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zenguitarman posted:Why does EPS have some free game releases for Windows only even though there's a Mac release too? They had Shadow Tactics up the other day and I was like, oh sweet I've always wanted to give this a shot, but it was Windows only, and a couple days before that I grabbed Into The Breach, which they had for both Windows and Mac. It's because no-one uses a Mac, OP. 
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Go make music or art or whatever you man Mac people do
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Dec 30, 2019 18:05
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Coolguye posted:is anyone familiar with this game? it looks pretty sick but i'm kind of preoccupied right now, want to know if i should shuffle something around for it. It's alright. The exploration elements feel like a 90's dungeon crawler and the combat has a lot in common with the tower defense genre.
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Dec 30, 2019 18:17
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They know Mac users have money.
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Genpei Turtle posted:The VR port of Talos is good but it’s also the only VR title I’ve played that consistently makes me want to vomit. If you don’t get motion sickness though it’d be excellent. The main comment everyone throws out is that it's motion sickness-inducing but not why...Also that they abandoned updating it and that it's missing features the 2d version has at this point. Still on the fence about playing the port over the normal version. The only thing that gets me sick in VR is smooth turning for some reason. Being able to free spin in place ruins me, whereas I can spin around just as fast with no ill effect with snap turn..no clue why it's not the reverse like I'd expect.
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Dec 30, 2019 18:35
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also why doesn't egs give free games for ouya??
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zenguitarman posted:Why does EPS have some free game releases for Windows only even though there's a Mac release too? They had Shadow Tactics up the other day and I was like, oh sweet I've always wanted to give this a shot, but it was Windows only, and a couple days before that I grabbed Into The Breach, which they had for both Windows and Mac. the difference is whether or not the developer has made a mac port natively or if they are using Steam Play to make it happen. shadow tactics does not have a native mac build and only runs on mac because steam's tools make it easy. Magitek posted:It's alright. The exploration elements feel like a 90's dungeon crawler and the combat has a lot in common with the tower defense genre.
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zer0spunk posted:The main comment everyone throws out is that it's motion sickness-inducing but not why...Also that they abandoned updating it and that it's missing features the 2d version has at this point. Still on the fence about playing the port over the normal version. You get loading hitches regardless of your rig because the engine is so lovely. They're small, but over time the framerate fluctuations when you have no other point of references to focus on can cause severe vertigo in a lot of people.
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Dec 30, 2019 19:07
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zer0spunk posted:The only thing that gets me sick in VR is smooth turning for some reason. Being able to free spin in place ruins me, whereas I can spin around just as fast with no ill effect with snap turn..no clue why it's not the reverse like I'd expect. This is very normal. Smooth turning makes nearly everyone sick because your ears aren't matching the rotation. We're used to snap turning because it basically feels like a saccade.
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zer0spunk posted:The main comment everyone throws out is that it's motion sickness-inducing but not why...Also that they abandoned updating it and that it's missing features the 2d version has at this point. Still on the fence about playing the port over the normal version. If there are any features missing from the VR version I haven’t noticed them—granted I’ve only gotten about 25% of the way through the game though. The sliding movement in Talos is what kills me. It’s not turning since you have to physically do that yourself. If you use the teleportation option it’s a lot better but the game doesn’t feel as satisfying that way. I don’t know why it’s just Talos that does it because that same motion style in other games, e.g. The Mage’s Tale I’m perfectly fine with. The one advantage that VR Talos has is that precise placement of objects feels so much more natural than standard. I don’t know if that alone is worth it though.
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Coolguye posted:the difference is whether or not the developer has made a mac port natively or if they are using Steam Play to make it happen. shadow tactics does not have a native mac build and only runs on mac because steam's tools make it easy. Shadow Tactics is on the Mac App Store though, surely that's a native port? My guess is they might have outsourced the Mac port to another company and there's complications with licensing it.
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repiv posted:Shadow Tactics is on the Mac App Store though, surely that's a native port? oh probably then. i came to that conclusion by checking their store page and noting that the steam play emblem was on it, didn't bother to check the mac store.
