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I’ve played through so many that it’s hard to remember, but of the recent ones I really like Control. Its combat was great and the approach to physics felt revolutionary, while I also liked the idea of an extremely powerful woman as its protagonist.

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The blog post says that the new expansion pass will be paid.

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Murdering people with fire extinguishers while levitating, of course.

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Horizon and Days Gone were already DRM-free on Epic, so the GOG release is more of a marketing opportunity.

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Have you not played WWZ? Nothing beats those hordes.

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Which of those is more complex?

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That’s quite possible. Epic allowing other stores on their store felt like making a point, if not using it in their legal proceedings.

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The visuals are really good but there are times when the game leaves no apparent clues as to where to go next. The path forward may be on a different floor, even if already visited and fully explored.

There’s also a point near the end when you see the door, but the interface to open it is hidden on the big location, again with no hints to where it is. In the original, the areas are comparably minimalistic, making it easier to notice.

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Mirage seems to be doing a great job at being respectful to the culture but I hope for a major game that gets people to change their view of Islam as inherently militant or in any way inferior to Christianity.

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Epic actually invested in Godot with their MegaGrant. Godot is also available on the Epic store.

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It’s very rare that those who hate Epic also hate Valve though, so it’s not about standing against a corporation. People just defend what they are used to and Epic disrupts that.

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GOG has 0.5 to 2% of the market share, so I see no contradiction in my point on the scenario being rare.

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Opposing it? EOS supports Linux, EAC works on the Deck, and Epic regularly invest in things like Lutris. Sure, there are no native Linux ports on the Epic store, but that’s not been the general direction of the industry either. Proton/Wine can still be used to run the games sold by Epic.

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Rocket League also dropped Mac support, which would be perfectly compatible with the store, so you can’t argue it was about Linux. The actual reason was the need to upgrade to DX11.

Payday 2 has no connection to Epic, but it’s common for developers to revisit and update games when releasing on a new platform. For example, the upcoming Steam port of THPS 1+2 even has a new developer behind it, and set to include achievements and potentially other perks.

There are also games like Rust that have dropped native Linux support without any ties to Epic.

Edit: Fixed an improperly formatted link.

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According to Wikipedia, Steam made over 3 billion in 2017, but they also earn from microtransactions primarily in Dota 2 and CS:GO, which continue to be some of the most played games on Steam.

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Yes, those are from the dev. For the rest, try

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We don’t. My ultrawide mods get thousands of downloads and I haven’t uploaded a single one to Nexus.

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Look up the paradox of tolerance.

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Are you a centrist by any chance?

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Can you link to a few game modders who don’t paywall but get enough in donations to make a living?

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It’s also worth noting that the original Chinese Room was composed of eight employees, who ended up laid off around 2017. One of the two original directors quit this year, but the team is reportedly composed of over 100 people now.

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It wasn’t published by some rogue and inexperienced entity. Accepting Epic’s offer meant that it beat the projected sales figures. The game also ended up being a top seller on Epic, possibly adding to that revenue. On Steam, a negative score would likely bury the game, though we can only speculate.