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I propose 2024 is the year of early access games boycott.

Bring back completed games only.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago (8 children)

The games I have bought in early access:

  • Kerbal Space Program
  • Factorio
  • Satisfactory
  • Subnautica

Early access isn't the problem.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was just gonna say I've put an embarrassing amount of hours into Satisfactory, which is an "early access" game I paid like $20 for. Nothing wrong with it. It's not an abandoned product, but even if it was I'd have a hard time complaining about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have 1000 hours in Satisfactory. And there's a LOT currently wrong with it. Tons of bugs, incomplete mechanics, performance issues, and it got worse in Update 8 not better because of the engine update.

That said, the team is working on it, Coffee Stain will get it ironed out and release a solid v1.0.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it's alpha software. Even fully developed AAA titles ship with bugs. My point is they haven't decreased my enjoyment of the game at all, and that's a counterpoint to the meme.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Project zomboid

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Did i hear a Rock and Stone?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the more obscure one: scrap mechanic

it's been in early access since 2016, and axolot is really slow on updates. but when they happen, it often adds a lot of cool shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Isn't axolot the studio behind raft (another excellent game that was in early access for years)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'd say the early access of raft was better than the final release even

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

they published it, yes. redbeet developed it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Same here with 7D2D I have over 1k hours on it and it's still fresh to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And there's more than one way to do EA.

KSP 1 started small and free, added more stuff and went purchase but cheap. On the other hand, KSP 2 went straight for full-price AAA game price yet lacked a ton of features and terrible performance (it was clearly rushed out).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if that has much to do with the original being made by a small startup company named Squad, while the sequel lists Intercept Games as the developer and Pirate Division as the publisher?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Likely, there was some drama with one company poaching devs from the other and the publisher doing a switcheroo.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/kerbal-space-program-2-release-disrupted-by-corporate-strife?leadSource=reddit_wall