This sounds insane to me; since when has early access imply access to a fully complete game ?
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Look at some of the early access games on steam (might & magic x, gemni 2, blackguads, starbound). I will admit that D:OS is further along than M&M and BG when they first started; but it is far from beta - if you want to mince words you could call it alpha I suppose but even for alpha it seems to be lacking quite a bit in the way of mechanics and content.
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I really like how blackguard has run their early access and feature wise they were much further along (towards gold) than D:OS
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they mostly lacked content and fine tuning to balance.
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Still I will agree that calling it alpha rather than early access might imply less hand holding on the forum.
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However in context of steam early access hardly means access to a complete game (or perhaps you typo your comment?)
I have to agree with Stabbey, it sounds better and people will know what to expect (being honest to a lot of people Early Access means early access to a fully complete game, and not 'here is an alpha/beta of our game').
