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[BigD145]

There have been way too many early access flops. I won't even touch AAA unless they turn out to be good months after release. Why would I bet on every single early access before they've reached 1.0? The number of people with an interesting idea that get bored or figure out that updating is such a huge chore they weren't prepared for far outnumbers people that see things through to the end. Devs have said this out loud. Some dread making more games because they can barely keep up with their first and they don't want to see their baby unfinished. Very, very few games are wonderful and could stand on their own at version 0.08. A team with a plan can go far.

Rockstar. Print up another run of GTAV DVD's, patched to actually work, without Rockstar online and you've got my money. I know what that game is and I'd pay $60 or less for it, but it has to work without eating up a fair chunk of my monthly bandwidth.

[Tellemurius]

Rockstar. Print up another run of GTAV DVD's, patched to actually work, without Rockstar online and you've got my money. I know what that game is and I'd pay $60 or less for it, but it has to work without eating up a fair chunk of my monthly bandwidth.

This will not happen, GTA5 sold because of Online and they expect it to continue making profits as they add in more missions. You are better off asking a buddy to hand you a usb copy of their install folder.

[Darkmere]

I escaped unscathed this round. Looking at my backlog convinced me to wait on Oblivion til there's another sale, and anything in Early Access is automatically a no-sale for me. Plus, I'm waiting on That Which Sleeps.

+1 to the fail-to-finish woes that Early Access breeds. Every one I've bought has been a failure, so at this point I'm waiting on proof that a product can finish. The fact that all the ones I semi-watch for the past couple years haven't made release despite being "finished enough to sell" really gives a bad name to the entire process for me.

[BigD145]

Rockstar. Print up another run of GTAV DVD's, patched to actually work, without Rockstar online and you've got my money. I know what that game is and I'd pay $60 or less for it, but it has to work without eating up a fair chunk of my monthly bandwidth.

This will not happen, GTA5 sold because of Online and they expect it to continue making profits as they add in more missions. You are better off asking a buddy to hand you a usb copy of their install folder.

They'll do some patched anniversary edition 10 years down the road.

+1 to the fail-to-finish woes that Early Access breeds. Every one I've bought has been a failure, so at this point I'm waiting on proof that a product can finish. The fact that all the ones I semi-watch for the past couple years haven't made release despite being "finished enough to sell" really gives a bad name to the entire process for me.

Kerbal and Prison Architect have done pretty well and the devs want a finished product, but that's two in a sea of failures.

[GiglameshDespair]

Xenonauts turned out good.

[Aslandus]

I find that a better rule of thumb for early access is "don't buy anything unless you're happy with what it is now", just because it might get abandoned later doesn't mean it isn't worth checking out.

[penguinofhonor]

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[Mephisto]

I purchased a few more Lego games this sale (amongst some other stuff) and decided to play a few that I had partially completed.

FYI, The Hobbit pretty closely follows the movies. It was also released in early 2014.

As such, there are no plans to release the ending. Smaug flies off toward Lake Town and... roll credits.

I only bring this up as the Lego games go on 75% off sales quite often and I think you should be at least made aware of this if you were thinking of picking it up.

[n9103]

Xenonauts turned out good.

And Divinity:OS, and Wasteland 2, and Grim Dawn (eventually... steady progress though), and Factorio, and Underrail, and Project Zomboid (might be debated), and NEO Scavenger, and...

Sure there's tons of shovelware and plenty of disappointing development, but there's also more than just a few good ones out there.
Be skeptical of E.A., sure, but there's no need to be a complete cynic, and I would know about cynicism.

[nenjin]

My track record with EA has been pretty good. Of the 10 or so Kickstarter/EA games I've gotten, only one or two have failed to finish or didn't finish well. I wouldn't recommend buying most EA games though since playing that early can and will affect your opinion of the final release. Very few EA games have the legs before release to support more than a few hours, even if they are technically solid and bug free on Day 1.

[Niveras]

I keep confusing the "EA" acronym as it relates to early access with EA, the publisher.

[n9103]

We don't mention the latter round these parts.

[BigD145]

I keep confusing the "EA" acronym as it relates to early access with EA, the publisher.

You're not too far off.....

[Flying Dice]

Is War of the Human Tanks worth the $4 it's on sale for? It's pushing my Advance Wars nostalgia buttons, and the premise of

story driven strategy game with a gameplay reminiscent of Battleship and Chess, featuring a story of war, loyalty, sacrifice and human shaped tanks

combined with dark humor and cheerful suicide-bombers instead of War Is Bad anvils sounds fun.

[Aslandus]

Waveform is 19 cents. I have only heard a little about it but I'd say it looks interesting enough to grab at that price.