An Architect Reviews the 600i - Star Citizen 

morph, you should be featured in the sc community spotlight for the most polite criticism in a videogame, good job!

You should draw an example of your perfect 600i interior

They saw Oblivion with Tom Cruise and went crazy.

I feel like the 600i could do almost everything the 890 Jump does if only it were organized better.

I totally agree with you. But I would also mention the serious trip hazards in the bridge. The floor is not flat and has catch points and angles everywhere.

Almost 2 years later, I am still hoping this ship's interior gets updated.

The ship feels like they had everything appropriately sized when it was ~60m and they just took the slider scaled it all up when it grew to 90m when they realized they couldn't fit the components in the initial size. It just made the whole interior feel awkward. It should have been delayed and reworked instead of being released like it was.

The problem with this and so many of star citizen's ships is the backwards design process, prioritizing form over function, which in turn is a product of poor direction and essentially letting artists not consulting with engineers or architects (at the very least they needed to be educated in logical design process, like working out how something will WORK before designing how it LOOKS...) like how the engines should work (even if its fictional) before the engines get designed, otherwise you don't get a unified design language between engines on different ships, leading to player ultimately not knowing how something is supposed to work or what it even is. In the case of the 600i, the ship doesn't know what it is... Is it designed to just be a pleasure yacht, take (paying?) passengers or have a permanent crew and be a useful ship? Because there isn't the facilities for all of them at the same time. As pointed out in the video, the most obvious example of this is the crew quarters... For some reason in CIG world, the captain is treated like royalty (fair enough, as the player(s) will usually be the captain, but it also sort of makes sense in lore), where as the crew, even on a luxury ship, are treated like enlisted personnel in the navy with little privacy. This might make sense in a yacht, where space is so limited that the crew might have a couple tiny cabins with bunks, but if that is the case, why is there only a bed for the captain, what if he wanted to take family or guests. Similarly, if the ship was intended more like a small cruise/passenger ship for paying passengers, where would they sleep? Both of these scenarios would need completely separate facilities for crew and guests, so the crew would also need a galley, mess and common areas of their own. To fix this the current crew quarters need to be split up into smaller cabins with a common space/galley/mess, there is plenty of space here so pretty straight forwards. The other question is accommodation for guests, for this the giant area at the back under the glass ceiling could be much better utilized for passenger cabins with a panoramic space view. You would also need to increase the size of the facilities to accommodate all the passengers at once, like the dining table and tv screen. The other more different case, treating the ship more like any other functional ship in the verse, I would refer to the serenity from firefly, you for this you wont need the extra passenger cabins but the main crew ones need to be larger as the crew are employees who work full time WITH as much as FOR the captain, and would demand more from their living spaces as it is their home, not just a deployment. This basically means less disparity between the captain's and crew's quarters. It would also mean that you wouldn't need multiples of the facilities, however the common spaces would need expanding, such as enough space around the table for the whole crew to eat together. This might also double as the meeting area (unless they wanted to include a conference room at the rear instead of that silly gigantic bench). But it does mean that the whole of the ship should be more functional in general, with less wasted space, as befits a working ship, but that doesn't mean it can't be luxurious, but it does have to be more efficient.

Subscribed, now I have to come here for all the ship walkthroughs!

Damn this video is well made, the music and editing really goes together with the game and ship, aswell as your professional commenting. I can feel that you know what you're talking about!

The VIP guest area needs more plants! And, yes, the internal area needs to be better utilized. And the Ideas for the Engineer stations on the bridge and changes to the Science stations/area is also spot on. Only problem I really have with this ship is that it has to small a crew. If they bumped it up a class they could have max 5-7 crew (+2 engineer and +2 remote gunners/science crew) and a lot more equipment aboard.

From the perspective of an industrial product designer: I totally agree with all of the things you said. There is so much wasted space which by alot of people is seen as "luxury". There are 2 things that I hate most about the 600i. The cockpit being number 1. As you said its so empty, they could fit some engineering stations in the back, and even if they dont want that, which i could understand, there is enough room for a couch on either side of the door with a table infront of them, or something similar. I imagine the owner of the ship wanting to be able to sit there aswell. The second thing is the mega couch in the back of the ship. Have you seen that thing?! I was waiting for you to sit your character on it and go into 3rd person. It looks rediculus. It fits like 30 people on there... Would have been better if they split it up in booths or something similar, or just put a variety of chairs there, maybe even raise the floor back up a little and make the middle part a dance floor. I agreed with the bar position. It would have been better towards the rear. It would open up the spacve infront of the bar/door and people sitting at the bar could actually look outside. Anyways, i know this video is a year old, and i have not been in one of these yet in game so i have no clue if anything has been changed yet.

