Counterpoint:
Epic Games Store
meh, free is free.
Lol, based.
True. I have 237 games claimed on there, but only 14 have over an hour play time. $0 spent on that store.
just pirate at that point
Or... Just claim the games and play them if you ever feel like it and don't if you don't?
Yup, I think I've downloaded like 5 and actually started like 3 (and haven't put more than an hour on any). I've repurchaded far more games on Steam that I got free from Epic than I've actually played on EGS.
It takes like 30 sec of my time to click on the link and checkout on my phone. If it took much more than that, I wouldn't bother.
I don't know why I still bother. I guess somewhere deep down in my soul I think there's a chance EGS will stop sucking, and at that point I'll be glad to have the library. That hasn't happened in the year or two that I've been claiming games, but I still do it anyway. Eh, whatever.
There's some really good games they gave through the years and if you use a library aggregator like Galaxy 2.0 or Playnite you basically don't notice what launcher it's on...
Yeah, I just haven't gotten to it.
I use Linux, so the convenience of switching Proton versions through Steam is worth buying the game again in most cases. I could use Heroic launcher, but the interface isn't as nice and adding each game to Steam is tedious, especially on my Steam Deck (esp. since Steam has decent settings preconfigured in many cases).
So yeah, my laziness costs me some money. If EGS supported Linux, I'd probably buy some games from them. Likewise for GOG, but at least GOG has Linux builds of many games, so they occasionally get my money as well.
It's such a waste of time and sanity to have to keep up with claiming.
Opening an app and clicking claim is a risk to your sanity? You may want to talk to someone.
You don't have to claim them. Nobody does. But people can claim it if they want to and that's alright.
No one said it wasn't, I'm just voicing that it's completely worthless to claim these licenses for games on a store like this.
Way too big of a price to pay.
Oh fuck off you big baby, we don't need people like you in every discussion about free games on EGS, we get it, you're mad that someone dared stand up to Gaben and his monopoly, go bitch somewhere else and let people enjoy the free games.
you’re mad that someone dared stand up to Gaben and his monopoly
And you can tell that by how much they complain(ed) about Itch, GoG, Desura, and other competitors, right?
Yup, EGS doesn't get a pass for sucking just because it's an underdog. The store experience sucks, the company behind it actively avoids supporting the Steam Deck (valid business reasons imo, but it still sucks), and they have stupid exclusives that just delay when I get to play games on my platform of choice.
EGS sucking doesn't make Steam good, it just means EGS sucks.
While GOG's client kinda sucks, it's better than EGS and their games are DRM-free. So I'll give them a pass on their client kinda sucking and not porting to my preferred platform, Linux. I'd just GOG in a heartbeat if they gave half as much attention to Linux as Steam (I don't want much, just officially endorse Heroic and/or port Galaxy).
They sure do bitch about EA and Ubisoft having their own launcher!
Funny that the services you mentioned don't try to play in the exact same playground as Steam, contrary to EGS.
Those stores don't challenge the monopoly, so they don't trigger anyone. They get praised but you'll have a hard time finding anyone who regularly uses them, let alone as their main gaming platform.
You're mad that someone dared stand up to Gaben and his monopoly
You mean Tim Sweeny, the guy preaching about monopolistic practices while directing his company to take anticompetitive actions in a thinly-veiled attempt to take away consumers' choice of storefront and create his own monopoly?
It's more morally acceptable to pirate games than take free games off Epic Games Store. At least in the former case, I'm not supporting their campaign by being a statistic they can boast about.
Actually if you hated EGS so much you should take these free games. Each free game costs them money.
EGS isn't paying per download, they're paying the developer an upfront cost to make the game a free offer regardless of how many copies get downloaded.
Um... No, I'd bitch about it being on Steam too. I just like actually owning my games.
Also, wow, fucking chill, dude...
It's DRM-free on Epic.
So it doesn't require the EGS Launcher? It doesn't require any form of Internet connection to install, launch, or play?
With all due respect, if the answer is "it does" to either one of those questions, then that's still a very strong form of DRM.
You sad excuse of a human being
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It's free
Got excited until I realized it wasn’t the Outer Wilds…
Outer Worlds is a fun game. Outer Wilds is a game I won’t ever forget.
I avoided the dlc for ages because I couldn't see how it could top the main game. And then it did anyway.
It feels like a sequel honestly. Kind of incredible how many of the core mechanics from the base game they threw out in service of telling a new story differently.
Yeah I had to check 3 times whether I got the game right or not between the two.
Another note: The "base game" on giveaway is the full game, don't buy the Add-on. That's for people to upgrade from the original+DLCs to the remaster, only useful when not on free giveaway.
Apparently this is the Spacer's Choice Edition. A remaster by another studio which some people don't like.
There's stuff on nexusmods which fixes it, but I don't know if they're any good.
Dangit, misread outer wilds... Thanks for the freebie heads up tho!
Anyone have tips for getting through the checkout process on Firefox? There are a bunch of CORS violations that I don't want to simply disable CORS to bypass.
https://github.com/vogler/free-games-claimer maybe could help? haven't tried this myself.
Though as always, think twice before running random github code where you'll be providing your EGS login info.
I've had trouble with Firefox on a few sites now. PSN is another, and some random bookshop too.
Nothing is tested with it. I'll use it for general browsing, but if I'm spending money, I feel like Chrome is a safer option so it doesn't snag on anything.
The web standards are now "do what Chrome does because we're not testing in anything else"
What is cors
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
Basically, it's a browser feature that prevents access to third party sites unless the third party explicitly opts in. This helps prevent certain types of XSS attacks, crypto-mining attacks, DOS attacks, etc.
Essentially, let's say you load epicgames.com, and the page tries to access steampowered.com for some reason. The browser then asks steampowered.com if it's allowed to access it from epicgames.com, and if not, it blocks the request. This means steampowered.com needs explicit support or that browser will bail.
CORS isn't super complicated, but browser implementations can vary so if a page doesn't make the request properly or the server isn't configured correctly, the browser will bail on the request. That's what's happening to Firefox, and usually it's the third party server that's at fault.
Works fine for me, and I've done it from Android and Linux. I have a handful of extensions, the most relevant is uBlock Origin. If you have more, consider disabling those in case something is tampering with the request.
Then again, it could just be the server being borked and you'll need to wait and try again. Maybe try from a different device? (e.g. your phone or PC)
I remember having that issue, and I think waiting was the only solution. Kinda sucks though since it's a 24-hour deal.
That's great! Thank you :)
I have been putting off playing the finale of the original edition on Steam until I could afford the DLC; I wonder if the Spacer's choice version on Epic will pick up my save as it's a new build?
Either way, thank again!
No problem! You can try making a new save on Epic, find the save file directories on both Steam and Epic then copy the Steam one over.
Oh fantastic, that's a great plan! I can't wait to try this :) Thanks again, loved playing the base game.
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