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this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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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.
just pirate at that point
Or... Just claim the games and play them if you ever feel like it and don't if you don't?
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.
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...
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meh, free is free.
Lol, based.
Way too big of a price to pay.
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Got excited until I realized it wasn’t the Outer Wilds…
Outer Worlds is a fun game. Outer Wilds is a game I won’t ever forget.
I avoided the dlc for ages because I couldn't see how it could top the main game. And then it did anyway.
It feels like a sequel honestly. Kind of incredible how many of the core mechanics from the base game they threw out in service of telling a new story differently.
Yeah I had to check 3 times whether I got the game right or not between the two.
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Another note: The "base game" on giveaway is the full game, don't buy the Add-on. That's for people to upgrade from the original+DLCs to the remaster, only useful when not on free giveaway.
Apparently this is the Spacer's Choice Edition. A remaster by another studio which some people don't like.
There's stuff on nexusmods which fixes it, but I don't know if they're any good.
Dangit, misread outer wilds... Thanks for the freebie heads up tho!
That's great! Thank you :)
I have been putting off playing the finale of the original edition on Steam until I could afford the DLC; I wonder if the Spacer's choice version on Epic will pick up my save as it's a new build?
Either way, thank again!
No problem! You can try making a new save on Epic, find the save file directories on both Steam and Epic then copy the Steam one over.
Oh fantastic, that's a great plan! I can't wait to try this :) Thanks again, loved playing the base game.
Your account is unable to download any more free games at this time, please wait 24 hours before trying to redeem a free game again.
~~That's lame if true. I hadn't logged into epic in almost 2 weeks.~~
Edit: VPN problem. Try turning it off if you get that error.
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