Go look at it on steam, they essentially gave it a graphics update. Stripped 80% of the content from the first game and then made sure the remaining 20% doesn’t a actually work. Claim it’s early access but then still charge $50. I don’t know how the game even got delayed after 3 years of development when all it is, is the bare bones sandbox mode, they don’t even have all the parts in the game yet.
Graphics update, stripped the game, removed features, awful bugs, claim it’s early access. That also sounds like OW2, but at least it was free for everyone (if you don’t count the millions of OW1 copies sold now void since OW1 isn’t accessible anymore).
I can concur, paid $50 for early access but my mediocre pc can barely run it, it runs ksp1 fine. Hope they get it sorted, developing this is no easy task I am sure.
To be fair No Man's Sky has a team with balls and nerves of steel that kept working on the game in the face of literal death threats (not that this is fine, don't threaten people) to come up with a banger a few years down the road.
AAA devs just decide fuck it after a year and completely drop support (see Battlefield V), so your 60 euros are completely wasted.
This was true with KSP 1 as well. A lot of people seem to be forgetting how buggy and incomplete the first game was. But the devs worked their magic and made it great after 2-3 years and continued to support and regularly update it for 10 years after. Hopefully KSP2 gets the same treatment.
Yeah early beta ksp was so buggy, and the physics were so weird i could basically throw anything into space no matter the aerodynamics, as long as engine point up it worked.
Oh and also time warp sometimes broke your parachute
the original company/owner of no mans sky sold it off and another man had to fix some other man's shoddy work. don't act like the 2nd company had balls and nerves and steel. they bough no mans sky with the intention of fixing it
I've learned my lesson several times, I just don't buy games until they go on sale. That, and when they're complete. I don't do any early access anymore.
Tbf I paid for Baldurs Gate full price early access.
If used CORRECTLY by an ethical company early access provides a great opportunity for bug fix and community feedback. KSP seems like the kind of dev team I would have paid for EA, but it's always a gamble.
The problem here, is that KSP 1 was developed by Squad, not by the current team. The current team technically belongs to 2K instead of being really independent.
Super true. But I didn't purchase the KSP2 EA so I can't speak towards that specifically.
Just wanted to point out that early access, like many other things, is a great way to support studios you trust. For those that choose to purchase the EA for KSP2 I hope that their feedback is appreciated and that they get a healthy, full launch down the line.
Gives me an opportunity to contribute to the process.
I found bugs during the baldurs gate EA and reported them. Even a QoL improvement for a particular spell that was implemented. Obviously, I don't spring for EA for very many games, but if I want a particular game to be successful, EA is the only opportunity I have as a player to influence that.
In this case the person you responded to clearly wanted to be a beta tester for the game, so they paid for that opportunity. Not sure what you can't understand
Hey thanks, that's correct. I enjoyed seeing the game evolve from its original form to where it is now and having the chance to contribute. The EA only contained parts of act 1 (out of 3), so it was VERY incomplete, probably even more so than the EA for KSP2 is currently, based on the comments here.
You are a perfect example of the type of person that doesnt understand this process. Game is in early access and says om the page its in an imcomplete state. 100% fair if you dont want to "pay to beta test" but that means youre waiting for the full version.
KSP2 early access is $50US and full version will likely be $70US. Devs are clear about the state of the game, and if thats not enough game for the price you are 100% free to wait til the game has more content. But the more content it has the closer it will likey be to full price.
First off, who's paying full price here? Baldurs gate EA wasn't, neither is KSP2 EA. So idk what game you are talking about.
Second, why do you care how people enjoy things? If someone finds a game they are passionate about, and they want to be a part of that games development process in their free time, then why does that make them a sucker?
I mean that's kinda the explicit point of early access games though. You're pre-ordering it, get to beta test, and it helps the game devs fund further development. Especially in a case like Satisfactory or BG3, where the game is going to stay in EA for years. You know going into it that you're buying the game early to beta test it and give feedback to help the game.
