This game is terrible

[Bram]

Having played the game. This game is very very overpriced. Its insanely buggy and bordering on unplayable at the moment. The deployment phase is non existent. Your artillery will be placed in front of your army, so you lose it. Capturing stuff is about impossible or totally bugged. I've captured plenty guns, ships etc but especially for the ships. They just disappear..

The units do not respond or get stuck non stop. You are very very unit capped. This makes it so you cannot play this very strategically. Bordering on unfair. Unit replenishment is bugged, broken and retarded. Getting all those units into a city is very very finicky. Half the time units will not enter a city but do get the button.

Etc etc etc. DO NOT BUY YET, its very very bad..

[GlassMan]

This game is in Early Access and while I agree that the pricing is a bit steep...the beta version is far from terrible. There are several disclaimers and the devs do not pretend that it is a done piece which they keep patching regularly and is available through XSolla only. So UNFINISHED...for those who can agree to the specific beta conditions...not very very bad and not available on Steam.

Given how every Game-Labs title has seen polish and aftercare with decent release state and very enjoyable gaming loop, stop being a troll, each post like this makes indie dev life more difficult and allows only for shillware like Pharaoh to exist.

[robecatphil]

Nowadays people tend to expect too much polish from a beta, imho.

However, "early access" where you pay already, also raises some expections.

[Demiurge]

it's almost like they haven't finished the game yet...

[Bram]

Then they should not price it for 50 dollars, its insane. Especially if they don't offer a forum or the guarantee to put it to steam.

[robecatphil]

Agreed.

[Afghanicus]

This guy Bram, is not very bright to put it lightly.
First of all you can pay full price now and help develop it or shut up and wait, and pay full price later.

Second of all there is a forum forum.game-labs.net/forum/190-ultimate-general-american-revolution/
The fact you don't know that is a good indicator you should not have bought this game in the first place.

Third, I experienced very few of the bugs you're talking about.

Fourth, every single game they've released through their website has been give a steam key... UA:D, UG:CW, UG:AoS etc...

You have the right to not like the game but try to be less of a clown.

[NekoMode]

Or if you really don't want to pay full price /r/patientgamers is an option and you can buy it on the inevitable Steam sale, like 6 years from now. Not only will the game be more stable and bug free but you can buy it on sale. The entire reason you do EA games is to support development BECAUSE the game is unfinished. I would avoid EA games altogether if you have OP's expectations.

[Deltium]

Originally posted by NekoMode:

Or if you really don't want to pay full price /r/patientgamers is an option and you can buy it on the inevitable Steam sale, like 6 years from now. Not only will the game be more stable and bug free but you can buy it on sale. The entire reason you do EA games is to support development BECAUSE the game is unfinished. I would avoid EA games altogether if you have OP's expectations.

I really believe that more people need to be aware of the obvious benefits of waiting at least 1-2 years after release. I am perplexed why people pay full price to effectively beta test a game, while instead one could wait for the game to be fully patched and purchased on sale thereafter for 50% or more off. There is absolutely no economic or technical incentive to do so otherwise. I suspect FOMO is the only reason why people don't do this.

[Nats]

It also seems as if the devs routinely abandon their games and leave them unfinished, and ban users from their forums for writing negative reviews. I am changing my mind about this game. Think its going to come off my wishlist.

[stlsf4003]

Originally posted by Nats:

It also seems as if the devs routinely abandon their games and leave them unfinished, and ban users from their forums for writing negative reviews. I am changing my mind about this game. Think its going to come off my wishlist.

Here, here! You can't trust these devs as far as you can throw them!

[pandakraut]

The devs usual development cycle includes an extended early access period off steam, then an EA period on steam where all planned features are added, followed by around a year or two of patching issues that come up.

At that point they move on to start working on another game. There will always be more balance that could be done, bugs that could be fixed, and additional features that could be added no matter how long any game is worked on.

[Nats]

Originally posted by pandakraut:

The devs usual development cycle includes an extended early access period off steam, then an EA period on steam where all planned features are added, followed by around a year or two of patching issues that come up

So when in all that do they actually produce a finished game?

[strategyfanatic]

Originally posted by Nats:

It also seems as if the devs routinely abandon their games and leave them unfinished, and ban users from their forums for writing negative reviews. I am changing my mind about this game. Think its going to come off my wishlist.

My God. These morons who got screwed by Naval Action. They have been walking and suffering for 8 years. Apparently, their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is very sore. It has already been said a thousand times that these are different teams. All strategies were completed, but these guys still can't calm down and keep talking about being a pain in the ass. Better go to producer Naval Action and whine there.

[Team Triss]

Originally posted by Afghanicus:

ery single game they've released through their website has been give a steam key... UA:D, UG:CW, UG:AoS etc...

They say directly on the website not to expect one this time, and if you want a Steam key to wait until it comes to Steam.

[voix_de_frappe]

Originally posted by GlassMan:

Given how every Game-Labs title has seen polish and aftercare with decent release state and very enjoyable gaming loop, stop being a troll, each post like this makes indie dev life more difficult and allows only for shillware like Pharaoh to exist.

This is so wrong I am almost fainting about your naivety.
Game-labs has a terrible record of ruining games (or not even getting started properly - think of 'Sea Legends' which seems to be a Lenin Mummy in a Mausoleum now) and treating their fans (who turn into the opposite unfailingly) like dirt.
Their real epic milestone for ruining things is and will always remain NAVAL ACTION. Just read comments there, it is on Steam. Fraud against us who bought this game once, afterwards we get silently taken away game feature after game feature because game-labs thinks it has to force us all over to a F2P server which is periodically wiped.

If it is game-labs - don't buy. Guarantee you get disappointed, big time, and patch after patch of idiotic admin decisions.