Hi antti, thanks for the response! I'm glad to hear that you do not have plans for early access on Steam. It seems to me that many Steam users do not understand the idea behind early access and complain that they have bought incomplete, bug-filled games and all that ensues from that is users fighting with developers over the state of the game through inflammatory posts. In the end, I think it ruins the games and drives away many potential buyers.antti wrote:We'll use Steam keys for closed beta testing but the Steam early access thing is not in our plans. I haven't been following how the early access games are doing myself but I take it that there's some issues there?owl wrote:Dear Legend of Grimrock creators,
I understand modders suggesting beta access to your game, but please, please do not consider putting Legend of Grimrock II on Steam's early access.
I signed up for an account today just to say this one thing: please, do not go to that hideous pit of hatred that is early access.
Here is my personal take/rant on early access: I understand that some people want to take part in the process of making a game; good for them. For me, I don't want to be part of the process. If I wanted that I'd make a game myself. Some may enjoy early access, so be it. I want to buy a game and be thrilled by the game and enjoy the game as the developers intended and as the developers made the game. It seems that with so much input from the community on what is good, on what is bad, leads to nothing but complaining and arguing on Steam Early Access forums. Forums end up being locked to game owners only further driving away interested buyers. Closed betas are a much better option.
As for input into the artistic process, I don't want to tell Roger Waters what music to write or how to play it; I want him to play what he wants and I will either enjoy it or not. If I do not like Roger Waters' new output, then it's not my place to try to force him to write music in a different way or like he used to write it. I guess it comes down to artistic output and how you view the artistic process. I, as a consumer of the artistic output of others, do not want to be a part of the process. I want to be a consumer of the process. Sorry, I could probably go on for a long while yet, but what I want to say is: I am definitely looking forward to Legend of Grimrock II and trust that the developers will make a great product that will wow gamers and bring them into new and fantastical worlds.
@Leki, yes I agree.