Why is the unfinished game still being sold on Steam?

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[Lichrot]

Im more surprised at the amount of people praising this game despite being an unfinished mess.

[TGCLONGFORD]

i wondered the same, i know there is early access but i had to stop playing this becuase of the state it is in ....it is sad :-(

[[N7] Sr. Chalice a.k.a Covid 5G]

There are games on here for 6+ years that says early access and steam has done nothing about it. They have the same problem over at GoG as well.

[MIKA]

Because it doesn't cost much and is still an enjoyable way to spend a few hours.

[Lintton]

Why is the dev continuing to post new on developing other games? Check out their account, they have posts in other games announcing news.

[MIKA]

Originally posted by Lintton:

Why is the dev continuing to post new on developing other games? Check out their account, they have posts in other games announcing news.

That's the publisher, not the dev.

[Candesco]

Originally posted by Алиса:

Same as that the first 2 dungeon siege games are sold without the expansions and that some games remain early access forever (such as the game kingdoms)
Valve doesn't give a damn. As long as it's being sold it will remain there, even if it's half baked or forever a beta product.

[kharaa]

This game was almost immediately stopped developing upon launch, i'm gonna have to refund.. i thought based on reviews it had continued development. =/

[Candesco]

Originally posted by kharaa:

This game was almost immediately stopped developing upon launch, i'm gonna have to refund.. i thought based on reviews it had continued development. =/

A bit different. Officially it was still early access, but dev decided to get it out of early access and then left. So on paper it looks like it's a full release, but in reality it's still an early access product. And unfortunately that's not gonna change, ever.

[MoppBoi37]

Originally posted by Candesco:

Originally posted by kharaa:

This game was almost immediately stopped developing upon launch, i'm gonna have to refund.. i thought based on reviews it had continued development. =/

A bit different. Officially it was still early access, but dev decided to get it out of early access and then left. So on paper it looks like it's a full release, but in reality it's still an early access product. And unfortunately that's not gonna change, ever.

I find it weird that he abandoned the project through some sort of reasoning behind a family issue when he's recently updated his steam profile, i think if he has enough time to be doing things on the internet, why not at least come back and write an update on their situation and tell us if they will ever get back to development or not instead of completely leaving us in the dark.

[MIKA]

Originally posted by MoppBoi37:

Originally posted by Candesco:

A bit different. Officially it was still early access, but dev decided to get it out of early access and then left. So on paper it looks like it's a full release, but in reality it's still an early access product. And unfortunately that's not gonna change, ever.

I find it weird that he abandoned the project through some sort of reasoning behind a family issue when he's recently updated his steam profile, i think if he has enough time to be doing things on the internet, why not at least come back and write an update on their situation and tell us if they will ever get back to development or not instead of completely leaving us in the dark.

It's obvious people have no idea what the difference between the developer and the publisher is.
Or what can happen to an IP, when a dev studio signs the publishing agreement with the publisher.

[Candesco]

Originally posted by MIKA:

Originally posted by MoppBoi37:

I find it weird that he abandoned the project through some sort of reasoning behind a family issue when he's recently updated his steam profile, i think if he has enough time to be doing things on the internet, why not at least come back and write an update on their situation and tell us if they will ever get back to development or not instead of completely leaving us in the dark.

It's obvious people have no idea what the difference between the developer and the publisher is.
Or what can happen to an IP, when a dev studio signs the publishing agreement with the publisher.

It can sometimes become nasty between dev and publisher. See what happened during the development of Gothic 3. Piranha Bytes, the developer and JoWood, who was then the publisher, ended up in court, because Piranha Bytes actually wanted to wait with the release, but JoWood demanded that it would be released right away. So it was released, a half baked game and it didn't sold well first. Piranha wanted then to break with JoWood, lawsuit followed and it ended with departing ways anyway, but JoWood hold then the ip of gothic, which was actually lend to them. Piranha Bytes is still there nowadays, having released 3 Risen games since then and 2 Elex games. And JoWood? They are gone. Filled in for bankruptcy and their assets were acquired by Nordic.
But that's a different situation then here with Neverinth.

[Casul Gamer]

Originally posted by Lichrot:

Im more surprised at the amount of people praising this game despite being an unfinished mess.

It has a good base. Aside from the weird FPS/frame-pacing issue, it's one of the least clunky Soulslikes I've played. And there's enough content for at least 10-20 hours (maybe more if you suck at the game like I do)

[Candesco]

Originally posted by Casul Gamer:

Originally posted by Lichrot:

Im more surprised at the amount of people praising this game despite being an unfinished mess.

It has a good base. Aside from the weird FPS/frame-pacing issue, it's one of the least clunky Soulslikes I've played. And there's enough content for at least 10-20 hours (maybe more if you suck at the game like I do)

Base is not bad indeed. But it's really too bad that there is alot of unfinished business in it, including a boss who doesn't move an inch. I don't find it soulslike. More towards god eater or septerra core.

[Tryyton]

it even shows the early access info when you start the game. i reported it again and attached a screenshot of that info.