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I think it’s worth noting how hostile Epic’s app store is to its customers. They force you to use it to launch games you’ve already purchased from them, which
by adwi 6y ago
I think it’s worth noting how hostile Epic’s app store is to its customers.
They force you to use it to launch games you’ve already purchased from them, which just means you have to waste processor cycles to wade through a grip of their blaring ads (and can only imagine the data they’re collecting/monetizing from this)
Pure enter through the gift shop.
The dark patterns are egregious as well; a tech-savvy friend bought a game from them so we could multiplayer. I got a call from him 20 minutes later because he was unable to find the game he just purchased, even the transaction went through and it was downloaded.
Turns out they had a “feature” hidden in the preferences that was enabled by default to hide the library of your purchased games from the navigation menu.
- ornitorrincos 6y agoI have never experienced that, and I use it since it was purely for the unreal engine, could you provide more details? I'm curious. For what its worth, the game store sucks and the ue4 assets store works better, which probably shows where their attention is on
- syspec 6y agoBut the GPs anecdote shows where their intent is. They are not virtuous advocates for consumers.
- MarioMan 6y agoStrange that that's an option. Looks like some sort of legacy option so Unreal Engine devs don't have to deal with the store. Image of the option: https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/epic-games-store-c73/launcher-support-c82/what-do-i-do-if-there-are-games-missing-from-my-epic-games-launcher-library-a3322 https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/epic-games-store-c73/la...