What’s happening to RPS? I’ve been seeing more and more articles from them about games the writer has never played, with no useful information. Like this one, basically copy and paste of the patch notes and a summary of steam reviews. Used to like them for in depth game reviews, guess that’s going the way of the dodo.
I believe you can get a refund all the way until two weeks after 1.0, so we kind of still do. But also, I can’t think of any game beta that took iterative feedback to core systems the way today’s early access games do. Perhaps because more games are very systems-driven today by comparison.
Not sure what you are referring to. The refund policy on Steam is the same for any games, early access or not. The game’s version number or finished state makes no difference.
Maybe you are thinking of the pre-purchase situation, where you can refund up to 14 days after the game’s release, instead of the date of purchase.
Overwatch, Halo 3, CoD: world at war, every World of Warcraft release including vanilla, Rift, all of these had betas before release that identified significant technical issues that were fixed before their full releases. Those are just the few I can think of off the top of my head.
Kettle meet black. Look what I said the first time you dork. I picked up on the Demos part of your comment and that’s not how they work. So that’s your comprehension not mine.
No rest for No Rest For The Wicked’s developers, it seems. The punishing action-RPG launched in Steam Early Access last week with performance issues, among other issues, and Moon Studios have now deployed their first hotfix.
Performance improvements are “coming soon”, they say, while this update focuses on improvements to balance and several of the game’s core systems. Among them, the update reduces durability damage taken to gear, reduces repair costs, increases the drop rate on Repair Powders, and reduces stamina costs and fall damage. Here’s the full list of changes:
<span style="color:#323232;">Balance Changes:
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</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Reduced Durability Damage Taken
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Reduced Repair Costs
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Increased Drop Rate on Repair Powders
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Reduced Stamina Costs
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Reduced Fall Damage Curve
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Reduced cost of Horseshoe Crab and food that includes Horseshoe Crab
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Balance update for the Cerim Crucible boss
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Changed Corpse-Smeared Blade starting from Tier 2 to Tier 1
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Loot Changes:
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</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Introduced more Weapons into Fillmore’s Pre-Sacrament Loot Table
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Reduced Drop Rate of Fallen Embers
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Stability:
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</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Fixed crash that could occur when quitting out to the main menu
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Bug Fixes:
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</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Improved inventory navigation
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Fixed jump at Potion Seller Cave so you can’t miss the jump when executed correctly
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Blocked off an out of bounds area of Nameless Pass
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Removed lingering dev tools
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When I poked through user reviews on Steam earlier in the week, durability and repair costs were two of core complaints I saw. To my surprise, if I’m honest. No Rest For The Wicked seems clearly to be courting dodge-roll melee fetishists, who I assumed to be video game masochosts, and yet they seemed to be pounding dirt and crying uncle. Or maybe it just really was bonkers unfair.
Earlier this week, Moon outlined a list of known issues, with solutions to some, if you’re experiencing a proble the above patch doesn’t fix. Remappable controls are coming soon, too.
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