Questionable use of space. Ships keep getting bigger in this game so as to accommodate all the systems and to make areas navigable, which is fine. This ship however, is roomy for no reason. It needs to feel luxurious, not vacant.

1. As former Navy I actually loved the berthing lol. You should see what one looks like on an actually ship. 2. Just figured out where the captains quarters bathroom is because of this video LOL.

Thoroughly enjoyed your critique. Tried for half the video to find fault. When you started talking about the ship's most serious design flaw at +7:20 , finally withdrew my scrutinizing gaze and let the last half of the video take me through the inside of one's head who creates spaces for humans. You get design. Very well done.

Great work on and thanks for the very informative and contructive video! Looking forward to the next one!

So there is a lot of w4stedspace :p Edit: thanks everyone for the likes

This is EXACTLY what I'm worried about when I make a large ship in Space Engineers. A pleasing hull shape is fine, but people are going to be spending a lot more time with the interior. If the crew keeps metaphorically bumping their heads, the grinders will be out in no time.

Absolutely love the your format and execution! A perspective uncommon to most but provides clarity to what we all feel when we utilize these spaces. You have found a niche here and I hope you exploit it fully with an entire series on past and future ships. I will be utilizing your reviews before buying ships in the future and look forward to future episodes.

I just discovered your reviews for Star Citizen ships. That's a fooking great job ! Love this ! Keep going like this !

I'm sorry, but I detect 0 w4stedspace in this video.

One more thing I would mention about the captain cabin at the end of the video (12:35) is that Who (the hell) would sleep while opening window to the sun ? To make it sound, there should be an ability to close the window or some innovative sunlight filtering mirror.

Wonderful review! Thank you for doing this. I love your perspective on the ship

This is fantastic to watch, I never thought I'd find myself watching a video like this, but I love it.

I have been disappointed with this ship's interior from the moment I saw it. I really wish they'd either hire a luxury boat architect or heavily pull inspiration from online-pictures of luxury yachts. Wide open spaces should not be used everywhere. Interior-space needs to be human scaled and intimate. CGI, please please do the 890J right and also consider a redo of the interiors of the Origin 600 variants.

I bought this ship and so very much agree with all the points you made. The parts that really stand out to be were indeed the bar that is clearly the wrong way. If the bar was the other way the seats would also be facing the window and the view and not facing the back wall. I wish they had done away with the pool table and done a grand dining table that people could sit and either roleplay a meal or maybe having a meeting. I so agree also about your point about the engineering areas and the access to them being from the the lounge area. I do like the bedroom although I would not have the bed on the raised area next to the window. You sleep in a bed with your eyes closed so I don't see the value of a window. I would of have the desk or seating up there so the captain or VIP guest can enjoy the view while doing some work or chatting with guests. I think your also so right about the bridge area and how so much is not used. I also think there are too many trip hazards on the floor. In the event of an emergency its a health and safety nightmare :-) This video was my first introduction to your channel and it was wonderful to hear a profession talk about the use of space.... even more so that I agreed so much. I hope that someone does hear your advice and does act on some of the very good points you made.

Love your professional walk throughs. I’m learning a lot about well designed space

One of my biggest issued with the 600 series is there is no airlock to use for eva.

So happy this showed up in my recommended videos, fun to watch and informative. Hope they tweak the design a bit to fit your insight on the design.

Initial Reaction to Title: An artitect reviews a Spaceship? That's like an Auto Technician reviewing a Cruise Liner. After Video's Enlightment: The 600i is really just an inefficient living space with a warp drive attached.

Dude, love your walkthroughs. I don't play videogames but I love star ships. Some channels just talk about the outside of the ship and ignore the interior but you are so detailed in your reviews. You got a new fan.

Fantastic video, and superior design ideas. Please do more!!

Let's face it: 600i and the Hammerhead need *slight* reworks.

