Epic Games Store now open!

Alan1969 · 16 Jan 2020 at 12:13

Malevolence said:
You do realise which thread you're posting in, right? This thread is about Epic, not other key sites. And besides, The Division 2 isn't even on Steam.

you get games at a good price from where ever you can. I imagine that there are others like me that now have accounts at: GOG; EPIC; & Steam, and sometimes buy the games from other retailers to play on them accounts.

I got an EPIC account to play Pheonix Point (the xcom type game that has come out on EPIC first).

Game · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:25

Malevolence said:
How so? I only paid £9.99 for the Ultimate Edition on Epic over Christmas.

think mine was 2 weeks before

should have added played it over Christmas uplay was £17 ish I think at the time

NZXT30 · 13 Feb 2020 at 12:02

Tim Sweeney elevated to bro status.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney condemns loot boxes, says game companies should 'divorce themselves from politics

https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-ceo-ti...nies-should-divorce-themselves-from-politics/

Emlyn_Dewar · 13 Feb 2020 at 12:46

I'm not exactly Epic's biggest fan, but he's saying all the right things.
The clarification, more so. Stop hindering creators.

varkanoid · 13 Feb 2020 at 12:47

Alan1969 said:
you get games at a good price from where ever you can. I imagine that there are others like me that now have accounts at: GOG; EPIC; & Steam, and sometimes buy the games from other retailers to play on them accounts.

I got an EPIC account to play Pheonix Point (the xcom type game that has come out on EPIC first).

This is also now out on Xbox Game Pass for PC and I`m glad it is as it only cost me £1 to play it and glad I didnt pay full price for it as it quickly gets samey.

bigmike20vt · 13 Feb 2020 at 12:55

NZXT30 said:
Tim Sweeney elevated to bro status.

https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-ceo-ti...nies-should-divorce-themselves-from-politics/

Its a nice sound bite but in the past he has also stated that "An Open PC Ecosystem is a Vibrant One"

Words are cheap however if it turns out that epic store does not allow any games on it with loot boxes then I will believe he means what he is saying and not just spouting brown stuff.

Alan1969 · 13 Feb 2020 at 16:16

varkanoid said:
This is also now out on Xbox Game Pass for PC and I`m glad it is as it only cost me £1 to play it and glad I didnt pay full price for it as it quickly gets samey.

I got a few xbox game pass keys - from buying AMD a few months ago. Its a pity that I bought Pheonix point on EPIC now.

breadturbo · 13 Feb 2020 at 16:59

Kingdom Come Deliverance id free on it right now apparently, I don't have it installed so cannot check.

uncle_rufus · 13 Feb 2020 at 17:35

NZXT30 said:
Tim Sweeney elevated to bro status.

https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-ceo-ti...nies-should-divorce-themselves-from-politics/

Lol that was good for a chuckle, I might look up and watch the whole keynote...

"the industry needs to move away from a 'customer adverserial model' to maintain trust of its audience"

Didn't he also make this big point when EGS launched about how he felt that being the best distribution platform was entirely about appealing to the developers with his 88/12 thing and that justified not trying to do things for the sake of the actual customers buying the games. Seems pretty adverserial...

"I think we will see more publishers move away from lootboxes"

Well duh... regulators and policymakers have started taking an interest in, and cracking down on lootboxes in the last half a year or so, and several of the larger companies have already started dropping them. What brilliant insight

He's then critical of Facebook and Google for trying to force people to pay for their services and the loss of freedom that entails. So... sort of like grabbing up much desired exclusives to force people onto your platform, taking away their freedom to choose where to buy and play their games?

And then goes on to say we should get politics out of gaming because divisiveness is a bad thing in the industry... whilst also being at the helm of the company trying to willfully cause the biggest divide they can by bringing hard exclusivity to the PC?

He's either trolling (yet again) or deluded :rolleyes:

Random Guy Esq. · 13 Feb 2020 at 20:38

uncle_rufus said:
Lol that was good for a chuckle, I might look up and watch the whole keynote...

