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How do you think lackluster game releases (ex. No Man's Sky) would have been received if they were labelled as early access or in beta? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 week ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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I feel like having the early access label makes me more apprehensive about buying a game because of the amount of abandoned early access titles I own and being wary of it not having an ending. In the case of No Man's Sky I feel like I would be less grateful for all the content adding updates. I might view it as just working towards a completed project rather than doing something nice for the community or doing it out of passion.

Buying a broken game does make me a lot less likely to buy new games from a developer immediately after the release.

Other examples could be Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76, Halo MCC, and the remastered Grand Theft Auto trilogy.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

In the case of No Man's Sky specifically, probably still pretty bad. It wasn't "lackluster" it was straight up false advertising. What they did was deceptive and intentional.

They've done a TON since then to try to make it right, but that doesn't excuse their initial crime.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How I feel about cyberpunk. At least no man's sky was an indie team that went through multiple lawsuits and a huge flood. CD project red has no excuse they just took a shit and wanted money for it

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I almost jumped on the Cyberpunk bandwagon just because it was CD Projekt Red. Kept telling myself they wouldn't stoop to Hello Games's level. ...and they didn't stoop quite that low, but for CD Projekt Red to put out something as shitty as Cyberpunk was a shock.

Fortunately I kept reminding myself about NMS and never did try Cyberpunk without first seeing reviews from real players... and holy fuck. Sounds like they've fixed a lot and the price has dropped, so I might dive in some day, but I definitely dodged a bullet with that one.

Just goes to show that NO company is worthy of your loyalty, regardless of their history.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Just goes to show that NO company is worthy of your loyalty, regardless of their history.

Amen to that

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