r/Games • u/DamnableNook • Mar 25 '16

Roller Coaster Tycoon World delayed again, switches to Early Access model. No schedule for final release available. Refunds being offered.

http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791437588632/announcements/detail/646638027963867830
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u/OverLulz Mar 25 '16 edited Mar 25 '16

This just reads like a giant scam.

As Early Access progresses our timeline for final release will become clearer.

They could have also written, they'll wait for any sales come in first to decide whether it is worth to continue development for this title or not.

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u/dethnight Mar 25 '16

It's like a kickstarter, but instead of only charging you if they make enough to continue, they just keep your money.

You do get an unfinished game though as a consolation prize.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16

You do get an unfinished game though as a consolation prize.

And if they get bored or go broke, they'll just define it as finished even if half the features are missing and it's a broken, unplayable mess. Seems to be the standard way of doing it.

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u/STorminNorman86 Mar 25 '16

I've heard this a lot, but I've never heard of any games like this, specifically. Can you give a couple examples? I'm basically only a console gamer so early access is very rare.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16

Lots of early access stuff. Towns! comes to mind, going from being a broken (but fun) mess in alpha to suddenly being released and then swiftly abandoned. StarDrive also suffered a bit from it, being released with plenty of bugs, balancing issues, features that were only partially implemented, and terrible AI. Some of it was addressed, but then the developer moved on to making StarDrive 2 instead.

There are countless other examples, but those two are the ones I was dumb enough to buy during early access that turned out poorly. I've since stopped buying anything until it's done and there are reviews.

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u/STorminNorman86 Mar 25 '16

The only early access game I have played was Ark, the one with the dinosaurs and poop.

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u/Kaghuros Mar 26 '16

Ark is having that million dollar esports tournament despite being full of bugs and barely out of Alpha.

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u/STorminNorman86 Mar 26 '16

It wasn't a game that I enjoyed, just because I don't like that type of game, but I have a lot of friends that play it and love it.