The game is in early access, so that shit can be ironed out before release.
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Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 months ago
Remember when games would have free demo/betas to iron out shit before releasing?
monkeyseemonkeydong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 months ago
My bad I totally missed the EA flag lmao
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I believe you can get a refund all the way until two weeks after 1.0, so you kind of still can. But also, I can’t think of any game beta that took iterative feedback to core systems the way today’s early access games do. Perhaps because more games are very systems-driven today by comparison.
NeryK@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Not sure what you are referring to. The refund policy on Steam is the same for any games, early access or not. The game’s version number or finished state makes no difference.
Maybe you are thinking of the pre-purchase situation, where you can refund up to 14 days after the game’s release, instead of the date of purchase.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ah, that’s it. You’re right. In which case, never buy an early access game unless its current state is worth the money right now.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 months ago
Beta isn’t for feedback on core systems, it’s for performance and stability fixes. Alpha is for core systems.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Both of those terms mean whatever the developer wants them to mean.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 months ago
Sure but words have meaning
Doof@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No? I’ve been gaming for thirty years and no I don’t remember demos being used for that.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 months ago
I guess you didn’t play them then ¯\_༼ •́ ͜ʖ •̀ ༽_/¯
Doof@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Demos were not used that way
Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 months ago
Overwatch, Halo 3, CoD: world at war, every World of Warcraft release including vanilla, Rift, all of these had betas before release that identified significant technical issues that were fixed before their full releases. Those are just the few I can think of off the top of my head.