Developer The Fun Pimps says that the next update will not only usher in new gore, challenges, and improved controller support, but also move the 11-year-old game out of early access for the very first time.

It's not all good news, though, particularly if you already own the £30 zombie game on console.

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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Edit: I misunderstood what was meant by "technical differences", I didn't realise they don't have the source for the legacy console port and actually cannot update it - that's my bad, and it puts the efforts to get discounts for current owners in a much better light.

~~So because the game is significantly different after 11 years, console players have to buy it again? In what manner was that an "Early Access" title on console, then? They're basically declaring that 1.0 is a sequel, but only on consoles. Fuck these guys, they're pimps alright but of the "bitch better have my money" variety.~~ It's not even that good a game in any case; get Project Zomboid if you want zombies, or Grounded if you want first person survival crafting.

[–] Still@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

not it's a telltale games bankruptcy shithole as they had the console port and all their code is lost to time

so basically a whole new game has to be created and the dev do not have the ability to push an update to the store listings

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Fair play, I've updated my comment and my opinion. Thanks!

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Agreed. That's ridiculous.
I always try to stay away from early access games that are a freaking decade+ old. That's a scam.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There are some great games that are in eternal Early Access. Dwarf Fortress, Starsector, nearly every roguelike...

Project Zomboid, which voracitude recommended as a better alternative to 7 Days To Die, was actually one of the first indie games to ever enter early access, is still in alpha, and yet is one of the best zombie games out there.

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I think it's best not to get caught up worrying about the "early access" tag and to just evaluate what the game is like right now instead.

Factorio and Last Epoch are both games that I bought in early access (they've both fully released now, though) and, at the time I purchased them, I think they were worth my money. They've both only improved since that time, which is great, but even if they were never updated again after I bought them, I would have considered them very worthwhile purchases. I played both for hundreds of hours in their early access states and had fantastic times with them (and still do post-full release, too).

And then, conversely, there are plenty of games that are fully released that aren't worth your time or money despite not being "early access".