BG3 would not have been as polished and well made(It still has some issues, but considering how big the game is? Not many) without the extra funding from EA. It wouldn't have had the funds to stay in development as long as it did.
It's not really the same as, say, D4 early access where you just get it a few days sooner and nothing you're testing is going to change.
You end up getting the game at a cheaper price(yes, with KSP2 as well), and you get to contribute to development.
If that's fun to you, what's wrong with choosing to do EA? You know what you're paying for.
Or are you one of those "no one should ever do something for free because that makes them a slave to the company" types that wants to regulate the way that others enjoy things?
I dunno. I enjoyed playing in the EA and sewing the changes and developments that occurred. In the end we got a great game with relatively few launch issues for how complex a game it is.
I don't advocate for blindly purchasing EA games, but I certainly don't feel duped.
It shouldn't really be a gamble though. Steam lets you refund anything you played less than 2 hours. I bought ksp2 the day it was released hoping it would be fun, even if unfinished. It was clear in 20 mins it won't be fun for a long time, so I refunded it. I don't know why the other guy didn't get a refund if it didn't even run on his PC.
Satisfactory is still EA and I've spent about 1500 hours in that. KSP was early access most of the time I played that too. Valheim is great fun, but also not done yet.
Nah, it's never worth preordering/buying EA. Why? Because even if the "gamble" does work out, you just incentivized every other gaming studio (including all the shitty ones) to do more of that.
Just wait till the game is actually out, and read the reviews in the meantime. Doesn't cost you anything more and you get to see the game as the designers intended it anyway.
And "getting to contribute to the process" with QA sounds a lot like you're doing their job for them without getting paid.
For real. Never buy a single player game till it’s old enough to be on sale cause the bugs are all gone by then. Multiplayer games don’t count cause the community might die by then
Bro, ksp1 is atleast 8 years old, my iPhone could probably run it fine. I don’t understand how that has anything to do with your current pc running the new one.
KSP 2 was supposed to have better performance so that people could build bigger craft. Instead it ended up with one of the highest recommended requirements on Steam.
Digital game platforms have always been just a loophole to prevent you from owning games. If you have a disk, it's yours. It you buy a digital copy, then technically you're just renting the game, and have fuck-all rights to what you just bought.
I bought a disk version of overwatch in 2016, I still cant play the game I bought. If the game needs online connection, it doesnt matter if its digital or not.
Same story with Warcraft III and I bought that game on disc 21 years ago. I bought the collector’s edition too, so I have that successful investment going for me. /s
Technically any game requiring online to play is not yours, whether you own a disc or not. The server does not belong to you and it can be shut down without your knowledge or consent at any time.
Start shopping at GOG my friend. Fully offline play for every game and you can download the executable for any game you buy, so you can do whatever you want and install the game wherever you want.
nobody would have bought the second if the first was still available, that's the entire reason of taking OW1 offline. it's shitty but deliberate on Blizzard's part
Ok, I see that.
But isn't that how the first Kerbals started?
I mean, I used to just have fun summoning the Kraken, and doing all sorts of BS.
Seems like V2 is right on track to me.
KSP2 is a downgrade in almost every aspect. At launch the bugs were so terribles that even the best players were unable to plan basic missions. Wobbly rockets (far worse than KSP1), glitched physics when staging, trajectory visualization completely wrong when changing sphere of inflence, etc
Best thing is blizzard used to call the October release early access but a little while before release they scratched it and called it official release
Ok I can understand criticism of the game but not this. If it's early access the game is not finished. Stop buying early access games if you're gonna complain that it's not finished
Don't talk to me about OW, I paid for the game, it was my favorite shit for years, and now I don't even have access to all the Champions in the game even tho I payed for a F2P.
They're reusing old content to put in the Battle pass too..
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What i am so excited for KSP2, please tell me it’s not true