Saturday, 5 June 2021

Rust and the "curse of early access"

 Sandbox-survival Rust developer Harry Newman recently wrote a short blog post on his blog. Its name - “The Curse of Early Access” , speaks for itself. There are many positives to an Early Access project, Newman said. First of all, in this way, developers can enlist the support of players and receive feedback from the community.


However, Rust has been in this state for over three years. Of course, the developers have not forgotten about regular patches and innovations, but players still complain that the project does not go into full-fledged release. However, Newman doesn't think Rust is fully prepared for such a big move."For me, it all comes down to one question: If Early Access didn't exist, would we release this game?" - he writes in his article.


Perhaps, having revised the situation, the developers will nevertheless listen to the opinions of the players and the release will finally take place. However, for now, such a step will mean that the game is completed and worked out, and Newman believes that this is far from the case. The team is already working on adding various features to Rust so that newbies can figure it out without reading guides and tutorials. After that, it will already be possible to talk about the exit from early access and further development.

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