this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
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Its to prevent piracy thats why and also to prevent modders from adding mods
Piracy? The game is free?!
People will still steal it to avoid using the Epic store
Source: Me
That's what HGL is for
What is HGL?
Is that like Fitgirl? Empress/Codex?
Heroic Games Launcher. Let's you download/manage/launch games from Epic, GoG, Amazon, etc. without having first-party launchers installed.
They don't want pirates removing the slot machine monetization from their game for children.