I find that playing early access as a normal game, for some genres, is… idk, good? Better?
Like games like timberborn and whiskerwood and other base-building or colony-building games that I obsess over. Getting to try those in their early stages is awesome because people start modding them early just for a change of pace over what they already play. Then a lot of those mods end up being features in the game, which sort of makes the whole thing a group project, which is genuinely awesome. Probably also helps push them to 1.0.
If you happen to be a sort who likes mods, and like those sort of games, getting into them early can be a decent opportunity to influence the development path of the game, even if its only in a small way. And if you aren’t a modder, its low-key fun to watch how new features get added to the game as new versions come out.
As long as they are playable enough to mod, everything else can (and probably will) be added by the player base, even if the project gets abandoned, but that requires people playing them as if they were done - why would you mod a game you wouldn’t want to play for hundreds of hours?
Honestly it feels like a full game already, with some things just unlocking on a real-time unlock timer (some of the flavor text art assets aren’t done yet, but the placeholders are charming, and new ones are added all the time).
I don’t think it would be as fun as a finished product, where the balance didn’t change every few weeks, and you have to relearn what cards do and what enemies are like.
P.S., RIP Doormaster Boss! You were too cool for this world
Yeah! I’d much rather be part of early access rebalancing than come across it on live full paid servers, too.
WoW, in the years following the first expansion, was constantly rebalancing stuff because all the new content was… well… not properly balanced at all. I stopped playing two expansions in when it got to be just constant clownshow shit with every patch, but if that was all happening as part of a beta? Fuck absolutely sign me up for the constant nerfs.
Right. When they completely changed characters in League of Legends that was also annoying, especially because it was pvp, but it was also a toxic game overall.
I find that playing early access as a normal game, for some genres, is… idk, good? Better?
Like games like timberborn and whiskerwood and other base-building or colony-building games that I obsess over. Getting to try those in their early stages is awesome because people start modding them early just for a change of pace over what they already play. Then a lot of those mods end up being features in the game, which sort of makes the whole thing a group project, which is genuinely awesome. Probably also helps push them to 1.0.
If you happen to be a sort who likes mods, and like those sort of games, getting into them early can be a decent opportunity to influence the development path of the game, even if its only in a small way. And if you aren’t a modder, its low-key fun to watch how new features get added to the game as new versions come out.
As long as they are playable enough to mod, everything else can (and probably will) be added by the player base, even if the project gets abandoned, but that requires people playing them as if they were done - why would you mod a game you wouldn’t want to play for hundreds of hours?
Slay the Spire 2 is like this also.
Honestly it feels like a full game already, with some things just unlocking on a real-time unlock timer (some of the flavor text art assets aren’t done yet, but the placeholders are charming, and new ones are added all the time).
I don’t think it would be as fun as a finished product, where the balance didn’t change every few weeks, and you have to relearn what cards do and what enemies are like.
P.S., RIP Doormaster Boss! You were too cool for this world
Yeah! I’d much rather be part of early access rebalancing than come across it on live full paid servers, too.
WoW, in the years following the first expansion, was constantly rebalancing stuff because all the new content was… well… not properly balanced at all. I stopped playing two expansions in when it got to be just constant clownshow shit with every patch, but if that was all happening as part of a beta? Fuck absolutely sign me up for the constant nerfs.
Right. When they completely changed characters in League of Legends that was also annoying, especially because it was pvp, but it was also a toxic game overall.