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KickStarter Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - the latest tactical RPG from Trese Brothers
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I would. Kinda big forehead though.
So did they run out of money and were forced to release an unfinished game or what's the deal with this?
I know and trust Trese bros to update this shit with autistic fervor, but I do not want to see that in a playthrough EVER. Seems like once again the smart man waits a year before playing [Insert any game really]
One dev on Steam:
From here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1021210/discussions/0/603032366463625254/
I wouldn't know, since everything feels like sidequests to me. Still have not figured out if I got a main mission or not.
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Its all good, Trese Bros are paragons of indie dev scene. If they say they finish it, they will.
Yeah, I don't doubt that. However, I waited for 1.0 because I was sure the base would be finished, considering the devs. But alas.
Nobody's doubting that these guys will finish it (and more!), but "it's all good" for those of us clever enough to hold off. I would be kind of of pissed if I had spent a lot of time on a playthrough and saw that. Looks like something from a porn game lol.
What's even the point of calling it a full release at that point.
What's even the point of calling it a full release at that point.
As well they should have. I'd rather not have the option to do a mission line than to have one only to realize halfway in that it just stops abruptly and I can't play on.
kangaxx
Prophet
"Whoa slow down there gunslinger, the dialogue trees haven't been uploaded yet, we're still in early access as of -4 days".
+20 STRESS +20 HEAT
+20 STRESS +20 HEAT
kangaxx
Prophet
Well when I installed my games off 5.25s, 3.5s or CDs it was guaranteed to be finished, even if bad. Patches would be very rarely distributed via gaming magazine coverdisks as a footnote to some demos, if at all.
Then the internet came along and the world went to shit.
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What the fuck?
Thank you for your service. Now I know not to play any more yet. I don't care if this dev is a Codex darling, doing shit like this without labelling your game as Early Access borders on full-blown scam.
Clockwork Knight
Arcane
If they added the full quest later as a free patch instead of having it incomplete and adding the latter half as a free patch, people would be jumping in joy. I'd rather clean latrines than be a developer.
Trithne
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Problem is that they did early access to begin with, during which time the quest was included in the unfinished state, fair.
Then their deadline came up and they didn't have time to finish it.
But they're so autistic about not breaking saves they couldn't cut the quest.
Best way would've been to disable starting the storyline until it is finished, so that it wouldn't affect people buying in after full release.
But it's true that coming out of EA is less "the game's done" and more "the game's not a broken mess now" these days.
I was going to drop a review but they've taken my review as far as they can with the current content.
Then their deadline came up and they didn't have time to finish it.
But they're so autistic about not breaking saves they couldn't cut the quest.
Best way would've been to disable starting the storyline until it is finished, so that it wouldn't affect people buying in after full release.
But it's true that coming out of EA is less "the game's done" and more "the game's not a broken mess now" these days.
I was going to drop a review but they've taken my review as far as they can with the current content.
Damned Registrations
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I mean, it's not like it gave you a mission without an exit or something. I'm fine with a quest being cut short between missions if the alternative is to just be missing quests. And they did you the courtesy of letting you know, instead of it just failing to continue despite indications it should- which is how most unfinished content gets used in games. Red herrings in games piss me off.
I can see the argument that they should have delayed the release date until they'd tied off such loose ends, but I've no idea what their financial situation was, and I know they made a point of releasing the game when they did to coincide with a steam event.
I can see the argument that they should have delayed the release date until they'd tied off such loose ends, but I've no idea what their financial situation was, and I know they made a point of releasing the game when they did to coincide with a steam event.
Yeah, but it's not supposed to be Early Access anymore. I understand the hardship of being an indie dev. I just don't like how 1.0 is now treated as a secret continuation of EA. Hope you don't notice, and if you do - we are just a poor indie dev team, so you can’t be too mad, right?
Trithne
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Yeah, this is the crux of the matter. If I've got a feature that's half-done and I need to ship _something_, I make it so that feature can't be accessed, because that's less offending to the end user.
Of course, I'm not in gamedev, where anything goes and the users don't matter.
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It's a spectatularly bad solution. A message like that shits on the fundamental accord between player and developer that the game is selling you a fiction and if you suspend your disbelief it will hold up its end. No story that takes itself remotely seriously is allowed to pull this kind of stunt. It's like opening a cabinet in a brand new apartment and finding an exposed live wire - it should never happen.
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