Early Access is now officially out of hand

Wreckfest (or Next Car Game as it was then called) is the only early-access game I've purchased.

That must have been easily three years ago now, if not longer, and it is still not finished and I have barely played it. On that experience alone, I wouldn't endorse another early-access title.
 
True there are a lot of games that are early access and never get fully finished after the initial influx of payments,however....

Theres more than enough AAA, fully finished games released on a regular basis that people dont really need to be playing half done games. I have a feeling if more people took that mindset then the problem would not be as bad as it is. There will always be exceptions, but for the most part there is an abundance of great games these days that are not in early access.
 
Only Early Access game I've played is Fortnite. Wouldn't pay for any game that isn't finished, just can't see the point.

Games were released by indie developers long before Early Access became a thing.
 
Played a few, backed several which have died or are taking forever to develop but all worth it for Rimworld imho wouldn't have happened without gamers like me giving the dev a chance
 
Early access = Risk! Some of the games from it are Awesome and some are total CRAP! That's just how it works.... + no one is making you hand over the cash.
 
Slay the Spire is a very good EA game and worth the money even if they never release any more updates. They do plan to add a third class on release, and a third play mode somewhere in there as well.
 
Don't understand why people get so upset over the word "early access".

There are and has been many great games that was early access for years that was pretty much finish and complete games. Subnautica for example was a great early access game, you could play it for 1000's of hours and have fun. Ark was an other great game where you could spend 1000's of hours in that. Both have been released for real now, but in their early access states, they was very good.

Foxhole is a good recent example of a early access game that is pretty decent.

There is some bad games, but I honestly felt they was easy to spot.
 
Steam should step in and set minimum release markers for beta then release times. If a game doesn't hit Beta within 18 months and launch within a year of beta then everyone who bought gets a refund. Timing may need to be tweaked.
 
IronWarrior said:
Don't understand why people get so upset over the word "early access".
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Because its used as another word for Beta, except you are expected to pay for it.
In the past you did not have to pay to beta test as the devs were grateful to have players testing their unfinished games and providing feedback!
 
Only early access I have bought were Prison architect which was a great experience and very much worth it (somewhere there is a prisoner strudders in game) and Subnautica, which I made an effort to use the report function and add comments to as the developers, like prison architect, where accessible.
 
Rimsy said:
Because its used as another word for Beta, except you are expected to pay for it.
In the past you did not have to pay to beta test as the devs were grateful to have players testing their unfinished games and providing feedback!
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No one is forcing you to buy it, its your choice. So if you choose to pay to play a game before it's finished you shouldn't be getting "upset" about it.

Personally I have really enjoyed playing 7 days 2 die through its development journey and seeing it go from strength to strength. Every new Alpha patch brings loads of new content, its almost like playing a new game each time. I would have probably got a fraction of play time if i had just bought the game when it released.

Theres also a good feeling about helping fund the development of a game you enjoy and being part of the community and putting forward your own input while its being developed. I don't think beta testing is comparable as that was limited to a handful of people wasn't it? With Early access anyone can participate if they want to and you are basically buying the full game once it releases for a discounted price. I think I paid £7 for 7 days 2 die and have over 500 hours in the game according to Steam.
 
The majority of EA games never make it out the door in a finished state.

... HA, double entendre ...

Anyway, yes as most titles are below expectations then funding EA titles is predominantly a bad idea. IT would be a different story im sure if the EA program was generating hit after hit. That's not to say there arent gems in the rough - there absolutely are - but it's quite a risk.
 
I have bought many EA games and it had been a bit of a mixed bag experience. So much so that I'm now more likely to just place them on my wishlist, to watch how active its development is and the direction its going before buying.
I think that some of them are a little expensive. I have Mashinsky on my wishlist and when it went into EA it cost £18.99. It seems to only have one dev and the updates have been slow of late. It'll keep on my wishlist.
Rise of Industry at £19.99 is likely to remain on that list as well. That one isn't being rated that well either.
I just got a refund from Train Valley 2, just started in EA. That one seems so different to the first one, in ways that I did not like, there was little point in keeping it.
I have too many games on my back burner waiting to be played without adding others I am less likely to.
 
IronWarrior said:
Don't understand why people get so upset over the word "early access".
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Rimsy said:
Because its used as another word for Beta, except you are expected to pay for it.
In the past you did not have to pay to beta test as the devs were grateful to have players testing their unfinished games and providing feedback!
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This is the most amusing ways of the Internet. If people discuss things it means people are getting so upset they’re freaking out.
 
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