Early Access Shit We Wasted Money On

I've never bought an early access game.

>>383529072
If you ever bought an EA title, then you are objectively wrong.

Only Early Access I fell for was Dankest Dungeon, Dirt Rally, and Subnautica. Guess I dodged a bullet.

Cube World

>buy into the alpha with a buddy
>play for like a week and really enjoy it, gameplay tapers off and we forget about the game
>learn like six months later that the dev abandoned it

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>Astroneer

>>383528973
>The Dead Linger
>Vector Thrust
Still mad.

Besiege

>>383528973
I've bought a fuckton of early access titles. Prison Architect, Factorio, Subnautica, Darkest Dungeon, KSP, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Besiege, Nuclear Throne, PUBG and most recently Blackwake

Haven't regretted a single purchase.

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Space Base DF-9

name one (1) early access game that got out of early access or is expected to soon
protip: you can't

>>383529792
>>383529694
The only Early Access game I don't regret is Kerbal Space Program. It actually succeeded and has a very healthy modding community.

>killing floor 2
was exited to refund it but then
>this is a gift, the gifter wil recieve the money lol

>>383529792

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I bought KF2 at the EA launch, but managed to refund it as soon as it went live for the full release.

Unfortunately my cousin purchased Day Z for me and I feel bad we'll never get to play it in any sort of reasonably finished state, nor will he be able to refund it.

A friend of mine purchased PUBG fir me. I never would have spent money on it, but it's complete enough to have some fun with friends. I have never played a solo match.

>>383528973
Buying early access ever kys

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>>383529792
Grim Dawn
Day of Infamy
State of Decay
Don't Starve
ARMA 3
Divinity: Original Sin
Wasteland 2
Darkest Dungeon
Battle Brothers

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Just KF2.

>>383528973
Castle Story.

I don't know if it went bad, somehow I just haven't felt the need to look into it since I backed it.

I think it had been a long time since I felt like paying for it, so it felt more like patronage anyways, like "here make video game" and that was the most interesting thing I could find.

>Day Z
>In November 2014, it was announced that the final release version of the game would be released in 2016. However, the game is still unreleased as of middle 2017.

>>383529918
Is this sarcasm? Have you ever been to /vg/?

I've bought the big ones like Day Z and PUBG, but I've got playtime out of them that I enjoyed, so I'd say I'm pretty happy with them.

I absolutely hate that I bought Nether though. What a piece of shit.

>>383530264
>/vg/ doesn't like something
>everyone's opinion ever
It's fun and for $10 it's lived up to what it offered and then some.

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Remember me?

>>383530359
/kspg/ managed to become the only general that got banned as a whole. You can't even mention KSP on /vg/, it's auto-filtered

I've got some games that were at one point available for sale during an early access stage, but to date, I think the only game I've actually purchased before it's full release is Dead Cells, and I'm not regretting that in the slightest.

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>>383528973
>Heard H1Z1 is cool and everyone is playing
>buy it
>runs like shit
>waste a lot of time to make the game run decently
>gunplay is terrible so I try to find if I'm doing anything wrong
>get tired of this shit and try to refund
>I've spend 2h15 minutes on that shit so no refund

I mad.

>>383530480
Why'd that happen?

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>>383528973
Just Darkest Dungeon
They actually finished it and added a lot of content, but I liked the early access version more

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>>383528973
Does it has to be early access ?

>>383530512
You can refund it when it leaves early access.

>>383529398
Hey buddy, if it can reassure you, Cube World is actually not abandoned, the two devs (Wolfay and his wife) are still working on it very hard and have since then said that they just released it wayyyyyyyyy too soon. Look at his twitter and you'll see how much content he reworked and added.
https://twitter.com/wol_lay?lang=en

>>383530841
You're a funny guy.

>>383530841
Which it never will because there's no reason to.

>bad PR since you made a shit game
>have to pay a higher percentage to steam per sale

Bought the game Squad.

I thought I was fucked, but surprisingly, the game was AMAZING and well optimized. It's a really good game, and unlike other early-access, it's definitely not a scam.

I went on their website one day, and they actually have WEEKLY recaps of what they are currently doing and planning on implementing. I was truly shocked!

