Disney Dreamlight Valley Receives Multiple Fixes On Switch, More To Come

Once again another game that is using players as game testers instead of employing people to test for bugs and most people dont mind as we are now so used to patch culture.

Let it go !
Let it go !
We don't want unfinished products.

Wasnt this spose to be free

@Anti-Matter It's Early Access.

@Bunkerneath
Once again another person complaining about a f2p game that doesn't directly harm them in any way

I tried this game out for free in early access through Xbox game pass on my PC and enjoyed it so much I backed up my save to the cloud it provides and bought the $29.99 Switch edition and am still enjoying it

@steventonysmith how is $29.99 free?

@steventonysmith
So you pay $30 for early access. Which is fine: spend your money how you wish.

But doesn't that mean it's not f2p?

@k8sMum no because it's just like other f2p games, for example, Paladins had an early access bundle, and has paid editions. All it does is give you access before the free players and usually currency for cosmetics/cosmetic items that don't give an advantage.

@k8sMum It's pretty much a paid alpha, "rewarding" early buyers with the most expensive skins since Valorant.

People are so easily tricked into FOMO these days.
Quality doesn't matter. Waiting for Outright Games, the makers of terrible licensed games like Paw Patrol to catch wind of this idea.

Hats off to the paying beta testers out there enabling this kind of practice so game developers and publishers will keep doing it. You guys are the real MVPs.

@ketrac
Not every games by Outright Games are bad.

@Anti-Matter Name one.

@ketrac
Dreamworks Dragon: Dawn of New Riders
Transformers Battlegrounds
Paw Patrol On a Roll
My Little Pony A Maretime Bay Adventure

I have finished these games on PS4.

I agree it's a really bad practice to charge for essentially playing the beta-version.
But....I'm having more fun than I had in Animal Crossing. And I played that for 900 hours. So yeah, I'm a sheep but I'm not regretting spending $50 for this. I'm having an absolute blast!

@Bunkerneath
I understand reading can be hard, but try again and let me know where you went wrong

@k8sMum
It means I am an impatient gamer who wanted immediate access to the f2p game they are still developing. It's not the first early access game I pay to play and it won't be the last. I am also apart of the official Discord channel for the game.

However if you have Xbox Game Pass, the game is included at no additional cost in there, has cloud backup and the backup does work on the Switch version when it becomes available for free.

@calbeau
You act like they are the first developer to have an early access version of their game up for sale. This is a common practice and again no one has a gun to your head telling you to drop $30+ on it. You can wait until 2023 and play for free. The World is much better when there are options for every type of gamer.

@steventonysmith You... seem pretty riled up at everyone telling it like it is.

I never said they were the first one to do something like this, nor do I believe, with all the enabling gamers out there, that they'll be the last.

True, I'm not being forced to support them, nor will I even if I was. I was merely pointing out the fact that supporting this sort of practice makes it more prolific. This is a section where opinions can be expressed, isn't it?

And yes, I'm aware that it'll truly be free-to-play once everyone's done testing it for the developers. Thinking of giving it a go myself once it is, actually. However, while it isn't, let's not be paying for the game and still calling it "free-to-play." Words do still have meaning, last I checked.

@calbeau
You are entitled to your opinion as am I. If you truly want to play it as a f2p title it is included on Game Pass at no additional cost.

Again I am part of the community who can afford my hobby and enjoy throwing a developer a bone to try an early access game. I'm a grown man and $30 won't break me

This is Gameloft, expect them to acknowledge that there's bugs and then do absolutely as close to nothing about them as possible. After playing asphalt 9 legends from them, expect nothing from this but slowly worsening costs / rewards from the model, 2 years ago asphalt was perfectly playable free to play, now the now recent events costs literally into the thousands to have a chance of unlocking the special event cars. Avoid this casino gambling game at all costs

@steventonysmith I'm aware (as I commented on another related article) that XBGP is an option, though not for Switch-only users. I was commenting from such a perspective, thus the paid beta-testing observation.

