Honestly I know people here are against Epic, but Google Play is such garbage that I welcome the epic store on Android.
I guess it makes sense, seeing as they’ve perfected the desktop experience.
Right in the nuts
chef’s kiss
Epic about to introduce absolutely pieces of shit crappy third party launchers even on mobile.
Jesus, I was downloading and installing packages earlier for unreal 5.4 and it basically bricks my pc until the install is finished. Infuriating.
I have well over 300 games on Epic Games Store. I have played zero. I don’t know why I keep getting the free games every week, but Steam is where I keep buying. Eventually, I’ll play something on there.
I’m the same way but use heroic games launcher even on windows if that is what you run. Its lite on CPU and you have access to epic gog and epic. if you like the games you played then by them on steam then.
Heroic works great on my steamdeck, too. How I’ve played several games from gog or free epic games on it.
I rigged up origin on the SD before there was an easier implementation to do it, though. That was like a 94 step nightmare, but Assasins Creed Black Flag runs great.
I’m counting on Linux support becoming better. Although I guess Heroic Games Launcher is almost there already.
I played Prey because I got it free from there, never would have otherwise, but I’m never even giving them my card details
Also as someone else said, heroic launcher is good if you don’t want to use Epic’s horrible launcher
I got Control for free, then I bought the DLC for it in there.
I only ever played hades which I bought for €5 when it was still €15 or more on steam. But even them I just added it as a 3rd party game to steam lol.
Don’t buy on steam, you can use other vendors and just use steam. Don’t feed the beast
Judging by the downvotes, people really don’t like being told not to use our favourite DRM, huh… anyway, the reason people buy on Steam is for all the features and functions. Other than personal controller configs, most will not work with non-Steam games. Family Sharing, Remote Play, Workshop, premade controller configs, achievements, playtime, and any social features. Of course if you don’t use any of these, then supporting a smaller store is great!
I still use steam it is the best no doubt but my concern is everybody spending money there. Steam does not require you buying game from them. You can buy steam codes all over internet.
My thesis is to decentralize your purchases while still using steam. I still buy some games there but smaller devs will sell codes direct so that’s my preferred route. For AAA shite, i will do gray market codes because fuck them.
Gamestop sells codes too.
Steam return policy is good though to check games out, so something to keep in mind.
Fuck epic
Store exclusives are coming to mobile :/
Cue the space man gun meme.
It always was store exclusives.
As a gamer for over 40 years, I don’t play games on my phone. I find it boring, monotonous, and repetitive, along with the ads, gatcha mechanics, and whatever trash they’re pushing. If I want to play a game, I’ll use my desktop or Switch.
I play shattered dungeon.
Game boy emulators.
TIC-80 and PICO8 games.
Native android Final Fantasy VI.
There are some good options for phone gaming.
Yeah, what we really needed in this world was Epic Games doing anything ever.
Has this not been a thing for a while? What app do I have on my phone?
“Also why does Google search keep taking me to random crypto sites?”
No seriously I had to install an Epic Games app to get Fortnite on Android a while back.
Have I seriously had a virus on my phone this whole time? Am I that dense?
That’s the real official thing. But today the journo heard it for the first time.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a launcher before and they’re releasing a “Store” now that Google and Apple have been slapped with anti-trust lawsuits. I think your best bet would be asking the folks at the Epic forums.
Did a little research and it looks like that’s exactly what it was, just an app that existed to update the few first party titles they had
TLDR: you can get it from the url http://epic.download
Looks like it only has Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League on there for now
I don’t remember the last time i played a game on my phone tbh
The bastards actually built what looks to be a nice platform. I can’t wait to install a different launcher for every app on my phone!
Better to have competition than relying on the same launcher for every app. Monopolies are convinient but actually really bad for you.
Yes but here’s the thing. I bought my iPhone because it’s damn simple. I don’t like spending time on my phone, simple is efficient. I’m envisioning a future where I have a folder full of wallet apps because every debit/credit card institution creates their own. All circumventing the privacy restrictions Apple forces on their AppStore. Truly the consumer has lost in this situation. If I didn’t want to use the AppStore - I would have bought a different phone.
Just STFU man
Oh whoopsie, I didn’t see your opinion police badge.
And is paying to have a game exclusively on your store good? Remember: Most people use Steam for the features it has (arguably whether necessary or not). Remember when it used to scan your Steam friend list file? Or the fact that it took three years for a shopping cart? Or the fact that the UI looks barebones? Oh, and Goat Simulator 3 was paid for as a temporary exclusive, and they were like, “Yeah, add it as a non-Steam game🤷♂️”? Or the fact that when someone hacks your account, you can send all the proof you want, but they say, “Nah, fuck you,” while Steam does a better job? I can say that because, even if not directly, I helped someone recover their account with a simple email screenshot and receipt of a payment. Competition is good if you offer something better, and no, “free games” are not something better. People are even complaining about them because they don’t give away AAA games but only “garbage” or repetitive ones.
That’s the normal user base you get in their https://lemmy.world/comment/11811952 collect and never play
Ahahahahah downvoted for facts lol at least is all available online what I say. The truth hurts
For what it’s worth - I think I agree with you. But your message rambles on and never makes a concise point. That’s most likely why the downvotes. You can always ask a LLM to tidy it up for you next time.
Edit: LLM = Large language model.
LLM? The point is to never use something so inferior. It’s not a good competitor, it only ruined the gaming industry on pc
Only for EU iPhones, right?
Yup. Worldwide on Android but only EU on iPhone.
Maybe the EU will eventually extend these rules to the iPad. I’ve already tried installing from the epic website and the process is not that bad.
Oh nice, Fall Guys comes to mobile.
Not even joking, if they honor their cut rates for Unreal Engine from the PC Store this will be very big.
Unreal Engine is pretty good value for money already. You can make quite a large amount of money as an indie Dev before you have to give them any cut.
