Yeah, this is.....VERY disappointing. As someone else put it, we are now having console wars on PC. I don't want to have to have a launcher for Blizzard, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Epic, Steam, GOG and Origin installed on my computer. 3 is pushing it. Making it so you will need a minimum of EIGHT if you want to keep up with current releases is just too much.
Huh... first it was going to be released on Steam. Then the devs said it will become an Epic Games exclusive like Metro Exodus ended up with. And now Valve says it is still releasing on Steam... but only a year after it went live on Epic Games.
I actually find it good news. Saying "I hate Epic and do not support any its release" if a much more valid argument than "I'm not buying Obsidian game because I hate space cowboy stuff"
Looks like a lot of people feel about Epic the same way I feel about Steam. I refuse to support any developer that releases exclusively to Steam.
Exclusivity doesn't really apply to Steam, complaining about it is like complaining about a game only having English language. Steam is the most popular platform on PC market, releasing there is a norm of life.
Ya, last thing I need is a shop for every damn game. I want to play it bad, but I'll wait. I gave in with Dragon Age: Inquisition and that worked out like crap, so I'll just wait till it comes to steam. I don't want yet another company to have my billing info, remember more logins, have more garbage installed that makes me verify my identity over and over and requires updating. They will probably wind up getting even less money then, since the game will be a year old and won't be able to charge full price for it.
I was also originally against the Epic Store, but that was before I got into the beta for GOG Galaxy 2.0, which consolidates everything in one launcher. Moreover, you can say what you want about them, but since I got Borderlands 3, I have picked up 2 free games EVERY WEEK on the Epic Store. And they aren't little piddly titles either. About a month ago they gave away the entire Arkham Trilogy. I'd venture to say I have received over $300 in free games just from having the launcher installed and opening it every 10 days or so.
Given that GOG Galaxy 2.0 for Linux won't be a thing any time soon (just as with their first launcher). And Epic Fail adamantly denies any other OS's besides Windows even exist... nope, nope, nope. A whole can of nopes.
Given that GOG Galaxy 2.0 for Linux won't be a thing any time soon (just as with their first launcher). And Epic Fail adamantly denies any other OS's besides Windows even exist... nope, nope, nope. A whole can of nopes.
It's a BAD launcher. I won't deny that. It's terrible as an application even on Windows (Epic, not GOG). But then again, so are Origin, Ubisoft, and Bethesda. Only Steam, Blizzard and GOG have anything remotely intuitive and light-weight.
Given that GOG Galaxy 2.0 for Linux won't be a thing any time soon (just as with their first launcher). And Epic Fail adamantly denies any other OS's besides Windows even exist... nope, nope, nope. A whole can of nopes.
Yes! Plus all the work Valve's done to bring their software to Linux and then the more recent work to make a huge amount of windows games work out of the box on it. The best part is, they actually contribute their proton work back upstream to the opensource wine and dxvk projects.
Given that GOG Galaxy 2.0 for Linux won't be a thing any time soon (just as with their first launcher). And Epic Fail adamantly denies any other OS's besides Windows even exist... nope, nope, nope. A whole can of nopes.
It's a BAD launcher. I won't deny that. It's terrible as an application even on Windows (Epic, not GOG). But then again, so are Origin, Ubisoft, and Bethesda. Only Steam, Blizzard and GOG have anything remotely intuitive and light-weight.
I like playing Diablo II on the Blizzard platform.
As far as consoles go I usually wait for a good deal on ebay to show up and grab a second hand copy there. I might actually do just that for Outer Worlds when it gets ported to the Nintendo Switch on the 31th of December.
Looks interesting, but IMO one aspect that i din't liked is that weapons looks too much like "toy weapons", i prefer the FNV weapons who looks like homemade improvised weapons...
As far as consoles go I usually wait for a good deal on ebay to show up and grab a second hand copy there. I might actually do just that for Outer Worlds when it gets ported to the Nintendo Switch on the 31th of December.
I like that Nintendo is porting game series that used to be PS exclusive.
Looks interesting, but IMO one aspect that i din't liked is that weapons looks too much like "toy weapons", i prefer the FNV weapons who looks like homemade improvised weapons...
See, now that's endearing to me, given it's far future, whereas it makes sense in fallout for the weapons to be cobbled together and dirtier versions of real weapons. It's like if Google made a laser pistol
I was also originally against the Epic Store, but that was before I got into the beta for GOG Galaxy 2.0, which consolidates everything in one launcher. Moreover, you can say what you want about them, but since I got Borderlands 3, I have picked up 2 free games EVERY WEEK on the Epic Store. And they aren't little piddly titles either. About a month ago they gave away the entire Arkham Trilogy. I'd venture to say I have received over $300 in free games just from having the launcher installed and opening it every 10 days or so.
Looks interesting, but IMO one aspect that i din't liked is that weapons looks too much like "toy weapons", i prefer the FNV weapons who looks like homemade improvised weapons...
See, now that's endearing to me, given it's far future, whereas it makes sense in fallout for the weapons to be cobbled together and dirtier versions of real weapons. It's like if Google made a laser pistol
''My idea was to explore morality in a post-apocalyptic setting, not to build a better plasma gun.''
-Tim Cain.
TOW passes three million in sales. Thought it was a nice bit of news through which to revive this thread, especially seeing as we are very likely to be getting an announcement of TOW2 soon.
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Any business that doesn't let you use the product you purchased shouldn't be allowed to do business. Period.
Yup, not to mention that whereas Steam is not forcing exclusivity on any publisher, Epic is.
So? I haven't defended epic at any point here. I simply don't see Stream in any better light.
Hey I wasn't criticizing your view, just pointing out a fact.
Exclusivity doesn't really apply to Steam, complaining about it is like complaining about a game only having English language. Steam is the most popular platform on PC market, releasing there is a norm of life.
Anti-competitive practices are always bad news for the consumer.
Gotta hibernate for the next twelve months until that happens.
It's a pity you can't romance female npcs though.
It's a BAD launcher. I won't deny that. It's terrible as an application even on Windows (Epic, not GOG). But then again, so are Origin, Ubisoft, and Bethesda. Only Steam, Blizzard and GOG have anything remotely intuitive and light-weight.
Yes! Plus all the work Valve's done to bring their software to Linux and then the more recent work to make a huge amount of windows games work out of the box on it. The best part is, they actually contribute their proton work back upstream to the opensource wine and dxvk projects.
I like playing Diablo II on the Blizzard platform.
I like that Nintendo is porting game series that used to be PS exclusive.
See, now that's endearing to me, given it's far future, whereas it makes sense in fallout for the weapons to be cobbled together and dirtier versions of real weapons. It's like if Google made a laser pistol
All for the small price of your soul!
''My idea was to explore morality in a post-apocalyptic setting, not to build a better plasma gun.''
-Tim Cain.