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Can you muppets stop throwing away money on awful companies producing subpar games? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by Custoslibera@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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I propose 2024 is the year of early access games boycott.

Bring back completed games only.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 76 points 9 months ago (8 children)

The games I have bought in early access:

  • Kerbal Space Program
  • Factorio
  • Satisfactory
  • Subnautica

Early access isn't the problem.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Minecraft.
Dwarf Fortress.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 20 points 9 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.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 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.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 1 points 9 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.

[–] Xiflado@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Project zomboid

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Deep Rock Galactic

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Did i hear a Rock and Stone?

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Rimworld

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 6 points 9 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.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

they published it, yes. redbeet developed it.

[–] PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

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

[–] ours@lemmy.world 1 points 9 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).

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 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?

[–] ours@lemmy.world 1 points 9 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