Titan Reach Finally Launches Into Limited Early Access

After being hit by one roadblock after another, Australian indie developer Square Root Studios and their flagship game Titan Reach have finally made it into Early Access.

Square Root Studios first revealed that old-school social MMORPG when it launched a $430K Kickstarter campaign back in September. Unfortunately, the campaign failed to secure the required funds and Square Root was forced to make do with whatever funds they had and work long hours without overtime pay.

In December, the studio revealed that they were running out of funds and that they will be forced to shut down development if they don’t raise enough money by the early days of 2021. Surprisingly, the studio was able to pull through and release a limited Early Access version of the game.

The Early Access version features a completely rebuilt map, improved character models, a quest dialog system, a party system, pets, trading, a friends list, new sound effects and music, controller support, and the ability to chop down any tree in the game.

Square Root Studios, however, warns players that the game is in its minimum playable state and is missing a number of key features. “You are playing the most recent build available, and is not any form of polished release,” says the devs. “The game is not yet at a point where people can play it as their daily MMO, we intend for players to play for a small amount of time with the option to grind higher stats if they really want.”

They also warn players that there will likely be issues but that they’ll fix them as quickly as they can. The developers also haven’t had time to finish the character customization system which means that players will be spawning as a fixed female character. The character creator should be up in a couple of days and will be available even for existing characters.

If you’re interested, you can buy into Early Access starting at $56 (normally $70). The full game is expected to launch sometime in 2022 and will require a monthly subscription of $8.

More information can be found on the Titan Reach official site.