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The Epic Games store/browser is awful. I have bought one (insanely discounted) game on it and get all the free games, because i like to collect videogames. But

The Epic Games store/browser is awful. I have bought one (insanely discounted) game on it and get all the free games, because i like to collect videogames. But i almost never play them, because the application is super slow. Steam has absolutely the best application, then (with a huge enormous gap) comes Gog, Amazon, Xbox, EA, Ubisoft and Epic at the rock bottom. I don't use Blizzards program, so i can't judge on that one.

kgwxd 7mo ago
> i like to collect videogames Starting thinking of it as collection licenses to maybe install games, assuming the license is still valid when you finally get around to playing it. And your account is still valid. And the servers are still running. And your operating system will still run it. etc. Maybe just get off the train. Your numbers add to the awful business model these games are built on.
- daedrdev 7mo ago
  What do you think these game companies should do instead? The license lets you make your own copies on your own devices while preventing stealing by people who might make a copy and then resell, which would absolutely happen if allowed.
- tsimionescu 7mo ago
  The majority of games on Gog offer fully offline installers, where the copy you download is enough to run forever (assuming Windows and hardware compatibility, of coruse).
- ijk 7mo ago
  Which is GOG's selling point, versus Steam.
  - throwatdem12311 7mo ago
    Everything is DRM free and they provide offline installers. They are also proactive in making sure the games they sell run on modern systems.
- b3lvedere 7mo ago
  You are absolutely right that they are just licenses and there always be a risk i cannot download or play the games anymore because of some decision. In that perspective Gog is absolutely the best. No doubt about that. But so far, Steam has been really good to/for me.
tombert 7mo ago
Just a note, on Linux at least, if you use the Heroic Launcher, you can get your games from the Epic store without using their awful launcher. You can just run the games through Heroic, which I find less irritating.
Imustaskforhelp 7mo ago
This reminds me that one of the first blog posts I ever wrote was about how incredibly bad/shitty Epic games is epic games doesn't know how to implement oauth (rant) : https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/epic-games-doesnt-know-how-to-implement-oauth-rant/ https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/epic-games-doesnt-know...
mzajc 7mo ago
> then (with a huge enormous gap) comes Gog My favourite thing about GOG is that it uniquely does not demand that you install their software, instead letting you download installers straight from the website. They're not fake netinstallers either, which doubles as a guarantee that I keep all of my games even if GOG goes bankrupt/bans my account/wipes my library/etc.
- malfist 7mo ago
  I was going to say that too. The other day I got annoyed by GoG's app constantly harassing me about updates that I just uninstalled it. All my games are still installed and still work.
- b3lvedere 7mo ago
  That's true. There is indeed absolutely no need to use Gog Galaxy.
kergonath 7mo ago
> I don't use Blizzards program, so i can't judge on that one. It’s… fine. Unnecessary, if you ask me, but ok. OTOH, it is on a completely different scale compared to Steam and GOG. I am sure it would be a disaster otherwise, it really is not designed for that.
Shorel 7mo ago
> But i almost never play them, because the application is super slow. And people say C++ is dead and everything must be done in Electron because developers are expensive and computers are cheap. This here, is the reason performance matters and fast development time is not always the answer if the competition is strong and their product is high quality. (Rust and friends are also good solutions.)
- abnercoimbre 7mo ago
  Hear, hear!

kgwxd 7mo ago

> i like to collect videogames Starting thinking of it as collection licenses to maybe install games, assuming the license is still valid when you finally get around to playing it. And your account is still valid. And the servers are still running. And your operating system will still run it. etc. Maybe just get off the train. Your numbers add to the awful business model these games are built on.

daedrdev 7mo ago
What do you think these game companies should do instead? The license lets you make your own copies on your own devices while preventing stealing by people who might make a copy and then resell, which would absolutely happen if allowed.
tsimionescu 7mo ago
The majority of games on Gog offer fully offline installers, where the copy you download is enough to run forever (assuming Windows and hardware compatibility, of coruse).
ijk 7mo ago
Which is GOG's selling point, versus Steam.
- throwatdem12311 7mo ago
  Everything is DRM free and they provide offline installers. They are also proactive in making sure the games they sell run on modern systems.
b3lvedere 7mo ago
You are absolutely right that they are just licenses and there always be a risk i cannot download or play the games anymore because of some decision. In that perspective Gog is absolutely the best. No doubt about that. But so far, Steam has been really good to/for me.

tombert 7mo ago

Just a note, on Linux at least, if you use the Heroic Launcher, you can get your games from the Epic store without using their awful launcher. You can just run the games through Heroic, which I find less irritating.

Imustaskforhelp 7mo ago

This reminds me that one of the first blog posts I ever wrote was about how incredibly bad/shitty Epic games is epic games doesn't know how to implement oauth (rant) : https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/epic-games-doesnt-know-how-to-implement-oauth-rant/ https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/epic-games-doesnt-know...

mzajc 7mo ago

> then (with a huge enormous gap) comes Gog My favourite thing about GOG is that it uniquely does not demand that you install their software, instead letting you download installers straight from the website. They're not fake netinstallers either, which doubles as a guarantee that I keep all of my games even if GOG goes bankrupt/bans my account/wipes my library/etc.

malfist 7mo ago
I was going to say that too. The other day I got annoyed by GoG's app constantly harassing me about updates that I just uninstalled it. All my games are still installed and still work.
b3lvedere 7mo ago
That's true. There is indeed absolutely no need to use Gog Galaxy.

kergonath 7mo ago

> I don't use Blizzards program, so i can't judge on that one. It’s… fine. Unnecessary, if you ask me, but ok. OTOH, it is on a completely different scale compared to Steam and GOG. I am sure it would be a disaster otherwise, it really is not designed for that.

Shorel 7mo ago

> But i almost never play them, because the application is super slow. And people say C++ is dead and everything must be done in Electron because developers are expensive and computers are cheap. This here, is the reason performance matters and fast development time is not always the answer if the competition is strong and their product is high quality. (Rust and friends are also good solutions.)

abnercoimbre 7mo ago
Hear, hear!