Israeli Overwolf payment processor too. Fuck that.

Definitely worth waiting for reviews, but I'm sure they'll come out soon.

FWIW all mtx will be cosmetics only, with the good news that there's no restrictions on mods changing how you look. Their EULA also disallows any pay-to-win mtx in servers similar to Minecraft.

The lead dev backtracked on paid mods (at least for now), saying he's looking into having quick access to donating instead. I wouldn't say it's anything near Roblox territory.

How dare they defy our daddy gaben

I wouldn't be excited. The reason Hytale exists in the first place is because Mojang blocked server microtransactions which effectively killed the income of the Hypixel server. They're also planning paid mods, paid cosmetics and minigame MTX (whatever the fuck that means). I think there's a legitimate concern that the game is going to end up heavily monetized and it's going to turn into a meta-game platform like Roblox.

But if your want to be excited about Minecraft "clones" there are other choices. If you're looking for something more action related there's Allumeria which is aiming to be like a 3D Terraria. It's not out yet but there's early access planned for 2026. And if you're looking for more a more survival experience there's Vintage Story. I will 100% recommend Vintage Story to anyone wanting an actual survival game and not just survival elements that turn into mindless busywork 1 hour into the game. There's so much work that goes into almost everything you do in Vintage Story but you'll feel so rewarded for putting in the effort. You can spend a whole year in game and every in game day have a goal for the day.

For this game it was either this or the game never released at all though

"The hype will be gone argument" seems irrelevant. This is not some live-service games. They don't really need to be continuous growfth of fans. Almost all games with continous growth have some predatory system.

As long their business is sustainable, they can finish continue their journey even when things get dip a bit.

It's basically Minecraft but with a bigger focus on RPG elements, exploration, and combat. It's a safe bet that if you like MC you'll enjoy this.

I would guess it‘s probably closer to Roblox or modern Minecraft. Hypixel started the project to have a constant money flow so expect monetization left and right.

A little ironic to post this on a game inspired by Minecraft, the most prolific example of an early access model working out.

From what I’ve gleaned from the history of this project, the original creator of the game sold the IP to a publisher in order to secure money and resources for further development, where they promptly started interfering with development to the point that it was delayed and ultimately cancelled.

The creator bought the rights back from them and released it into Early Access so that they can fund its development.

I personally have nothing against early access games after playing other EA games like Factorio, Rimworld, and Satisfactory that were known for being incredible experiences long before they launched into 1.0.

This is one of the few times I'm ok with a game releasing early. It was in Dev hell for a long ass time only to get nearly canned until it was reacquired. If it can get the support it needs to achieve the dev's vision, I'm ok with that.

And they have made it extremely clear what kind of state the game is in.

And they were a lot simpler, and there was a lot less competition. Nowadays, games are everywhere and hype doesn’t last long. No hype, less sales, even though the game is great and released in the final version

I love steam as much as the next guy but monopolies are bad and we should support other businesses when we can. When Gabe dies who knows what happens to all the steam games you "own"

Your loss.

"Not on the proprietary platform owned by the stake.com of videogames? Won’t play then."