Early Access done right [Unreal Tournament]
Can we take a moment and congratulate Unreal for doing Early Access right. You can download and play Unreal Tournament Pre-Alpha for free here: https://www.unrealtournament.com/
Completely free with great game play but with some contents not finished.
This is how all early access should be done. To me a role model for all companies that feel giving users access to a game that has not been finished.
Posted Jan 10, 2016, 8:48 AM UTC
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Back in my day we had demos. They even used to release them in these things called magazines, different times....
Seriously though, make a decent demo or an early access like this if you actually want support from gamers. The "pre-order early access beta" bubble has pretty much popped.
I think today it requires more to make high end games and give users access to a early version is a good way to continuously try new ideas and features and receive direct feedback from the community. But the trend of taking money from users for early access incomplete games needs to stop.