I hadn't really followed anything about it, but checking now...that subreddit is furious
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I'm still kinda surprised they went the Epic route. Chivalry 2 would have been a huge hit on Steam considering how extremely popular MORDHAU was at launch. MORDHAU's population has been on a decline and people have been clamoring for a new medieval slasher. I think the devs missed a golden opportunity by not launching day 1 on Steam.
I'm not even surprised given Torn Banner's history.going great then
oh, of course ... i'd be surprised if there are any of the old devs left there (other than the asshole in charge)
I just played some more of Hitman 2, finishing the DLC. And I'm annoyed again about it not being on Steam
yeah, that one was really annoyingI just played some more of Hitman 2, finishing the DLC. And I'm annoyed again about it not being on Steam
I just played some more of Hitman 2, finishing the DLC. And I'm annoyed again about it not being on Steam
Hopefully they'll compensate the long wait by giving us a 50% off Steam launch discountyeah, that one was really annoying
they better!Hopefully they'll compensate the long wait by giving us a 50% off Steam launch discount
Was just reading about it, I'm honestly shocked at how bad it managed to be.
Seems to be a lot of complaining about "just using a different launcher."
I did find MORDHAU to have more interesting setup varieties than Chivalry 2, but yeah it probably would have made itself into top sellers list just by virtue of being new. And I do fear they'll get to have their golden timing on Steam day 1 release even after taking the Epic cashbag.
I blame Tripwire. They ran head first into these Epic deals with their published titles (Maneater/Chiv2). Seems like a waste, tbh.
I also blame the Chiv devs for fumbling the success of Chiv 1. What a shame.
yup, they're all in on the egs train ... same with Zen Studios - every single game from them (including games published by them) since egs was announced has been egsclusive
Pretty sure after their Magic-based Chivalry game flopped they have been in fear of being a one trick pony that could easily have to close if their next tentpole failed. I think the same with Surgeon Simulator 2.
They probably had already accepted the moneyhat before Mordhau launched (and probably were partly scared of Mordhau fucking up their launch).
VR games kinda/sorta don't count ... plus i imagine they wanted to sell that one off to Tim too, but he probably refused
true ... maybe it was Disney's decision then? i can't imagine Zen not wanting to make that particular one egsclusive since they made everything else egsclusive (including the new pinball)
If only people would vote with their wallets. I mean, obviously lots of people are doing so already, but if there's any chance for Epic's money hatting to stop, more people should stop buying these exclusives. If that doesn't happen, fragmentation for 3rd party games between different launchers may become the norm in the (near) future.
DON'T USE YOUR JEDI TRICKS ON METhat makes two weeks. Weeks.
The new Pinball FX going EGS exclusive really pissed me off, especially since I'm supposed to buy every of the 80+ tables I already own again. I really, really love pinball games, but there's no way Zen will ever see another cent from me.
it's ok ... Zaccaria is better anywayThe new Pinball FX going EGS exclusive really pissed me off, especially since I'm supposed to buy every of the 80+ tables I already own again. I really, really love pinball games, but there's no way Zen will ever see another cent from me.
I think enough people are avoiding EGS to kill it. Tim is just very stubborn while he's got Fortnite money. Hopefully he gets bored of pursuing his digital fiefdom dreams and decides to buy his way into a different market.
And they're not gonna get anywhere so long as the launcher and the service is shite.
Even though NBA 2k21 was given out for free, NBA 2k22 won't be coming to EGS atm:
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Pretty weird, especially since Epic uses an image of NBA 2K21 to promote their online services. The EGS version might get announced in the future though and maybe they just forgot about it. It wouldn't be the first time an EGS version just sorta appears.
Until EGS becomes customer focused, it will remaining a middling player with Epic throwing cash to secure press/exclusives\mindshare. Players will follow the games, but they'll follow them to the store that has the best customer experience. The inside baseball of dev royalties and payments contracts don't factor into where games are bought for the majority of us, in and outside the META/ERA bubble, but a store that provides the user their best experience certainly does.
Tim isn't putting his money in the right place, until some massive overhauls/additions come to EGS., even Epic funded, deved from-the-ground-up EGS games won't do it.
It is a bit weird that the eggs is still really shit. Its unlikely they will ever have things like forums and user reviews as Tim has said those aren't worth it (spoiler alert, they are). I am surprised that they haven't quickly rolled out some of the other quality of life things like cloud saves, a shopping cart (lol) controller support, achievements, better search tools etc. I think once those things are implemented for everything on the store more people wont have a problem using it but its strange that not much has improved after all this time.
There are.
There are.
Shift+F3 for the overlay.Not sure what you mean. Like SteamInput?
Ha, shows how much notice i give to the eggs store. Are Cloud saves and Achievements available for all games? I remember reading it was just for a select few.There are.
There are.
Not sure what you mean. Like SteamInput?
And yeah, something akin to SteamInput, i think its those features that would make some people less opposed to using Epic.
I cannot say for cloud saves. I would say so.
For achievements, not all games, but that is because some devs do not know about them, or do not care enough to learn a framework other than Steam's.
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The Store for Devs, ladies and gentlemenI cannot say for cloud saves. I would say so.
For achievements, not all games, but that is because some devs do not know about them, or do not care enough to learn a framework other than Steam's.
the ability to add/have achievements in a game on EGS is a backend dev issue. Epic clearly doing it's best work with devsAchievements is user feature, so it checkouts
I believe these devs expect to be paid by Epic to implement achievements. It makes sense for older games.
Seeing as many developers couldn't even be arsed to crop a few pictures for the new library on Steam, I am not entirely surprised by this
I feel like if you're gonna keep selling a game somewhere, at least put in some effort for the sake of people paying for it...
I feel like if you're gonna keep selling a game somewhere, at least put in some effort for the sake of people paying for it...
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Probably. It'll take months to create an icon for the shopping cart.
Steam Deck will have a second generation before Epic releases the shopping cart.
You'll be able to use the newly launched EGS cart in the 2nd iteration of the Steam Deck, and probably the first if those linux workarounds for EGS put in the work.
I just can't with this fella, I swear.Funny. I like to imagine that Gabe read these tweets and proceeded to checkmate Tim.
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Mor I think this might be a new exclusive? The EGS date is August 12 while the Steam date is 2022.
Might be, will check data and developer wording and if it is I will add it to the spreadsheet, thanksVoidtrain | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store
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Mor I think this might be a new exclusive? The EGS date is August 12 while the Steam date is 2022.
EDIT: 2022 release date was changed 9 months ago Arc
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