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Andromxda, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

You can use this FOSS tool to automatically claim those games.

github.com/vogler/free-games-claimer

Some even work pretty well on Linux using the Heroic Launcher.

minyaen,
@minyaen@lemmy.ml avatar

That’s actually pretty awesome, thanks!

kratoz29,
@kratoz29@lemm.ee avatar

What the hell, I had no idea such a tool existed… I do not intend to use it… But it is so cool regardless.

Mora,

Does that still work? Last updated over a year ago and the free games are usually protected by some rather creative captchas.

Kecessa,

Never had to fill a captcha to get one of the free games

AlligatorBlizzard,

I didn’t until I started using a VPN.

I’ve never seen captchas like that before, I wonder what kinda weird shit the next generation of captchas will be once we’ve trained the machines to solve these?

bamboo,

Works for Prime and GOG. Epic sometimes works outside the docker container, but sometimes you still get a CAPTCHA still. There’s an active discussion for fixing Epic inside a docker container.

zipzoopaboop,

I used it on deck a few months ago

Bazoogle,

lol, it was last updated 3 days ago

Lost_My_Mind,

…are you Jesus?

Elevator7009sAlt,

Thank you, shared with my friends who claim free games!

orgrinrt, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+

Initially I, too, claimed those, but ultimately I never ended up playing them and often I’d just end up buying them from steam instead. It’s funny how I’m willing to pay for something I can have for free, if it’s convenient and easy. So I didn’t claim them for very long, stopped a long time ago, and still just ignore it if a game I thirst for is available for free.

But that’s also a pretty dark prospect: Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday. And I, along with most everyone playing on pc, will be shit out of luck then.

It’s hard to diversify at this point, when I’m too far gone, and knowing changing or adding services will increase the complexity of using it all and keeping mental track of all the games and where they are.

Ugh.

minyaen,
@minyaen@lemmy.ml avatar

Interesting thought: “Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday.”

Steam subscription $9.99 to access your library 😐 - man that feels wrong. But also can probably happen with the TOS noone reads

FlashMobOfOne,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

It could happen, but if it does, it’ll be decades down the line. Gaben has surrounded himself with true believers on purpose, in part to prevent that scenario.

Kecessa,

Lulz

Womble,

They certainly cant do that in places with actual consumer regulations, ToS and EULA mean nothing if they go against the law.

Kecessa,

There’s programs that keep track of all your libraries… GOG Galaxy is one of them.

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

I too have over 200 games on Epic and have purchased non of them. This is none news. I buy my games on Steam and get my free games on Epic.

wrekone,

And the once or twice a year Epic offers a free game I actually want to play, I enjoy it just as much as if I’d bought it elsewhere.

MajorHavoc,

Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday.

Yeah. I am confident that long term access to classic games is a torch only sufficiently carried by software pirates.

Don’t get me wrong, I adore things like the Atari 50th Anniversary collection, and what Evercade is doing with esoteric arcade titles. (And I delight in throwing money at them.)

But only a small fraction of the greatest games get that kind of loving licensed treatment.

For the rest of gaming history, software pirates are essential.

reseller_pledge609,

If Steam ever fucks over consumers I will pirate 100% of my games from that day on unless an indie company allows me to buy directly from them or through GoG.

callouscomic,

“If they make me angry, I will pirate, unless I don’t.”

reseller_pledge609,

I don’t like pirating indie games. Pirating from big developers though? I have no issues doing that.

toynbee,

While I don’t disagree with anything you said, I think this comment descended into nihilism with alarming rapidity and I hope you’re okay.

HK65,

Just enshittification fatigue. Every service being provided is hostile to us, so it makes us uneasy if one isn’t.

thejoker954,

In the past couple years, I’ve gone from buying exclusively from steam to prioritizing buying/rebuying single player games from GOG.

Multiplayer games are still mostly through steam for convenience - same with VR games/games with VR mods.

I just wish GOG Galaxy was better. Development seems kinda stagnant.

I constantly have issues with the plugins to access other storefront libraries among other things.

