What's everyone up to

[Absimiliard]

I mean epic created unreal engine so are you seriously avoiding every title that uses that as well ( and that's A LOT of gaming titles) cuz if not you are giving them money that way

Luckily for me, there aren't many games on Unreal Engine I like. The only ones that spring to mind are the Borderlands games, the Batman: Arkham series, and the two Darksiders games on it. Other than those, I've mostly stayed away. More the point I'm making is that I try to avoid giving them money if I can, not that I absolutely won't. A fun game is a fun game, although I do absolutely refuse to use the Epic Launcher. If something is exclusive to it, then I'm just not playing it.

[Avoidy]

I went to bed and then woke up and went to work. For me it's like the game hasn't even been down.

[Myrany]

Working on crochet amigurumi patterns for a book I plan to self publish.

[Deo14]

I mean epic created unreal engine so are you seriously avoiding every title that uses that as well ( and that's A LOT of gaming titles) cuz if not you are giving them money that way

It's understandable that devs want to use great engine with amazing documentation for mere 5% of their revenue (assuming game even makes 1M, if not, you don't even need to pay royalties).

On the other side, if devs choose to make their game Epic launcher exclusive to get better split than on Steam, you know their greed overpowered their good intentions. Players do not want to use Epic launcher, that's simple fact. Shitty user experience a spyware allegations aside, it's much more comfy to have everything on your steam account.

But you see much less exclusives nowadays, since most devs realized that better split isn't really better if people won't bother buying it in first place. Some people even resort to pirating only because they despise Epic launcher so much.

In the end, Steam offers so much more discoverability and advertisement, so their split isn't really that bad as some devs claim.

[Mcg55ss]

It's understandable that devs want to use great engine with amazing documentation for mere 5% of their revenue (assuming game even makes 1M, if not, you don't even need to pay royalties).

On the other side, if devs choose to make their game Epic launcher exclusive to get better split than on Steam, you know their greed overpowered their good intentions. Players do not want to use Epic launcher, that's simple fact. Shitty user experience a spyware allegations aside, it's much more comfy to have everything on your steam account.

But you see much less exclusives nowadays, since most devs realized that better split isn't really better if people won't bother buying it in first place. Some people even resort to pirating only because they despise Epic launcher so much.

In the end, Steam offers so much more discoverability and advertisement, so their split isn't really that bad as some devs claim.

30% lowering if certain milestones are hit vs 12% also 5% royalty fee is waives is waives on using unreal engine. Also the spyware thing is funny at this point as most pcs have some form of google, Facebook and most phone apps have some form of it. People are weird when it comes to launchers I understand but epic isn't terrible now Ubisoft

[Deo14]

30% lowering if certain milestones are hit vs 12% also 5% royalty fee is waives is waives on using unreal engine. Also the spyware thing is funny at this point as most pcs have some form of google, Facebook and most phone apps have some form of it. People are weird when it comes to launchers I understand but epic isn't terrible now Ubisoft

Epic launcher is terrible since players simply do not want to use it, same for Ubisoft and other launchers, spyware is just a bonus. It's so much more convenient to have everything on steam, but main problem are the exclusives. Nobody is banning devs from releasing both on Steam and Epic, but every one knows that nobody will buy it on epic, so exclusives are only way to redirect some traffic to it. It's simply anti-consumer practice, there are reasons why r/fuckepic exists. As for Ubisoft, they're garbage too but at least they gave up and are crawling back to Steam after few years.

It's unfortunate that terrible company owns actually amazing product, which is Unreal Engine.

Here I found some examples why people hate on Epic:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/co...ou_personally/

[TaleraRistain]

Stranger of Paradise. Just started it. Just watched the infamous 'bullshit' cutscene. I..wow, I have a hard time believing that wasn't meant to be purposely cringy. The combat is fun though, the story is intentionally confusing, so we'll see where it goes.

I heard that that game is supposed to be taken straight and I just can't believe that. I think they're trolling everyone when they say that. It was so off the wall and I loved every minute of that silly game.

To the OP, work. I peek here when I have a program running.

[DayHealer]

I went to bed and then woke up and went to work. For me it's like the game hasn't even been down.

This is how any normal person could answer tbh

[DiaDeem]

Wait, the game was down??

Well... I was working for most of that time, then I played a League game (because I hate myself) and then napped.

[Renalt]

My internet is down so I've been playing Evil Within 2 or watching movies I've forgotten I have saved on one of my many external drives.