For my 13th post, I decided to post screenshots from Friday the 13th: The Game. This is an online multiplayer survival game, where one person plays as Jason Vorhees and everyone else plays as camp counselors. It’s randomly assigned, so you never know if you’re going to play as Jason or one of the counselors....
Luckily it’s DRM-free. Back up your installers. I wanted to call attention to this, because in a very unusual move, it’s being removed even for people who own a copy, whereas usually stores will only remove a game from sale and still host the files for existing owners to download.
I’m genuinely shocked how much Epic poured into the store and it still lacks so much basic features. Sorting games is still extremely barebones, store is filled with NFT/crypto garbage, the store still looks like a college student’s first front-end project, and last time I used the launcher to pick up free games (last year),...
EGS was always shit, I've said it since the beginning, and if they totally shut down and a bunch of dipshits lose their free libraries, all I'll do is laugh. Every downvote I've ever gotten for saying Epic is shit is just another tear for my collection.
You should have been able to see this coming the first (and every) time they bought a dev studio and immediately blocked game sales on Steam, or set games to exclusive for no reason other than locking out people who don't use their shitty store. Companies that can compete on their own merits don't have to do that, and being a fanboy because they gave out free games you probably already bought is fucking stupid.
I've heard of people getting banned from online play on steam, but haven't heard of anyone losing their library. I guess if you only play online, it could be the same effect (so maybe don't be a douchebag when playing online?)
I don't play multiplayer, except the rare occasion, and it's usually direct connect (which you can't be banned from), so I wouldn't care.
At any rate, I'm not saying steam is perfect or should be the only store, just that EGS fucking sucks. I agree with Randy Pitchford; We should have many viable competitors. Options are good. Epic is not a good option.
I have a large library of non-DRM games from multiple sources, to say nothing of physical releases and homebrew.
Even if I didn't, I have every right to say that an anticompetitive shitbag company's hack-job store sucks ass. Same goes for the Nintendo eShop. They don't care about their customers' experience, they only care about making money.
I mean, you can run any game through Proton. You don't even need to buy anything, just open steam, add the non-steam game, select proton compatibility, and off you go. This is how I play a lot of my Itch.io games on Steamdeck or my laptop (I don't have a windows install on any of my systems).
Quick introduction, I’m someone who has a massive fear of buggy/glitchy video game models for some reason, but over time I have gotten better I love horror films and I’m not really scared or disturbed easily. Forgot where I found this game and all things about it. One time, I was over my friend’s house while waiting to set...
You don't "almost get PTSD", and you wouldn't be laughing about something that would cause you to have it. It's a serious medical condition, not a fucking meme.
Why bother? Paid, non-transferable cloud backups, low-spec hardware that wears out in a few months, over-hyped/half-finished games (assuming they're ever released), back catalogs that aren't available if you don't subscribe or repurchase every generation... Just skip em.
If you want AAA games, there's plenty you can play mobile or on PC (or both), or if you specifically want indie, there's plenty of them too on Itch.io , individual websites, and steam (among many others; GoG, HumbleBundle, etc). You frequently don't even need to pay for these games, since a lot of them are free or via user-decided donations (mostly re: indies).
Hardware that can run them range everywhere from GPD handhelds to Steam Deck to any number of either's competitors, and they also function as more than just game machines since they run either Linux or Windows.
Random Screenshots of my Games #13 - Friday the 13th: The Game (lemmy.world) angielski
For my 13th post, I decided to post screenshots from Friday the 13th: The Game. This is an online multiplayer survival game, where one person plays as Jason Vorhees and everyone else plays as camp counselors. It’s randomly assigned, so you never know if you’re going to play as Jason or one of the counselors....
Oxenfree is being completely removed from itch.io in October (www.gamingonlinux.com) angielski
Luckily it’s DRM-free. Back up your installers. I wanted to call attention to this, because in a very unusual move, it’s being removed even for people who own a copy, whereas usually stores will only remove a game from sale and still host the files for existing owners to download.
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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says his hopes on Epic Store were 'overly optimistic or misplaced' (www.tweaktown.com) angielski
I’m genuinely shocked how much Epic poured into the store and it still lacks so much basic features. Sorting games is still extremely barebones, store is filled with NFT/crypto garbage, the store still looks like a college student’s first front-end project, and last time I used the launcher to pick up free games (last year),...
A long time ago, a obscure buggy VR game unintentionally terrified me more than expected. angielski
Quick introduction, I’m someone who has a massive fear of buggy/glitchy video game models for some reason, but over time I have gotten better I love horror films and I’m not really scared or disturbed easily. Forgot where I found this game and all things about it. One time, I was over my friend’s house while waiting to set...
Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases (www.windowscentral.com) angielski
We all knew it was coming. Game pass gets a price increase and a new more expensive tier for day 1 games....
Unsolvable epic store captcha angielski
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Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana' (www.nintendolife.com) angielski