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*this will probably not work with the Steam version
Yeah, this seems to be using the Xbox play anywhere system. So people who have a PC and an Xbox have thier saves synced. I'm sure it will not work steam.
I still won't buy stuff there, but this is a far better way to make a storefront interesting than Epic. Instead of locking everything behind exclusive deals to try to force people to use your platform, they're adding actual meaningful benefits to using their storefront. Cross ownership is nice. Game pass is nice. That's how you provide competition.
i came to lemmy to escape the "fuck epic" circlejerk, thanks
Nothing about Lemmy would suggest people would like Epic anymore than any other place on the internet. Their exclusivity deals have the potential to upset anybody regardless of what website they post on, so while there's absolutely a degree of hivemind hatred, it's rooted in understandable reasons.
That being said, it's disingenuous of that person to imply that Epic never gives any good reasons to use the platform, the biggest being the waves of free games they put on "sale" from time to time, though you could go down another rabbit hole of whether thats really something that would make gamers want to use the platform, or if it's just a nice bonus people pop in to claim while still spending their money on Steam when it comes to actual purchases.
I wasn't being completely serious about leaving for lemmy for that one particular reason. However, one of the biggest problem I found with gaming spaces on "that site" was a variety of dumb circlejerks and tribalism, which is something I was hoping this site would be free of due to a perceived level of maturity. This includes "le epic sucks" discourse.
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean it's automatically a circle jerk. People do have valid reasons for not choosing to spend money on the epic platform.
It's hard to outrun that kind of human interaction anywhere that there are enough users and the anonymity of usernames, I do think it's not as bad on the Fediverse still, I hope it stays that way
Yeah. Epic games is actually good now
Free games aren't an interesting incentive?
Halo works fine for cross save. You will have to but the game on steam as well though
Oh it does? So you need two copies of the game, but cross save works on steam? That's actually kinda useful for folks with steam libraries and game pass.
Yeah, you just log in with your Microsoft account once you start the game.
Halo and other Xbox titles do. You would have to purchase it on steam but you'd still get access to your saves.
Fortunately, I have a Win11 boot drive for my Steam Deck.
How is the experience on that?
Been enjoying it! I think the only trouble I have is the single USB-C port, so if I want to have it hooked up to power AND access my USB-C SSD, I have to either hook up a dock or a 3-in-1 plug.
Only complaint is that it IS super heavy. Hard to hold for long term sessions.