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gaming
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333PuG333
Space Mine Guntastic Sexplosion Arama Alpha Beta Alpha v0.0000000000000001
WhyDidYouPutItThere
Bought.
nation543
at least one developer in the world understands.
GrandMagusRubick
I don't have a problem with Steam having shit games. You don't complain to a game shop when it stocks shit, why complain at Steam?
CantRap
Damn I wish I could read
Carados1
You blurred out your name in the menu bar but not the menu.
Svartsinn
I decided to hold off buying Starbound until they came out of 'early access.' Over a year later and guess what hasn't happened...
TastyTastyScience
Except the Early Access version has more content than many "released" games, and the release version is coming out in literally a few days.
swidey
I really think that the simplicity of it reall y makes a firm political message of some sort
aspgrabber
Still a better game than Depression Quest.
realbrickwall
Wait...that Steam screenshot is no older than 4 days. Is this...is this actually OC? Wow.
RockAndTroll
Nerdcubed, anyone?
ObviousCaptain
The "don't buy lol" got me
varsil
I've actually seen a few early access games that noted, "Do not buy unless you like the idea of paying to alpha test."
zooks
At one point, Prison Architect actively encouraged you to not buy it "Srsly, this shit is broken lol"
Catumi
Yep that is the disclaimer listed by steam on every early access game.
I don't mind playing an alpha game if they put a lot of work into it and it gets out of alpha fairly quickly *COUGH* DAYZ *COUGH*
sheepe
Well, check out Space Engineers. Alpha as fuck, but developing quickly. Patched every Thursday.
skwh
You forgot the zombies and realistic survival elements.
AetherMcLoud
I need a fucking "don't ever fucking bug me worth early access ever again, seriously" option in steam.
SkypeOfCthulhu
Meh. Some people take $10 to give me access to a game while it's being made. EA, Ubisoft and R* charges $60. One is honest about it though.
yesiamaphysicist
AAA developer meeting: "What?! We can make money on unfinished games?" "Yeah, the early access guys are making bank." "Sign us up!"
ChinMusic
All that's missing is it being #1 on the Top Sellers list.
Domehammer
Steam is basically virtual walmart now.
GhoulsGW
but pre-order now and get exclusive in-game content
Poopoopeepeevagina
Hi
[deleted]
imentirelyrelevant
FartsInPants
Bonjour
springboobsquirepin
Your name is naughty....I'm telling on you
platvia12
I like your profile picture
Stainlesssteele4
Early Access has done a lot of good for small teams with tight budgets. Sure, its been taken advantage of, but not all developers misuse it.
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
#notalldevs
FelisaeNoctis
Hell, I plan on using it with my stuff. Though I want something to give that functions beforehand. WAY too much abuse.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
I bought Towns, which got a lot of hate due to lack of development (dev had a burnout iirc). Still, I had plenty of fun for just a few bucks
woowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoo
hell yeah, space engineers is one of them :p
copingcabana
Last weekend, I bought Civ 5 from steam. First time playing a Civ game. I haven't slept in 5 days. ...just one more turn...
NotCreativeEnoughToThinkOfSomethingOriginal
Eh, DayZ is in early access and is probably the best zombie survival game ever released.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I've got 174 games on steam and DAYZ is #3 for hours played. DAYZ devs get a lot of hate for "being slow" but I am damn satisfied.
DrEmmettLathropBrown
To be fair DayZ was a thing before getting a stand alone release, so it's not like they started from scratch.
Same person developed the mod so it's basically the same thing.
jfkenn3dy
"Best zombie survival game ever Not released" Its is still in early access ;)
nekobaka
from what i've seen the h1zn or whatever is basically the same game but with way more development time and features, isn't it?
i mean apart from the controversy around the business model, which seems to be uncalled for from what i've read
Completely different style, if you want an arcade game pick h1z1, but if you want a realistic game take DayZ.
thegr8rambino
the only game i want right now is a hd version of the xwing games and xwing alliance
retrohellix
Stupidpeoplearestpid
jjabrams
I am uncomfortable
noforeplay
who let this happen??
Who knows, as far as I know the guy was trying to make the kid mess up, but this is a bit excessive.
Thats the best excuse he could come up with?
gwencallon
What the actual hell?
Violae
I bet it's a game by Ubisoft.
