Call me old fashioned. But a 3 year early access is well into release territory, even if their content isn't fully done. They are still taking in the full price for a game and has been for the last couple of years.
I understand the sentiment and agree largely, but Larian really is an exception. They were very upfront about what early access means to them, which is mainly bug finding and tuning and never released any content beyond the first Act.
BG3 EA dropped during covid and loads of people bought in with out knowing this.
Really that's the main thing at the end of the day, all this bullshit over the bear scene screams of manufactured outrage for me with both sides. I guarantee you that when the release happens you'll see the leftists within a week screaming about the female characters being sexualised and knowing Larian, this will happen. There was a fake post put up awhile ago but that shit's going to become real if they do release the game on the 31st August.
Nobody who's bitching about this actually cares about the state of the game, they care about forcing a political message into art and controlling what game devs can and can't make, as far as I'm concerned they can all fuck off. Honestly this is making me feel pretty sympathetic to Larian.
This is where I end up breaking ranks with not just the left but the right as well, it's about control, not leaving artists alone.
Call me old fashioned. But a 3 year early access is well into release territory, even if their content isn't fully done. They are still taking in the full price for a game and has been for the last couple of years.
I understand the sentiment and agree largely, but Larian really is an exception. They were very upfront about what early access means to them, which is mainly bug finding and tuning and never released any content beyond the first Act.
BG3 EA dropped during covid and loads of people bought in with out knowing this.
They did the same exact thing for DOSII.
Really that's the main thing at the end of the day, all this bullshit over the bear scene screams of manufactured outrage for me with both sides. I guarantee you that when the release happens you'll see the leftists within a week screaming about the female characters being sexualised and knowing Larian, this will happen. There was a fake post put up awhile ago but that shit's going to become real if they do release the game on the 31st August.
Nobody who's bitching about this actually cares about the state of the game, they care about forcing a political message into art and controlling what game devs can and can't make, as far as I'm concerned they can all fuck off. Honestly this is making me feel pretty sympathetic to Larian.
This is where I end up breaking ranks with not just the left but the right as well, it's about control, not leaving artists alone.