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mlg, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
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I wish Valve would get off their ass and make games again so they’d have a proper engine to rival UE5.

Half of Epic’s gamestore wouldn’t exist if this was the 2000s when people were flocking to the source engine because it was free and heavily modded

Maalus,

They have a rival it’s called source 2. That’s what CS, Dota and hl:Alyx used.

Chozo,
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Sure, but pretty much nobody but Valve is using Source 2 for anything, though.

Maalus,

Yeah because it’s still in development and not yet available. S&box is one of the “games” already using it in the background. When it releases to the public, it’ll be just as popular as Source was - especially with the pricing strategy of “the only thing you need to pay for it is the steam fee” which is what, $100 per game?

SaharaMaleikuhm,

A $100 deposit you get back if you actually sell your game and make money off of it. Technically not even a fee.

Maalus,

Is it? I last read about their pricing when greenlight was a thing and they said it’s for the shop / adverts / all the cool things you get for support of the game. Didn’t know they gave back the $100

Ganbat,

I mean, they have Source 2, but to call it a rival before it’s even made it to third-party developers (Facepunch games is effectively second party) is a bit of a stretch.

Don_alForno, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

Literally anything besides not getting that game?

NOT_RICK, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
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Epic pays for exclusivity sometimes. It’s funny, I keep picking up the free epic games but I don’t think I have ever once played a single game on there.

stardust,

I claim but I don’t even have the launcher installed. If it wasn’t for the giveaways I’d completely forget about the place.

Fiivemacs,

I don’t even get the free games…they aren’t worth my time. I’ll pay to get them elsewhere instead even if it’s free there when I’m looking

kitnaht,

I’m claiming them for the day when Epic games store shuts down and they give out keys for redeemed games on steam. I’m playing the long game. :D

stardust,

Bethesda did that after shutting down their launcher.

RmDebArc_5,
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I just download the games that are drm free (which is actually quite a lot) and put a zip archive on my backup drive(s)

Xabis,

I just use the heroic/legendary alternative launcher for any single player games I actually want to play from egs. It’s open source and gives epic less footprint on my machine.

Unfortunately if you want to do anything multiplayer then you need the real client.

howrar,

I’ve been picking them up religiously after I found out I missed Frostpunk. The only ones I’ve played were the big names like Control, Death Standing, and the old Fallout games. For everything else, the client doesn’t give you enough information to decide if it’s worth your time or not. I keep having to go back and forth between Epic and Steam to read reviews and the “similar to other games you’ve played” thing. It’s not worth the effort.

finitebanjo, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

I’m happy that they’re talking about moving the Unreal Engine off the platform.

Intergalactic, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

I use both Epic and Steam. That’s it. I understand your sentiment though.

Kecessa, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

You wouldn’t complain if it was only available on Steam so fuck off

Vespair,

Steam doesn’t engage in the same kind of strong-arming and anti-consumer practices, so it’s not exactly comparable, is it?

Kecessa,

The fact that they take a 30% cut and it’s used to enrich a billionaire is very much anti consumer.

GhiLA,
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Oh we’d find something to complain about.

Duamerthrax,

I’m pretty annoyed when a game isn’t on GoG.

Kecessa,

Where are all the memes about Steam exclusives then?

Duamerthrax,

Not my problem.

Pyrin,

Let me know when the last time it was that Steam tried locking in exclusivity deals with games. I'll wait.

Mandy, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

Every time someone takes the epic deal it just makes it easier to choose which game to ignore forever

JDTIV, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

I know playstation has been pushing more to PC but like isn’t a game only for epic pretty much the same as a Playstation exclusive? Sure it’s annoying but brands have always had exclusives

2pt_perversion, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

I have a backlog of great games to play so long that I’m seeing remasters of some games on the list come out before I’ve played them a first time. I have no problem waiting for games to come to a different platform and go on sale.

sag, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

Which game?

inclementimmigrant, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

I just wait until the exclusivity expires and then wait for it to go on deep discount because at that point I’ve moved on.

DudeDudenson, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

I’ve never had any issues with pirating said games myself

Sam_Bass, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

Check gog.com for it

JoYo, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
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EGS buyers can beta test it for me, that’s fine.

UltraGiGaGigantic, do games w I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
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Give it a year, Epic Games Stores exclusivity always runs out eventually.

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