As we waltz into 2015, it seems that 2014 is shaping up to be known as the year of Early Access when everything is all said and done. Early Access is something indie game developers started doing to make money off their video games while still working on the game. When it first started, there wasn't much said about it. Just like anything else in the world, the more popular it became with game developers, the more criticism it started to receive and not just by the gaming public, but by the gaming journalists as well. However, when you look at it, how is it any different than when games come out on time “finished”?
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
If you are looking for an awesome RPG, look no further. Steam is offering a significant discount on its Fallout Franchise Bundle.
"You can get all Fallout games in a bundle at a significant 20% discount on Steam. Individually, all these games add up to $244.91. With the discount, you can get them all for $195.91. That is $49 less than the original price. Quite a significant discount for such a popular franchise."
😊 😂 🤣 😐 - But why?
Just wait for a sale and get most if not all of it for a fraction of that price.
20% off...lol
The original games have been given out for free by Amazon for GOG and Epic, 76 is free now on Amazon if you have prime, Epic has also given out new Vegas for free and 4 has gone down to pretty cheap prices. 194 bucks is a total ripoff when you can get these games individually for less. Don't forget cd keys might sell em for a dollar less at times too. Come on man, us cheapskates won't touch anything near or above 100 lolz
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People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,
But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.
The problem with Early Access is playing an incomplete game. The temptation is HUGE to buy a game that has had your attention for a while, knowing it's on Steam to buy right now, even though it's early access.
Take a game like Lichdom. It looks amazing, and is totally my type of game. I'd love to get it now, but I know the game isn't done. There will be additional levels and powers and I don't want to play through the game before it's finished, because chances are I won't replay it if I beat it in early access. That's just an issue with single player, linear games, more so if they're story driven.
"Early Access", huh? Let's get COMPLETE/NON-BROKEN GAMES, first. And...of all publishers...EA is leading the charge of charging gamers for access to unfinished games? Pshyeah...lol.
I'm not one to purchase early access games, though prison architect is tempting me.
Still, I think people should think of an early access game purchase the same way they think of any other game purchase. You're getting what you paid for at the time. If the creators do fulfill their promise, then great, but don't expect that to always happen.
I'm not sure comparing Early Access games, that get released unfinished, to games that become broken years after release, as in the case of Fallout 3 having no patches for Windows 7, is fair.
The bottom line is you can get it or NOT!! Lease it's not like Ps4 n X1 to play online you have no choice but to get it, we should worry if it goes that way!!!
Like if you bought Madden n only way to play your friends are to pay the access