Pet Peeves/complaints about games

[Ryusei]

Hostages can be killed and remain dead for the rest of the game.

Mandatory escort mission with a big slow explosive vehicle and flying enemies everywhere.

Having to grind right at the beginning to purchase vital key items you can't do without.



Guess the games.

[Swan Dive]

Walking Dead was a HUGE let down for me as well.



New peeve: Early access games.  I think they are doing more harm than good.  People are judging an unfinished product and reviewing the game as if it was full release, AND/OR they get the expectations up too high during it all.

[MechaGS]

New peeve: Early access games.  I think they are doing more harm than good.  People are judging an unfinished product and reviewing the game as if it was full release, AND/OR they get the expectations up too high during it all.

I agree with you on this. I used to think it could work out but people are too high-strung to take early releases at face value.

[Ryusei]

People are judging an unfinished product and reviewing the game as if it was full release, AND/OR they get the expectations up too high during it all.

They're doing right.

Most beta versions released to the public don't differ too much from the finished games, unless we're talking about MMOs, where lots of changes can happen in a relatively short time.

[Swan Dive]

Most beta versions released to the public don't differ too much from the finished games.

That's what I used to think as well, until Starbound (sandbox exploration game) enlightened me.  Just look at their list of promises.. http://playstarbound.com/the-future-of-starbound/



In  over a month I think they delivered on maybe 1-2 of those things, and they were just tweaks and bug fixes, not actual content additions.  The forum opinion of the game has been steadily decreasing over that time period as well.



I was also talking more about "early access" and not beta though.  C/O Beta is usually free, and early access is not.

[Ryusei]

It probably has something to do with its funding being partially based on a system resemblant to KS's pledges.

Once they got your money, there's not that much pressure on them to deliver what they promised in a timely manner.



I'm not a fan of paid demos (unless they come with a free Zone Of the Enders game ).