Is there no online play?
Edit: Ah, hyperbole AND ignoring what I asked in my original post. Got it.
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Epic Games announces new games coming to the Epic Store (Samurai Shodown, Totally Reliable Delivery Service etc.)
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Edit: Ah, hyperbole AND ignoring what I asked in my original post. Got it.
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Like 3/4th of the games that are on there were confirmed exclusives before (they are not all new announcements), so most likely, but who knows.
Again.. its about creating and retaining their 'limited' fanbase. Cross platform should be a priority on the platforms that have the most audience in terms of numbers..aka consoles and PC(steam+other platforms) and not steam and EGS only imo.
People aren't going to be playing on EGS because they like buying and playing games there for the most part(there is an audience like that but imo its a minority) but because its exclusive to that platform for months or upto a year. A game with a limited audience has no use to be on a platform that has a limited audience as the type of audience that the devs are targeting. The only 'positive' is that the devs get money in exchange for putting the game exclusively on a platform that is mostly used to play fortnite.
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Sure, hyperbole. :"")
All I'm saying is: Dont go complaining when the game userbase is dead in 2 weeks and when there'll be no crossplay with the Steam version in a year.
It is an excellent, extremely easy to get into game. It is based more around methodical, strike-based combat and has almost no combos.
Unfortunately because the delay on PC, likely the price being kind of high and the netcode not being great the playerbase is for certain going to be extremely weak. If you have people to play with close by though I think it is worth checking out. There really is not much else out there like it.
There is also Samurai Shodown V Special which is kind of obtuse in terms of mechanics in comparison but the netcode is some of the best in the genre now (which says a lot). It is also only 10 USD and goes for half of that on sale.
Epic claimed to have solved that problem, but I only know one game that use Epic's cross-platform tech that isn't being developed by Epic themselves (Dauntless). Everyone else, including everyone else who signed exclusivity deals with Epic, is having to roll their own solution. It's batty.
Hmmm... V Special seems like the better choice for my wallet here. If I like that one, I'll like the new one?
Omen of Sorrow is EGS exclusive.
~Zero players. Even after they gave tons of copies for IGN subs.
Some devs might value money more than actual players.
It really looks like EGS is dying out if they cant get Better exclusive games, its just a matter of time before Tim Sweeney gets bored of it and move unto something else, which would mean that people would lose the games they have bought, we have seen this before...
I mean, they already released it on Stadia without cross-play so I don't think SNK give a fuck about maintaining the online playerbase.
Love how they wait a year to put SamSho on PC but just to make sure it's completely DoA they do this. Bummer man. I was really interested in the game last June but they really lost me with that one.
Ahahahahaha. Remember when SNK turned down PC exclusivity? Yet so far it's been a Stadia and an EGS game?
Yeah I'm done with wanting Samurai Shodown 2019. V Special is good, and also has rollback netcode. It is also way cheaper. Just buy this instead.
Yeah I'm done with wanting Samurai Shodown 2019. V Special is good, and also has rollback netcode. It is also way cheaper. Just buy this instead.
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I don't even know what that game is.
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It sets a precedent for future sales. Like, who's gonna buy a game (let's say the next KOF) bound to be dead in a matter of days.
RL will obviusly come to egs, they bought the studio behind it
I think they are trying to figure out how to do that without destroying the userbase on pc
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Epic might've also decided that those are generally better to drive traffic to the platform without having a bunch of negative PR.
It also gives people a library to be attached to.
Both things that are important to Epic and might be easier to do via free games rather than exclusives.
Finally! I hope I can still use my 40% coupon on samurai showdown. I have been waiting for ages for a decent fighting game on EGS.
New SNK releases were already dead on Steam due to being late ports so it's extra funny to see it go the Stadia -> EGS -> eventually Steam route.
Can a game be more than dead. Is it possible to be negative dead.
Can a game be more than dead. Is it possible to be negative dead.
I really doubt SamSho is exclusive. Even disregarding the earlier statement, do you think the Epic Games Store has any kind of Japanese audience? I have to imagine that would be a factor in any negotiations, said earlier statement implied SNK hadn't heard of the store before.
I'd imagine even with Fortnite and UE4 revenue, the store still has a budget of some kind that the team behind it can't go over, and Borderlands and Read Dead combined with low revenue probably put them close to it.
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Nah it would be dumb, SNK faithful is on steam actively playing to this day 2002um and XIII. I myself cant even install EGS after formatting my pc like 5 times and they offer no solutiom to fix that, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Also I doubt that Epic will give RDR2 money to SNK for KOF or SamSho
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Because playing a fighting game with a Xbox One controller (and most likely without crossplay) is so good.
It's late as fuck and will almost certainly be dead on arrival. Hard to get excited at this point.
It's almost like they wnat actual people to play with, and it being exclusive to egs means online will be dead before first week is even over. There's a reason people always clamor for crossplay with consoles. There are difficulties finding an active fighting game player base even on more popular platforms. But hey, that's one ignorant take you have.
SamSho is an EGS exclusive? After the whole Stadia fiasco for this game?
RIP PC scene...
Lol, yeah, wonder what happened since...
RIP PC scene...
Ahahahahaha. Remember when SNK turned down PC exclusivity? Yet so far it's been a Stadia and an EGS game?
Yeah I'm done with wanting Samurai Shodown 2019. V Special is good, and also has rollback netcode. It is also way cheaper. Just buy this instead.
Lol, yeah, wonder what happened since...
STEAM goes beyond just being a "launcher." It's an ecosystem the offers a robust set of tools for publishers, developers, and end-users. I understand why people would be disappointed.
not really hyperbole
dude come on. This thing will have no players. It'll be completely dead online from the get go, and nobody had much hope of it having a super healthy player-base on even steam for very long due to the lengthy delay.
If you just want to play offline then fine but I think most people will want to play online.
Because its much more than a launcher...its a whole digital platform.
If my most wanted game comes on PC on a platform thats barebones and is held by epic who cannot guarrantee that my games on it will remain there without any fears about its future and offer no features then why would i waste my money on there... sure its a hard choice to make but its the right one. I don't wanna give them the money for executing the right thing in a horrible way.
Also Some people have their whole gotdamn game libraries on steam only. Its can be a big issue for them. It just is so fucking anticonsumer for it to be exclusive on the PC platform which is touted and celebrated for being open.
Yeah, they are very similar, but V Special has a few extra subsystems that make it a bit harder to enjoy casually IMO.
There's really no point in trying to explain this to people anymore. We've been trying to get that point across for well over a year but people still choose to be ignorant.
SNK really wants to antagonise it's fanbase eh?
I mean i'll have to reinstall the damn client, eventually we all cave i guess
I mean i'll have to reinstall the damn client, eventually we all cave i guess
