At what version is the latest you should get a game?
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Every dev marks his game's version as he likes. There are games at v0.74 that have tens of hours of content and games marked v1.1 that have barely started their development.
Same goes for time to complete the game development. Some devs have a plan for final version of the game, others keep adding new content for years with regular updates while there is demand for more and financial support.
PS: I prefer 'ongoing' titles. There is always hope to get more good stuff in a game I already love and got used to.
Same goes for time to complete the game development. Some devs have a plan for final version of the game, others keep adding new content for years with regular updates while there is demand for more and financial support.
PS: I prefer 'ongoing' titles. There is always hope to get more good stuff in a game I already love and got used to.
Like the post above, version numbering is arbitrary based on the dev. It does not consider the amount of content or how finished a game is. This is especially true for ongoing titles that are still actively in development.
Even completed games have wildly varying degrees of content that can equal to a game at a v0.1/0.2 etc so it is not a good metric to use (unless from a very well known publisher say Alicesoft or something).
So if you enjoy a game at v0.69 or however they number it, you're also praying that they also don't abandon the project while you wait for the next update. Which can happen because devs are human too, stuff happens.
TLDR Version numbers don't mean squat and is mostly for the dev to keep track of updates.
Even completed games have wildly varying degrees of content that can equal to a game at a v0.1/0.2 etc so it is not a good metric to use (unless from a very well known publisher say Alicesoft or something).
So if you enjoy a game at v0.69 or however they number it, you're also praying that they also don't abandon the project while you wait for the next update. Which can happen because devs are human too, stuff happens.
TLDR Version numbers don't mean squat and is mostly for the dev to keep track of updates.