• JasSmith@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I’ve got so many amazing free games from Epic over the years. When I grew up I’d have to play the same shitty demos over and over again because I couldn’t afford full games. Now I have hundreds of high quality games for free. This is truly the golden age of gaming. Being a kid right now must be magical.

    As an aside, I grew up playing games like Jazz Jackrabbit, Epic Pinball, and Unreal. It’s so cool to see how they have continued to evolve. Especially the Unreal engine, which is basically witchcraft.

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    2 years ago

    I am fellow enjoyer of Subnautica, GTA V, Watch dogs, Control, Train Simulator, Elder Scroll Online

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    This is me every week. I have most of the free games in Steam so I’d rather play them there. And the ones I don’t, I can’t be bothered opening another launcher to play them.

    At this point I don’t know why I grab them.

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    So many people complain about epic and it’s launcher. Yeah, it’s not great but it works just fine and with all the free games you can claim, it’s just crazy not to have a account for it.

    Every week 1 to 2 games to claim and in December for like 2 weeks straight you get extra games to claim.

    Who cares it’s a repeat or a less good game, it’s free. Try it out and maybe you’ll find your next favorite game!

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      I fully agree. There was some controversy about exclusives, and I get it, but the drama was completely disproportional to the issue. It turns out that console fanboys have evolved into launcher fanboys. I’m grateful for free games and an amazing games engine.

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      2 years ago

      Their store is abhorrent to navigate last I tried it. And no Linux default client. A no from me. They don’t want me so they won’t have me.

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        2 years ago

        I totally agree. After all this time the store is still lacking very heavily.

        I’m going to give the heroic client a try, works great on my steam deck.

        I would just make a account and claim the free games through the website, their always on the frontpage to claim.

        But to each their own ofcourse.

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    2 years ago

    This is me most weeks. Thanks for the reminder to claim them this week. :D

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    There have been a few instances where I was excited for the free games that came out.

    One game they have given out a few times is called “Enter the Gungeon”

    This is one of the best roguelite games I’ve ever played. I have hundreds of hours in this game.

    Please play it for a while if you have not.

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        2 years ago

        Not sure if I got subnautica. There was a crpg series they gave away. I forget the name, but i was about the buy it on steam and recognized the artwork. I checked on Epic and sure enough I had the triology.