Game “While true: learn()” for free in Epic Store

Re:Game “While true: learn()” for free in Epic Store by SturgeonsLaw on Friday December 03, 2021 @05:23PM (#29436376)

Are you sure that doesn't just reflect a familiarity with Steam more than anything? Because imo Steam has a dog of a UI. Everything is tiny and doesn't scale well on high DPI, common options are buried in menus, or several hyperlinks deep (eg; installing a mod, joining your friend's active game), the video controls are fiddly, management of your friends list is painful.

Most long term Steam users know its quirks by now, but if both Steam and Epic games store were launched today, in their current state, Steam would struggle to get traction.

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Re:Game “While true: learn()” for free in Epic Store by spywaregorilla on Friday December 03, 2021 @05:36PM (#29436489)

Nah epic game store has many huge and obvious flaws.

The reviews interface is just links to other websites with little aggregate data. The library does this thing where it greys out uninstalled games making it really hard to identify them. It crashes a lot. The social features aren't as well developed.

Steam's not perfect but it's surely superior. Though I would gladly pay for a game on epic over steam if only because epic has given me so much great shit

Enter the Gungeon, Control, Nioh, Alien Isolation, Darkest Dungeon, Europa, etc.

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Re:Game “While true: learn()” for free in Epic Store by Arrath on Friday December 03, 2021 @06:00PM (#29436699)

The Epic Game Store (at least, the program, I dunno about the web interface) doesn't even have _a shopping cart_, you have to buy things individually. No amount of years of Steam ecosystem buy-in are making me say this out of favoritism or familiarity.

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