Yet another Subnautica Early Access

[Prt91]

This make me mad rn, I'm not strong enough to keep the game in library witout playing it completed.....

[Shadow Moses OG]

You have time to complete the first two before the 3rd comes out.

[Archerodees]

Yeah I spoilt the first one playing S1 anew every time a new update came along. At full release it lost a lot of that magic.

One reason I hate EA, but I'll not make the same mistake again. I will wait this time.

[Raptor85]

tbf they at least have a good track record with it so far unlike most other devs, and as mediocre as below zero was if not for early access it would have been BAD as the early EA versions were awful, they started over almost completely after the initial feedback.

I do have some fond memories of S1 early access as well, like when you could actually dig and modify terrain, the superglide (RIP superglide, we all missed you in launch version), etc

[Muggins]

I dont get it why they're doing this a 3rd time
sure S and Bellow zero ea, but again ?
I thought they would have enough capital to at least finish ONE game

I guess we doing this sh%t again

[[RAIN]deer]

My dive buddy in Christ, you choose which purchase buttons you press. :) (j/k)

I got into SN EA a bit late, but was in BZ EA from the start. SN EA did, perhaps, kill a bit of the exploration experience for the full game, but I don't regret it. I still overall got the same excitement for new areas and creatures, they just came in spurts over many months instead of 30 hours within two weeks. However, I am *very* glad I was in BZ EA: I got to experience the early (and eventually scrapped) story; after like the second update I spent hours going around the map, trying to find early areas and triggers either misplaced or that they forgot to remove (finding at least a handful of both.)

If I can scrounge up the funds (money is rather tight rn, we'll see where I'm at when it launches) I'm definitely in for S2 EA from the start buuuut maybe I'll set it aside when they reach the half-way point so I have more to be surprised with in the full game. :D

[Amble]

Definitely gonna be a rough few years trying to avoid the temptation to click YouTube videos about Subnautica 2 as I wait for the full release to play blind.

[Archerodees]

引用自 Amble：

Definitely gonna be a rough few years trying to avoid the temptation to click YouTube videos about Subnautica 2 as I wait for the full release to play blind.

Aye, that's another thing. I haven't played Space Marine 2 yet, but I feel like I've seen half the game already just watching videos. I didn't intend to, I really should stop that, but it can be hard as you say.

[Mizuchi]

I'm going to try only playing the initial release build and not any of the following updates until Full Release. The initial build should be enough to get it running in VR

[Nix-Man]

引用自 Muggins：

I thought they would have enough capital to at least finish ONE game

Irk? You've got studios with less clout like The Game Kitchen, who released the 1st Blasphemous as an early access title, but then went on to release a feature complete sequel roughly 1 year after the 1st games final dlc wrapped.
I kinda expected better from the former developers of NS1&2+Sub1&SubZ

[Sirius Indigo]

I don't support EA. It's so frustrating and destroy all the expectatives. This should be prohibited.

[MicHaeL MonStaR]

It won't be finished for another good 3 years, could be 4 if anything makes development run long. - So I don't care about this, because it made the experience of the first one very fractured and I didn't even care anymore as soon as it was finished. I had basically played it, in its worst state, and I had to pay for that as well. - They should stop with this Early Access nonsense, especially more experienced and resourceful studios. - It's quite ironic that people complain about unfinished games and basically becoming paying play-testers, yet they will excuse it when it's called Early Access and it's from some "indie darling".

I will be "waiting" for the e-mail that it's coming out as a 1.0 and I will be a different person with a different life by then, and probably not care either. - I was really hoping this was just an announcement for a full game, as it should be.
One positive: There's some chance that Unreal Engine 5 will be much more optimized and possible to run with more computers in the world by then.

[Amble]

引用自 MicHaeL MonStaR：

It's quite ironic that people complain about unfinished games and basically becoming paying play-testers, yet they will excuse it when it's called Early Access and it's from some "indie darling".

Well yeah, it's pretty different to purchase a AAA $70 game and discover it's clearly an unfinished mess despite being advertised as the next coming of Jesus, compared to buying a game advertised as being unfinished and often priced cheaper as well. If you buy early access you at least know you're basically gambling.

I don't know what some of you expected, they were always going to keep going for the early access model because it keeps working for them and they like the feedback it provides.