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[Brotato]

Has anyone seen the Metacritic page for Planetary Annihilation?: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/planetary-annihilation

Is it just me or is it kind of stupid to allow people to rate a game that is still in alpha?

[Catastrophic lolcats]

Yes. Yes it is.
Infact I would go as far as to say it's daftness reserved only for the most drunken of knaves.

[burningpet]

Not sure. i think that it doesn't matter what the state of the game is. once a company sell it, people should have a tool to review whether that product is worth buying.

they should reset that rating once the game changes states though.

the really retarded issue around metacritic user review, one that they can't and will never be able to fix, is that people can rate games they never played.

[Aklyon]

@burningpet If EA released an alpha of anything, it'd either be a leaked alpha or it wouldn't be one of their multiplayer games.
Also, Prison Architect at the beginning I remember hearing that it was $30 because they didn't just want everyone to buy it and then complain it wasn't finished. PA has done the same thing, but at a higher price which is also equivalent to the relevant kickstarter tier.

Has anyone seen the Metacritic page for Planetary Annihilation?: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/planetary-annihilation

Is it just me or is it kind of stupid to allow people to rate a game that is still in alpha?

More reason to defenestrate metacritic as soon as we can. The place is being less and less useful.

[Neonivek]

Has anyone seen the Metacritic page for Planetary Annihilation?: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/planetary-annihilation

Is it just me or is it kind of stupid to allow people to rate a game that is still in alpha?

From what I understand the complaints are on its insane cost.

Which frankly... Yes it is insane and the only way for people to know why the price is so insanely high for early access, it is because they didn't want to undercut the Kickstarter supporters who did pay premium for early access.

[Aklyon]

Its in alpha, its not done. Either you just don't give it out (which means not hearing much of anything about it until its in beta, or when its almost done) or you restrict access in some way. High prices are a valid restriction.

I pledged at the retail tier, I'm fine with waiting, I don't feel a need to pay for the alpha. So I haven't.

[Shadowlord]

Rating it 0/10 because of the price isn't judging the game on the merits, and rating it 0/10 because you're playing an alpha version and you're upset that it is -gasp- not finished, not bug-free, and not polished, isn't doing anyone any favors either... Why is it even possible to review it on metacritic at this time? They still allow rating all things before they're released?

[Aklyon]

Why is it even possible to review it on metacritic at this time?

Because metacritic is a useless pile of numerals and terribleness.

[Neonivek]

Rating it 0/10 because of the price isn't judging the game on the merits

It is perfectly valid to include price in the rating. After all how many times has someone said to me "But *Insert Game here* is so cheap and you got so much"? The opposite must also be true.

The problem is that they don't know WHY the price is so high and they are just assuming they are trying to rip people off.

[burningpet]

they don't get better testers because of their pricing, they just get richer testers.

But as said before, its not the issue here (pricing to restrict access).

[Aklyon]

they don't get better testers because of their pricing, they just get richer testers.

Well yes. But they also have less testers, and although many testers is good, theres only so many people you can get feedback from before you have more noise and complaints about alphas/betas then you have useful information.

I'd admit they certainly could've waited on the Early Access bit, though; they already have a operational store of their own if people really wanted to get in.

[Virtz]

This is the funniest shit. It's like the dumbest thing I've seen an indie developer do since Phil Fish.

[Aklyon]

Never heard of Phil Fish.

[Alkhemia]

Never heard of Phil Fish.

Dude who made Fez.

[Brotato]

Never heard of Phil Fish.

You don't want to.