ViktorKovacs
3edgy5me
Jetz72
Not enough radio towers.
YesIKnowMyEnemy
What do you mean don't buy? It's 75% off! I must have it!
TheCatManMightPeerIntoYourSoul
DUDE, don't be part of the probl- Oh, sarcasm. Ok then. +!
Itsnotminehonest
That's for GRID. The game's 20 euros
ZacMuerte
I dunno about you, but I would pay 20€ for anything that would acknowledge my existence when I needed it to... I'm so fucking lonely.
RussianWeightliftingJesus
Hello!
HELLO! this is the part where I spill my entire life story, right?
If you want to, go ahead
whoops
TheLordofMelons
9,99€ in Europe, $9.99 in America. For once something's cheaper over here.
hoppoppoppolis
This trend will go away as soon as people stop funding it.
saywhatiwant
everyone I know bought early access to H1Z1 and I feel so left out, I wanna play too but I cant afford it. =(
ocegur
When you see that the top sales of steam currently are 2 alpha/preorder even after last year scandals, you loose faith.
MilDravin
depends though.... every one of the early access games i have are still functioning games, just need extras and LOTS of polish
ImJustHereSoIDontGetFined
So it'll never go away.
WillJeSuis
It won't. Same reason micro transaction in games work, because there is always some fool who will spend $1000's on gambling for a rare.
TheVampireDante
So... Never then. There will always be people that use these types of things because of the simple fact they exist.
D0cH0lliday
That will be never. Corporations have convinced people to pay THEM for QA testing while making them think that's a privilege.
Meh, I have bought many early access games that have and continue to provide me with more hours of fun than "complete" games I've bought.
You just need to treat it like you should any other game. Use the fucking internet. Reviews and youtube to understand what you are buying.
flassk
"There's a sucker born every minute."
HaniiPuppy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYCS6k1IOA
nixame
To be fair, everyone's born a sucker.
razrwire
"And we're gonna take 'em for all they got!"
Nirox
Fuck early access.
Nomtombouts
Then don't buy any early access games...
YoullBePerfectWhenYoureDead
You act like early access games existing takes that option away from you because they're magic apparently.
MoxRavager
Fucking Cube World. A game with amazing potential. Almost no development since it released.
Ireallydonthaveanyideawhattonamemyself
Early Access is great. Its just being taken advantage of and Steam doesn't care enough to monitor it more closely
This is the way to describe my feelings in more than 3 words, but i think fuck early access is more to the point.
I can't agree. Because I've been very, very happy of the early access games I've spent money on. Hell, wish I could do more to support em
LMeire
Whatever man, some of us don't want to wait till 2050 to play Tarn Adam's masterwork.
ladybuglauren
H1Z1 IS THE SHIT.
SeaFan
You don't have to buy early access. I don't understand why anyone would complain. If it were ready for use it wouldn't be early access
Because it clogs up steams suggestions even if you'll never buy early access, that's the problem. 8/10 suggestions are really access now.
Except that's an exaggeration. 3/11 of my queue is early access. Plus that's a pretty silly reason to not like early access.
There's hundreds of reasons I don't like early access. This is just one of them, and a particularly aggravating one.
100000x this. People complaining about nothing
WasThatAFartOrAShart
I like the thought of it, not the application of it. Kerbal is a decent example. They've added to it (which is better than most), but [1]
Yep that's how I feel about 7 Days to die though younger it's coming along nicely. I am fine with wipes for patch days to test/try again.
DocMcButtStuffins
And so far, H1Z1 has been good. Plus prison architect.
it's still in early access mode, and it was first put out in June of 2011. That's WAY too long.
Dunes8
I've been enjoying Starbound, though they keep updating. Wish they'd release it soon.
UnlikelyMotivation
Man, I forgot I bought that game. Did they get multiplayer into it yet?
Not sure. Took a break from it for while. Planning on getting back in, though.
Berekhalf
Yes. I've hosted servers and mod support is pretty booming.
333PuG333
Space Mine Guntastic Sexplosion Arama Alpha Beta Alpha v0.0000000000000001
WhyDidYouPutItThere
Bought.
nation543
at least one developer in the world understands.
GrandMagusRubick
I don't have a problem with Steam having shit games. You don't complain to a game shop when it stocks shit, why complain at Steam?