"the industry needs to move away from a 'customer adverserial model' to maintain trust of its audience"

Didn't he also make this big point when EGS launched about how he felt that being the best distribution platform was entirely about appealing to the developers with his 88/12 thing and that justified not trying to do things for the sake of the actual customers buying the games. Seems pretty adverserial...

"I think we will see more publishers move away from lootboxes"

Well duh... regulators and policymakers have started taking an interest in, and cracking down on lootboxes in the last half a year or so, and several of the larger companies have already started dropping them. What brilliant insight

He's then critical of Facebook and Google for trying to force people to pay for their services and the loss of freedom that entails. So... sort of like grabbing up much desired exclusives to force people onto your platform, taking away their freedom to choose where to buy and play their games?

And then goes on to say we should get politics out of gaming because divisiveness is a bad thing in the industry... whilst also being at the helm of the company trying to willfully cause the biggest divide they can by bringing hard exclusivity to the PC?

He's either trolling (yet again) or deluded

Very much this. Oh and in relation to his problem with FB and Google stealing your privacy, let's not forget the huge data breaches Epic have overseen. And will he still be backing that creative freedom of expression, should someone take aim at the Chinese govt? I think not.

Dave85 · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:27

Downloading World war Z at 1.9mbps what a pitiful terrible game store. Running some speedtests and downloads on steam uses my full 350mb connection no issues. What a crappy store that deserves to fail.

TonTom · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:38

World War Z for free couldn’t say no.

imginy · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:51

Dave85 said:
Downloading World war Z at 1.9mbps what a pitiful terrible game store. Running some speedtests and downloads on steam uses my full 350mb connection no issues. What a crappy store that deserves to fail.

Me and my friend have been playing borderlands together me on epic, him on steam.

He keeps disconnecting every time steam goes down last few days, where as epic has been staying online.

Most websites are limiting data now.

McPhee · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:58

It was fine for me last week when I downloaded a load of games (new 4TB HDD). Not sure what the actual download speed was, but overall install time ran circles round Steam (which spent a whole night allocating disc space for ~25 games).

As above, could well be the volume of traffic. WWZ is a pretty big giveaway, and an awful lot of people are now confined to their houses.

Nikumba · 29 Mar 2020 at 22:43

Just started to use Epic store properly and I am shocked in 2020 the client doesn't have a way to limit download limit, having to use Netlimiter to do it

imginy · 30 Mar 2020 at 00:04

Nikumba said:
Just started to use Epic store properly and I am shocked in 2020 the client doesn't have a way to limit download limit, having to use Netlimiter to do it

That's pretty bad they don't include one, I hadn't actually noticed until you said.

The only things I don't like is the fps counter and the game reviews.

fantasticCG · 30 Mar 2020 at 07:58

Do people have preferences installing metro exodus from the epic store or from xbox game pass?

Are there any plus or minuses?

Lord-Jaffa · 30 Mar 2020 at 09:14

Dave85 said:
Downloading World war Z at 1.9mbps what a pitiful terrible game store. Running some speedtests and downloads on steam uses my full 350mb connection no issues. What a crappy store that deserves to fail.

So just uninstall it and stop crying about it then?

imginy · 30 Mar 2020 at 11:17

fantasticCG said:
Do people have preferences installing metro exodus from the epic store or from xbox game pass?

Are there any plus or minuses?

The problem with game pass games is they don't install like a normal game. Normally performance is slightly worse on the store versions and also you can't modify any files like installing mods or fixing issues your self.

Also I think games are not permanant on the game pass they might be here today gone tomorrow.

I always get it on epic if I have a choice.

m4cc45 · 30 Mar 2020 at 15:24

Game Pass is more like a library with the games being shuffled every now and again. Some games go (and they give you normally adequate warning) and new games replace them. It does frustrate me that some of the configs aren't available (i.e. Brothers: A tale of two sons) but the more feedback we give them I'm sure it will come.

You can still buy games like you would traditionally with Steam or Epic.

M.