FragrantOwl, do games w Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield
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  • VaultBoyNewVegas,

    Larian and owlcat for me. I have enjoyed pathfinder WoR and Divinity original sin 2/Baldurs gate 3 far far more than fallout 4 and Starfield.

    Amaltheamannen,

    Owlcat has released Rogue Trader now too!

    VaultBoyNewVegas,

    I know. I’m getting it for myself as a Xmas treat and I know nothing about Warhammer but I’ve loved both Pathfinder games.

    Montagge,
    @Montagge@kbin.social avatar

    Gross, Larian

    popcornmango,

    I feel like BG3 had more bugs for me than Starfield, but BG3 is the better game by far even considering that.

    JJROKCZ,

    Understandable to have a few more bugs when you have 20x the content lol

    Goronmon,

    BG3 is a much smaller game than Starfield overall though. There aren’t systems like ship-building, base-building, and the scale is much smaller as well.

    wildginger,

    Only in the sense that a hollowed out costco with a 1/2 isle of stuff to sell is a bigger store than a target.

    FlashMobOfOne, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+
    @FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s literally the only reason I have Epic on my PC.

    Free games every week.

    adarza,

    i went a couple years, pretty steady. now it’s whenever i remember–and it’s not been that often. only one during the winter deals.

    FlashMobOfOne,
    @FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

    I have a reminder to check it on my Proton calendar every week, haha.

    sneezycat,
    @sneezycat@sopuli.xyz avatar

    You can just claim them on the webpage, no need to install the launcher.

    wccrawford,

    Sure, but if he wants to play them, he’ll need the client. And it sounds like actually does want to play them.

    AlligatorBlizzard,

    Heroic is also on Windows and Mac. It works with GOG too so that’s one less launcher necessary.

    bunnyfc, do games w Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield
    @bunnyfc@kbin.social avatar

    it's like AAA games are only early access these days

    idiocracy,

    why the surprise? as long as people keep buying they will try to squize more money for less effort.

    Fades,

    Thank corporate morons forcing devs to the door to meet ridiculous timelines, they don’t give a fuck if it’s ready or not.

    I’m a SWE and my manager would tell me shit like “even Apple pushed out the iPhone with some bugs”, “at some point you have to wrap it and ship it”, etc. Mgmt uses this bullshit to feel better about their (or their bosses) poorly balanced priorities and decisions.

    It’s all about announce early, bag as much interest and money as possible and then ship it regardless if it’s reached the definition of done or not (you better believe mgmt will throw those goalposts around as they see fit)

    Pre-ordering morons hold some blame here as well as they play right into the bullshit I’m talking about

    9cpluss,

    In two years they can get the award for “best ongoing game” then, just like Cyberpunk :D

    wildginger,

    God, what a dick sucking award. Cyberpunk may be playable now, but it did fuck all to deserve that.

    Better games launched excellent and got better with age. Launching to get removed from online stores and taking years to reach playable is not the best ongoing anything.

    iheartneopets,

    It truly was a Great Gamer Gaslighting after that anime was released. Suddenly, cyberpunk was a work of art and everyone wanted to revisit it to see places from the anime. They hadn’t even done much to fix it yet at that point, and may even have still been dealing with legal stuff from all the stuff they promised that wasn’t in the game.

    The PR turn around with that game was wild to watch, it happened almost overnight. And Gamerz TM did it to themselves.

    Robmart,

    To be fair, it was a bomb-ass anime

    /s

    iheartneopets,

    Haha I have heard that. It’s on my to-watch list for sure

    LaunchesKayaks,
    @LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world avatar

    The worst part is that I’ve played early access games that have more shit going for them than Starfield

    FilthyHands, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+
    @FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works avatar

    I stopped claiming epic freebies when I realized I ended up buying the game on steam anyway.

    athairmor,

    Just use Heroic launcher to play the free Epic games.

    dan1101,

    I like Heroic but it doesn’t always help. I spent hours yesterday trying to get the Hot Wheels game working and never did get it working in game mode, only desktop.

    dan1101,

    Guess their free giveaways kinda work as a promotion then.