"Things fitting elegantly"

Didn't think I'd enjoy this video but you, Sir, have become my default go-to for ship walkthroughs from here on out. Keep them coming, please.

Holy moly, this is one of the best presentations about ... any design, really! Thank you!

Do more reviews of the ships . this is great stuff .

7:40 to be honest if I saw an engineer having to go into that room I'd be a little worried.

This is reaaally cool, calm and interesting to watch! Fully enjoyed that vid! ;D

I really liked this review and is the first SC video I've seen in a few months. Please make more of these.

I like this new format

Being an architect and engineer myself, I came to a very similar conclusion to you. This ship is very poorly implemented, and shows a massive gaping whole in CIG’s current skill set. They consistently lack an understanding of space and function. The ships are being designed as levels, rather than functional working vehicles/spaces. This is not the only ship that has flaws, it is a consistent issue among the fleet of ships already designed by CIG, and it is a little concerning when it is one of the major/key elements of the game. The key to a solution is Function then Form, it is clear Form is taking a much larger role in the designs and the outcome is suffering due to this misguided approach to design.

This was fantastic and incredibly insightful. I'm impressed. More of these please! (if at all possible to arrange)

Hey, you're back... that's FANTASTIC. I loved the video, and I like the presentation style. You should continue making this as a series as Star Citizen develops. Just one thing, I don't know if it was RU-vid or my internet connection or what, but as I was watching the video the visual was going slower than the audio (the audio was just the right speed), and I kept having to click on the time line so that the two would sync. Just thought I'd let you know in case there's something that you can do about it. Keep Up the GREAT work and WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!

"Hi guys. I'm Morphologis, and today I thought we would do something special. As many of you know I did a video 30 years ago on the 600i. Well 3 months ago Musk Technologies released the 600-Interstellar, the latest in personal interstellar travel, with Elon himself claims the 600i and my original video on it was his inspiration. For those of you who are new, Yes, I am a practicing architect in New Taiwan, on Alpha Centauri III..."

I think you nailed it. No private crew rooms. I would kill someone after about a week. SC likes this barracks style bunk quarters just like in the Starfarer. Crew morale on any ship is crucial. Studies show that private space is no longer just a luxury but an absolute necessity during long duration travel. If I were on this ship, I would hope they keep that armory door locked.

I am going to start studying architecture in a few month and you got me really hyped even more now :D

This video as a whole felt so advanced, high tech, and high quality. From the soundtrack, to the game, to the high quality individual commentating it. Absolutely *adore* this video, man! Made me feel like an architect for the future myself! Even though its not my passion, being the avid futurist that i am, i have a huge degree of respect for architects of all fields. ^_^

I know that this is maybe just dreams, but GOD this game looks awesome

i don't mind the 600i but my inner pirate/outlaw just sees target practice and loot of course :P

you got a new subscriber! your reflections on this are empathic and down to earth at the same time - you reason using common sense, yet your top priority is the well-being of a user/crewman/client. seeing as i'm the type that tends to over-engineer everything i do; hearing you put into your own words the points that i couldn't express myself, felt like you managed to broaden my view - and thus you help me see the essense in my own initial reflections, essentially (and maybe ironically) narrowing my impressions down to their core components. in shorter terms: you made it clearer for me to understand why i liked or disliked these parts of the ship that i've seen, and soaked in, and paced through on my own. you are a credit to your profession, keep it up! edit: also, your voice over technique is really good; both your voice itself and the intonation that you choose works really well to make a connection to your audience and convey your arguments.

RU-vid randomly suggested this video to me even though I don't even own star citizen. But you gave me a great introduction into architecture and what to think about. That was very interresting, thank you!

"This engineering space is very well designed." In the background: Doors clipping into the wall.

Nice I will get this ship when this game finishes development in 2040.

Please do more of these. Fantastic tribute to the awesome (but sometimes flawed) work of the ship designers :).

You just earned yourself another subscription! Keep going, its really good stuff, really entertaining to watch!

Just imagine an easter-egg where you just cruise with your friends after visiting a tropical planet and suddenly systems start failing and a xenomorph starts hunting you and your crew on the ship.

