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Can you muppets stop throwing away money on awful companies producing subpar games? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 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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[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Too late. Everybody buying Palworld.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are people not having fun with Palworld? I haven't tried it myself but the reviews are 94% positive on Steam right now.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's pretty shallow and buggy but people have fun with what's there and it's enough

[–] Syndic@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

I certainly got my 30 bucks worth out of it. If I can come back in a few years and find a better game with more content then that's just a cherry on top.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I buy most of my games at Steam sales. I don't care about the latest hype and I'd never buy anything that hasn't been thoroughly tested in the real world.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, just do a little due diligence, Jesus. I've bought PalWorld, Planet Crafter, Traveler's Rest, and more in early access and had a blast with all of them. In fact, I'd say it's some of the best bang for my buck in the last ten years of gaming. I've also not bought early access games because the five minutes of due diligence suggested that it was a garbage game.

I particularly think it's fine with small, indie studios that don't have a lot of devs or resources. No way in fuck am I buying an early access AAA release.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Eh, I bought Grounded in Early Access. Maye by Obsidian and backed by Microsoft. I think this should count as AAA. Also I think you don't mean that "small, indie studio" cause those are few and far between. Sons of the Forest? They have a Publisher (literally the opposite of being independent). I think there are lots of games which you have put into that category that are not actually indie devs at all. Anyway, my point is just that it's not a black and white issue.

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

EA allows people to create games who normally wouldn't have the money to do it.

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Buying early access makes you an investor. Which has the possibility of the product failing. It is a bet, treat it as such.

[–] kugel7c@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

I've been playing beamNg for 4+ years and it's been in ea the entire time since 2015, possibly the best car game you can get for 20€.

Slay the spire I've also owned since early access, it's maybe the most beautiful single player card game to exist. Although it only spent 1-2 years in ea.

Don't be the first to buy ea games I guess but if the game is already fun why not.

[–] jkozaka@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I like early access games because at least you know the game is unfinished.

And the game is making money while still being in development, so the devs can take their time without having to worry about deadlines.

Early access games can also change fundamental gameplay aspects since it's in development, so if a feature sucks, they can just remove it.

[–] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

so if a feature sucks, they can just remove it

Unfortunately if you liked that feature, it is gone now.

I like the GOG approach to EA:

"Rollback in GOG GALAXY — Keep playing your game if the newest update is not doing it for you, or revisit historical version snapshots."

https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000591705-Early-Access-as-it-is?product=gog

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where does "buying it 10 years later so that it can run on whatever the modern equivalent of a teacup is" fit in?

Playing witcher 3 on steamdeck for the first time.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did witcher 3 like 3 years ago. What a great time I had. My previous PC was barely mid tier in 2012. When I built a new one in 2019 it was a piece of cake to run in an ultra wide monitor with cranked settings.

[–] Macros@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I upgraded my PC in Oktober with a RX 7600, enough for older games, silent and efficient. I really looked forward to enjoy Witcher 3 at highest settings. A few days later rumors about Witcher 3 Next Gen. How dare they! Now I can't push every single slider to max and enjoy 120fps!

In all seriousness: The update is great of course and I applaud CD Project Red for releasing it free. Besides the better graphics (Which even the 7600 can handle at Full HD without high RT settings) they also included tons of fixes and quality of live improvements the community made over the time. I can really recommend it.

I even bought it at full price years before I played it because I enjoyed Witcher 2 so much and was certain they will make a good game.