Whenever I see an early-access game, I know it's gonna be some shady kickstarter zombie game made to get money fast and disappear two months later.

Squad was a legit purchase, and to be fair with you, its current price is really a steal. No wonder why it has a 9/10 rating on Steam!

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>>383528973
Ark, but it was part of humble monthly so I'm not too angry. Still annoyingly shitty game with so much promise though.
Project Zomboid. Got it for like $7 when it was first shown 4-5 years ago before it was on Steam or even Desura. Absolutely nothing has been done to the game in that time. Still mad about it.
Minecraft, though I'm disappointed it never became first person Dorf Fort it wasn't too much of a waste of money. It's still best for autismblox.

Can't think of any other early access shit I bought I feel like was a waste. Didn't do too bad.

>>383531378
Maybe when they have as much content as the game theyre emulating.

>>383528973
>>DayZ
Ya got me. I bought Arma 2 and its expansion just to play Day Z with some friends.

I played it once and haven't touched it again. 20 something bucks down the drain.

>>383531378
When Squad has the dedication to playing like Project Reality I'll buy it. Until then I'll enjoy shooting at the same 50 people who aren't on my team.

Dirt Rally? Assuming it still counts if you bought it after it left early access.

>>383529072
this. i wait and if it doesn't come out properly then tough shit

>>383530548
>>383530480
severe autism on the part of some blogging shitposter, who apparently had a VPN set up so he could endlessly shitpost

>tfw Kickstarted Kaiju Combat

>DayZ
Almost 4 years later and still release date soon(tm)
>H1Z1
Fun for a couple of days with friends, got infested with chinese hackers way to quickly, still in EA 2 and a half years later with the game split into two.
>ARK
Only 1.3 hours playtime, game is 2 years old, still in EA and has DLC
>Castle Story
Just shy of 4 years in EA, no end in sight.

Whole bunch more but they were either alright or actually released.

Biggest meme for last
>Star Citizen (with a couple ship packs)
Speaks for itself.

>>383530407
how many years ago was the last update?

>>383532639
Last update was a month ago, but anyone excited when it was announced has probably totally forgotten about it by now.

>>383529712
Seconded. Double fine dropped the ball hard

>>383532471
star citizen isnt early access.

>>383533437
>star citizen isnt early access.
>star citizen
>isnt
>early access


What

>>383529694
Early access or not, I love PUBG

>>383529553
>it's like no man's buy but good!
>It's like no man's buy but with no features or updates

>>383529792
Subnautica

>>383533437
You're right. Scam Citizen is paying for the promise of an early access game someday.

>>383528973
>Trove
This game was honestly once amazing
It was a beautiful experience
Then
The "update" came
They replaced everything with power levels and crystals and shit
It was so fucking stupid it made me quit the game altogether
>Don't starve together
One of my best purchases, haven't played in a couple of months due to other games but I'm willing to start another settlement with friends again

>>383530407
Yo: >>383530250

>>383532795
So still early access?

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>>383528973

>>383528973
>dayz
>the forest

>>383528973
I bought PUBG at the request of friends. Not worth $30 on its own though.

Should I get blackwake? Whats the optimization like?

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Not all Early Access is bad.

>>383536037
Undertale wasn't EA, though. It was Kickstarter with a demo.

>>383536037
Tumblrtale

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>>383536170
It's about the same. Give money, here's an unfinished product, promise we'll finish it.
The crazy part is tumblr-meme-tale actually pulled it off while stuff with a ton of potential is rotting.

>>383531378
Holy fucking shit, atleast try to hide the fact that youre a shill

>>383529217

>darkest dungeon

>he paid that much money for a 1:1 clone of a years old newground game

>>383528973

Only forked over funds for one:

Wasteland 2

It was decent enough and not a waste IMO.

I should have done it with Darkest Dungeon too.

>>383535397
Golf with your friends is fantastic go eat a meme

>>383529792
Dirt Rally
Prison architect

>>383536531
It's not the same. A demo is not the same as early access. Not even defending Undertale, but demos are a pure goodness, and you're a silly bitch for implying otherwise.

