You don't see the issue with dubbing a gameplay trial with a development phase label as a safety net for criticism? k Yes but they can't fix much with only weeks until release. Fixing bugs often just spawns new smaller well hidden bugs. The real beta should have been November/December. Lets all remember how bad of a…
Well for starters, I wouldn't expect core gameplay mechanics to change, even if the beta was released earlier. Modern games require a ton of coding and so some gameplay mechanics could very well be the result of several months worth of work. There are plenty of cases where devs don't want to eliminate unpopular mechanics…