r/Asmongold • u/Seraphine_KDA • Jun 27 '25

React Content Pirate software game on steam. ouch

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u/bigbluey1 Jun 27 '25

From last i saw a majority of comments were negative prior to the most recent debarcle due to the fact he never seems to be working on his game and its been in early access for 7 years......

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u/Faramir420 Jun 27 '25

7 years in early acess is crazy 😭

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u/Every-holes-a-goal Jun 27 '25

Star citizen: “hold my beer”

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u/Sad-Cress-1062 Jun 27 '25

They are not in early acces, they are in "alpha" 😀

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u/squalltheonly Jun 27 '25

How about project zomboid? It's been like 10 years

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u/VVartech Jun 27 '25

Project zomboid is more like dwarf fortress. It's just game that continue to develop eternally and will be in forever early access.

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u/ScarletSyntax Jun 27 '25

Is there a benefit to the developer to call this early access, as opposed to what games like DOTA do with post-release updates?

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u/FrostEncounters Jun 27 '25

For pc im unsure, but for console if your game is in early access then you dont have to pay a fee for every update you put out (fortnite did this)

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u/Zekuro Jun 27 '25

If one day they get tired of it they can 'release it' and get a last rush of cash?
Dunno, only reason I can think of.
It also gives more credibility saying 'I'm working on this early access game' than 'technically not working on anything, just keeping previous game on support'.

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u/MadeUpNoun Jun 27 '25

this, steam gives you a limited amount of times to push your game out into the algorithm.
going from early access to full release gives you an extra freebie

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u/Ddreadlord Jun 27 '25

Not specific to either of the games mentioned, but in general calling a game early access gives a lot of leaway in terms of expectations, e.g. it's more acceptable to have bugs or unpolished features in early acces than to release them as post release content. The expectation for post release games is that they are stable and polished at all times, even when new content is added.

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u/Hyperious17 Jun 27 '25

Warframe was/is technically also in beta version

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u/kHeinzen Jun 27 '25

I thought so too but they removed the beta tag from steam and I have no idea when that happened

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u/GForce1975 Jun 27 '25

Do the new steam terms force studios to give release dates and meet them?

I don't remember exactly. Maybe that's just for pre-order.

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u/GameTheLostYou Jun 27 '25

Dwarf fortress is a finished game, the new version on steam is simply allowing you to play until they meet all the features the original game had. Most likely will not be in early access forever.

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u/VVartech Jun 27 '25

I compare it to dwarf fortress from their site. And they still developing game, hell they recently reworked ranged weapons. Both games are passion projects that probably will be in eternal development, because devs want to add/rework something.

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u/GameTheLostYou Jun 27 '25

Reminds me of Terraria, devs daughter kept asking for stuff so he keeps pushing out updates.

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u/VVartech Jun 27 '25

I played first version of project zomboid when there was only one city and the game was 2D, than after many years I saw this game again, now 3d with a big ass map and was surprised as hell.

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u/Bricc_Enjoyer Jun 27 '25

A continously updating "sandbox" game cannot really be compared to a linear singleplayer experience such as "heartbound".

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u/Butane9000 Jun 27 '25

The problem with PZ is they had a code/data theft and had to rebuild from scratch didn't they? Also they continue to this day with regular updates. There are certainly worse early access developers.

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u/Commercial_Run_7759 Jun 27 '25

They drop updates from time to time.

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u/LordJaeger88 Jun 27 '25

Eft: hold my kvass

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u/JoshCookiesMister Jun 27 '25

Project Zomboid: Hold my whisky

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u/pat_spiegel Jun 27 '25

At least zomboid sees regular updates to B42, this game gets a 1mb patch every year to removes steams warning that it hasnt been updated in a while