CantRap
Damn I wish I could read
Carados1
You blurred out your name in the menu bar but not the menu.
Svartsinn
I decided to hold off buying Starbound until they came out of 'early access.' Over a year later and guess what hasn't happened...
TastyTastyScience
Except the Early Access version has more content than many "released" games, and the release version is coming out in literally a few days.
swidey
I really think that the simplicity of it reall y makes a firm political message of some sort
aspgrabber
Still a better game than Depression Quest.
realbrickwall
Wait...that Steam screenshot is no older than 4 days. Is this...is this actually OC? Wow.
RockAndTroll
Nerdcubed, anyone?
ObviousCaptain
The "don't buy lol" got me
varsil
I've actually seen a few early access games that noted, "Do not buy unless you like the idea of paying to alpha test."
zooks
At one point, Prison Architect actively encouraged you to not buy it "Srsly, this shit is broken lol"
Catumi
Yep that is the disclaimer listed by steam on every early access game.
ObviousCaptain
I don't mind playing an alpha game if they put a lot of work into it and it gets out of alpha fairly quickly *COUGH* DAYZ *COUGH*
sheepe
Well, check out Space Engineers. Alpha as fuck, but developing quickly. Patched every Thursday.
skwh
You forgot the zombies and realistic survival elements.
AetherMcLoud
I need a fucking "don't ever fucking bug me worth early access ever again, seriously" option in steam.
SkypeOfCthulhu
Meh. Some people take $10 to give me access to a game while it's being made. EA, Ubisoft and R* charges $60. One is honest about it though.
yesiamaphysicist
AAA developer meeting: "What?! We can make money on unfinished games?" "Yeah, the early access guys are making bank." "Sign us up!"
ChinMusic
All that's missing is it being #1 on the Top Sellers list.
Domehammer
Steam is basically virtual walmart now.
GhoulsGW
but pre-order now and get exclusive in-game content
Poopoopeepeevagina
Hi
[deleted]
[deleted]
imentirelyrelevant
Hi
FartsInPants
Bonjour
springboobsquirepin
Your name is naughty....I'm telling on you
platvia12
I like your profile picture
Stainlesssteele4
Early Access has done a lot of good for small teams with tight budgets. Sure, its been taken advantage of, but not all developers misuse it.
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
#notalldevs
FelisaeNoctis
Hell, I plan on using it with my stuff. Though I want something to give that functions beforehand. WAY too much abuse.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
I bought Towns, which got a lot of hate due to lack of development (dev had a burnout iirc). Still, I had plenty of fun for just a few bucks
woowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoo
hell yeah, space engineers is one of them :p
copingcabana
Last weekend, I bought Civ 5 from steam. First time playing a Civ game. I haven't slept in 5 days. ...just one more turn...
NotCreativeEnoughToThinkOfSomethingOriginal
Eh, DayZ is in early access and is probably the best zombie survival game ever released.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I've got 174 games on steam and DAYZ is #3 for hours played. DAYZ devs get a lot of hate for "being slow" but I am damn satisfied.
DrEmmettLathropBrown
To be fair DayZ was a thing before getting a stand alone release, so it's not like they started from scratch.
NotCreativeEnoughToThinkOfSomethingOriginal
Same person developed the mod so it's basically the same thing.
jfkenn3dy
"Best zombie survival game ever Not released" Its is still in early access ;)
nekobaka
from what i've seen the h1zn or whatever is basically the same game but with way more development time and features, isn't it?
nekobaka
i mean apart from the controversy around the business model, which seems to be uncalled for from what i've read
NotCreativeEnoughToThinkOfSomethingOriginal
Completely different style, if you want an arcade game pick h1z1, but if you want a realistic game take DayZ.
thegr8rambino
the only game i want right now is a hd version of the xwing games and xwing alliance
retrohellix
Stupidpeoplearestpid
jjabrams
I am uncomfortable
noforeplay
who let this happen??
retrohellix
Who knows, as far as I know the guy was trying to make the kid mess up, but this is a bit excessive.
Stupidpeoplearestpid
Thats the best excuse he could come up with?
gwencallon
What the actual hell?
Violae
I bet it's a game by Ubisoft.
ViktorKovacs
3edgy5me
Jetz72
Not enough radio towers.
