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Comparing multi-player titles to a single player title in terms of length or replayability is just a no-no. Never do that Also, different genres and types of games can vary in length. I would expect longer gameplay from a RTS than from spectacle fighter for example - simply because of the way they handle.

Also, soaked more than 1k hours into Tribes and never paid a buck for it

And I disagree as to counting hours into bucks. Of course it's not a 1:1 relation, where you say how much the game should cost in correlation how long you play it - but some 60$ titles round up to 4h of uninspired and bland gameplay, and this IMHO is a great deal for concern. Especially if you can get 20$ titles that will give you 4h of extremely fun game or 60$ ones with a lot of replayability on top of long core game. The relation is not important above the minimum buck/hour you're willing to pay - but that is important. After all, we don't have unlimited resources, and thus there will be downtime between games we can play or want to play. In this case it's often better idea to get slightly worse, but much longer game than to blow it on extra-short experience that will leave you empty-handed one day after the purchase.

Which further proves my point which was that the cost doesn't determine the value.

I also pirated the game a couple of months ago to take a quick look at it. I played it for 15 minutes and thought it was awesome.

I still haven't bought it and won't until it's on Steam. I have been refreshing the SteamDB everyday hoping to see this pop up, but it's just dawned on me that January = new patch doesn't = on Steam.

I can't wait to buy this.

Why wait? If you buy it now, you get a Steam key when it comes out there... plus you give 97% of your money to the creator instead of 70%

It's more of a financial comfort thing as I usually trade for games on Steam, which makes them dirt cheap, and allows me to get more bang for my buck. I don't really buy games at full price anymore, but I think in the next two months I will come back and buy it here - when money is better. I know that from my sneak peek, the game is 100% worth it and you've certainly got a hit on your hands and I'd love to support the development. This is actually just the kind of game I've been craving for as long as I can remember.

Edit: I know I'm cheap but I usually sacrifice luxuries and some necessities, to play games.

Not sure exactly, but I want to have a strong Steam release, so I'm going to wait until some more content and solid audiovisuals are in. So a few months at least.

Info directly from the man himself, thanks a lot Ty - I can be at ease now, and I'll happily buy the game here if my funding improves.

Tynan already stated that it wont be soon.
Atleast a couple of months.

Damn, really? Any link or anything? I've been checking Steam like 3 times a day every day. If it's not coming soon then I'll stop torturing myself.

How much value can one expect from a 20$ title anyway? ^^' It's a one trip to cinema, and I'm pretty sure no one complains to cinemas their movies would last more than a month if they added 5 more minutes to them every two weeks

To be fair, I've clocked over 310 hours into Rust which was $20 and over 500 hours into LFD2 which even though it was a $60 title once, was $5. I could keep making this list bigger but I think my point was made; the price of a game should in no way determine it's actual value to a gamer, and how many hours of gameplay they'll get from it. In another year this game will more than likely offer countless hours of gameplay and people like the guy you were responding to should understand that a month for an initial public build of an Alpha game, is pretty damn good.

It's especially good that he never has to pay again, and in another year when the game is that much more fleshed out he can come back and play it for several months.

For the record I think I've complained after every movie I've went to the theaters to see, because it was so expensive and no movie has been worth it in years.

I also pirated the game a couple of months ago to take a quick look at it. I played it for 15 minutes and thought it was awesome.

I still haven't bought it and won't until it's on Steam. I have been refreshing the SteamDB everyday hoping to see this pop up, but it's just dawned on me that January = new patch doesn't = on Steam.

I can't wait to buy this.