Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher
www.eurogamer.net
Manor Lords' publisher has hit back at claims the game is an "interesting case study in the pitfalls of early access", …

This really does not sound healthy. The game is released, for a certain amount of money. If people don’t like what they get for their money, they simply should not buy it.

But by now gamers have been so trained to expect to endless content treadmills and all their ilk like mtx and battle passes that publishers/developers get egged on if they don’t work on their game 24/7 and forever.

  • digdilem@lemmy.mlEnglish
    451·
    4 months ago

    I just want to buy a game that’s actually finished. Early Access has ruined that first play experience.

        • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
          82·
          4 months ago

          Pun police: Stop right there, criminal scum! You have violated the law. Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence!

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      I swore off early access after Phoenix Point. It sucks to already be bored with a game before it has the major kinks worked out.

      Dead Cells is kind of a counterpoint, though. I’m not sure if I got it as “early access” per se, but since I bought it, they made some major balance changes that completely changed the meta, and those changes got me playing way more enthusiastically than I was before.

    • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Few games do it well, and I suspect we are getting those games because of early access. Other games exploit it, they can get fucked