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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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[–] Emerica@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Pretty much everything really. It’s basically a store and that’s it, no cool features that Steam has. They may have achievements now but not positive. Think it took two years just for them to add a shopping cart. They dump money on developers to release exclusively on Epic instead of spending it making a good experience for customers. No reviews, no forums, no workshop etc.

I grab the free games they offer every couple weeks and use Heroic to play them, not touching their launcher.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

not to mention steam's:

screenshot manager

community card trading

friends & chat

easy to join small muliplayer (friends can just send you a button that launches the game and joins them instantly)

highly customisable profiles

tools & soundtracks

achievemnts

and so much more that can be simply small little fun

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

SteamVR is great also, provides a native VR system that Epic doesn't have

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t forget: Ability to see your library on the website

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago

This is huge for me

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

They do have achievements, yeah. Not much else though.