Borderlands 2 yes
Borderlands was not on Steam but when GameSpy went offline, they brought the game on Steamworks.
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PC Gaming Era | March 2019 - The Ides of Smarch
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Borderlands 2 yes
Borderlands was not on Steam but when GameSpy went offline, they brought the game on Steamworks.
Borderlands 2 would be the biggest EGS exclusive yet (ignoring fortnite obviously) and it's certainly a game epic would want in their service, precisely because it is also gaas with a long support timeframe.
I can totally see them shelling out their biggest cheque yet
I can totally see them shelling out their biggest cheque yet
Picked up Kenshi and dropped a few hours into it last night.
Really positive first impressions. I loves me a game with a lot of crunch under the hood and this thing has it in spades. A sandbox with limitless possibilities.
Went kinda off the deep end with Workshop mods and installed like 30+ based on suggestions from the Era Kenshi thread, lol.
Thumbs way up so far.
I think 2K know they can always fall back on the console market if Epic isn't a success. Not to mention they could always bring it to Steam 1 year later and it'll still do gangbusters.
There's no denying that either way, Borderlands 3 will be one of the best selling games of this year.
Yeah. That's definitely true about consoles. I guess we'll see later on today what's gonna happen.
Valve needs to pull an EGS and do a secret under the table deal right before the conference goes live! (Not exclusivity but just to have the game on Steam like Bethesda)
I actually think they might not be able to get Borderlands 3 for one reason: let's face it, Borderlands 3 will be filled with microtransactions. The Epic client is barely able to hand even regular DLCs right now, much less MTXs for third party games. Unless 2K also comes out with a client of their own they will include with the EGS version I think BL3 might be safe.
I could actually see 2K putting out a client with BL3 as their launch title. It wont end well (Bethesda.net) but it makes sense.
I'm not convinced BL3 will be that big. There are much better developers working in the genre now. And Presequel didn't do that well, if I remember correctly. I'd probably put it about on par with metro, a big deal relative to the other stuff Epic has gotten, but there are plenty of bigger games out there.
You're probably right. The Division 2's MTX is handled by Uplay, the Epic store version is only a gateway to purchase the game. I heard that you can even play the game without Epic launcher.
Now, unless Gearbox announced their own launcher/service with Borderlands 3 announcement, they won't be able to serve the MTX feature of the game with Epic store.
Edit: Oh, I see arts&crafts is thinking the same thing.
Nah, it will definitely be huge. BL2 is still up there in the most played Steam games day in day out. I wouldn't compare The Pre-Sequel to a game people have been waiting 7 years for.
Borderlands 3 coming to EGS will definitely be a megaton and like other users in this thread put it, their biggest get yet.
Epic can't even collect MTX for games in their store? Hahaha. WTF are they doing with this launcher?
They only did it to show that they care about the consumers. For 6 months. ;)
How janky is it?
It looks good but I'm afraid it'd be too janky for my taste.
Are we talking initial release Mount & Blade or Mount & Blade: Warband?
Speaking of Borderlands, I have both 1 and 2 from a past bundle. Is Borderlands 1 worth playing or is it one of those games that's been superseded in every sense by its sequel? (though there are rumors of a BL1 remaster but odds are it won't be free to current PC owners if Bulletstorm is any indication)
it is not. 2 and Pre-Sequel are tho. I actually prefer Pre-Sequel but I'm weird.
Going back to 1 after playing 2 is going to be nigh impossible. The QoL improvements in 2 especially with the UI makes going back to 1 really difficult which is why I'm hoping the remaster sorts out stuff like the broken head hitboxes, awful UI etc.
Literally everything in Borderlands 1 doesn't really matter for the most part, the only things that show up in the games that come after it are the characters. You can tell Gearbox weren't expecting it to be such a major hit as the game is really lacking in a lot of areas especially the final third of the game. Gunplay in BL2 is also wayyyyyy better, it's just a lot faster which I prefer.
I'm hoping Borderlands 1 remaster is something that'll be included with Borderlands 3 pre-orders.
Oh this is interesting, if Borderlands 3 is EGS exclusive how can they process MTX without Steam?
yes and SK too
EGS geolocks China, so yeah, unless you use non-legal methods.
Edit: My guess about the geolock is that EGS is an evolution of the Fortnite launcher, which due to how stringent laws are on F2P games in there (and how Tencent is the one that controls the game there), they geolocked China.
I"m sure BL3 is going to have some sort of Gold Edition with expansions/new characters.
So it'd be interesting to have that included with it, much like Far Cry 5 included Far Cry 3. So you have something to play before the game is out.
You mean standard, deluxe, digital deluxe, gold edition, collector's edition and MAHYEM EDITION.
I dont think microtransactions are an argument against EGS exclusivity, there's plenty of games that do that on their own.
This would be wild but imagine them including BL remaster + BL2 + Tales
I'd imagine they'd want people who haven't played Tales to check it out considering characters from it appear in BL3.
I haven't encountered any bugs or anything. But then again I've only scratched the surface.
In terms of jank the only dings I'd give it is an unwieldy camera and poor NPC pathfinding. Neither of these bothered me in the least, but I could see some being sensitive to it.
Still, you have to know upfront that this game was made by one guy over a 12 year period. So that's gonna bring baggage in that one person typically isn't the master of all elements of game design & production. Graphics look dated, but that's counterbalanced by visually interesting environmental design. Stuff like that.
You could always check out the demo here. I read someone on the Steam forum say they put like 10 hours in without even finishing it and just decided to buy the game instead.
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Sorry but I don't have any experience with M&B so I can't compare.
They'll find a way. BL3 is EGS exclusive, I'm sure of it. Might also be a definitive exclusive here.
2 PM EST so 2 hours and 40 minutes from now.
Here's the OT with relevant information + timer
https://www.resetera.com/threads/ge...er-show-ot-randy-pitchfords-wild-ride.107885/
I thought this was known when they announced the XXL 2 HD port though :p
So, I'm replaying Pandora Tomorrow and, am I braindead or this game really is linear as hell? I still enjoy it quite a lot but linear level design is a big no-no in stealth games to me, especially if I want to go with the non-lethal approach.
I recently played SC1, 2, and CT and the first two are indeed very linear. You look at some of the top players and it's effectively all of them doing the same tactics for their runs. Chaos Theory was when it finally got shook up.
Yeah, I think it's still possible to do non-lethal, but there're some encounters where 2 mobs are standing at the end of a hallway there's no place to hide and you're forced snipe them from the distance.
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I vaguely remember these from watching them one or two times in the past.
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