>>383536676
>for a 1:1 clone of a years old newground game

Go on

>>383536685

found a dev

>>383528973
The only Early Access game I've bought was Day of Infamy, which I did because I had experience with the developer and played the mod it was loosely based on. Good shit, and I've put 100+ hours into it.

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>>383528973
>tfw a game you liked gets a sequel, but it's early access

what's her name, /v/?

Trine 3.

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>DayZ is still early access
>RUST is still early access
IT'S BEEN FUCKING YEARS.

>>383537112
i wish

>>383529072
i wish i could say this but my little brother often asks for those goddam early access games. Ive bought rust, ark, and 7 days to die, 2 of eeach. The only enjoyable one was rust.

Its hard to say to an autistic child no because vidya is literally the only pleasure in his life

>>383529792
Cryptark

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Haydee

>>383529792
FTL. Literally one of my favorite games ever

>>383535302
I still get emails from them. They have been developing it this whole time but nobody cares about it anymore.
Its gonna release soon apparently

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>>383528973
i bought a early access game called starforge a few years back. at the time it appealed to me....but now im angry because not only was it abandoned,they made it free AND took it off steam

>>383538302
ah

now when I think about it, I didn't even buy it early access.
I kickstarted that thing.

But yeah, I haven't read about it in years so people barely care.

PUBG

>>383529792
Killing floor 2
Lego worlds
Unturned

>>383537397
And they're never gonna leave

I don't understand why steam doesn't implement a new policy where devs have to put out the game but have a set deadline they say they'll meet and if they don't meet it they get there game pulled and people get a refund

>>383539790
Because then steam becomes like EA
I think a more reasonable solution would be that they have a consultant who reviews games progress once a quarter and if there is nothing sufficient to dictate progress, then a warning happens, followed by a refund next quarter if devs are still dicking around.

>>383528973
I preordered Sword of the Stars 2 and still want it to be good.

>>383529939
why would you expect to get refunded money you didn't spend

>>383536531
tmblr

>>383539895
I like that idea. These devs need some kind of punishment for staying indefinitely in EA

not early access but preorder.
Guild wars2
Two friends and me preordered it only to drop it after three weeks. We were so hyped it

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>>383532314

CUBE WORLD
FUCK YOU WOLLAY

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>>383528973
>Darkest Dungeon and Battlerite
Im not mad at all, the salt i collected in early BR could be worth it all on it's own.

>>383528973
The Forest and Subnautica, no regrets because I inform myself before buying games

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>>383528973
Never bought one. I'm not fucking retarded.


Oh. Shit. I am. I had to spend $2000 on microtransactions before learning my lesson. Now I won't play anything that's got that shit.

Stranded deep. Got me good with that one.

do retards actually play Arma? who are those losers?

>>383540590
People too fat/poor to LARP airsoft stuff.

No mans sky duped a lot of people.

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Heads up, if you ever played H1Z1, some of the fucking crates from it are selling for like $4 each.

Sell em, and get your money back!

>>383540289
That kraut needs to die

I hate him so fucking much

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>>383528973
>BallisticNG

>>383540590

I play it every now and then, mostly coop.

But without fail every time I join a server more than twice
"Hey man you got TS?"
>Jump on their TS to operate
"We're actually looking for new recruits, it's a casual/hardcore/ace only/milsim group and would love to have you"

I just wanna fuck around shooting people or being a comfy heli pilot, not join a group where some 12 year old wants to be called "sir"

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>>383528973
Starbound Towns

>>383528973
The only one I've bought is Divinity OS 2, but for some reason I thought it had been released before I bought it. I'm just going to wait until its official release in September before I play it

Subnautica

Fucking lazy ass jew devs haven't even added a continent or NPCs yet, how am I supposed to craft my own town of water gypsies with gypsies?

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>>383528973
>GRAV (anybody remember that?)
>Space Engineers
>Medieval Engineers
>ARK
>Subnautica
>7DTD

Rust is borderline regret for me, but still fun at times. If they never add in more meaningful PvE elements, then it'll be regret.

