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DingoBilly, do games w What's up with Epic Games?

Nothing really. Just pick whichever platform is cheapest/where your friends.

It’s just another competitor in the games marketplace. Some people like it, some people don’t. It’s the same as with any other brand/item.

mycus, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
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  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon
  • Sunset Overdrive
  • Your Only Move is Hustle
  • Death's Door
  • Super Woden GP 2
eupraxia, do gaming w If you could gift a videogame to anyone, what would you give to whom? And why?

Outer Wilds, to my estranged family. I think they could use a new religion and that game’s probably a better place to start.

HarrySlaughter, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I already owned it, but Banished is on sale for $6.50. I have played so many hours of this game and can’t get enough! Once I get bored of my existing setup, I just start over with a new village.

Fenrisulfir, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

An Airport For Aliens Currently Run By Dogs

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Manifold Garden

Pips, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I got This is the Police a while back but finally installed it. Surprisingly engaging given how it forces you to be a corrupt and shitty cop to survive. Feels like copaganda, but thankfully I can separate fiction from reality.

B0NK3RS, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
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I didn’t buy them this year but

  • Software Inc, management game
  • Ostriv, 18th century city building game
  • Off-road Mania, 4x4 trials game
registeredusername, do games w [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
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Songs of conquest and street of rogue

tvbusy, do games w What's up with Epic Games?

Epic wanted exclusives by pulling games from other platforms. I will never spend a single cent on Epic Games. I’m happy to spend it on Steam, especially games that I have pirated before (Commandos series for example) or indie games (Banished anyone?).

For bigger games such as Civilians, I’ll purchase it on Steam and then pirate so I don’t need to run Steam. I am a big fan of patches to remove the intro screen.

madsen,

Intro screens and the like can usually be dealt with easily in many games. Look up the game on PCGamingWiki — it’s usually much easier (and less malware prone) than pirating.

derpgon,

Fun fact, many intro screen can be disabled via program flags, those are put there due to faster testing, and usually not disabled due to either laziness, the way the SW is tested, and/or because the devs have some empathy for the players not wanting to watch 15 minutes of crap - like it’s “made for Nvidia”

lemann,

My partner has a bunch of AC games and it’s pretty much a ritual at this point to delete the launch screen logo files from the game’s data folder.

For other games like CS, there’s a flag to bypass the whole launcher which is really nice 👌 if only more games did that

Draedron, do games w What's up with Epic Games?

I like the way steam looks better and try to avoid spending money on software belonging to chinese companies like Tencent.

lemann,

Steam also releases pretty cool stuff, and continues to support them way after release… My steam link got an update about three weeks ago, despite being discontinued back in 2018

Also, the steam link can run custom apps (like Moonlight for those who would want to use it for generic low latency streaming without a Steam account) and has the ability to enable a SSH server and root access. There are some limits though on what things you can modify, particularly relating to the boot sequence and the included kernel, as it has a hardware secure boot implementation. The OS is on GitHub anyway.

I will happily give my money to companies like this that actually provide value to their users, even years after the fact. Doubly so if they are domestic or western - it is so rare nowadays to find a western company that isn’t blatantly and purely leeching their users

Battle_Masker, do games w What's up with Epic Games?
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aside from what everyone else said, they killed the beloved Unreal Tournament series, which is a huge sour spot for older gamers who fondly remember those. Then there’s the excessive microtransaction demand inside Fortnite, a game with a large playerbase under the age of 18. That alone led to two major lawsuits that they both lost

EtherealMoon,
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Aside from TF2–and even that I got a bit bored with–most all of my interest in multiplayer FPS died along with Unreal Tournament. Doesn’t feel like having fun is the goal anymore.

glitches_brew,

They are killing rocket league too

TheBat,
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I quit playing Rocket League the moment it was announced that it was going to be Epic exclusive available only on Windows.

Stillhart, do gaming w If you could gift a videogame to anyone, what would you give to whom? And why?

I would give Wing Commander to Chris Roberts and remind him of what an actual “game” is, since it seems he forgot.

freakrho, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th
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nier automata on the deck, a friend gifted it to me for my birthday

CharlesReed, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th

Diablo 4: Season 2 - Still working on farming for Midwinter Blight. But I finally hit level 100 in doing so, so I'm pretty happy about that.

Slender: The Arrival - Apparently I got around to this just in time for the 10th year anniversary update, and I must say I was super impressed with the overhauled graphics. There were a few areas that I wished hadn't been very chase heavy, because I would have loved to explore the surroundings more. I guess they also added a chapter or two. It wasn't a bad play overall, and there was some great tension and scares, even if a few of them were cheap jumpscares. I've read that the devs will be expanding on it over the next year with new DLCs and multiplayer (of all things, after ten years lol), so I'll have to keep my eye out for whenever those drop.

Today for Christmas I finally got an Xbox Series X, so I have a nice little line up of games that I've been nearly dying to play. Right now I'm trying to decide between playing Alan Wake 2 or the Dead Space remake first. Dead Space is one of my favorite franchises, but I also adore the first Alan Wake game. Either way, I think I'll be looking at a good time this week.

petrescatraian, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th

@chloyster Still playing Stardew Valley. But I just got a dock to my Deck, and an SD Card. Moved all the remaining games from my PC to my External Drive, plugged that shit into the dock and installed whatever the fuck I'm not finished yet or wanna play. Fuck yea, let the fun begin!

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