I understand what a beta is. I expect new features to incomplete, wonky, buggy. That's fine.
What I don't expect is repeated regression on things like menu performance or overall performance. Obvious memory leaks. Repeated statements that something is fixed when it isn't or it pops back up after being fixed. It's amateurish.
We're approaching a year of EA. This isn't a 2-man indie company; it is a well-funded professional studio making a sequel in a beloved franchise. If you want people to test the beta, basic UI functionality needs to work. Testers shouldn't have reboot every couple of hours due to a memory leak.
This isn't a knock on the devs. It seems more like a planning and organization thing.
What I don't expect is repeated regression on things like menu performance or overall performance. Obvious memory leaks. Repeated statements that something is fixed when it isn't or it pops back up after being fixed. It's amateurish.
We're approaching a year of EA. This isn't a 2-man indie company; it is a well-funded professional studio making a sequel in a beloved franchise. If you want people to test the beta, basic UI functionality needs to work. Testers shouldn't have reboot every couple of hours due to a memory leak.
This isn't a knock on the devs. It seems more like a planning and organization thing.