you to obtain the gun for the first time in LORT, which will then add it to the pool of possible spawns.

How to unlock the gun in LORT

Almost every weapon in LORT is locked when you start playing for the first time. To unlock the weapon, you’ll need to complete a specific task. For the gun, you’ll need to discover it on the map. This isn’t an easy task since LORT doesn’t have a traditional map (at least not to my knowledge).

The gun always appears on top of the grave shown in the image above. This will be true until you have found it for the first time. When you find it, you can add it to your adventurer. It doesn’t matter if you’re playing a melee or a ranged adventurer. Of course, using it with a ranged character is going to have certain advantages.

How to get the gun in LORT

Once you’ve unlocked the gun, it will appear randomly on your run. It could be obtained from a chest that you unlock with gold. The item can also drop from certain enemies randomly. Weapon items typically drop from harder enemies, so try to slay some of the more challenging foes. Ultimately, it’s all down to luck whether you get it once you have unlocked it.

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