• @[email protected]
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    222 years ago

    That’s what happens when you make a basic GUI in a freaking game engine.

    Yeah I know you want to demo your game engine, but I don’t need you to demo thermal throttling on my processor.

  • Lifted_lowered
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    MacBook Pro M2 Max feels lol, it’s got a lot of power in theory but almost no software puts it to use.

    • @[email protected]
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      I make use of my 16gb m1 by just never closing anything, ever. I have photoshop, 3 browsers, discord, and Shogun 2 total war open in the background. I feel like I’m getting my money’s worth this way.

    • @[email protected]
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      You are going to feel stupid when I tell you, but it’s the “Launcher” for “Epic Games”.

      I don’t game, but I installed it once to play around with Unreal Engine once. The meme is quite accurate.

      • TimeSquirrel
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        Back in my day we just double-clicked on executables or shortcuts to executables. I hate launcher bullshit that solves exactly zero problems with computing. Seen it pop up in non-game applications too.

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          I hate launcher bullshit that solves exactly zero problems with computing.

          It doesn’t matter when you have like 5 games, but when you start to get into the hundreds… A launcher that can filter, group, hide, etc games is nice.

  • anyonas
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    I expected they would put more money in it and actually make a worthy competitor… now it’s just another store.

      • @[email protected]
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        Maybe it has changed to better. I don’t have Epic Games, but a few years ago I went to a friend’s home and tested Epic Games and it forced you to stay online in order to be able to play. There was no offline mode like in Steam.

        I also have a subjective view. I really love the steam communities (uninvolved with Steam), workshop, Proton, Gamer communities. I feel that the approach of selling free candies that Epic Games has used it’s untrustworthy. And Epic Games communities look. All friends that I know that have Epic Games it’s because of the free candies, but nothing else. They don’t open Epic Games for anything else, they don’t talk on communities, etc.

        Both of them are companies, but it feels like steam cares more about its community and users.

        • @[email protected]
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          I personally have a launcher so things are neat and tidy instead of having a bunch of shortcuts on my desktop, that’s all, I never use the community features and wish I didn’t have to rely on a launcher for them when I need them. I much prefer finding answers to my questions on Gamefaqs forums than on Steam’s (because I find their forum works like crap).

      • @[email protected]
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        I think they really refer to the feeling it gives off. Like that uplay client you are forced to use even though you bought the Ubisoft game on steam. Epic just feels like a ball and chain.

  • @[email protected]
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    I know this is a meme but is it really that slow? Tried it like a years ago and I remember it being pretty slow for me.

    Is heroic games launcher a faster, lightweight, feature-rich alternative?

    • Mubelotix
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      Heroic is definitely faster. Though it’s buggy at times

    • LinkOpensChest.wav
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      I’ve never noticed it being slow. Steam takes longer to launch for me and constantly wants to run in the background and download updates.

      I don’t like either one tbh. Launchers are silly to me.

  • @[email protected]
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    Easy fix! Simply do not open the epic games launcher ever again (and uninstall it while you’re at it)

  • @[email protected]
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    I just use Playnite as the frontend for everything and Epic loads a lot faster when the actual client doesn’t need to fully kick up. Same for Steam, Ubisoft, EA etc.

        • BrutalPoseidon
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          Real question: how? What does epic games do? Is it privacy stuff? I’m out of the loop. I just get free games and gave a disposable email.

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            Pretty much just epic paying devs money in order to give away their game, almost directly buying them market share for their launcher. They will probably stop doing it some day. Or maybe they won’t.

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              Probably waiting to stop once their store hits a critical mass and repeat business

              Guessing that never happened and never will

              Steam has great prices, great sales, great features for the users

              GOG has a decent selection, is good with older games, and no DRM. That’s still an advantage

              Epic has…an ability to make you have to log in or update constantly? I don’t see the advantage over anything. I personally refuse to give them money for taking away store choice with exclusives

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              You mean… Giving devs money so they’re guaranteed an income instead of relying solely on the success or failure of their game which can be fairly random in some cases? Or the part where they keep a share of the profit much smaller than Steam?

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                Even if you accept the premise of your argument, what percentage of games do you think is getting that deal? It’s still sink or swim for the vast, vast majority of indie games in that case. I’m all for competition, I just don’t like that specific business practice.

              • ferret
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                Not sure what part of my comment you interpreted as dissing this business practice, or what the second half of your comment is even referring to as I never mentioned profit splitting, but you keep on waffling about epic. I am sure that will fix their launcher sucking dick.

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            Shitty business model. Exclusivity contracts. Haven’t heard about it much lately though so maybe they’re not pulling that crap as much now that they’re more established.

            • @[email protected]
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              Shitty business model

              Fortnite goes brrrrr

              They’ll keep doing whatever they can to get market share as long as it remains a money printer…

              They’re still giving away free games, though the name recognition of them has fallen.