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I feel the pain, Fayte; I can't come up with decent names either. I've got Gwen Surnameless, Leonard Lackinglastname, Sachi Noclan, and Orris of no Epithet.

My fucking DnD character is a Dwarf cleric named Henrik Forgemender. Oh hey I'm so clever it's something to do with blacksmithing and also healing hurr de durr.
 

Fayte

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Spoo":2dv1akgt said:
I feel the pain, Fayte; I can't come up with decent names either. I've got Gwen Surnameless, Leonard Lackinglastname, Sachi Noclan, and Orris of no Epithet.

My fucking DnD character is a Dwarf cleric named Henrik Forgemender. Oh hey I'm so clever it's something to do with blacksmithing and also healing hurr de durr.

oh god those are terrible. now I don't feel so bad. thanks, spoo
 
Playing games is the number one killer for my game's development. Good thing both persona 5 and breath of the wild came out in the early stages of development /s :troll:
 

Fayte

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Xhukari":12diipmb said:
Fayte":12diipmb said:
about to buy project genom. someone stop me because I can't be stopped.

I don't know what that is. Sounds like something something Metal Gear.

It's an online shooter mmorpg. it's still in alpha so a lot of features are available yet.. but I've been playing for almost 4 hours straight and I need to stop.
 
Fayte":6aczyo9c said:
Xhukari":6aczyo9c said:
Fayte":6aczyo9c said:
about to buy project genom. someone stop me because I can't be stopped.

I don't know what that is. Sounds like something something Metal Gear.

It's an online shooter mmorpg. it's still in alpha so a lot of features are available yet.. but I've been playing for almost 4 hours straight and I need to stop.

Early Access MMORPG. I am not touching that with a 10ft barge pole!
Looks good though, perhaps if it fully releases... :)
 

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Fayte":17h7p6sc said:
It's an online shooter mmorpg. it's still in alpha so a lot of features are available yet.. but I've been playing for almost 4 hours straight and I need to stop.

How are you liking it so far? I watched a little gameplay when early access became available and it looked interesting, but I wasn't sold. Vaguely reminded me of Defiance.
 

Fayte

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do early access mmorpg's have a bad rep or something? I'm completely new to online pc gaming so it's a lot of fun to me. there's a lot of features not available yet, but the missions are PLENTY.
 
Fayte":3jioincu said:
do early access mmorpg's have a bad rep or something? I'm completely new to online pc gaming so it's a lot of fun to me. there's a lot of features not available yet, but the missions are PLENTY.

Early Access altogether has a bad rep. There's the odd standout game, but the deck is massively stacked against you.
 
What I criticise most are the early access games that sell in-game items for real money, despite being early access, and then the game is later cancelled due to poor project management.

Back in the days of everyone-make-an-MMORPG there were plenty of MMORPGs on shop-shelves being sold as completed games, however when installing and loading up the game it was missing quite a fair bit that was still in development for future updates. Pretty much exactly what early-access has become now. RF Online was one of these games.
 
Fayte":6r08a6fi said:
but why? what's wrong with them?

A lot like what Xilef said.

  • Many Early Access games get abandoned, or updated so slow they might as well be.
  • Promised mechanics / features turn out to be unrealistic or out the reach of the developers.
  • Due to the above, or other unforeseen circumstances it evolves into a very different game.
  • Many fail to communicate well with their customers.
  • Many Early Access games use the 'Early Access' label as justification to why aspects aren't up to snuff, yet have an in-game/microtransaction store. I see this as dishonest; having their cake & eating it too.
  • First Experiences are once-in-a-life-time. You don't want those to be subpar; especially if in a year or two that experience becomes much improved.

The last two are personal reasons more than anything, but the other points are so common.

Having said that, if you enjoy the game, don't let us tarnish your enjoyment.
 

Fayte

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Nah I'm digging it so far. As far as asking for money for items I haven't come across that yet either. I would hope this game gets finished though since I paid $20 for it. Do they issue refunds if the game gets cancelled? I never even thought about that. I figure mine craft was in beta for forever and people play H1Z1 and playerunknown battleground so I didn't think this would be a problem.
 

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