No idea why you're bragging about your $30 not breaking you though. Good for you, I guess?

@Stormcloudlive
So far there is no microtransactions and they've already released an update to fix several things on the Switch version

@calbeau
Switch Only gamers are use to waiting. Most games that are cross platform the switch version comes out last.

@calbeau

I just don’t understand why you’re acting like them doing this is such a terrible thing for the videogame industry. They aren’t the first, and in a way I get it because there have been a lot of free early access games that have died before having a chance at getting good through negative word of mouth and people quitting. This paid early access means that the game will still eventually be free to play, but gives people who are really interested in the game a chance to commit early despite technical issues. If you aren’t going to buy a Founder’s pack, you’re only missing out on some exclusive cosmetics and furniture and because of the type of game it is, it isn’t like you’re getting some kind of pay to win advantage.

I bought the ultimate edition on PS5 to eventually play with my daughter (I knew Switch would have the most technical issues at launch and I’ll just wait to play it there when they introduce cross play), and I’m absolutely loving this game. Animal Crossing is one of my favorite Nintendo franchises and honestly I think I like this better already.

@Phostachio Not sure exactly who's "them" in this case, but either way, making people pay to beta-test your game and enabling these practices by agreeing to these terms only convinces developers and publishers that gamers accept this practice.

Also, I notice a pattern that the people defending Gameloft's practice here are the ones who got it on a different platform and therefore have nothing to do with GL's Switch version nonsense. Huh.

@Phostachio
I'm playing it through Gamepass on my Laptop and I bought it on the Switch. The Switch version does struggle a bit but honestly not as bad as you'd think. I think when you are ready feel free to get it on the Switch and your cloud save will work on it.

@calbeau

Not sure how you can say things like “making people pay to beta test your game” and expect to be taken seriously. No one is being made to beta test anything, if not for this early access the game would still be coming out next year and still be free to play. As for Gameloft’s “practices”, blaming them because the Switch is the least powerful platform by far to play this game on is a little silly. They’ve already released a patch for some of the issues on Switch, but as a person who loves my Switch I know I’m going to get the most compromised version of any multi platform game I buy for it. My end-game farm on Stardew Valley absolutely chugs when I harvest crops, I can only imagine how bad the frame rate is going to be for this game when you have a built up valley.

Also I have a Game Pass so I didn’t have to drop a dollar on this game. I chose to.

@calbeau
The game is complete, by calling it a beta you make it feel like you are paying for a fraction of an unfinished game. But you are not, you are paying for early access to a complete game that is still being polished

@steventonysmith

I’ll definitely get it on Switch when the game goes free to play (don’t want to buy a founder’s pack twice), and I’m sure it runs well enough for what it is, I’m just surprised @calbeau is mad that the Switch version is the worst version of the game because of course it is.

@Phostachio I'm equally surprised that you're surprised I'm mad, because I'm not, gave no indication that I am, and I'm not really surprised now that I think about it. Cool assumption though.

@steventonysmith "A complete game that is still being polished."

If I still need to thoroughly explain what's wrong with that phrase, then the industry and its customers have a problem.

@calbeau
Your reading comprehension is rough. Early access means the game is not fully polished and ready for the average Joe. The developer is giving those who wish to early access by buying into it. Move on with your life there are plenty of free games available if you can't afford the apparently expensive $30 buy in

@calbeau I mean you’re being passive aggressive with everyone with your little comments but okay, you aren’t mad lol

@calbeau
Yup I pay for early access and buy games day one digitally so that gamers who can't quite afford their hobby can get f2p games and massive discounts down the road. You're welcome

@steventonysmith Okay. Hat tip, I guess.

So, I got this game yesterday. Nothing but lag. I should have just waited for the 2023 free release to the switch. I ended up pay $70.00 not $30.00 for the basic version. I should have done more research to figure out this is free on Xbox game pass and free next yr. ugh.