I think the only game I haven't been burned by concerning early access is The Forest.
>Has regular updates
>Actually added a bunch of meaningful and useful shit in said updates
>Is fun to play solo or with friends

It did take a while to get there, but the game is actually very enjoyable after all its updates, which can't be said for every game in that list I just posted.

>>383528973

Street Fighter V

Space Engineer. But it's actually alright and gets updated often.

>>383541867
>GRAV
Fuck I forgot that existed. I remember I was excited for it but told myself I'd give it a week before buying it and it took all of like 5 hours after release for every to call it pure trash.

Only one: Starbound

After that, I learned to not trust early access games since most developers never live up to their hype, have their reputations destroyed from drama, real life happens, is a scam, or just couldn't implement their intended features cause holy shit making good games is hard.

>>383530663
I still miss that resist sound. I wish there was a mod to reintroduce it.

Darkest Dungeon. Was great actually, they polished entire areas at a time and released that instead of just dumping crap everywhere.

Dead Cells. Great so far, haven't played a whole lot of it, but no complaints.

Hover. Movement seemed okay but the actual game part seemed terrible, haven't played it in over a year though, hopefully it's better.

Hitman. Complete fucking trainwreck only held up by good level design, this is a fucking embarrassment to the industry and the fact people suck its dick constantly is staggering. Bugs out the ass, stuff just doesn't work on a constant basis, always online singleplayer, everything is a joke.

>>383531736
>not waiting for a sale and buy the game for 4€

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>>383528973
Divinity: OS
Divinity: OS2
Factorio
7 Days to Die
Rust

not really upset about any of them, got at least a good 50 hours out of each, at least four times that out of D: OS. Gonna be glued to D: OS when they go out of EA in September

>>383544370
when D: OS2 goes out of EA, obviously

>>383533692
Just hope with updates it doesn't go to shit

>>383544370
You and me both, anon. My partner and I loved playing the first one and we went through tactician mode when EE came out. OS 2 has us so excited for September

The key for early access is to always think about if you will be happy buying the game with what content it already has, not with the promise of future content

Luckily i haven't felt shame about buying my only early access title which is Factorio. I avoid early access games like the plague

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I backed Star Citizen but that's the only vidya early access/kickstarter I've bought into so far.

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>>383528973
>Prison Architect
Good shit.

>The Long Dark
It's ok, haven't played in a bit. Heard it comes out in August

>Rust
Greatly regret.

>The Forest
Pretty great, need optimization.

>Killing Floor 2
The game is ok, but the inclusion of a shitty skin economy really rustled my jimmies.

>Hurtworld
I got this one for free. It was basically Rust, but with less autists. Didn't play it much to know how it held up. Seems to be dead now.

>Road Redemption
Fun. Wish it had a decent engine. Then again, that applies to almost every EA game.

>Space Engies
Pretty good, devs are cool and keep updating it.

nether

>>383544925
I'll be honest, I never looked too fondly at Star Citizen until recently. I just got bored like a few weeks back and started to watch Around the Verse and Loremasters before going to sleep.

I still think I'm going to wait and see how 3.0 fans out before buying a fucking ship though.

>>383530846
This. I think it'll be good.

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The Stomping Land

Conan Exiles has to be the worst of all the early access open world survival crafting games.

Before even talking about the actual game, you've got to talk about how poorly made it is. Even if you have a GTX 1080 and put the games settings on low, it lags and stutters like a bitch. It barely runs. It's got memory leaks out of the ass and you basically cannot run the game for more than an hour without it hogging every single bit of RAM you have. The netcode is complete ass, and the way it interacts with the poor optimisation the game has means whenever the server sends you something that the game has to load in and display on your screen, the game will freeze, and in some areas this can be a minute long freeze.

Don't get me started on how boring the game is or how badly designed it is. And talking about the devs and their utter incompetence is just painful, it makes me wonder how they managed to get access to the Conan IP twice and fuck it up so badly both times.

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>>383528973

Why do people dislike Rust? Played a lot of hours on it with friends until we moved on to 7D2D

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>>383533437
>Scam Citizen

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>>383545117
That's the best way to do it. Monitor the progress and see how the actual updates work out. They have plenty of money now and I wouldn't back anymore unless you went a train ticket to Chris' wild dreams.

