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Can you muppets stop throwing away money on awful companies producing subpar games? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[–] 76 points 2 years ago (18 children)

The games I have bought in early access:

  • Kerbal Space Program
  • Factorio
  • Satisfactory
  • Subnautica

Early access isn't the problem.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 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).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    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?

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