8AM PT, 11AM ET.

Can’t beat the price of free. No parts of the game are missing, just for all of you patient folks.

Quick note: It is a remaster of the original game with the base game and the DLC expansions that were released for it, visual updates and a higher level cap and possible other tweaks. Some reports of stuttering and poor performance.

    • RentlarOP
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      True. I have 237 games claimed on there, but only 14 have over an hour play time. $0 spent on that store.

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            Yup, I think I’ve downloaded like 5 and actually started like 3 (and haven’t put more than an hour on any). I’ve repurchaded far more games on Steam that I got free from Epic than I’ve actually played on EGS.

            It takes like 30 sec of my time to click on the link and checkout on my phone. If it took much more than that, I wouldn’t bother.

            I don’t know why I still bother. I guess somewhere deep down in my soul I think there’s a chance EGS will stop sucking, and at that point I’ll be glad to have the library. That hasn’t happened in the year or two that I’ve been claiming games, but I still do it anyway. Eh, whatever.

            • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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              56 months ago

              There’s some really good games they gave through the years and if you use a library aggregator like Galaxy 2.0 or Playnite you basically don’t notice what launcher it’s on…

              • Yeah, I just haven’t gotten to it.

                I use Linux, so the convenience of switching Proton versions through Steam is worth buying the game again in most cases. I could use Heroic launcher, but the interface isn’t as nice and adding each game to Steam is tedious, especially on my Steam Deck (esp. since Steam has decent settings preconfigured in many cases).

                So yeah, my laziness costs me some money. If EGS supported Linux, I’d probably buy some games from them. Likewise for GOG, but at least GOG has Linux builds of many games, so they occasionally get my money as well.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      Oh fuck off you big baby, we don’t need people like you in every discussion about free games on EGS, we get it, you’re mad that someone dared stand up to Gaben and his monopoly, go bitch somewhere else and let people enjoy the free games.

      • @sparr@lemmy.world
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        286 months ago

        you’re mad that someone dared stand up to Gaben and his monopoly

        And you can tell that by how much they complain(ed) about Itch, GoG, Desura, and other competitors, right?

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          Yup, EGS doesn’t get a pass for sucking just because it’s an underdog. The store experience sucks, the company behind it actively avoids supporting the Steam Deck (valid business reasons imo, but it still sucks), and they have stupid exclusives that just delay when I get to play games on my platform of choice.

          EGS sucking doesn’t make Steam good, it just means EGS sucks.

          While GOG’s client kinda sucks, it’s better than EGS and their games are DRM-free. So I’ll give them a pass on their client kinda sucking and not porting to my preferred platform, Linux. I’d just GOG in a heartbeat if they gave half as much attention to Linux as Steam (I don’t want much, just officially endorse Heroic and/or port Galaxy).

          • JokeDeity
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            I keep my fingers crossed that one day GoG Galaxy will be given a developer or two instead of a single untrained monkey. I like the concept, I like some of the features and love that I can view all my libraries in one place, but man it’s so janky and there’s no support from the company at all and they don’t fix issues or work on anything new for it and what they do add is done at a glacial pace.

            • Meanwhile, Valve keeps rolling out new features, such as:

              • unified shopping cart - love it! I can add games on mobile and review on my PC
              • private games - doesn’t benefit me, but I guess it’s cool
              • separate gift and personal purchases in one transaction - I often buy a bunch of games at once and send some to my wife/kids
              • proton, Steam input, year end review, etc

              Sometimes it’s pretty stagnant, but overall it gets way more attention than any other client. All GOG needs to do is get like 5 full-time devs and Galaxy would be a much better client. They have the money (Witcher, Cyberpunk, etc), they just need to improve their client so people actually want to use it.

        • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          46 months ago

          They sure do bitch about EA and Ubisoft having their own launcher!

          Funny that the services you mentioned don’t try to play in the exact same playground as Steam, contrary to EGS.

        • @Rose@lemmy.world
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          Those stores don’t challenge the monopoly, so they don’t trigger anyone. They get praised but you’ll have a hard time finding anyone who regularly uses them, let alone as their main gaming platform.

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        You’re mad that someone dared stand up to Gaben and his monopoly

        You mean Tim Sweeny, the guy preaching about monopolistic practices while directing his company to take anticompetitive actions in a thinly-veiled attempt to take away consumers’ choice of storefront and create his own monopoly?

        It’s more morally acceptable to pirate games than take free games off Epic Games Store. At least in the former case, I’m not supporting their campaign by being a statistic they can boast about.

        • MrScottyTay
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          56 months ago

          Actually if you hated EGS so much you should take these free games. Each free game costs them money.

          • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            56 months ago

            EGS isn’t paying per download, they’re paying the developer an upfront cost to make the game a free offer regardless of how many copies get downloaded.

            • MrScottyTay
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              16 months ago

              I stand corrected then if that’s the case. But also if more people download them (even if they don’t play them or buy on the store elsewhere) then they are likely to make more deals and spend more money :p

                • MrScottyTay
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                  16 months ago

                  Yeah, but are you really active if you’re not even playing them. You’re just a number on some stats sheets for the store itself. I personally have no gripes with EGS myself, by the way. I’m just playing devil’s advocate on why even claiming the free games could become detrimental to EGS if you are one more inclined to want it’s downfall.

          • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            16 months ago

            Sure, give them your data instead of just pirating the game. It’s free either way. Except one way you don’t have to give them data on your life.

            • MrScottyTay
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              16 months ago

              They only get what you give though. Plus I feel like the whole “oh no they’ll get my data” arguments for a lot of things pretty weak. Being one that briefly used to work in data science and adtech. They don’t know you personally, you’re just in a cohort of similar people. You’re not individually identifiable. Which is fine by me. I’d rather get given targeted ads (when they’re not blocked) than the absolute wild west of a mess ads were in the 90s and early 00s.

              • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                But you could just… not. Installing their software on your machine gives them file system access, soooo… maybe just pirate and get the game for free just the same.

      • @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted
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        Um… No, I’d bitch about it being on Steam too. I just like actually owning my games.

        Also, wow, fucking chill, dude…

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            So it doesn’t require the EGS Launcher? It doesn’t require any form of Internet connection to install, launch, or play?

            With all due respect, if the answer is “it does” to either one of those questions, then that’s still a very strong form of DRM.

            • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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              I mean, you’re stuck playing on consoles with version 1.0 if that’s your criteria so I don’t know why we should care about your opinion of PC launchers.

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        16 months ago

        I was almost with you until you said that dumb shit in the second half.