simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoNightingale to add offline mode "as soon as feasible", as devs say they "misjudged" player demand for itwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down15
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minus-squaremrfriki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·7 months agoRemember boys, never buy a game based on promises of future features for you never know if they will come true.
minus-squareDaseinPickle@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·7 months agoIt’s an early access game. If you buy it now you are buying promises and the chance to be a beta tester. And that’s okay, if you don’t get emotional if things don’t turn out as expected.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32·7 months agoI’d say if you’re buying it now, you should be doing so based on what it is as though it never gets another patch, because sometimes they don’t.
minus-squarephi1997@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoAnd sometimes, a game gets a patch that actually makes it worse
minus-squaremagnusrufus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoA lesson I learned from Double Fine.
minus-squarePumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSteam also has an extremely generous early access refund policy, giving you a full refund at any time for any reason until the game launches for real.
Remember boys, never buy a game based on promises of future features for you never know if they will come true.
It’s an early access game. If you buy it now you are buying promises and the chance to be a beta tester. And that’s okay, if you don’t get emotional if things don’t turn out as expected.
I’d say if you’re buying it now, you should be doing so based on what it is as though it never gets another patch, because sometimes they don’t.
And sometimes, a game gets a patch that actually makes it worse
Cubeworld.
A lesson I learned from Double Fine.
Steam also has an extremely generous early access refund policy, giving you a full refund at any time for any reason until the game launches for real.