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Topic: Steam "Early Access" (Read 15007 times)
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bhodi
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No lie.
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It's great for smaller developers because with steam comes an entire framework of everything you need to sell, package, and distribute your game.
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Gets
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Alphafunding/Early Access/Pledging/Founder's Packages are all differently garnished pre-purchase options that more and more developers with a modicum of talent want to abuse. Before it was acceptable to offer promises in exchange for hype, now it's acceptable to cash in on the hype before a title even begins work on delivering said promises. I like how original concepts can get their development funded by their target audience, but way more dosh is being thrown at people who could do it conventionally and the fact that Chris Roberts is selling me a spaceship that only exists in his head for two thousands dollars is just flabbergasting.  |
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bhodi
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No lie.
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I think some of that'll pass after all those early adopters get burned a few times. But, then again, some people pre-order stuff sight unseen every single month and will probably continue to do so.
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Simond
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I'd rather throw £15 towards a promising alpha-beta of an indie dev/team than piss away money on a pre-order for, say, anything published by EA.
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"You're really a good person, aren't you? So, there's no path for you to take here. Go home. This isn't a place for someone like you."
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Shannow
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Anyone tried Kenshi? Looks interesting?
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Someone liked something? Who the fuzzy fuck was this heretic? You don't come to this website and enjoy something. Fuck that. ~ The Walrus
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Ingmar
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Those fighting animations are killing me.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Zetleft
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Anyone tried Kenshi? Looks interesting?
I bought and an have been enjoying roaming around the deserts. I haven't done much except attacking bandits already in a fight and looting the dead though :p |
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Lucas
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Further proof that Italians have suspect taste in games.
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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That looks identical to DK.
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luckton
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It 'is' Dungeon Keeper, just for the current gen. They have Molyneux's permission and everything. The name change is simply to avoid EA hassling.
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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It 'is' Dungeon Keeper, just for the current gen. They have Molyneux's permission and everything. The name change is simply to avoid EA hassling.
Oh my  |
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Lantyssa
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That would explain why it looks exactly like it. Damn, now I'll have to buy it.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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That would explain why it looks exactly like it. Damn, now I'll have to buy it.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Interesting. I saw it an thought it was one of those crappy knock-off's sequels or something (wasn't there a recent crappy knock-off of DK?).
Interest level rising.
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Ingmar
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(wasn't there a recent crappy knock-off of DK?).
Impire. It is fairly crappy. |
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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