I'm wondering if you may have mistaken the purpose of this vessel, if it's used as a yacht then I agree with your appraisal, although I'm no architect. I think this ship was made by someone like Richard Branson, with an explorer bent. It's a thing of beauty and visually opulent as we can all see. As an explorer, the privacy issues nearly all go away because there is so much open space and therefore separation is achieved; with the exception of the sleeping quarters which are a privacy disaster... The scanner station seats probably rotate if desired. Anyone aboard has the option to talk to anyone else without the crudeness of having to actually move location, I imagine. Thumbs up for your review.

Actualy you make a lot of sense, you give very good ideas. I think the same about some things (like crew quarters) but you gave me ideas about things new. I enjoyed the video. Thank you

Good job. Really liked this. Hope you make more for some of the other ships.

"Although the crew cubbies for where the crew members sleep is extremely well designed -- is extremely exposed to the rest of the crew members. What this means is that in long haul flight -- they'll have to be exposed to each other not only on duty, but off duty. Imagine having to live with your coworkers face to face all the time for months on end. I imagine without any privacy it would kind of start to get on your nerves." I can confirm that it sucks more than a shop vac set to 11 in lieu of a fluffer. Hooya Navy deployments.

You forgot to mention the entire back half of the ship has 0 sinks... Where the heck am I supposed to wash my hands before and after a meal?

CIG should bring you on as a design consultant. I've watched all of your videos so far including your new 890 jump video. Almost everything you're saying is spot on. Keep up the great work.

It has been a long time since I last enjoyed this much a very first video from a youtuber I have never seen before.

in addition to the bar: its facing the wrong way... you have to go around it to be in front of it, first silly thing xD and you then have the window to look out behind you, and have to stare at a wall oO wtf? and on a sidenote: whats with that creep window in the floor? i dont have anything particular against it, hehe :D having a female bartender doing her thing in a miniskirt, and watching her :X ^^ but who came up with that, and why is it in the game? xD need more of this!!! :D nice video! :)

OMG, i fell in love with the music. Can you tell me the name of the soundtrack you used to review this ship? (I'm going to subscribe)

Thank you, some very solid points on layout aspects and design ideas. I hope CIG watch this and reconsider on their future ship design decisions.

As a newly practicing Architect this is kinda inspirational and gives me a new perspective. Subscribed! Hehe!

My educated guess is that the 3D Artist(s) stuck a little too much to the 2D Concept drawings.

The captain bed is in front of a Window if i am a port olisar banging with my golddigger i would like It to get opaque or dark...

I really enjoy these man, great work.

This is very nice, please do more. Thanks! :)

*Hello There*

Good video and thanks for sharing. However I need to point out a few Obvious and critical points you may have missed about the type of ship this actually is. It's a 'Luxury Yacht', which means that even though yes it will have a Captain, they would be part of the Crew, and therefore sleep, eat and essentially live below decks in a vessel such as this. The Front bedroom/bathroom area would be for the 'Owner' of the vessel ( Not the Captain ) and the larger and more personal spaces All used by the 'Owner' and their Guests ( Not the Crew ) . I would be really interested to hear feedback from actual Luxury Yacht Owners on this ship, people who use this type of vessel in our time today and see what they thought of the design if they were to live with it. I think one major criticism about the design of this vessel is that unlike today's luxury Sea going Yachts, there is not enough 'distinction' between the Crew and Passenger areas on the whole. There also seems to be No space at all for 'Guest passengers' which I can only assume means that the owner does not intend to carry guests at all and this may only be used for Business trips etc between systems or even within a Star system on a short trip. The ship does require 'Defences' because of the nature of the potentially hostile universe which it lives in and the danger of potential attack. However in a Luxury Yacht such as this, I do this that the Weapons, such as the exterior Gun turrets, could have been done more subtly rather than having guns so prominent over the panoramic rear observation area. The Decks on a vessel such as this need to be totally divided into Crew and Owner/Guest areas so that they do not overlap as much as possible. Otherwise the sense of personal luxury is diluted or lost. Experiences ( seems inappropriate to call Star Citizen a 'Game' as such, it's more and immersive open universe 'Next Level' experience ) have reached the stage where traditional Games 'Level Designers' may have reached their limits and actual 'Architects' who are professionally trained to design such spaces are brought in as advisors to the design team within studios. I am not belittling Level Designers at all, I have personally worked with some of the very best in the industry, however a collaboration between Architects and Level Designers / Designers on projects like this may go a long way to generally improving the overall design practicality within an experience such as this. The next step for experiences such as Star Citizen will be VR and full emersion, so it will become more critical that 'Design' and especially interior design are approached in a more 'Real World' sense rather than a 3D Game sense moving forward. Luckily, I am uniquely positioned within the industry to help make this happen.

