this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Sometimes, but some games get consistently better during early access.
The key is to buy games based on their current state (is this worth $xx to me right now?) vs buying what you imagine the game might be.
But I don't know what their state is until after I buy them. That's the point.
Generally watching some real videos of people playing it can give me enough of an idea.
That why you read reviews and watch streams