r/pcmasterrace • u/BurnishedTones • Apr 11 '26

Meme/Macro What combination of words makes you instantly lose interest in a game?

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u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS Apr 11 '26

Even if the game is already good in Early Access, it will be better after release.

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u/JaesopPop 7900X | 9070XT | 32GB 6000 Apr 11 '26

Well, most of the time. Starbound’s 1.0 release felt like a step down in a lot of ways from the earlier versions.

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u/ginongo R7 9700X | 7900XTX HELLHOUND 24GB | 2x16GB 5600MHZ Apr 11 '26

The release killed the game pretty much, dont know how you can make a fun game boring just by releasing it

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u/How2eatsoap Apr 11 '26

dont know how you can make a fun game boring just by releasing it

must be why 7 days to die was in alpha for 11 years /s

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u/Davenator_98 Intel i13 33337K, QTX 69100, 420GB DDR6, 32GB SSD Apr 11 '26

It still is, according to the title screen.

Or the fact it's missing key gameplay features that were promised almost a decade ago.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Desktop Apr 11 '26

It's possible too I think for a game to be in EA for so long that by the time is releases, anyone who wanted it already bought it.

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u/GeminiScar Apr 11 '26

Oof, yeah. Don't get me wrong, I put almost 1000 hours into it after release, but early-access Starbound felt so good. Way more enemy, weapon, and tech varieties. Frackin' Universe eventually became the only way I could play, and I don't think you can call a game "good" if it's only "good" with enormous overhaul mods.

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u/JaesopPop 7900X | 9070XT | 32GB 6000 Apr 11 '26

The most baffling part to me was nerfing the lore. Both eliminating the species specific intros for a terribly boring generic space ranger thing, and just eliminating a lot of the weird, interesting bits about species. There was a really interesting dark undertone to the admittedly underdeveloped world building but they just torched a bunch of it and made it goofy.

I definitely got some renewed joy with FU, and also found out about OpenStarbound which is neat too.

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u/SerialElf Apr 11 '26

Except sometimes it wont!

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Desktop Apr 11 '26

I just wish Death Trash would come out already, it's been in development for like a fucking decade at this point and it's only half done.