SEVEN day early access for the higher packages?

[Rob]

I hate this trend so much. A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scam.

[Burjis]

Even though I bought the premium, I somewhat agree with you!
If the game is ready, then get it released to everyone. It seems to be more of a punishment for those who didn't get the premium edition rather than a bonus for those who did.

[Doctor Diabeetus]

Same, It's an awful, predatory practice, but I also bought the premium, though I also literally forgot that you get early access from that until I saw this post.

[ZionPenumbra]

I think if it’s just reworded to say “buy any version through early access grants 1 week early play time and be apart of pre launch bug team.” Might make people feel like they are testing the “launch version” of the game a week before so when the game does launch for everyone else they can patch in some issues we have found. Sounds better than “buy early access and play 1 week in advanced or buy premium play 1 week in advanced.” That’s really how it feels when you play a game pre launch date

[GaryGore]

I don't see any mention of the chinese faction

[Νικόλαος]

I got the premium edition mostly for the two expansion packs that is included in that deal. If it was only the original gods covers and to play 7 day early I probably wouldn't have gotten the premium but the standard edition.

[Kamus]

Stop cry for little things... Its ok.

[SyncBE]

How can this be a scam ? You also get 2 upcoming expansion packs. If you don't plan to buy them, well than just wait. What kind of edge will people get in those 7 days early ? It's not a MMO.

People these day ♥♥♥♥♥ about everything.

[Can'tTouchThis]

Originally posted by Kamus:

Stop cry for little things... Its ok.

Little things? Destroying the industry is little?

[ShadowFox]

Originally posted by Robbware:

I hate this trend so much. A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scam.

You also get all the DLC. The extra playtime is just for them to stress the server in stages

[karnlight]

Not sure I'll even play multiplayer matches. I bought the AoE 2 Definitive edition for the campaigns. I owned two copies of the original AoM and have the Extended edition here on Steam. I'm excited for this, but I was also really excited for the SW: Battlefront classic collection, which I didn't even buy after hearing the numerous issues.

[Burjis]

Originally posted by Can'tTouchThis:

Originally posted by Kamus:

Stop cry for little things... Its ok.

Little things? Destroying the industry is little?

Seriously, that might be a little bad practice, but destroying the industry?! That's quite an exaggeration, especially when there are some serious bad practices in the game industry these days.

Originally posted by AtlasXar:

Originally posted by Robbware:

I hate this trend so much. A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scam.

You also get all the DLC. The extra playtime is just for them to stress the server in stages

That makes sense. They might wanna see how things hold up technically during the advanced access and patch it up or increase capacity before releasing it to the entire player-base.

[Can'tTouchThis]

Originally posted by Burjis:

Originally posted by Can'tTouchThis:

Little things? Destroying the industry is little?

Seriously, that might be a little bad practice, but destroying the industry?! That's quite an exaggeration, especially when there are some serious bad practices in the game industry these days.

Originally posted by AtlasXar:

You also get all the DLC. The extra playtime is just for them to stress the server in stages

That makes sense. They might wanna see how things hold up technically during the advanced access and patch it up or increase capacity before releasing it to the entire player-base.

Yes, there are some really bad practices, which have led to more bad practices, which in turn lead to more. If fake gamers didn't act like this sort of thing was ok then the industry wouldn't have regressed this badly.

[Quen_ZA]

Originally posted by sync:

How can this be a scam ? You also get 2 upcoming expansion packs. If you don't plan to buy them, well than just wait. What kind of edge will people get in those 7 days early ? It's not a MMO.

People these day ♥♥♥♥♥ about everything.

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[Kimochi]

Heh, making game is a business. Why would the devs say no to money? Especially A LOT of AOM fans are totally fine with pay to play early. I bought premium and it's the best decision ever LOL. Keep hating while i'm having fun with my early access :P

[Shadow]

I'm pretty sure more than anything the early access is to stagger the initial blow to the servers. The sales gimmick is just gravy.

Unless you ask the suits or the marketing department. To them, the early access is more than anything a sales gimmick. Staggering the initial blow to the servers is just gravy.