wizaerd wrote:I considered this, but I've backed so many games that still aren't out, I'm quite frankly tired of backing stuff that won't be out for a long time into the future. I know many people dig that, but having to wait over a year for something, my patience just cannot handle it. Nor am I big on Alpha/Beta testing... And then finally when (if) the game comes out a year, 2 years later, it's nothing like what I thought I was backing, and hence a huge disappointment. I want to extend good luck for this though, I hope it works out well. It looks like it might be enjoyable...
Sadly I'm starting to agree completely with this, there seems to be far far more "Early Access, Alpha, Beta, Crowd Funding" games than there are good released games coming out. Truth be told regardless of how good a developer, or company is all of these systems are built around the pretense of you buying something without getting something. Even if you're getting entry into alpha/beta, you're paying for the privilege of an inferior "unfinished" game. In some cases, these games never truly eventuate into their claims. For me it isn't so much about the patience factor as it is the fact that I'm handing over money for a promise, for an idea which may or may not pan out. Having backed/bought a good number of EA/Crowd funding games I would say only a couple have actually lived up to the original idea. Most fall short, including some of the big ones. E:D, Planetary Annihilation, Star Citizen, Starbound, Secrets of Grindea, CubeWorld... all these games have fallen short or simply never reached even close to the promises they had in the beginning. E:D was the closest I would say that actually hit what they aimed at, and the deal breaker for me was the removal of offline play. Planetary Annihilation is great but it's riddled with performance issues that keep the game far FAR away from the target description that they had in the beginning. So I guess part of the real problem is that every single one of these projects sell an overly ambitious idea that simply isn't realistic at all. I don't think that will stop me backing, but it will certainly curb my backing to more reasonable amounts and I won't be backing for alpha/beta entry in games anymore unless they offer something significantly more than access to the unfinished game.