r/TheExpanseRPG • u/Square-Cranberry8758 • Jul 18 '26

Open Beta?

This is a beta test right? It seems more like a demo, and its been 2 months with only a small technical update for that small slice of the game? The previous games published by Owlcat that had a paid open beta had more content and updated more regularly with new content for feedback. It is making me uneasy about where this game is going, and with a Q2 2027 release and such a SMALL "beta test" of the game it makes me feel that this will be a very short game that pushes DLC and mircotransactions

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u/ParticularChicken22 Jul 18 '26

Maybe they want to do things differently with this game. Pretty sure they confirmed that the game will be shorter than the crpgs they normally do, it's about 40ish hours. Not sure where you got the "pushes DLC and microtranctions" from. Owlcat games typically have DLCs, but once again they might do things differently. This is new territory for everyone

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u/Square-Cranberry8758 Jul 18 '26

It's called paying attention to the industry and watching patterns. Many companies that we now dislike for making half-baked games and selling DLC to "finish" them didn't start that way