YesIKnowMyEnemy
What do you mean don't buy? It's 75% off! I must have it!
TheCatManMightPeerIntoYourSoul
DUDE, don't be part of the probl- Oh, sarcasm. Ok then. +!
Itsnotminehonest
That's for GRID. The game's 20 euros
ZacMuerte
I dunno about you, but I would pay 20€ for anything that would acknowledge my existence when I needed it to... I'm so fucking lonely.
RussianWeightliftingJesus
Hello!
ZacMuerte
HELLO! this is the part where I spill my entire life story, right?
RussianWeightliftingJesus
If you want to, go ahead
YesIKnowMyEnemy
whoops
TheLordofMelons
9,99€ in Europe, $9.99 in America. For once something's cheaper over here.
hoppoppoppolis
This trend will go away as soon as people stop funding it.
saywhatiwant
everyone I know bought early access to H1Z1 and I feel so left out, I wanna play too but I cant afford it. =(
ocegur
When you see that the top sales of steam currently are 2 alpha/preorder even after last year scandals, you loose faith.
MilDravin
depends though.... every one of the early access games i have are still functioning games, just need extras and LOTS of polish
ImJustHereSoIDontGetFined
So it'll never go away.
WillJeSuis
It won't. Same reason micro transaction in games work, because there is always some fool who will spend $1000's on gambling for a rare.
TheVampireDante
So... Never then. There will always be people that use these types of things because of the simple fact they exist.
D0cH0lliday
That will be never. Corporations have convinced people to pay THEM for QA testing while making them think that's a privilege.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
Meh, I have bought many early access games that have and continue to provide me with more hours of fun than "complete" games I've bought.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
You just need to treat it like you should any other game. Use the fucking internet. Reviews and youtube to understand what you are buying.
flassk
"There's a sucker born every minute."
HaniiPuppy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYCS6k1IOA
nixame
To be fair, everyone's born a sucker.
razrwire
"And we're gonna take 'em for all they got!"
Nirox
Fuck early access.
[deleted]
[deleted]
Nomtombouts
Then don't buy any early access games...
[deleted]
[deleted]
YoullBePerfectWhenYoureDead
You act like early access games existing takes that option away from you because they're magic apparently.
[deleted]
[deleted]
MoxRavager
Fucking Cube World. A game with amazing potential. Almost no development since it released.
Ireallydonthaveanyideawhattonamemyself
Early Access is great. Its just being taken advantage of and Steam doesn't care enough to monitor it more closely
Nirox
This is the way to describe my feelings in more than 3 words, but i think fuck early access is more to the point.
Ireallydonthaveanyideawhattonamemyself
I can't agree. Because I've been very, very happy of the early access games I've spent money on. Hell, wish I could do more to support em
LMeire
Whatever man, some of us don't want to wait till 2050 to play Tarn Adam's masterwork.
ladybuglauren
H1Z1 IS THE SHIT.
SeaFan
You don't have to buy early access. I don't understand why anyone would complain. If it were ready for use it wouldn't be early access
AetherMcLoud
Because it clogs up steams suggestions even if you'll never buy early access, that's the problem. 8/10 suggestions are really access now.
YoullBePerfectWhenYoureDead
Except that's an exaggeration. 3/11 of my queue is early access. Plus that's a pretty silly reason to not like early access.
AetherMcLoud
There's hundreds of reasons I don't like early access. This is just one of them, and a particularly aggravating one.
Nomtombouts
100000x this. People complaining about nothing
WasThatAFartOrAShart
I like the thought of it, not the application of it. Kerbal is a decent example. They've added to it (which is better than most), but [1]
Catumi
Yep that's how I feel about 7 Days to die though younger it's coming along nicely. I am fine with wipes for patch days to test/try again.
DocMcButtStuffins
And so far, H1Z1 has been good. Plus prison architect.
WasThatAFartOrAShart
it's still in early access mode, and it was first put out in June of 2011. That's WAY too long.
Dunes8
I've been enjoying Starbound, though they keep updating. Wish they'd release it soon.
UnlikelyMotivation
Man, I forgot I bought that game. Did they get multiplayer into it yet?
Dunes8
Not sure. Took a break from it for while. Planning on getting back in, though.
Berekhalf
Yes. I've hosted servers and mod support is pretty booming.