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[–] [email protected] 72 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I would have bought it if it hadn't been an Epic exclusive. Maybe when it releases on Steam.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. I loved the first but I’m not going to install epic for one game

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What about something like Heroic Game Launcher? I'm not advocating for Epic, just pointing out that alternatives exist.

[–] bitfucker 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So to compensate for a poor service that is epic game launcher you have to turn to oss solution maintained by the community thanklessly while still giving epic the 25% cut of your sale? I'd rather not give epic any money at all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

As I previously said, I don't advocate for buying from Epic. But if it happens that you have some games from their Store (for whatever reason, like ones you got for free) there are alternatives to their client.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I primarily play on TV and VR so big picture is already my interface of choice

Edit: does it even support Steam? They’re not advertising it on the FAQ:

Support for launching games from the Epic Games Store and GOG

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You add the game in Heroic, and it has a menu option to add the game to Steam. There's another setting that will do this automatically, once the game is installed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense 👀 how’s that thumbnail db looking nowadays

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

SteamGridDB? Fantastic, especially now that the Steam Deck is part of the ecosystem!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use playknight, though I still don’t buy from epic.

Play knight gives me an overview of all humble keys I haven’t used as well as gog, steam, epic, etc.

Just helps me make sure I don’t buy a game on sale that I own

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Playnite? I would love to use it if it would support Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

It looks like Linux support is going to be actually actively looked at again soon with playnite 11, so there is still hope

https://github.com/JosefNemec/Playnite/issues/59#issuecomment-1083572073

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

I'm sure there are many who share that sentiment. I tend to forget games even exist if they're Epic exclusive.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll wait for the GOG release, I have Control there already.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Do you think this one will be there too, with tencent in the picture?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I don't particularly hate epic,but ~90% of my games are on steam,so I don't really install the rest cause I don't need to.

that being said,I will buy it when and if it comes to steam. if not,oh well...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I have to assume they did the math and concluded an epic exclusive was still the more lucrative option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I doubt it will since Epic is the publisher...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Rich dudes got a pissing match... although Gabe did no wrong!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Epic CEO is just salty he didn't come up with the Steam Deck concept first.