So I've noticed that this thing has been going on for a while and it seems like early access means you get to pay full price for something that is likely totally buggy and in development and was never going to be good in the first place. It's almost like the opposite of a closed beta which is generally when you get to play for the game that's unlikely to change significantly (because if it did it probably wouldn't make the deadline to begin with). Do anyone here try these early access games? I mean sure if it's something I know I'm going to get anyway I might as well, but usually it's more like something I've never heard of with even less assurance than normal that the game will be playable at full price.
Kinda burnt out on early access games. Even trusted developers can fuck it up. I forget who it was, but someone who'd released a proven game was developing a game that was selling on early access. They made the mistake of depending on the income generated from early access in order to continue development and when that well dried up they just had to officially release the game unfinished.
inXile did early access in this respect correctly with Wasteland 2. While the game was certainly buggy (and released that way) and unfinished for the duration of the entire early access period, they had secured the funding they needed to complete the game through Kickstarter. Early access income was used to expand the game further as it was in development.
But really, I think I'm done with early access. Even when done correctly, it's just disappointing playing an unfinished/unpolished game. I think I would only recommend early access purchases to people who get off on helping the development process and don't mind losing out on the occasional $10-$20.
If it's a game that there's a 100% chance I'm going to buy at release, then I could see going in at early access if they're doing that thing where the game sells cheap and slowly goes up in price as it inches closer to release.
