Comment on After years of hearing about it, I finally started playing Timberborn. Great chill city builder.

grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s been “released” for 4 years. Yes, it’s “early access,” but surely there’s a point where we ignore that label, no?

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My point was 50% that the game is still too new for this sub and 50% that “early access” is ridiculous, LOL.

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    • Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Your comments made me curious what our threshold for “too new” is, my first guess being 5 years. (Thanks XKCD.) Image

      It’s actually

      catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game

      according to our sidebar.

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      • Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Early Access games feel out of scope. Half of the point of patient gaming is waiting for a feature-complete product.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But you pose a good question if Early Access release counts as release, especially if it’s been in EA for this long.

        I feel like there’s “real” Early Access, where major features and other wholesale changes like replacement of placeholder art are still being implemented, and “fake” Early Access, where the devs just avoid calling the game “finished” for some reason (possibly because they overpromised and have abandoned it). Timberborn is very much in “real” Early Access.

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