I totally agree. After all the hype about the various things you could do in the game (including death and children), the only real thing you can do is fight. I get that it's in EA, but its a little disheartening to be told things and come to find out after 8 years (about 2 years ago was when they really started talking about features I believe, correct me it I'm wrong) of waiting we have to wait some more.
Yes. There are some people *cough*
@Dr-Shinobi *cough* who claim that there is more to do than just fight... I'm really curious to know what these people are talking about. I'm talking about playing this game WITHOUT MODS... in its current state. What exactly can a person do other than fight (or trade - even trading will require a battle or two) without a mod?
-- I'm seriously asking. -- Fighting (besides trading) is the only thing in this game that seems to function as intended... and yet, even this feature has its issues.
I just watched part of the interview, up to about 3 minutes, and what he said about "...so many features" makes me question what he considers features. Participate in battles? Check. Own fiefs? Check. Trade? Check. Start a faction? Sort of. Engage in diplomacy? Not quite. The game is ok in it's current state, but personally to get more out of it I have to go to a third party, meaning mods.
And here is where I'm a little confused - considering everything that was said leading up to the early access release - the reality today does not match those statements / claims. So.. saying "it's Early Access" as a reason the game is in the state it's in is not a valid argument considering what had been said, verbally, by higher ups.
And if this game is already essentially feature complete (as Armagan said the game was going to be upon EA release) then...
Seems you have a lack of imagination
ive been doing a lot of different playthrus with almost no fighting.
Have you? Without mods? What have you been doing and for how long? I'm honestly curious.
i find it funny though that they said clearly were pre releasing it for you guys to try it out and we have more work to do and will prob take 1+ years.
Yes. But the amount of work that needs to be done seems to be enormous. Also, the fact that the game was released (in early access) with infinite loops, hard freezes and crashes - errors with 100% reproducibility - that would've and should've been found by some lone tester and fixed in an afternoon...
Yes it's in EA... but to a lot of fans who have been following the development of this game for years... what is in this game and how it's functioning is a surprising, gobsmacking let down.
I'm having fun with it... a lot of fun, but that's because this isn't an RPG, or an action game, or a strategy game, it's really a unique blend of genres that is not offered by any other game (that I know of). I both love this game and am disappointed with it at the same time, and I completely understand where the dissatisfied people are coming from (even though I am very satisfied playing this game).
This whole "but it's in EA..." argument only works for some things but not the entirety of this game. If they really believe that the game will be ready in about a year, how many features do you actually think will be in here upon "official" release?
I love playing this game but to ignore the glaring issues and to just explain them away by saying "it's EA" is like saying the glass is half full... it's not half full, it's not half empty... it's both. Acknowledging only one half of the situation is ignoring the other.
Yes it's in EA, but there are issues in here that many think (and may have been lead to believe) should've / would've been addressed prior to EA.