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Phew, still early access. I thought I was going lose my week there :p. Not really a criticism of the developers choice but personally I find the prevalence of

by Guthur 5y ago

Phew, still early access. I thought I was going lose my week there :p. Not really a criticism of the developers choice but personally I find the prevalence of early access infuriating. I often play games for awhile and then move on. I also love that initial discovery side of a game. But of these facts are not overly compatible with early access.

krisoft 5y ago
Don’t buy it then? Buy it only when it is out of early access if it ever will be? If you like chicken are you also infuriated by all the people who sell pork? It is not like the developer had a choice between selling a ready version today vs a not-so-ready version today and they choose to release the not-so-ready version.
- Guthur 5y ago
  I'm not sure how I could have been any clearer. I said I was not criticising the choice by the individual developer but rather voicing my frustration at the prevalence of that choice. I don't eat pork so I don't actually care about that particular market. And for the record I won't be, I generally don't buy EA.
  - linkdd 5y ago
    I'd rather have a ton of Early Access games, where players can take part to the development of the game (by giving valuable feedback to the developers and funding the development), than AAA games that are released incomplete and full of bugs like the CyberPunk fiasco. Or have a third of the content, then the rest as DLC like Paradox or EA does.
    - colejohnson66 5y ago
      EA does seem to be used as a crutch by AAA games. “Look, we missed the deadline, but we’re releasing it anyways as an ‘early access,’ so don’t be mad if it sucks.” Maybe I’m just biased, but “indie” games that go early access make much more sense than AAA because it’s one person versus dozens or hundreds.
      - linkdd 5y ago
        Games should not be released in early access because of a missed deadline. It's part of the release cycle: alpha -> beta -> early access -> full release. And you stay in early access as long as it's needed. I've seen a lot of AAA games do the following "Look the game is not finished, but we need the money, don't worry you'll be able to pay the rest as DLC"
  - mewpmewp2 5y ago
    Why should or would this infuriate you?
    - djmips 5y ago
      Because he is tantalized by the idea and gets drawn in and hyped up only to find out it's early access and to him that's a huge disappointment. Why are people infuriated by people being infuriated. I don't feel the same way as this person but I basically understand them.
flohofwoe 5y ago
Steam's Early Access is much preferable both for "enthusiast users" and the developer compared to the traditional opaque developer/publisher model. If you're not interested in Early Access, just ignore it and buy the game when it's out of Early Access.
nextaccountic 5y ago
Wishlist it and click in "follow", if you use Steam you will be reminded of it when it releases

by Guthur 5y ago

krisoft 5y ago

Don’t buy it then? Buy it only when it is out of early access if it ever will be? If you like chicken are you also infuriated by all the people who sell pork? It is not like the developer had a choice between selling a ready version today vs a not-so-ready version today and they choose to release the not-so-ready version.

Guthur 5y ago
I'm not sure how I could have been any clearer. I said I was not criticising the choice by the individual developer but rather voicing my frustration at the prevalence of that choice. I don't eat pork so I don't actually care about that particular market. And for the record I won't be, I generally don't buy EA.
- linkdd 5y ago
  I'd rather have a ton of Early Access games, where players can take part to the development of the game (by giving valuable feedback to the developers and funding the development), than AAA games that are released incomplete and full of bugs like the CyberPunk fiasco. Or have a third of the content, then the rest as DLC like Paradox or EA does.
  - colejohnson66 5y ago
    EA does seem to be used as a crutch by AAA games. “Look, we missed the deadline, but we’re releasing it anyways as an ‘early access,’ so don’t be mad if it sucks.” Maybe I’m just biased, but “indie” games that go early access make much more sense than AAA because it’s one person versus dozens or hundreds.
    - linkdd 5y ago
      Games should not be released in early access because of a missed deadline. It's part of the release cycle: alpha -> beta -> early access -> full release. And you stay in early access as long as it's needed. I've seen a lot of AAA games do the following "Look the game is not finished, but we need the money, don't worry you'll be able to pay the rest as DLC"
- mewpmewp2 5y ago
  Why should or would this infuriate you?
  - djmips 5y ago
    Because he is tantalized by the idea and gets drawn in and hyped up only to find out it's early access and to him that's a huge disappointment. Why are people infuriated by people being infuriated. I don't feel the same way as this person but I basically understand them.

flohofwoe 5y ago

Steam's Early Access is much preferable both for "enthusiast users" and the developer compared to the traditional opaque developer/publisher model. If you're not interested in Early Access, just ignore it and buy the game when it's out of Early Access.

nextaccountic 5y ago

Wishlist it and click in "follow", if you use Steam you will be reminded of it when it releases