Although the wasted space in the back, the front of the cockpit is the most beautiful thing i've ever seen. Imagine the view while you approach an ocean planet or even a gas giant, you're one with the cosmos, nothing in between, absolutely mesmerizing...

Great review. I'd love to see you review the 600i touring variant now that it's out. I think they did a great job on the guest accommodations - I really think cig is learning more with each ship they make.

now ik this sounds super nit - picky, but i dont like the color of the lights in the forward section of the ship, just too bright for my tastes

Great video, enjoyable to listen to your interpretation of their work. However, my issue with SC is....FINISH THE GAME! COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE THE GAME ALREADY!!

annnnnd subscribed. You got me interested in architect now (well I always had the thought of it in the back of my mind but you definitely got me starting to look more into it)

Can definitely tell you're a design professional. Thank you for this video, I hope they see this and take the points on board for not only this ship but the rest of them. Hell, they could hire you as a consultant!!!

You've never been on board a nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The only time you ever get any privacy pretty much when you're taking a shower. Lol

Love this series. I’m just glad that I didn’t pledge for this ugly blob of sheer boorish design (or lack there of). I’ve just never liked this ship. I always skip right past it during PTU testing because, what am going to do with this,,, thing. But that’s one of the many beautiful things about Star Citizen. There’s something for everyone.

Fantastic video! CIG should seriously hire you as a consultant during the concept and design of their ships.

This was a really good video and you pointed out a lot of things that made perfect sense! I hope you will create a "Architect Reviews" series for all the ships in SC, this was simply brilliant, subscribed on the spot! Hope this reaches the designers and it probably will if you keep making videos like this. Thanks again, this was great! :)

ALL the ships are a large waste of space. The one positive example is the Redeemer, which was designed by fans. The contrast to all the other ships is glaring

The landing gear is awful...

The 600i is an absolutely astounding ship, I was sold on the music in this video alone. The script was very, very nicely put as well. Good job dude!

Wow. So RSI needs to hire you on as a consultant for sure. Great video. I just found this on my feed. I haven't looked at your other video's yet, but if you haven't made other video's like this. Please, please, please, for the love of god make more.

If a review is clearly biased, you should put it in the title. You remind me of an old boss I had who told me there was nothing that I did that didn't need improvement.

Im busy designing my house for renovations and your insight on space utilization has been very helpful.

This made for some extremely comfy watching. Please review more ships! Liked and subbed.

Subscribed, love this ship, have the carrack atm but tempted for this as love the openness and all the viewing from windows as love space and love the idea can look out there while walking around aswell as being able to explore with the rova

I found myself taking notes. Amazing stuff.

Thank you for your continued review of ships. As a draftsman from AutoCad single digit versions, I too appreciate how the Original style evokes luxury and use of space and visuals. I would point out that if we use the yacht model, the 600i would be the today equivalent of a super yacht and would probably include a paid captain. With that in mind, a captain’s quarters immediately available to the bridge is customary. The 400i is a classic yacht for an owner/captain with guest/crew. The 600i is the next step up that is also used as moneymaker by catering to VIP guests or charters while the owner is busy with the career that bought the yacht. The 890i would then be the mega yacht/small cruise ship which would also have a captain’s quarters immediately accessible to the bridge.

Melted my Connie for it. I feel similar regarding crew quarters, and do hope they address that in the future. Thank you for the solid videos

Original idea for a video, earned yourself a subscriber! Keep up the good work!

I think you are well on the way to define a new standart for ship reviews. Your videos (both on the 600i and the connie) are awesome, you see and expose things that make a lot of sense but we, non-architect people, have difficulty to figure out. I would love to see some of your ideas implemented in a future revamp of those ships. I can't wait for your next videos on other ships !

Great review! I dont Play SC, but this video has (probably, as in: we shall see if I'll be able to adapt) helped me to understand some more of 'design stuff' to consider for my ships in EGS, to improve them fruther. Thank you! :)

fantastic video, will check to see if there is more like this but if not please make more.

Really liked this! Very well put together vid. The space in the crew quarters seemed particular odd to me as well.