Epic Games Store now open!

[ic1male]

How quick is quick? The CDN is probably getting hammered on day one of sales but it maxes my paltry 70Mbits out.

 

[ic1male]

AFAIK today is the 1st duplicate in the epic store give away. Celeste.

It is. I’m not amused. I only get 11 Days of Christmas.

 

[ic1male]

Am I being thick, or is there no way to pay for more than one game in a single transaction?

I want to use my £10 coupon, but you have to buy something worth £14.99 or more... the Anno 1800 DLC I was interested in is £14.69, so I was trying to add something else to take it over the required amount, but seems like you can't.

You're correct but you can't use the coupons on DLC anyway.

 

[ic1male]

Kudos to Epic and Ubisoft for giving away AC Syndicate. Doubt I would have ever picked it up but it's a damn good play. Probably my third favourite now after the two mythology ones.

 

[ic1male]

Performance worst in games?

In borderless Windows Mode there will be a slight performance hit. That’s what Windows store games typically default to.

 

[ic1male]

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remastered coming to EGS! Yeah. Mmm. Whatever.

(September 4, 2020)

 

[ic1male]

I see that the next title is a "Mystery game" too, it tends to be a big name title when they bill it as a Mystery Game, so I wonder what the next one will be.

It's running for the duration of the "Mega Sale" so there are 3 or 4 more big titles to come. Control would be my preferred option.

 

[ic1male]

There's almost a month to go on these sale coupons so no need to rush. That's what I'm telling myself after looking at the amount I've spent on gaming this past fortnight.

 

[ic1male]

Hang on, what are the games coming up? I've missed that somewhere.

 

[ic1male]

Is control worth £13 ? i think my 1070 would struggle to run it at max settings at 1080p

Definitely worth £13. I've only got a 1070 but I'm planning on getting it. Just not on Epic. In 3 months time, it should be on Steam.

 

[ic1male]

Yea ive heard its on its way to steam. Probably wont be £13 on steam

No, I'm guessing it will get a 50% discount like other games that came across such as Metro Exodus, Borderlands 3 so £24.99.

 

[ic1male]

I've got quite a decent library of free games, and still not given them a penny. So from my point of view free has been free.

Same. Even that £10 voucher is not persuading me to buy anything. Now if there was something truly exclusive, say published by their own label that would never appear on Steam, then I might be tempted. But otherwise, I just play the waiting game.

 

[ic1male]

But yeah epic games will get us with those free games and make us pay.

That makes it sound like they will lock all those free games in your library they have given away and make you pay a monthly sub to play them. I don't think that would happen but the free games will come to an end at some point and then they may offer their own Game Pass service. I think Steam are actively looking at doing the same thing.

 

[ic1male]

@Efour What's "Game Center" as I haven't heard of that one?

 

[ic1male]

What's the latest with cloud saves on Epic Store games? Has it been rolled out to every single title on there now? I know it only started with a select few last year.

 

[ic1male]

are these the Borderlands goty editions?
I haven't played any of these, if I were to just play one then which one do people recommend?
perhaps the 1st for the start of the story, the 2nd for enhanced gameplay (just guessing)?

The Handsome Collection is the complete versions (incl. DLC) of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands The Pre-Sequel. Better off playing BL2 if you were to just do one.

 

[ic1male]

Pre sequel is crud, just play BL2, preferably in coop, its great.

And to demonstrate how divisive TPS is, I still think it's fantastic. The characters and their skills are a lot of fun to play, especially Wilhelm and Handsome Jack.

 

[ic1male]

trying BL2 but game keeps freezing, can't shut down the game and so have to restart pc. weird and annoying

BL2 is one of the most stable games I've ever played. Must be your gear, dude.

 

[ic1male]

Check the physx settings in BL2, these can sometimes cause problems.

Yeah don’t go above medium seems to be the consensus. I forgot about that.

 

[ic1male]

More info for the internetz to be annoyed about.

A Total War Saga: TROY will be released on the Epic Games Store on 13 August 2020 - and will be free to keep if claimed within the first 24 hours of release.

TROY will be an Epic exclusive for one year, and will be available on Steam on 13 August 2021. We know some of you might want more information on this decision so please read our blog about this:
https://www.totalwar.com/blog/a-total-war-saga-troy-on-epic-games-store/

https://www.totalwar.com/games/troy/troy-faq/