    I’m cheap, once I get the game free somewhere I take it off my Steam wishlist.

    loops, (edited ) do gaming w Just want a solid gaming laptop

    Maybe get a Steamdeck if portability is important, otherwise get a desktop. IMO gaming laptops don’t last as long because of all the heat stress. Really just my opinion though.

    *Funny, just seen this other post on Beehaw about valve selling refurbished Steamdecks. Just thought I would share just in case.

    Xperr7,
    @Xperr7@kbin.social avatar

    I'm not sure about Valheim, but I can vouch that No Man's Sky runs well on Steam Deck.

    hdnsmbt,

    Valheim too, even better than NMS, in my opinion.

    hogart,
    @hogart@feddit.nu avatar

    Getting a portable screen is also dead cheap. It ain’t a bad option at all.

    malchior, do games w Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield

    Glad to see they’re still improving it. When I get the Ultra Game of the Year Turbo Deluxe edition for $20 in years to come, I no doubt will enjoy it.

    OutlierBlue,

    I’m gonna wait for the Ultra Game of the Year Turbo Deluxe edition Complete

    yamanii,
    @yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

    Can’t forget the Ultra Game of the Year Turbo Deluxe Complete Anniversary edition, now with built-in mods.

    Rai,

    For TheComputerV2

    surewhynotlem,

    At the same time, I’ll be spending my $20 to buy Skyrim again so I can run it on my toaster.

    BigBananaDealer,
    @BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

    i didnt play new vegas until the ultimate edition was 5 bucks at wal mart. thankfully avoiding the horrid bugs it had on launch

    FatTony, do games w Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield
    @FatTony@discuss.online avatar

    When a city map is a luxury.

    wildginger,

    Insane that wasnt in the list of “must ship” features

    ACardboardRaven, do games w Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield
    @ACardboardRaven@lemmy.ml avatar

    oh boy, now i get to enjoy… basic features that should have been there at launch?

    seems this is a recurring thing nowadays. i pray to god fable 4 doesn’t suck the big one.

    ryathal,

    Putting your faith in a fable game to live up to expectations is a terrible move.

    thesmokingman,

    Peter Molyneux is not involved with the project or studio so there’s actually a chance we might have both reasonable expectations and promises delivered. I had to google around to make sure; initially I was going to link some stuff about how trusting Molyneux is really dumb.

    ryathal,

    Instead it’s a title made by a studio that’s about 3 levels removed from the original creators.

    TheBananaKing, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+

    And never plays any of them.

    The whole UX is just so bad

    essteeyou,

    Don’t need a complex UI to list some games for 5 seconds before I start playing them.

    athairmor,

    Use Heroic. It’s GPL.

    catloaf,

    Or Playnite (MIT license) which aggregates all your libraries, not just Epic.

    athairmor,

    That looks nice but it looks like it’s for Windows- only. Heroic is cross-platform.

    Sixtyforce,
    @Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Heroic is Epic, GOG, and Amazon Prime.

    Maybe don’t give Bezos more money, but if you have Prime alreafy anyways, then you get 4-5 games for every one that Epic gives away. Some are on their Prime service, but most of their codes are redeemed through GOG or Epic.

    TyrianMollusk,
    @TyrianMollusk@lemm.ee avatar

    If this added itch.io it’d be a fantastic filler for managing all the non-DRM off-Steam stuff.

    Kecessa,

    Install, launch from the shortcut on the left side of the main screen. How much easier do you want them to make it?

    unexposedhazard, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+

    And thats exactly why Epic is untrustworthy. Its like a shady guy on the corner saying “Hey i will give you 500 bucks if you just do this easy little thing for me. Will be done right away no worries”.

    Poopfeast420,
    @Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    That makes GOG untrustworthy as well, I guess, since I have 300 games on there, but never bought one.

    unexposedhazard,

    With GOG you can download all game files to your local storage and play them even if GOG goes to shit. Thats the difference. But yes Steam is the same as Epic in that regard.

