I would call it a complete game that was finished a long time ago but has a passionate developer who provides free content updates. It’s definitely not a live service game, as there are no microtransactions and the updates are free.
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SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 month agoWhat would you call it? Live service does not really fit
rigatti@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 month ago
Wow, AAA publishers really did a number on us all, huh? Think of them as “expansions”. The game was absolutely complete on 1.0 and you can still get that version! I have most of my time playing the game on v1.0.
The developer then added more content to the game, for free. The bug fixes have been pretty minor and would have happened with paid updates or without, like any modern game…
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
A video game that happens to get big updates every so often…? Call 'em expansion packs if that makes life easier