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Could be a 32 bit issue. MGS claims Shadow Tactics has poor compatibility with recent OS and 32 bit only. https://www.macgamestore.com/product/6464/Shadow-Tactics-Blades-of-the-Shogun/
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Dec 31, 2019 04:10
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Looks like Darksiders 2 and Steep for tomorrow.
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I have Steep through Uplay and I don't even think it's worth bothering with. Also today is Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair, so the actually good one supposedly.
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wow did not think they’d give away Impossible Lair. Either it bombed or Epic is paying a lot for some of these freebies
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Barry Convex posted:wow did not think they’d give away Impossible Lair. Either it bombed or Epic is paying a lot for some of these freebies I'd put money on it bombed given how burned a lot of people were by Yooka Laylee.
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https://steamcharts.com/app/846870 it bombed pretty hard
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i played impossible lair and its a pretty solid dkc game. i guess i should say i didnt bother trying to 100% it and just played all the levels once, but it was fun enough for the time i spent with it
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njsykora posted:I'd put money on it bombed given how burned a lot of people were by Yooka Laylee. I liked the first game a lot, riiiiight up until it the first boss fight, where it started to reveal how bad the controls were and how hard the game was tuned. gently caress that.
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OgNar posted:Looks like Darksiders 2 and Steep for tomorrow. worth noting that these are weekly giveaways, not part of the 12 days event  some people assumed the 12 days would be the last freebies but apparently not
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Barry Convex posted:wow did not think they’d give away Impossible Lair. Either it bombed or Epic is paying a lot for some of these freebies There's something deeply ironic about the first Yooka-Laylee game having so many potshots at big evil corporations who buy out their competitors and then them turning around and partnering with Epic to promote their sequel.
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Dec 31, 2019 20:23
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both yooka games are on steam and gog as well tho
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repiv posted:worth noting that these are weekly giveaways, not part of the 12 days event I wouldn't be surprised if the giveaway program continues indefinitely but at a slowed pace; bi-weekly or monthly
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Sleeveless posted:There's something deeply ironic about the first Yooka-Laylee game having so many potshots at big evil corporations who buy out their competitors and then them turning around and partnering with Epic to promote their sequel. Grabbed by the Sweenies
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elf help book posted:I want the 2D Yooka-Laylee for free cuz I wanna try it but also hate the original I'm enjoying this game
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Magitek posted:I wouldn't be surprised if the giveaway program continues indefinitely but at a slowed pace; bi-weekly or monthly That was already the old pace
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Now that I’ve got 6 indie treasures on the epic game launcher that I haven’t installed yet, they have defeated Steam via capitalism
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Darksiders 1 & 2 (the remastered versions) and Steep are free on EGS now We're back to weekly giveaways now, these are available until the 9th
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I hope one day that EGS figures out how to do a shopping cart. Amazon music had that problem a long time ago, where if I wanted 3 songs from an album I had to make 3 transactions. My card was always blocking me for sketchy transactions. Luckily thats not the case here.
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Are those Darksiders games DRM-free, or will they require the Epic launcher to be running?
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PCGW says they are DRM free https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Darksiders_Warmastered_Edition#Availability https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Darksiders_II:_Deathinitive_Edition#Availability
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had them both on Steam for a while, but Darksiders I and II for free is a pretty great giveaway. I prefer the original (it doesn't aspire to be anything more than Zelda with God of War combat, and mostly does a good job of that). the sequel is unnecessarily bloated both in terms of length and extraneous RPG elements, but it's still worth playing if you liked the original
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EGS updated to show that For The King is the next giveaway so don't buy that in the next week. Never heard of it but the reviews look decent.
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New batch of Twitch Prime games is up already: Dandara Anarcute Kingdom: New Lands A Normal Lost Phone Splasher
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repiv posted:EGS updated to show that For The King is the next giveaway so don't buy that in the next week. Never heard of it but the reviews look decent. While i'm sure the gameplay is completely different, For the King looks remarkably like Ylands.
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