Three Days Patch Notes — October 4, 2016
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
Hey All,
Just wanted to post this announcement to let everyone know what's been going on.
pretty much been working on the sequel for the last few weeks to get my foot in the ground with that, however there is a good reason why i have done this.
As some of you may know the steam user reviews system has changed weather you think this is for the good or bad, i personally feel that it was a bad move as it did remove 20 out of my 23 reviews, pulling Three Days down to a mixed. I was quite cross with the changes because of all the work i had put into promoting and making the game and the way it has been implemented is in my opinion pretty shoddy. The reason i say this is because a lot of the reviews i had came from various sources, Beta testers, who i value there opinions greatly and are critically honest to me, People who i dont even know have posted reviews and had them removed just because they where not bought directly from steam. Why is this bad you ask?
Well here is a breakdown of where my game is distributed:
Steam (Obviously)
Indiegala
Groupees
Donations to charity livestreams
Keys to meetup groups as a generous donation
a few giveaways (Youtubers, reviewers)
and other distribution points.
The system that steam claims people are abusing is affecting honest developers who dont cheat the system, all my reviews i have received have either been from reviewers who i dont know, kind friends who decided to support me and wrote what they thought (Including a negative review) and others who have bought the game on a third party website.
And before anyone comments about "Oh well you going to get a fair reviews on your game now" not really because 2 of the 3 negative reviews where removed from the overall score and 18 of the positives.
Dont get me wrong im not after the score for Three Days , im just after the feedback for other players which makes it hard to sift through with the new system and doesnt give an overall perspective on my game.
So overall i will be getting back to making Three Days however i feel like this will be the last update in Early access as i can feel the game coming to a point where im getting very little feedback. And feedback i am getting is just not possible to implement and will weigh the game down. I will continue to update after we are out of early access it's just i want to move on to the sequel.
On a side note you will be able to get Three Days for a reduced price 66% off for 5 days on October 6th.
Any questions you may have please post below.
Many Thanks for reading, and the continued support from individuals with the project.
Lewis Bergin.