Fuz
Banned
Having read the horror stories in the last 2 pages, I wouldn't give them even 1000 lire.
Rerun #1.
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GymWolf
Member
Having bought and played a fuckload of games on epic store without a single problem i have no problem with giving them all the lire i have.
Most annoying thing is the fact that you can only use a xone\sex controller if you are lazy and don't wanna add the games on steam.
The "epic store is evil" narrative is almost as amusing as the horror stories from console only players on how you need albert einstein brain to start a game from steam or to update gpu drivers.
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Fuz
Banned
Wildebeest
Member
T-Cake
Member
Rerun #2 if true.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Yep, really enjoying this one on the Steam Deck.
Also kinda challenging if you go for all the shit you can get on each track.
Wildebeest
Member
As predicted, Costume Quest 2 today.
Forecast for tomorrow is a 90% chance of Sable. Not a repeat.
Forecast for tomorrow is a 90% chance of Sable. Not a repeat.
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I don't think it's evil (At least, not any more than the rest of them, let's not pretend these corporations are anyone's friend).
It is however, a groundbreakingly sub-par product/service, only kept up from being the worst on the market by Microsoft having 'an alternative' present that underscores the worst of software engineering of all the stores combined.
But Epic is really not far behind in this race to the bottom - and 4 years in, none of the excuses they had are relevant/valid anymore. It's just really bottom-tier piece of software and backend services that do nothing to justify its existence beyond the money being thrown into content to prop it up.
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Fuz
Banned
Rerun #2.
GymWolf
Member
I'm a basic user so if i can buy a game, use a controller and ask for a fast refound, i'm happy.
Epic store does that and has some nice gifts and deals.
Download times are also way faster than steam that sometimes think that i have a 5mb connecton instead of my actual 100gb connection...
Ignorance is bliss i guess.
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Sure - but even on those basics, Epic Store isn't great (eg. controller support is less than great, shop interface is clunky, slow, and difficult to navigate and shopping experience is one of the slowest/obtrusive of any active store (not just on PC). Possibly only beaten by Switch in that respect.
IME (obviously both of us are just anecdotes) download/installs are among the slowest of PC stores I use (somewhere between UPlay and Origin, which both tend to take forever).
But there's other QoL things that are really bad - eg. offline installs/behavior is basically just designed to irritate/frustrate, (though again, a touch better than MS store in that respect which is just completely broken), and I could go on. I mean 'ignorance is bliss' is easy to say if there's no alternative options that work better - but on PC there are tons, also most also have better libraries, so it's not like I'm missing out* on anything by mostly ignoring Epic.
*I understand Epic has pretty decent $ deals, so maybe it works out on that level, but since most PC options nowadays are already very cost effective (least of all, even Microsoft, thanks to GP) it's hard for me to say if that's worth putting up with other problems.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Looks cool and different.
lughnasadh123
Member
Them's Fightin Herds next week?
Wildebeest
Member
Game with cool Moebius art style today, tomorrow some sort of my little pony game.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
It's the Christmas sale, a new free game every 24 hours! So - Them's Fightin Herds should be tomorrow's game.
Grildon Tundy
Gold Member
Awwwww yeah, another free ~75 Metacritic game with which to pad my library. I'll boot it up to check out the art style and then likely never finish it
Thanks again for the free shit, Timmy!
Thanks again for the free shit, Timmy!
lughnasadh123
Member
Yes, brain fart, lol, I meant for tomorrow.
Wildebeest
Member
I'm not at all immune to simulation sickness, but hopefully I will be alright. At least I don't have to worry about refunds.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Finally something new.
SleepySlippy
Member
Merry Christmas! Sable is a pretty nice gift, I'm already happy with that. Anything more is just overtreating.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Lol..266 games in my Epic store Library and i haven't downloaded/played a single one of them.
259 here. I stopped redeeming as there's no way I will play them all. Crazy deal to get all of them for free.
lyan
Member
Download speed depends on where you live I guess, Steam used to be fast for me 7-10 years ago then over the years it has gotten slower and slower to the point now I consider myself very lucky with 5-10MB/s no matter which server I try, unbearable with how large some games have become these days. With Epic I get anywhere between 20-50 which is still not ideal when I'm on fibre but it is acceptable.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
The offerings are really slim this year 
Fuz
Banned
Won't touch that with a 3-foot clown pole, but apparently it's mechanically pretty good.
Wildebeest
Member
Shadowstar39
Member
How are you playing this? It shows some crappy mlp fighting game and mystery game in 22 hours. Feels dirty even logging into epic store.
The store that doesn't allow user reviews is crazy anti consumer. I won't buy anything from them, especially now that i have steam deck.
Susurrus
Member
It has been changing every 24 hours (noon Eastern US time) since Thursday. Previous game was Sable.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Or it’s Wolfenstein….again.
Wildebeest
Member
Today is Wolfenstein: the new order.
Tomorrow is some sort of Lego game. Lego Batman would be a rerun, but reddit is leaning towards Lego Bricktales.
Tomorrow is some sort of Lego game. Lego Batman would be a rerun, but reddit is leaning towards Lego Bricktales.
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Wildebeest
Member
Probably a reason why you never played it.
AJUMP23
Gold Member
Lego Builders Journey would be nice.
Paperboy
Member
Lego Bricktales would be fantastic, but Lego Batman seems more likely.
Wildebeest
Member
Apparently there is some sort of rule about the image on the wrapper appearing exactly as it is on the store page.
Magic Carpet
Member
Wolfenstein New Order wasn't in my library. If this was a rerun I missed it the first time around.
You missed it.
ShaikhCroft
Member
Went to grab The New Order but it's already in my library damn! Finished it on Steam though!