robek 'rw' world

robek 'rw' world replied 2 years, 2 months ago

4 of the 8 people that started with me quit after a week. The rest of us are on week two and there are lots of things as far as criticisms that I agree with. It’s unfortunately a well-polished Early Access game. I regret that I wasn’t able to experience the beta, but the only thing I can judge the game for is its release state. The state of the community is interesting, due to the veterans spending large amounts of time in that game that none of us will ever play. The loyalty from that group says a great deal about a game they loved. That can’t be discounted. In it’s current state, there’s a lot of “what next.” But, there’s a lot of things the game does right and can be expanded on. And I think there’s a lot of ways to move forward, but I’m not sure the community complaints are in-sync enough for the developers to understand.

But my perspective as of now is shit.
robek 'rw' world replied 2 years, 2 months ago

What I should have said is: “The final released version of the game feels like a well-polished early access game”. Meaning, I expect more from a final product – but there’s also a roadmap so I’m not sure why it’s even called a full release. I’ll write a follow-up one day, but I don’t have that level of personal insight with only 2 weeks in.

I really want to write the piece on the community. It’s fascinating. Why do you personally feel so burned by the game? How many hours have you invested? Did you play the beta? When they wiped the game for release, did everything feel like a chore? Do you play now? Do you post on the forums?

@robek