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>>383545317
>Rust
Those devs can kiss my ass fucking scammers.

>>383528973
Arma 3 season pass.

yeah, yeah. etc.

>>383545141
Why can nobody just make a good pre-historic survival game?

>Buy The Stomping Lands
>Dev abandons it and runs away with all the money

>Buy ARK
>Game is still optimized like shit, and devs add paid DLC to a fucking Early Access game

>>383545317
>Community is fucking terrible
>Core loop of raid or get raided is annoying
>Not enough interesting PvE events to counteract the raiding shit tards
>Wipes make everything pointless anyway

It was fun in its early days, but now it's just infuriating to play.

>>383528973
FFXV

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Rust

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>>383529561
>The Dead Linger
Fuck man I got had, I remember the downward spiral of that game going into the toilet.

>>383528973
Rust and H1Z1 both of those games made me never buy early access again

Darkwood. Never played the game and can't remember why I bought into the kickstarter in the first place.
Vector Thrust. The final product was a complete disappointment, but I ended up getting my money's worth just from fucking around with the debug mode.
Day of Infamy. No regrets whatsoever.

>>383545680
>Rust Legacy
>Game is fun as fuck because of how broken everything is and how retarded the community was

>Rust (now)
>Game is boring as fuck because of tryhard raiders and the game is broken in non fun ways (shitty balance and mechanics)

I miss the days where you could just team up with naked meme micspamming fuckbois and take down the more serious players. Nowadays, it's kill or be killed. Nobody wants to team up, and everyone just kills anyone they see without a second thought.

SW Battlefront.

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>>383528973
I got Hover 2 days before it came out of early access for 16$, enjoyed playing through it and now it's just become a nice relax game to grind and jump around the city.

I wanted to forget I wasted money on Starbound fuckyou

Nuclear Throne

>>383546359
That's why I hate the entire "mmo survival" genre, it always boils down to being cancerous shoot on sight murder hobo sims.

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>>383528973
CrossCode... except CrossCode is amazing and I got 20ish hours just out of the Early Access build, and that's not even touching the main story questline being added for public release launch

>>383545680
And don't forget
>ARK
>Devs increase price from 30 to 60 currencies because "retail price discrepancy"

And that's WITHOUT the DLC that they started selling before the game even left Early Access.

>>383548974
or maybe because the player count has grown tremendously, more than the devs ever expected

running servers is expensive, let alone regularly adding new content and features

they're doing more than most triple-A devs, so I'd cut them some slack on the price increase

extra work means extra operating costs

>>383549906
we're not buying your game, mate.

I've only bought one Early Access game and it did not at all disappoint me. 70 hours and and Squad still doesn't disappoint

>>383528973
I bought a Vive, I've blown $100 on Bloodstained, I spent about $300 on Star Citizen

Secret Ponchos
I thought the game looked neat
It cost me $15
It's a multplayer game where I have literally never seen anyone else online
FUCK that

>>383550571
I really enjoyed that game, it had people playing it during a free weekend but has been dead ever since.

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>tfw my early access game is never mentioned in these threads
love you guys, too :3

>>383550742
What game?

I bought Sir, You Are Being Hunted way back when it first came out in early access. I regret it immensely.

>>383550816
I heard people say that game was neat in EA but the moment it came out it was being put in $1 indie bundles everywhere

>>383545119
>>383530846
I admire his dedication but I wonder just how long he'll take before releasing something new. Within the next two weeks it'll be four years since Wollay last updated the game.

>Ark is still in early access but has a fucking expansion
How is this a thing what the fuck does early access even mean anymore?

>>383551002
because side projects not part of the original vision can't also be worked on? early access is for testing ideas and seeing what people like and don't like

what's the problem? nobody's forcing anyone to buy the expansion, it's 100% optional

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Fortnite

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>>383529712
>Space Base DF-9
>tfw you still burned by that shit
Fuck Doublefine.

