Firaxis have released Civilization 7's update 1.2.4, and it delivers the likes of wonder balancing, but has tripped up more mods than is usually the case.
I don’t think anyone mentioned early access here. Civ 7 “released” with version 1.0 back in February.
Honestly I can kind of appreciate the honesty of early access games, especially from smaller developers. It’s a bit of a risk, but at least on Steam everything seems to be labeled and disclosed well. Early access games are often cheaper. I had great times with games like Hades and Subnautica in early access. There will be some duds, some projects that get abandoned before they release, but that’s also why early access games tend to be cheaper: the discount should offset the risk if the market is working as it should.
I don’t think anyone mentioned early access here. Civ 7 “released” with version 1.0 back in February.
Honestly I can kind of appreciate the honesty of early access games, especially from smaller developers. It’s a bit of a risk, but at least on Steam everything seems to be labeled and disclosed well. Early access games are often cheaper. I had great times with games like Hades and Subnautica in early access. There will be some duds, some projects that get abandoned before they release, but that’s also why early access games tend to be cheaper: the discount should offset the risk if the market is working as it should.
Yeah, I think early access is a great model. Certainly better than “release it and (maybe) fix it later”