I met one of the devs on gamescom in the indie booth and he explained the game to my friend and me. It seemed quite entertaining, but reading through the forums there seems to be quite some problems with bugs and balance issues. Did someone hear something from the devs about a potential update in the near future? Although I would have liked to support some German devs, I won't consider buying the game in this state.

Well I checked their forum recently and it wasn`t that long ago that they released a patch (about a month ago I think), so I`m hoping they`re still fixing it. I certainly hope they are as there`s much that needs fixing!

I wouldn't count on it. There's a hotfix for the steam version that came out on launch day (more than two weeks ago) that has yet to arrive at GOG. I've been tracking dev comments on the steam forum as well, and it sounds like most of the team was on vacation last week, so don't expect an update soon. And even if they push out an update, it's unclear if they'll bother keeping the GOG version up-to-date...

Regarding their future plans, their priority right now seems to be bug fixes and stability (you would think coming out of early access means it's a stable release, but the definition of a game ready for release these days...) They're considering mod support, more mission and more room types later on and possibly a DLC. They won't release new content until it's been coded into all versions so that cross-saving doesn't break, so it might be a while.

If the game seems entertaining to you, you'll probably have fun with it for a few days even in its current state until the crashes start getting on your nerves (crashes about every half hour for me, usually losing the progress from a battle or two 'cos the game doesn't auto-save after a battle.) Content is a little thin right now, but can still be fun if you like setting challenges for yourself (e.g. I put together a crew where everyone loves everyone at max level; was thinking of doing one where everyone hates everyone but I still manage to keep things together, but the crashes made me give up on the game for now.)

Seriously this is the most unfinished game to come out of early access since Dead State. And that was a major clusterfuck that almost destroyed that company's reputation. It was many patches later before the game was actually decent and balanced, although there are still many issues IMO - like strange game mechanics that weren't thought through enough or tested enough.

This game seems very much like that - mechanics that are either buggy, strange or otherwise (e.g. with respect to balance).

And there is no way in hell these guys should even think about a DLC until they make this at least a decent game in its own right.

Compare that to FTL, where the game was incredibly well-balanced from the get-go. Sure there were a few patches, but they were small in number and fixed little things that could easily be overlooked.

I won`t be happy if they don`t fix this game. I find it unplayable right now. I`ll never buy from them again, if they don`t. This thing clearly was not ready for release. I want them to lose money so they will learn to make a more finished product.