I'll never understand people jumping to play unfinished games. There's no way most of those 100k people are actually going to participate in the ea feedback / qa process, so all they're achieving by playing early is spoiling the game for themselves with an inferior version. It's not like this is made by an inexperienced studio that might keep it in ea indefinitely neither, you literally just need to wait a year to play it when it's released. /r

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You're getting downvoted but I agree. The first game is one of my most played on Steam and I was invited to the technical test for the second. But I probably won't be buying it any time soon. I absolutely hate the trend of buying unfinished products. While this developer is most likely not taking advantage, so many others do. Why should we pay money to beta test your game???

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago

I've purchased a fair number of early access games from indie developers.

For me the benefit is that it's often cheaper during EA, so I get it at a discount, and it already feels like a complete game worth the price I'm paying. I know they are actively working on adding more to it, and having more things added to the game for me to explore extends its lifespan for me. So I get more enjoyment out of it than I would waiting for 1.0, at a cheaper price.

For small developers it gives them the funds to continue development, and feedback that helps with game balance.

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