No most of the time if a game is EGS exclusive I will forget it ever came out. Talking to my friends on discord about x game and we will suddenly realize it came out 4 months ago on EGS and none of us knew it.
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Have you turned around on Epic Games store?
- Thread starter GundamStyle
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No problem with it. I've enjoyed Snowrunner quite a bit. Lots of free games. Sometimes I even play some of them
Nah, exclusives on Epic store might as well not exist for me and I won't buy them at full price once they release on Steam either. I'll redeem free games time to time, but in reality I already have most of the ones I'd want to play anyways. I have no wish to support Tim Epic's shenanigans.
Epic launcher itself also seems shady as well from what I remember on some reports of it gathering unauthorized data and such.
Epic launcher itself also seems shady as well from what I remember on some reports of it gathering unauthorized data and such.
No. I still pick up the free games but I've never booted anything there since Paragon and I doubt I will any time soon. The launcher has gotten better, but is still not a good one and Epic is only getting shittier as a company so I have no interest giving them money
Never had a problem with it. I've grabbed some great games for the low.
It's just another store that sells video games to me though, nothing more 🤷🏾♂️
It's just another store that sells video games to me though, nothing more 🤷🏾♂️
Nope. Haven't spent money on the store and dont plan to change. Games that are exclusive I either wait for steam or buy on consoles
In fear of being banned (lol?), it is just another launcher to me. It falls short of Steam's features, but I only use pc launchers to launch games. Don't care about friend lists (use discord), achievements, profiles, etc. I just buy games where they are cheapest whether it be steam, gog, epic or whatever.
This is kind of me too. It turns out that even when I buy games off EGS, they often just linger out of sight and out of mind until they launch on Steam, and then I'll remember that I own them and immediately wish I had them on Steam instead, especially now that I have a Steam Deck.
(Yes, I know I can play EGS games on the Deck, I'm playing through Beast Breaker right now!)
EGS fits the same position for me as Origin, GoG, Ubisoft Connect, etc, where I have it for free games and the odd game that requires it.
Would rather it be launched through steam, but free is free and for some games it is what it is.
Would rather it be launched through steam, but free is free and for some games it is what it is.
I only claim the free games that I probably will never play. I've never installed the launcher either.
That said, I'll have to give them credits for actually trying to penetrate the PC markets globally. This probably doesn't affect the majority of Era users here, but for many of us, things like convenient payment methods do matter a lot.
In comparison, Steam only offers Dana besides Visa and Master Card that most people here don't have access to. While Steam does have wallet gift cards that you can buy from resellers, being able to pay directly from our preferred e-wallet is such a huge convenience. Meanwhile, Uplay has Ovo and Dana, but I'm not quite sure about Origin. So in this aspect, EGS is the best.
That said, I'll have to give them credits for actually trying to penetrate the PC markets globally. This probably doesn't affect the majority of Era users here, but for many of us, things like convenient payment methods do matter a lot.
In comparison, Steam only offers Dana besides Visa and Master Card that most people here don't have access to. While Steam does have wallet gift cards that you can buy from resellers, being able to pay directly from our preferred e-wallet is such a huge convenience. Meanwhile, Uplay has Ovo and Dana, but I'm not quite sure about Origin. So in this aspect, EGS is the best.
Not really. I claim the free games usually because why not, and I generally prefer to just wait out the exclusivity period for most games to come to Steam, though there's been a couple games I've bought that either were seemingly never coming or I didn't want to wait anymore.
I use Steam streaming quite a bit and now own a Steam Deck too; having to add another launcher with its own DRM to the mix isn't impossible, but it's a pretty decent pain in the ass (depending on the game).
I use Steam streaming quite a bit and now own a Steam Deck too; having to add another launcher with its own DRM to the mix isn't impossible, but it's a pretty decent pain in the ass (depending on the game).
Nah hope it dies to be honest. Epic should stick with what they are good at. Sooner everything is back on Steam the better imo
I've never had a problem with it. It's just one more storefront to install on my PC. I already have like 5 of them installed.
Well, like a lot of people I used to hold a "grudge" because of the paid exclusivity on PC thing, but it dawned on me it's not much different than what Sony and MS do and have been doing forever, so I dropped that over time. It sucks just as much as before that they just pay for games to not be elsewhere, and while I wish it wasn't a thing, I just came to accept that it is what it is.
Still don't care about buying there because I want to keep my games and play stats in a single place. Unless Steam removes regional pricing overnight, or everyone comes up with their own launchers like streaming services nowadays and the Steam catalog empties like Netflix, I'm not going anywhere.
