Nintendo’s eShop is a mess. Because it puts the shovelware next to everything else.

Steam isn’t so bad. I rarely find it unless I’m in the dark recesses of a tag. And whenever im curious if what shovelware exists, I just visit indiegala.

I actually really like it. I can’t remember if I got the game for free or relatively cheap. But it scratched the itch that Elder Scrolls Online had. In other words, it fulfills the itch I used to have when I played WoW nonstop as a kid, while also being more “action-y”, and you can play it solo with hundreds of other people playing it solo.

I don’t remember if there was a subscription or microtransactions were aggressive. But I do remember spending 2 months straight just going around chopping wood.

I remember quitting it because there was nothing to really DO with that wood.

“I used to think EGS was a Marketing Black Hole,” the New Blood CEO said, “but turns out having your game be free on Epic is great advertising for Steam sales!” Alongside the boost in Steam sales, Blood West also saw a jump in console sales as well while it was free on Epic.

That’s incredible.

Oshry is far from the only developer to point out issues with the Epic Games Store. Just recently, in an interview with FRVR, Painkiller and Witchfire creator Adrian Chmielarz explained that Epic doesn’t feel like “home” to players, and that causes many to simply clock out, saying “EGS is a shop, and Steam is a community.”

I have a lot of free games on Epic. But when I want to play with my gaming group, we’re using Steam. It’s just where everybody is.

The nearest thing I can think of is State of Decay (currently SoD3), as there’s a zombie heart you have to destroy. That ends the spawning of new zombie hordes. But I don’t think you can ever bring the zombies down to zero, as they still spawn.

CEO came on stage wearing a “Make FPS great again” hat.

Double downs on it.

Now this.

That’s great to hear! I’ve been itching for a survival crafting game and every one of them seems geared towards co-op.

Me and Ubisoft.

I got the games for free but I’m still bitter.

I bought GamePass just for Outer Worlds because everyone pointing out that’s it’s from the team that made “New Vegas”.

I played it for a few hours and dropped it.

It wasn’t bad. It just wasn’t good. And absolutely not preorder good.

I’ve never heard of CWA. Would be nice to get them really emailing/connecting the right people.

I feel like I read articles like this every few years. And outside of the folding proteins “game”, I rarely see them get mainstream appeal and contribution.

In more positive news, I do see a lot of open-source projects, run by volunteers, get public contributions, which tells me people do want to help.

Why not both?

I’ve been pretty impressed with the Oblivion Remastered of putting a brand new skin on old tech. I want to play FF8

And honestly, I like FF7 remake. It was a love letter to PS1 fans.

The same issue with all the Stardew Valley killers, even if they try not to.

It’s a super toxic category constantly being compared.

This might come off as being a old gamer, but I feel like they’ve been saying this about AAA games since 2000s.

Sure, 90% of them will play it super safe. But there’s always 1 AAA game that breaks the mold and suddenly, the AAA games will follow that. Or imitate whatever indie game is doing with a higher budget.

They know I use Linux and that means they know too much

Is this real? Did I just not get far enough?

Absolutely. My disappointment is owning a NES and buying a game based on me playing it at the arcade.

I chortled.

Kind of frustrating because I liked Ori, which I felt was a beautiful piece of art. Only to find out this guy is a edge lord.

I finally created a discord account a few months ago because I wanted to connect with a indie developer.

Now I’m in like 15 different discord groups. And I can see WHY they do this. Not that it makes any sense.

This is why more games should openly embrace modding.

A “we’re legally not allowed to do this gameplay mechanic” writeup and let the community unofficially provide it.