Its the norm these days for publishers/developers to release unfinished games. Seems everything is released in beta and we usually have to wait years for a finished product, if its ever finished. Kunos is no different. AC and ACC were pretty much unplayable for the first year. AC only got 'finished' due to the dedicated modders that spend their life fixing and adding features... Ilya, Peter, Phoenix, Soyo. Those are the guys that made AC what it is today, not the actual developer. As for EVO, Ill remain very cautiously optimistic. There is an incredible amount of hype surrounding this game but personally, I think its going to be a let down for the first year. Every sim in the last 5 years has been this way. Hell, AMS2 has been out for 5 years and they have just recently got to 'acceptable'..

Kunos is already saying it will not be the full game at release, weve had minimal progress updates, very little news, and its supposed to release on the 16th. I usually get into the early access/beta testing for all the new sims and subsequently purchase it before its released. Not this one, im definitely gonna wait and see how it goes. I could be very wrong, their 'silence' could indicate that they have something really good in store. There has been talk about the Devs working with the modders I previously mentioned from AC. If that is true, I have much more confidence

Just a long way of saying Im going to wait and see.

 

Thanks for the heads up, sounds like I should probably skip a year or so before jumping in then - especially having to buy a console + game to actually play it.

I guess I'm just too old school, but that stuff drives me nuts. I thought the whole update thing sounded wonderful when it first came out - minor issues could be patched post release to fix unexpected bugs. But you're right - these days its almost like they just push beta versions out the door at this point to get revenue (at full cost of course) and decide if/when they even want to fix things.

I was hoping the craziness with Cyberpunk a few years back (being temporarily de-listed from new online sales) would've pushed the manufacturers to put a bit more effort in up front.