I think it's kind of weird that this trend is happening that early access games, games that are not finished, get title updates that are practically advertised as expansions would've.

I always figured early access meant early access to a game until it is a fully developed base game, then start to do "named" expansions.

It's not exclusive to this game, but it just seems like a strange development and frankly not a fan of it. Some games linger in early access way too long, but they can always use it as an excuse to get away with bad optimisation or game breaking bugs and what not.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have noticed this trend as well, but I think it’s actually pretty good. Your package bunch of features you have been working on under a common theme and that builds some excitement.

Consider the alternative: “Get ready for build v1053” or “Prepare yourselves for update 1.2.24” that just doesn’t sound exciting and it’s probably not gonna draw in players who haven’t played the game in a while.

And also keep the psychology in mind a little bit, It seems less impressive to release seven small updates where each update only adds one relatively minor feature rather than one big update with seven new, but still relatively minor features

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

I also can't see complaining about free content. This isn't an Ark situation.

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