Still don't care about buying there because I want to keep my games and play stats in a single place. Unless Steam removes regional pricing overnight, or everyone comes up with their own launchers like streaming services nowadays and the Steam catalog empties like Netflix, I'm not going anywhere.
It kinda is though. Having your own perspective is perfectly fine, labelling those who have a different perspective as "launcher fanboys" (your exact words) is exactly the kind of toxic posting that you claim to be criticizing. And even in this follow-up post you speak of "people who are entrenched in specific PC gaming store ecosystems", another reductive label for those who see this issue differently than you. You are not simply expressing your own opinion and perspective, which everyone would acknowledge and respect without issue. You are also casting judgment on those you don't agree with. So, please don't do that.
I was always curious to find out how many games have they given out for free so far? I may have missed a few xDi only claim the free game
didn't spend a single dime
it's like F2P store, however i still didn't even install a single game yet.
been claiming free games since 2015
only game i dindn't claim was Vampyr because it was region locked game.
Have I turned around on the EGS store? Nope. It still deals with exclusivity on games that lock it only at the EGS store, whenever their launcher is down, I can't play said games cuz it affects the library, the interface is too clunky.
And when everything does work…it's just there. It's no worse than the worst PC launcher you can think of but also other launchers have better features than what EGS is delivering. After all these years, Epic has still not convinced me to use their launcher and store.
And when everything does work…it's just there. It's no worse than the worst PC launcher you can think of but also other launchers have better features than what EGS is delivering. After all these years, Epic has still not convinced me to use their launcher and store.
You hit the nail on the head. I think that's why I never got the hate either. I think lots of people here aren't old enough to remember the early days of Steam, but it was trash. It took a LONG time for Valve to build out all the features people like. And there was no competition, either, so they didn't need to move quickly.
No, I still dispise it. I get the free games and play through maybe like 5% of them. I usually have nothing but trouble when using their storefront it seems. I've never bought a game on Epic and any exclusives i'm interested in I either wait for the steam release or don't get if its exclusive forever.
No, and I never will. I think that Epic as a company does some great things for games, but have always despised both the direction of their store and their whining about Valve. Competition is good and Fortnite has given them the cash to compete but they can't seem to find a meaningful way of doing so. I installed their store to try out Fortnite and Unreal Tournament (RIP) years ago and that's as much as I'll do.
Nope. I occasionally will claim a free game (if I remember to that is), but don't interact with it otherwise.
That's a perfectly valid opinion to have and I don't think there's any risk of you getting banned. People who usually get in trouble in such threads are not those who have a "just another launcher" opinion for themselves but those who want to enforce it on others and label them as fanboys if they don't share it. Imagine something to the tune of "I don't get why people are complaining, it's just another launcher, then again I don't have a picture of Gabe Newell on my nightstand".
Never had an issue with it . I haven't bought many pc games lately but if it's cheaper on egs or offers a coupon I'll buy it there for sure.
Mechwarrior 5 had mod support, but I don't know if that was explicitly due to anything Epic did with the stores backend.
Thing is, EGS has made almost zero progress in the way of transitioning out of the "early Steam" phase. They can't claim to not have the money for it.
I swear they use to do multiple games in a week of their sales, one a day or something? Seems like they had changed and now it's been the same game for the whole week, at least from what I can tell. Granted I pay little attention to the launcher these days unless I see a decent game making headlines to grab.
I've personally only bought one game off the store, and that was Outer Wilds and it's expansion. I see no reason to purchase any more of their games due to their shitty monopoly mentality that they instilled, all because Timmy thinks Steam is it's own monopoly. I have no value in their store besides a free game collector after beating Outer Wilds, and I don't foresee that changing with game pass being so strong.
I've personally only bought one game off the store, and that was Outer Wilds and it's expansion. I see no reason to purchase any more of their games due to their shitty monopoly mentality that they instilled, all because Timmy thinks Steam is it's own monopoly. I have no value in their store besides a free game collector after beating Outer Wilds, and I don't foresee that changing with game pass being so strong.
It's just a click here to buy digital storefront like Steam. I don't care if they have exclusives because I didn't swear fealty to steam. While I can understand frustrations with console exclusives because that requires a big investment into a console, if you have a PC what does it matter which store icon on your desktop you click to purchase the game you want to buy.
I don't like the Epic games launcher, it's definitely worse than Steam. Simple things like easy screenshots and my built in FPS counter are very much missed on EGS releases. I normally try to avoid it cuz I have ADHD and literally just never look at it. I did buy that Evil Dead game though because I'm a fuckin sucker for Evil Dead.