    Poopfeast420,
    @Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    You commented on a post about a dude who never bought from Epic but still has 200 games there, that Epic is shady for doing this.

    I said by that logic, GOG is shady as well, because they also give away tons of games.

    Just saying that labeling them as untrustworthy, just because they give away games, doesn’t make sense. Steam was never mentioned, or the business practices of different storefronts.

    unexposedhazard,

    Epic doesnt give games away. They give temporary licenses to games away which they can always take from you. Epic uses this to get people onto and dependent on their platform so they can then extract money from them. GOG has no way to extract money from people like that and has no leverage against their customers.

    Poopfeast420,
    @Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    What are you even talking about? Why is Epic “extracting money” but GOG is not? Do you mean if you lose your games on Epic you will buy them again on Epic? Nobody does that, and it doesn’t happen in the first place.

    Kelly,

    Epic needs to pump their MAU stats to look like a legitimate platform. They know what’s going on and are happy to pay.

    What I don’t know is what they actually pay the publishers.

    Kecessa,

    It’s their marketing budget they’re spending on that

    ieightpi, do games w Bethesda confirms they are working on releasing new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling next year for Starfield

    Nakey Jakey recently did a super indepth video on what is wrong with Starfield. And suffice it to say, I’ve removed the game from my wishlist. There’s betterr games to spend my money on.

    ryathal,

    It’s almost always better to wait on Bethesda titles and buy the goty/complete edition a few years later.

    ieightpi,

    Maybe it’s time to just stop giving Bethesda money all together. Or until they start releasing games when they’re finished.

    Guess that could be said about any AAA company though

    wildginger,

    Man, if they release a “pokemon emerald” version of starfield and slap a goty title on it, that just confirms the company only breathes in order to try and blow smoke up our asses

    WatTyler,

    If you too have an unhealthy relationship with absurdly long video essays, I’d point you in the direction of PatricianTV’s Starfield analysis.

    iheartneopets,

    I for one absolutely do, thanks for the rec

    WatTyler,

    You’re very welcome. If you get the chance, let me know what you thought of it.

    saze,

    I desperately want to watch his 8 hour analysis of Starfield but am scared of the commitment.

    WatTyler,

    Advice for consumption Patrician himself posted on his 24-hr Skyrim analysis:

    • Use the YouTube chapters.
    • Play it in the background or on a second monitor.
    • Don’t rely on YouTube accurately tracking your progress through the vid. Comment a timestamp to use as a bookmark instead.
    Iapar,

    Commenting a timestamp is a nice way to get “engagement” for the algorithm.

    WatTyler,

    Absolutely but it is also far more reliable than however YouTube tracks your progress. A win-win.

    Iapar,

    I agree.

    bjoern_tantau, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+
    @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

    I’m pretty sure there are tons of people like that. It’s the same for me.

    minyaen,
    @minyaen@lemmy.ml avatar

    That’s some dedication! Sometimes I wish I would do this more often. I start doing it, then it just fades away… Might be because some of the games don’t apply to my taste, then I forget to keep up with it.

    bjoern_tantau,
    @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

    I just subbed to !freegames.

    minyaen,
    @minyaen@lemmy.ml avatar

    Nice plug, thank you

    smeg,

    FYI that one was a bit quiet so I started !freegames

    themeatbridge,

    Yeah, that’s pretty common. 200+ games and they don’t even have payment info for me.

    Cris16228,

    If something is free, you’re the product. They still have all your sweet data :)

    iAmTheTot,

    Do you think Steam or GOG isn’t collecting data on you?

    Cris16228,

    Epic = China :)

    themeatbridge,

    True, but they are collecting all my data either way since I have an account. I may as well collect the free games.

    AlligatorBlizzard,

    I’m honestly astonished they don’t require payment info on file to collect them by this point - initially it’s a way to bribe people into making an account, and now they could bribe a bunch of people into giving payment info and lowering one more barrier to actually buying from them.

    Spacehooks, do games w Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+

    Of course i know him that’s me.

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