Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to Citybuilders@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months ago7 years and 35,000 wishlists later, [Generation Exile], one of Steam's most popular city-builder demos failed miserably enough at Early Access for its creator to question everything: "None of this meawww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-link7 years and 35,000 wishlists later, [Generation Exile], one of Steam's most popular city-builder demos failed miserably enough at Early Access for its creator to question everything: "None of this meawww.gamesradar.comAgent_Karyo@piefed.world to Citybuilders@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareBlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI’ve heard about this, but I’m not convinced it’s my type of game and being early access adds a second layer of risk that I’m not interested in taking. Since Valve doesn’t protect users, EA is no more safe than a Kickstarter.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI wouldn’t go that far. You can still refund EA games and there is some game there. Kickstarter for video games has a far worse track record.
I’ve heard about this, but I’m not convinced it’s my type of game and being early access adds a second layer of risk that I’m not interested in taking. Since Valve doesn’t protect users, EA is no more safe than a Kickstarter.
I wouldn’t go that far. You can still refund EA games and there is some game there. Kickstarter for video games has a far worse track record.