>>383528973
Only early access game I've ever bought is prison architect and I'm perfectly happy with it

>>383530846
If they're not releasing any of it it's useless

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>>383551002
>what the fuck does early access even mean anymore?
A way for developers to release unfinished shit and still avoid refunds. Steam really needs to put a hard time limit on how long something can be in early access.

>>383529568
Shit's fun imo, I've had a ton of fun just building
random useless shit

>>383528973
the only EA game i ever got burned by was some game with a randomly generated castle, 2d metroidvania shit

i didn't get burned because of it being EA, i got burned because i thought it looked fun but it wasn't.

Rust. I feel like I got scammed with the way they're taking the game.

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>>383528973
>starbound

>>383551002
If at this point you treat it as anything but a warning label then it's entirely your fault if you get burned

Is there anyone who has gotten screwed harder than those who invested in Star Citizen?

I feel for Black Mesa to be honest.

It's an alright graphical upgrade for what its worth but the whole
>Xen is coming guys, we swear!!!!
meme is getting old

>Rivals of Aether
>DayZ
I regret DayZ but definitely not Rivals of Aether, ROA is actually playable and is still getting huge updates

>>383531378
>This is the same person who shits up PUBG generals

Interplanetary.
StarForge.
The latter was a firm lesson in Early Access and I'm still fucking bitter about it.

>>383555507
The Aether devs actually used early access in a reasonable way

>paying to beta test a game for someone
>get mad when you forget your role

>>383554263
buying the base game you didn't get screwed. the game will come out eventually. to the people who bought the deluxe packages of literally nothing sure i guess but they are airheads anyway.

>>383530407
I view the store page every day (every god damn day) until the day it releases. Day 1 refund. NEVER buy a game at 2am drunk.

>>383528973
I have never been let down by a game more than Eternal Crusade.

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Starbound

Can someone post free steam keys pls, doesnt matter if already taken, post that pasta pls aaaa

>>383528973
Don't Starve Together and any Klei game. Never had a bad experience.

>>383555494
I don't get it

what could possibly make Xen take this long to create, especially with the cash flow coming in of the pay-version???

the Xen portion of the game isn't even that long, and the assets aren't THAT much, just a few things reused over and over in different setups

>>383529792

don't starve
darkest dungeon
sunless sea

>>383545317
because you realize at some point that the game is utterly pointless and the playerbase is completely compromised of literal teenagers, redditfags and sociopaths that think the game is "le grimdark, only the hardcore survive so edgy". Not to mention faggots that play 15 hours a day in some clan. A game that's primary selling point being the social interactions gets really fucking old when everyone just kills eachother without saying a word. Even when you have full gear and an AK, go try talking to nakeds and they won't even respond and just attempt to kill you with a fucking rock like some NPC.

Good concept but the worst community I have ever fucking seen, which is a laugh because the whole game revolves around the community

EA
>PUBG
>DayZ
>Minecraft Alpha if that counts
KS
>Shadowrun games
>RainWorld
>Broken Age
Overall not too bad, I still have hope DayZ will some day manage to become something like the mod was however unlikely that is.

Clockwork Empires. Devs released the game when it wasn't ready, claimed they would keep supporting it. They did a few hotfixes and were never heard from again. Not even an apology or explanation, they just removed association with Gaslamp on social media. Fucking scum.

>>383561662
don't confuse incompetence with malice
they're shitty devs who made a failure of a product, but it wasn't a scam

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>tfw bought more early access games than I have realized
>tfw the ones i was most hyped about were the ones that turn to shit

I fell for the meme tier:
>space base df 9
>starbound
>clockwork empires
>blitzkrieg 3
>interstellar marines
>kingdom wars 2
>everquest landmark
>planetary annihilation (i feel bad for the guys that dropped 100 bucks for early access)
>the repopulation
>shadowrun returns

somewhat good, not great tier:
>dead state
>gnomoria
>Hearthlands
>kingdom wars 1
>leviathan warships
>massive chalice
>planar conquest
>planetbase
>Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
>stardrive 2
>wasteland 2

might still turn out ok tier:
>crest
>20xx
>hardlands
>maia
>northgard
>project zomboid
>software inc

was actually pretty great tier:
>20xx
>battle brothers
>dex
>dont starve
>gunpoint
>legend of grimrock
>mother russia bleeds
>prison architect
>project highrise
>rocket league
>running with rifles
>satellite reign
>shadowrun dragonfall
>star ruler 2
>tabletop simulator
>war for the overworld

>>383550742
Someone other than your friends and mother would have to buy it first

>>383561904
I fell for Software Inc too, it seriously needs more polish and content to be good.
>tfw Battle Brothers never became TB M&B
I'll never not be disappointed it won't reach its potential.

