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Posted November 19, 2020
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timppu: Why are you interested? Do you work for Epic?
wut no i dont know a thing about developing games.
Posted November 19, 2020
I like getting free games every week and their Xmas giveaways. I have only bought 3 games from them because they gave me $10 coupons.

The Witcher 3: Game of the Year === $4.99
Far Cry 5 === $4.99
Metro Exodus === $5.99

All the games downloaded and worked fine. I was able to finish them all with no problems and had fun. I'm glad that Steam has another competitor.
Post edited November 19, 2020 by Heretic777
Posted November 19, 2020
I liked Epic for Unreal and Unreal Tournament games. Seeing as the last UT game came out in 2007, I've been indifferent towards them in the past decade. The last game I enjoyed that they worked on was Bulletstorm from 2011.

The only thing I like about them currently is being a thorn in the side for Steam and its users getting to know what it feels like when a game doesn't come to your platform of choice at release.
Posted November 19, 2020
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slurredprey: This one is all of them mixed (except the "epic store games you can play without its launcher" one)
Sounds really necessary. Are you also going to make another one mixing them all + this one?
Posted November 19, 2020
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timppu: Why are you interested? Do you work for Epic?
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slurredprey: wut no i dont know a thing about developing games.
Oh ok, just checking since you said that the plural you won't announce new Epic games here, so that kinda led me to think hey so is this guy like some kind of new game announcer for Epic Games or sumthing etc.
Posted November 19, 2020
Unreal 3 when?

If not, I'll settle for the triumphant return of Unreal Tournament with a glorious Assault map.
Posted November 19, 2020
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slurredprey: This thread is to share your thoughts about Epic Games in general. Their games, their store, their giveaways, the exclusives they're buying and whether you like them or not. This is NOT a news thread mind you. We won't be announcing the games released there here. Like I said, it is to share your thoughts on them.
what is your toughts on Epic Games
Posted November 19, 2020
Epic games store:

Good:
-Free games without denuvo or any other DRM.

Bad:
-Every game publisher can release for any game, be it a beta version or a full version of game. Epic doesn´t care, is game beta version or a full game, as long as Epic receives its share of the money.
-Epic customer service is bad trust me.
-Epic store client is bad itself. GOG galaxy more flexible and people friendly.
-If you played broken game about 2 hours and 1 minute, no refund.

As a game publisher, classic games are good like, Unreal gold and Unreal Tournament series. I am not a fan of Fortnite.
Post edited November 19, 2020 by shadow1980jpv
Posted November 20, 2020
Some unorganized thoughs.
- One more store, I'd like to have my games less dispersed into many accounts and clients.
- I've never done a purchase, I only get the freebies.
- I don't care for their Fortnite and online stuff.
- I don't like Epic as a business model, exploiting people with gambling addiction with loot-boxes and calling this "whaling".
- Ugly primitive client with no achievements.
- I appreciate that they seem to be a good publisher, taking the development cost, not meddling with the creative process - so they say
- I appreaciate that they take 12% from devs and not 30% like most other platforms. Of course, as for the free games, they can afford it.
- Then we have to wait for the exclusive to end and hope it lands on GOG, but hey it's games it's not matter of life or death as much as we enjoy them. It's not even so bad as a Playstation exclusive where you need to own a specific machine to play the exclusive. It's not ideal and it's a pity but it's not angering me.
- I would probably forget of having those free games on Epic if it wasn't for Galaxy.
- Some games are (incidentally?) DRM free, no installer but you can copy and move a working folder. So while not on GOG yet, I already have (or can make and store) a DRM-free version of Celeste and other games, and for free.
- I might rebuy on GOG games I've gotten for free on Epic.
- There's no classics, and I don't find releases there exciting or interesting. Most of the times I get my free game and I don't even look at what they're selling.
Post edited November 20, 2020 by Dogmaus
Posted November 20, 2020
I like Classic Epic Games prior to them getting into digital distribution. I like Jazz Jackrabbit. Modern Epic not so much because of the way they handle PC Game exclusives with some titles. Like in Metro Exodus they (the devs) had a Steam page already up advertising the sale and during the 11th hr Epic got it as an exclusive. Also Epic doesn't have niche titles like Steam and GOG do. Like JRPGS for example. Also some of their free games I already own on Steam such as the Batman Arkham games.
Post edited November 20, 2020 by Fender_178
Posted November 20, 2020
I feel it is important to cozy up to GOG's new future owner. :)

Ha ha ha ha ... joking of course ... I hope.

Epic are another store, but one that has some chance of challenging what is almost a Steam monopoly.
Like many stores, including Steam, they have done their share of shady things in the past. So you could take a hardline stance against them, but I feel we should encourage them to be better when they are so.

That said, I am yet to buy anything from them since the yester days of discs.
I have however been collecting their free games for something like 2 years now ... THANKS EPIC ... not that I have played any of them yet ... I did install their client and GTA V though, so I guess I will eventually.

I have been concerned though, at their impact on other stores, especially to GOG, due to their war with Steam, but I can hardly blame them for that ... Steam are the real culprit. But to offset that maybe, they have gotten into bed some way with GOG through Galaxy, which depending how it is implemented, might be good for GOG, and perhaps weaken Steam's hold even further. One could of course, view all that negatively, but change leads to change and maybe something good sooner or later. Many of us of course, dream of a DRM-Free world, but realize it is a tough ask, and won't probably get there by conventional means.

Anyway, despite some niggling misgivings, I feel somewhat positive about Epic right now ... hell they have given me all those freebies after all ... free games for my rainy day collection for now, but I could potentially buy one or more games from them eventually ... it depends ... especially on the DRM-Free element.
Posted November 20, 2020
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Timboli: I feel it is important to cozy up to GOG's new future owner. :)
You almost got me there.
Posted November 20, 2020
Not terribly familiar with them, only signed up for the freebies. I do like that I can play Civ 6 without the client, and that makes me more likely to buy the expansions there... but it's still not as good as having a DRM-free installer.

As for their games, I did enjoy JJR2 and UT back in the day.I don't think I've actually played anything more recent from them.
Post edited November 20, 2020 by Lesser Blight Elemental
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