How certain are you? I think you might secretly love it.
rei
6402
As nice of an interface that GOG Galaxy 2.0 is at combining games from different platforms, Steam has the most active/long-standing friends list of all my game launchers. No one uses Epic or Uplay unless they have to with an exclusive.
Well, if the sales that Epic has continues, that will change. To me, price matters, everything else is just fluff.
jsnell
6405
I can’t decide if that’s a parody site or paid PR. The article is just a stream of totally unsupported and uncritically positive claims. My favorite one:
One big reason why people switch from Steam to the Epic Games Store is community.
I… No… But…
Nesrie
6406
It had me with buying games up in droves, droves I tell yah. Real hard reporting there.
Tonight i found out that not only is Corel WordPerfect still about but Corel owns Winzip.
David2
6408
Umm, what? What community? Also is there even a wishlist, because if its there…i cant find it…
Only thing epic has going for it, is exclusives of games i care about. I would totally buy ALL from steam (even pay for a little more).
Oh nice. $90 for the Home and Student Edition? Pretty pricey. I wonder if it’s still way better than Word at correctly formatting a page, thanks to the Reveal Codes screen.
Nesrie
6410
You must not have read the entire article. It’s doing very well. It has so much going for it right now. He even Italicized very just to make sure no one missed it.
All we really need to know here is how very well the store is doing and how people are buying games in droves.
“Hey, have I mentioned there are free games yet? I’ll mention it again, just in case you missed it.”
David2
6412
LOL, you guys are a hoot!
So, I only bothered with one free game, which was on my steam wishlist, Shadow Tactics.
The games Ive bought…
Phoenix Point (4 1/2 stars)
Outer Worlds (4 stars)
Surviving the Aftermath (4 stars)
John Wick Hex (guiltily pleasure)
Any other exclusives worth a look? :)
what, just found, Paranoia? Is that any good? I’ll have to search here to see if anyones gotten it.
Aceris
6413
The author does freelance journalism and paid PR (which tells you everything you need to know about the gaming media), so who knows!
The site is part of an esports network that is heavily involved in Fortnite and LoL, so its no surprise they fawn all over epic.
Timed exclusives or exclusive-exclusives? Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is great, and it’s exclusive until mid-August. Not sure if it’s that you already had the rest, but some of the freebies released over the past year have been fantastic games (although certainly not all).
This is actually true for me in a twisted way. I buy on Epic so I dont have to see or engage with the Steam “community” ever.
I can just buy games on Epic and play them. No social bullshit no bloatware features. Just me and a game. That’s the way I prefer it when I have the choice.
Of course if its a game I want but its a Steam exclusive I will buy it there, thats fine. But all other things being equal Epic is a better Store for my gaming tastes.
Shadari
6416
You can completely sign out of Steam friends and chat or you can go invisible. Heck, you can even play offline though that does tend to be flaky.
rei
6417
Just checked and you can’t go offline or invisible in Epic. Only Away or Online.
If you have no friends on Epic because you’re choosing to not engage with the “community” …
