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Shame I won’t be able to play it as it’s only on the epic game store, which I refuse to use

• kevingadd 3y ago
  The console versions are quite good
  • squidsoup 3y ago
    I usually can't stand playing anything at 30fps, but the combat and pacing are deliberately slow in Alan Wake II, and I've been surprised how little it has bothered me (quality mode on PS5).
• eddythompson80 3y ago
  why?
  • p1necone 3y ago
    Not OP, but after getting used to Steam and GOG I don't really want to use anything that doesn't have text reviews.
    • eddythompson80 3y ago
      That's fair, as it's your preference. It's my preference too to use steam just because it's where I have the most games and I like keeping things tidy and in 1 place. Though it's not an ideological stance, which "refuse" leads me to believe. I'm genuinely curious about the reason an adult would take that position. Last time I asked (a couple of years ago) on Reddit I didn't get, ummm, mature responses. If there is a game I'm interested in, I'd use whatever is cheaper/available for it.
      • shinymark 3y ago
        I agree with you. I want to play Alan Wake 2 on PC and since it is only sold on the Epic Store I will buy it there. If it was on Steam I would have likely bought it on Steam. But it’s not. So in my case at least, this exclusive is effectively driving me to buy on the Epic Store. I find it sort of funny that many (not all) complaints about the Epic Store are the same things gamers complained about when Steam was released 20 years ago.
        • 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
          I think it is only fair to compare the Epic vs modern Steam. That Steam had the same issues 20 years ago, is kind of irrelevant if expectations have risen.
      • rstat1 3y ago
        My reason for refusing to give the Epic store money is pretty simple: Paid exclusives are bullshit. Especially when they're used as fodder to promote "competition", when such things are anything but.
        • eddythompson80 3y ago
          That’s fair. I view it as just business. It certainly doesn’t affect me or any consumer. It only affects Valve, which I don’t care about. Maybe valve should pay developers more. Epic takes far less than steam does from developers, so I definitely understand the appeal to developers.
          • rstat1 3y ago
            It does effect you. Its a reduction of choice that benefits no one. And since there's a vastly bigger audience on Steam vs the Epic Store, I don't really think that split matters as much as people would have you believe.
          • therouwboat 3y ago
            It does affect some consumers, without valve and proton, I would probably not be playing many games.
            • zirgs 3y ago
              Proton works for non-steam games too.
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          • scbrg 3y ago
            > It certainly doesn’t affect me or any consumer. $ ./EpicInstaller-15.17.1.msi bash: ./EpicInstaller-15.17.1.msi: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error Turns out Epic doesn't work on my platform of choice. Apparently it does affect me. Certainly.
  • ben-schaaf 3y ago
    Not OP, but because EPIC is anti-linux.
  • katbyte 3y ago
    Same reason I don’t want to have a half dozen streaming providers. I don’t want to have a bunch of different stores and launchers with different games on each. Plus it’s a terrible store front from all I’ve heard and I do not wish to support it