Will Kentucky Route Zero ever be finished?

yes?

If you're looking to buy it and you're afraid they won't end up finishing it. Just hold off until they do, or at least until they release a couple more episodes, simple as that. There'll probably be a larger discount by then too, most likely 75% off, though I imagine it would take about another year until they even get closed to finished due to the nature of the game (I haven't played it yet though, but it seems like a point and click adventure).

I never liked the concept of early access. I feel as though it makes developers more lazy and ruins the enjoyment of playing a full length game by spoiling it with an unfinished version. Day Z and Interstellar Marines are good examples. Day Z will remain in alpha for at least a year, and Interstellar Marines has clearly prioritized multiplayer over singleplayer, despite advertising the opposite. So I wouldn't be surprised if Kentucky Route Zero doesn't make a full release.

Paying to beta test something never really appealed to me for a number of reasons, one of them being that with the high amount of indie early access games you run the very real risk of the game being abandoned long before it reaches it's promised potential.

I think early access is something you should only ever do if you REALLY believe in a concept and want to reward the devs. Same as with a kickstarter.

TBH, I'm worried about the amount of early access games lately
So far my personal experience tells me that developers are still active during early access stages, but how long until we find deelopers who lose interest in their own game after getting the early money? :/

I just don't see why people buy Early Access games and then get disappointed. If you want a finished game just go look for something in the "released" tab?

Here I thought you were going to complain about a real life highway not being built in time... anyway =)

Remember me of Pixelry... never ever buying any Evelend game in my life again!

ITS CALLED EPISODIC

I have no problems with episodic at all- the IDEA is awesome and the way the market needs to go if were to expect the same amount of devs and quality releases without a crash(investment needed keeps growing, expectations, plus pressure from much cheaper platforms like mobile and social).

Plus id rather pay little for the first chapters of a game then buying full price a game i will hate and dump; Episodic have a lot of potential, including improving the quality of the game- giving some little time for devs to improve based on feedback.

Damn, episodic could be the difference between an Aliens Colonial Marines(the one we received) to the one we were promised.

Problem is almost no one is doing it the right way. In kentuckys case the price tag could be a little lower, and just released with everything in place for the fast development and deployment of each subsequent chapter.

The devs tweeted to me that they are still working... so we got this going for us