I paid full price for this game when it was under Sony because I believed in the ideas behind the game. I was looking for an alternative to DayZ as we know that it will never be finished. They told us that the game would be free to play and not pay to win. As you can see, they have lied on both counts.

Under SoE, the alpha actually FELT like an alpha...tons of updates, stuff changing all the time. The game was literally being built around you. Then this daybreak nonsense happen. The game came to a halt and is now being sold pretty much in the same state as it was years ago. All they have really done is split the game in two parts to sell it twice.

One half was supporting the bloodthirsty teenage Call of Duty kids (king of the kill). And the other is the Just Survive portion. The King of the Hill segment was originally just an extra fun thing to do on the side using event tickets that were found in the main game. It became popular for streamers to do it on twitch and generated more money, so it seems that all of the devs attention went there which left the MAIN GAME pretty much ignored.

The "Just Survive" portion of the game has now been ignored and left in the state that it has been practically since release. It doesnt even feel like a zombie survival game. Its pretty much a slightly better version of DayZ with tacky base building. Overrun with hackers the game is now pretty much empty. Instead of whining about all of the failed expectations of this game, Ive come to a conclusion:

We should all just stop buying games in early access alphas...

What they are really offering is a game "as is" but hide behind the excuse of being in "alpha" when people start to complain about the state of the game.

They have taken our money for an unpolished game. Do you think they will spend that money we spent to make drastic improvements on the game? Probably not.

I'd really like to see some statistics on early access alphas that actually end up satisfying the customers expectations.

customer - "Hey this game is ♥♥♥♥♥ for tons of reasons!"

devs - "We know man, Its still alpha."

2 YEARS LATER

customer - "Hey devs, your game still has tons of problems, and starting to look graphically outdated now too.."

devs - "We know man, its still alpha."


In my opinion, we as customers need to stop funding these teams through steam that call themselves early access alphas. If you want people to test your game. MAKE IT FREE TO PLAY then ASK FOR DONATIONS.

You would be surprised how many gamers (including myself) would donate money to a dev team with real aspirations aside from making a quick buck off of community starving for a game in this genre.

Instead, they charge us full price for an unfinished game, capitalizing on the hype of a dream that will never be realized.

They have already fufilled thier goal in making millions of dollars from us. It would be foolish of us to expect them to stay motivated in making a better game when theyve already sold it to us. Ask yourself - In 2016, with MILLIONS of dollars given to them for the development process, is this game of a high quality standard as it was promised to be? Infestation did it better...

STOP BUYING PRODUCTS BEFORE THEY ARE FINISHED. WE AS GAMERS ARE TO BLAME.

I paid full price for this game when it was under Sony because I believed in the ideas behind the game. I was looking for an alternative to DayZ as we know that it will never be finished. They told us that the game would be free to play and not pay to win. As you can see, they have lied on both counts. Under SoE, the alpha actually FELT like an alpha...tons of updates, stuff changing all the time. The game was literally being built around you. Then this daybreak nonsense happen. The game came to a halt and is now being sold pretty much in the same state as it was years ago. All they have really done is split the game in two parts to sell it twice. One half was supporting the bloodthirsty teenage Call of Duty kids (king of the kill). And the other is the Just Survive portion. The King of the Hill segment was originally just an extra fun thing to do on the side using event tickets that were found in the main game. It became popular for streamers to do it on twitch and generated more money, so it seems that all of the devs attention went there which left the MAIN GAME pretty much ignored. The "Just Survive" portion of the game has now been ignored and left in the state that it has been practically since release. It doesnt even feel like a zombie survival game. Its pretty much a slightly better version of DayZ with tacky base building. Overrun with hackers the game is now pretty much empty. Instead of whining about all of the failed expectations of this game, Ive come to a conclusion: We should all just stop buying games in early access alphas... What they are really offering is a game "as is" but hide behind the excuse of being in "alpha" when people start to complain about the state of the game. They have taken our money for an unpolished game. Do you think they will spend that money we spent to make drastic improvements on the game? Probably not. I'd really like to see some statistics on early access alphas that actually end up satisfying the customers expectations. customer - "Hey this game is shity for tons of reasons!" devs - "We know man, Its still alpha." 2 YEARS LATER customer - "Hey devs, your game still has tons of problems, and starting to look graphically outdated now too.." devs - "We know man, its still alpha." In my opinion, we as customers need to stop funding these teams through steam that call themselves early access alphas. If you want people to test your game. MAKE IT FREE TO PLAY then ASK FOR DONATIONS. You would be surprised how many gamers (including myself) would donate money to a dev team with real aspirations aside from making a quick buck off of community starving for a game in this genre. Instead, they charge us full price for an unfinished game, capitalizing on the hype of a dream that will never be realized. They have already fufilled thier goal in making millions of dollars from us. It would be foolish of us to expect them to stay motivated in making a better game when theyve already sold it to us. Ask yourself - In 2016, with MILLIONS of dollars given to them for the development process, is this game of a high quality standard as it was promised to be? Infestation did it better... STOP BUYING PRODUCTS BEFORE THEY ARE FINISHED. WE AS GAMERS ARE TO BLAME.