Gaijin Network has come to Steam, where there are user reviews and a forum. Enlisted quickly disappeared from sale
Enlisted Reinforced recently launched in early access on Steam. This is a free-to-play game that has been available elsewhere for some time.
However, Gaijin Network decided to arrange a paid test on the Valve service: those who wanted to test Enlisted Reinforced were offered to buy the game on Steam. Various technical problems were revealed + this approach caused outrage in the gaming community – Enlisted Reinforced was soon removed from sale on Steam.
Gaijin Network commented on what was happening:
«We see that many of you are unhappy with the Enlisted client, which we published on the Steam platform in Early Access status. Some people are not happy about the game being distributed in a mandatory bundle with paid DLC at the testing stage. Some encountered technical problems while linking their Gaijin.Net account to their Steam ID
We have temporarily removed Early Access version of Enlisted: Reinforced from the Steam store. All users who have already purchased access packs for Enlisted: Reinforced on Steam will be able to continue playing through Steam…“.
About ” paid testing” Enlisted: Reinforced reported that the current Steam version is not intended for mass testing:
«The existing version of the game on Steam was never intended for testing with a huge number of players, which is why we started with the Early Access stage. If the game were to be made available to our entire huge audience at once, it would likely lead to even more frustration due to more players experiencing [Progress Transfer Issue] or other unfortunate situationsi”.