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Why not to buy Steam Early Access Games

Tommy

Founder
If you see games that you may like from their trailers, commentary, features, description or screenshots and if it is Early Access, there are three words to describe them, "DON'T BUY IT". Why? Because most of the stuff you see in the trailer or teaser videos are more than likely features they predict to have in the game. It doesn't mean that the game will actually have those features. You may be like, "What? It is early access.." Well, tell that to a few games I came across and have been following for years then recently they show up on Steam as early access, I bought it and nothing has been done.. nothing, zip, NAY!

Pisses me off that they allow them to show videos like that when the game might not even have those features from the said trailer (etc). Here's what you can do: You can wait a few more years until the game is completed to see how it is then and buy it, OR you can buy it now & would have to wait for updates and hope they add more features to the game.

It surprises me that these amateur people in early access can make a game. They will make it, but they are slow about it because they are either from Kickstarter hiring people because they don't know what to do or from the underground really not knowing what they are doing.

My point I'm trying to make is if you see an Early Access game, don't buy it right away because it looks cool, look at it fluently (including the developers to see if they aren't shitty people who can't update correctly), see if it is promising and look at it's full background history.


I wasted more than $100 on Early Access games, don't let that be you..
 

Neth

BETA Tester
this is why I first try a demo of the game or ask a friend who has it so I don't waste money on it and I like you tommy
 

Tommy

Founder
this is why I first try a demo of the game or ask a friend who has it so I don't waste money on it and I like you tommy

Sexy! Yeah.. but demos don't come with early access games, well, not the ones that don't have a lot of features.
 

Nostromox

Loyal Member
urrgh forever a pirate
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No but for real thanks for giving us a honest opinion and experience about early game access. The only time I buy games from Steam or from any other site in general is when the price have dropt with like 50/70% :p
Yes im a cheap bastard.
 

Tommy

Founder
urrgh forever a pirate
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No but for real thanks for giving us a honest opinion and experience about early game access. The only time I buy games from Steam or from any other site in general is when the price have dropt with like 50/70% :p
Yes im a cheap bastard.

That's honestly the way to buy them on steam nowadays. :D
 

Parranoia

Insane Member
I prefer games that have been quite established before spending my hard earned money :p
This is not to say I've made some pretty stupid purchases in my life haha
 

Tommy

Founder
I prefer games that have been quite established before spending my hard earned money :p
This is not to say I've made some pretty stupid purchases in my life haha

Haha..

Yeah, my purchases on such games were a waste. Starforge for example, good screenshots, videos and features, but they aren't updating enough. It is still complete shit.

Ticks me off that shit like this can happen, it is like their project got on Steam and they're so happy about it, then they stop working on their game.. >.>
 

Parranoia

Insane Member
"Made it on Steam! May as well collect the money now and just stop updating, nobody will care anyway"

Probably the mentality of most :/

Steam should have some sort of system like Kickstarter has. Where your game is allowed to be sold and such while it's in "Early Access", but if you do not complete the project you won't receive the money. Something along those lines.
 

Tommy

Founder
"Made it on Steam! May as well collect the money now and just stop updating, nobody will care anyway"

Probably the mentality of most :/

Steam should have some sort of system like Kickstarter has. Where your game is allowed to be sold and such while it's in "Early Access", but if you do not complete the project you won't receive the money. Something along those lines.

Agreed. They need to further their knowledge of the development team before putting their shit on Steam.
 
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