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The only "early access" games I bought were Battlefront and Street Fighter V. Fucking barebones content in both games. I never buy indieshit on steam unless it looks good, so far fucking nothing.

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>>383562183

>bb never became turn based mount & blade in a fantasy setting
fuck, that would have been awesome.
but then again, i cant even imagine how long 100 vs 100
turn based battles would last. being 2 hours deep into a battle that you are probably gonna lose sounds like a horrible idea

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>Darkest Dungeon
>Nuclear Throne
>Don't Starve
>Subnautica
>Killing Floor 2
>Starbound

Could be worse I guess, I bought Rust at one point and noped out an hour in with a refund. Starbound still makes me fucking mad

>>383536842

The reason Undertale worked was because the base foundation was prepared all the way back in the demo.

Toby literally had a working quirky RPG with consistent visuals, good music and a somewhat entertaining combat system. At that point, all it takes for him to complete the game is to produce more and more content until he's finished.

Most EA games don't have a foundation, core gameplay loop, outline... hell, a bunch of them don't even have a business model.

Undertale doesn't belong in a description of EA because it was more or less feature complete back when the demo was released: All that remained was to add content. More features were included of course, but they were embellishments, not necessary structures.

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Darkest Dungeon and Exanima were the only games I've ever bought in Early Access. Don't regret Darkest Dungeon at all, I still play it and bought the DLC day one. Exanima was fun, without a doubt, but once you know how to work with the physics, it becomes a chore. Hasn't had any meaningful updates in months. It was supposed to be finished years ago on top of that. I got more hours than what I payed for, so can't be too upset.

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>>383528973
>pre-ordered Starbound
>played 277 hours of it
>last played: Saturday

>>383537571
Play outside with him

The only early access shit I've backed is PUBG and it was full worth it. I don't play it anymore but it was some of the most intense gaming experience I've been through.

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>>383545141
I do bought stomping land

>>383529712
It blows my mind that Schafer is still held in high regards after this.

>>383528973
Besieged.
The only exception and I just bought it because of the A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR threads /v/ had.

>>383528973
House of the Dying Sun and Fire Pro Wrestling World. Dying Sun is actually what I'd consider one of the few examples of EA done right, the game was already completed they just used it to fund bug fixes and polish things up a bit more. Fire Pro has some annoying issues but it's not anything too major that I'd see just getting totally abandoned most of the game is already there at day one and the small roster doesn't bother me because the community already pumped out like 300 wrestlers in six hours.

>tfw bought H1Z1 at launch
>had fun with it for 2 weeks or so and t forgets about it
>one month ago check my H1Z1 inventory
>2 chests worthing 12 bucks each
>sell it and buy arma 3 with the money
>joined a milsim clan and now I'm having a great time with it
>i will refund H1Z1 as soon as it leaves EA

feels good to outjew the jews

>>383565224
>h1z1 ever leaving EA

lmao u wish bruh

Castle Story which has been in early access for fuckin forever. I played it once a few years ago and never picked it up again. It was a chore dealing with the bad ai and pathfinding.

I also picked up Tower Unite during the steam sale. It's pretty rough around the edges but god damn the mini golf is fun and making a helly comfy condo is relaxing after a stressful day. I really wish they had more people working on the game cause it's got a lot of potential.

>>383531378
>this is the same nigger that shits up RO and RS2 threads
Fucking blatant shilling

There should be a rule that Early access games cannot sell DLC until it fully releases

>>383529792
Neo-Scavenger

>>383528973
>Ark
over 200 hours but still
>Miscreated
another dayz clone
>killing floor 2
i guess it actually came out though but kf1 is better
>space engineers
autistic friend made me buy it

>>383564689
Is Besieged any good? It's only 10 bucks, figured I might buy it with the refunded money I still have from the Summer sale.

