• Poopfeast420@kbin.social
        91·
        11 months ago

        Were they? Their three releases since Saints Row 4 ten years ago weren’t that well received. It’s not like they were releasing smash hit after smash hit (lately). Maybe they killed themselves.

          • jedibob5@lemmy.worldEnglish
            81·
            11 months ago

            SR4 is where the series jumped the shark for me. Turning up all the wacky random insanity worked great for SR3 and helped it find a niche to differentiate itself from other GTA-likes, but trying the exact same thing again made it go from parody to farce. It was very obviously trying so hard to top SR3’s absurdity, but it just went so insanely overboard with it that I got desensitized to it, and it all came across as just plain stupid.

            And on top of that, they give you superhero powers that basically make using cars obsolete… in a GTA-like. The vehicle customization was one of the best systems of SR3, but they actively disincentivized using vehicles altogether in 4.

        • yamanii@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          Deep Silver was very problematic with completely unrealistic expectations and deadlines, Volition’s leadership was also complicit to not fight it too much, what the actual devs wanted to make was a SR 2.5 in tone.

          This channel is pretty good since he knows people inside but also doesn’t have his hands tied since he trashed the reboot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yawfVO4-_gM

    • sp6@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      I strongly dislike Epic as a company, but at least Heroic Games Launcher makes the experience tolerable. And free is free, but for anything paid, I’m always willing to pay extra to own on Steam/GOG instead

      • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
        62·
        11 months ago

        If you’re concerned about free games just pirate them. Same price and none of the Epic.

      • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        does HGL require the other game launchers to be installed or is it standalone? I’d rather not install epic launcher.

        • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          No, I’ve refused to install the Epic launcher but I’ve been able to install games I claimed through the website. Even been able to get them on my Steam Deck with a bit of work in desktop mode

      • Ab_intra@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        11 months ago

        I regret buying RDR2 there… It’s the only game I will ever buy there. But I got over 300 games there now so I cannot really complain 🤣

        • ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Same, i brought GoW and refund it after a day. Luckily i found a good deal for a Steam key later.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      Well you have to use Lemmy to reply to this post, so there’s always some requirements to a lot of things.

  • QubaXR@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    11 months ago

    I use Epic launcher for all my Unreal work, so I have it installed and open it daily. Still, I can’t be bothered to turn on the games store and redeem free games - while willingly paying for new ones on Steam. The UX is just that bad.

    (I assume some people may find value in it, all I’m saying is: it is not for me)

    • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I just redeem on the website and launch the games through Playnite. I rarely look at launchers at all.

  • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Another game on my want to play list that I would have paid like $8 for but now it’s free. Cool.