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Can you muppets stop throwing away money on awful companies producing subpar games? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Custoslibera to c/[email protected]

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I propose 2024 is the year of early access games boycott.

Bring back completed games only.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (15 children)

I mean, just do a little due diligence, Jesus. I've bought PalWorld, Planet Crafter, Traveler's Rest, and more in early access and had a blast with all of them. In fact, I'd say it's some of the best bang for my buck in the last ten years of gaming. I've also not bought early access games because the five minutes of due diligence suggested that it was a garbage game.

I particularly think it's fine with small, indie studios that don't have a lot of devs or resources. No way in fuck am I buying an early access AAA release.

[–] whenigrowup356 14 points 10 months ago

Yep. The indie boom that PC gaming experienced would not have been possible without early access funding, full stop.

Not every early access title has gone perfectly and there are some studios that have gamed the system.

Still, the stuff that managed to make it through the process and become successful has been some of the only stuff saving us from a live service hellscape

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