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Sure, I should've picked a better word there.
by worldsayshi 3y ago
Sure, I should've picked a better word there.
- ryandrake 3y agoI think half-finished is a good way to describe the state of day-1 releases of games these days. Look back on other games (and non-game software) and measure A. the amount of time between when the developer started and the first release, and then B. the total amount of time it took to get to the final patch. I bet for many, MANY games, A ≤ B/2: They were literally "half-finished" in terms of time, on first release.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoSure, but that's not how consumers measure "finished". By that logic, Binding of Issac wasn't even in Alpha state when it launched in 2011. Since it got its latest update this year. Meanwhile, Sonic 2006 launched once, never got updates, and was buried for 15 years before Sega loosened up. It was by all accounts "finished", in the worst way. unpolished =/= unfinished.