Bought the new fire pro today

Ive bought precisely 3 EA games, none if which have burned me
I got lucky really

>>383528973
I bought a bunch and haven't regretted any of them
Feels good knowing that I know what I'll enjoy

>>383539790
Because that's retarded
Developing a game isn't a linear process, shit changes
All that would do is people arbitrarily going "yeah it's done even though it isn't" and continue developing the game when the deadline arrives

>>383566624
Oh wait that's wrong, I did regret Ark because it ran like ass and way too much grindan, even though the dinosaurs were cool

>>383562183
Eternally mad
Like they just flat out abandoned the game instead of at least releasing some kind of documentation or source code so autistic russians can reverse engineer the thing and make rudimentary mods for it
Even though I played the game a lot already I'm kind of regretting the purchase due to the sheer waste of potential

>>383566120
It's not bad, it's to dick around with machanisms and physics. Get it on sale, it's still EA and it's been like 3 years.

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>>383528973
C:DDA (free)
Pubguh (gifted and will enjoy when I can get a mic that doesn't whisper sweet eldritch nothings into people's ears)

I already experienced the whole trend sans multiplayer long before anyone else. Just in time to get it out of my system before the great early access DIY kikery.

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>>383567124
Oh. Maybe I should read the fucking OP.
>tfw fell for Starbound
I trusted them. Terraria was so fucking good for what it cost, it seemed like a no-brainer. No brains indeed ;_;

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>DayZ
loved the mod, had very high hopes for this.
>ArmA 3
piece if shit broken game with awful "futuristic" shit and worst attempt to cash in in stupid dlc shit ive ever seen, ArmA 1 and 2 were both amazing games and i still play A2 with ACE mod today.

some early access games turned out well tho
>Grim Dawn
released as planned and its a damn good spiritual sequel to Titan Quest.
>Squad
seeing what the PR team did for free all these years it was a no brainer to buy this game, constant updates with fixes and content.

>>383551002
Remember when alpha was supposed to mean barebones content to borderline still just code?

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hon hon hon, not me, ladies

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>>383567819
To this day, for nearly a decade, I still stand by
N E V E R
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>Space Engineers
>Killing Floor 2
>Rust
I don't regret buying any of them them, since I've enjoyed playing them with a friend, but I could have waited and bought them for cheaper (got Rust from the bundle)

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Slime Rancher
The Long Dark

Haven't regretted it

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>bought this in the potato sack pack 6 years ago
>has been in early access longer than early access has existed
>last update was in 2013
At least the other games I got with it made up for it.

Black mesa and Distance, the only early access games I've bought. I've got ones I was gifted though, and they're shit

>>383529568
This, but I don't regret it.
>Multiplayer AND Map Editor soon

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>>383568891
>black mesa is shit

the only early access game I've bought is Pit People, because I trust the developer

and it's awesome

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You're all fucking Small time

>>383569037 here, I went and re-obtained my preschool reading comprehension certificate. disregard

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>There still hasn't been a good open world Zombie survival game with good graphics

Zomboid and Dead State are okay

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>>383569130

You're the small time!

>>383528973
Conan Exiles

>>383528973
>Ark
I pity this one. Terribly unoptimized, bad gameplay and even worse AI, no attempt of simulating enviromnent, offline raiding
>The Forest
Would love this one, if I wasn't so easilly spooked. Nice, tight experience, developers know what they are doint, great graphics, top-tier AI.
>Empyrion
OKish, but still needs a lot of work.
>Factorio
We all know and love.
>7dtd
Alright, but imo they should overhaul the whole "economy" in the game and make it less tree-punching, more scavenging and salvaging.

I have a soft spot for the genre, since as kid I loved this German game called "Stranded". Shame we still don't have solid "survivor" simulator.

That reminds me, did anything ever happen with Project Zomboid?

>>383529792
Overgrowth

The only early access shit I have bought was DayZ, and only because a friend forced me to. Never again, early access survival games are all cancer

>>383540468
On what in what game{s}?