Steam and its patch infrastructure
I am old school. I always quote Quakes "Its done when its done."
But having early access to a game has its draws. We get to play it sooner rather than later. We have more opportunity to guide the devs to making the final game we really want. The community can feel closer to the devs since we have a voice.
And it is too good to pass up for the devs. They dont waste another year making a game no one buys.
I get it. I can live with some bugs while they get things smoothed out.
- But this game has not improved much since last year, which means our "VOICES" have been ignored.
- The design choices for UI, feedback, information are completely unacceptable.
- The game mechanics that were proven to be bad in Coh2 are back.
From what I remember about DOW3, people said the community told them what they wanted and Relic did not listen.
I would gladly give this game a good review (because I feel it will be great someday), if not for the three things I listed above.
These all say "Relic is not listening to anyone and are clueless to what people want". They deserve to crash and burn. Even though we all want them to excel and continue to make great games in the future.
Sadly I have been saying this for the last 2 years, watching Relic is like watching a young mentally handicapped kid trying to do some complicated task. And you are rooting for them, knowing full well they will fail miserably.
