Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.
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Steam has made great strides in helping to make the gaming scene more consumer friendly. They constantly have sales, make refunds extremely easy (and in some cases have forced refunds), and are even now setting guidelines to battle passes and how you can't just advertise it as a battle pass and instead have to list whats in it. Epic hates consumers and their main business strategy is to force business by paying publishers to only release on their store.
It doesn't matter how good the game is, I'm not purchasing from a store that doesn't have the customer in mind.
Unless it's food. Cause then I would starve.
Nothing of this that you've described is related to the one specific game. I don't really like Epic Store because it has a shitty UI, but I like Alan Wake 2 enough to want to buy it on release. I don't want a personal crusade to stand in a way of me enjoying a great game. I don't give a shit, honestly, I will get my favorite games wherever they are available as long as it's on PC.
That's because I wasn't talking about my opinion of the game. I was talking about my opinions on the store. Crazy how I wouldn't bring up the game when the conversation is about the store. And that's okay. That's your choice. I really don't care. I was just offering some perspective that I thought was help and would benefit you and others. You know, how commenting typically works in platforms such as this.
Let me rephrase it for you. If the game i have the most hours in and I love the most suddenly became an epic exclusive I would never play it again.
And just to make you happy, I don't like Alan Wake, not my cup of tea.
Also the "one specific game" isnt even mentioned in the post?? That wasn't the point of the post??
Thank you for bringing me up to date on all the Epic Store hate opinions, not like I've read that a million times before. I'm glad you decided that the conversation was about the store when my original comment was about a game. Why are you changing the topic of discussion?
The "one specific game" wasn't mentioned, yes. Just to me it's pretty weird to make decisions on whether I like the game or not, based on the store and not the quality of the game itself. So I stated my opinion on that part specifically. You know, how commenting typically works in platforms such as this.