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The Outer Worlds w/ All DLC free until 26 Dec 2023 4PM UTC (store.epicgames.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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8AM PT, 11AM ET.

Can't beat the price of free. No parts of the game are missing, just for all of you patient folks.

Quick note: It is a remaster of the original game with the base game and the DLC expansions that were released for it, visual updates and a higher level cap and possible other tweaks. Some reports of stuttering and poor performance.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Or... Just claim the games and play them if you ever feel like it and don't if you don't?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, I think I've downloaded like 5 and actually started like 3 (and haven't put more than an hour on any). I've repurchaded far more games on Steam that I got free from Epic than I've actually played on EGS.

It takes like 30 sec of my time to click on the link and checkout on my phone. If it took much more than that, I wouldn't bother.

I don't know why I still bother. I guess somewhere deep down in my soul I think there's a chance EGS will stop sucking, and at that point I'll be glad to have the library. That hasn't happened in the year or two that I've been claiming games, but I still do it anyway. Eh, whatever.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's some really good games they gave through the years and if you use a library aggregator like Galaxy 2.0 or Playnite you basically don't notice what launcher it's on...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I just haven't gotten to it.

I use Linux, so the convenience of switching Proton versions through Steam is worth buying the game again in most cases. I could use Heroic launcher, but the interface isn't as nice and adding each game to Steam is tedious, especially on my Steam Deck (esp. since Steam has decent settings preconfigured in many cases).

So yeah, my laziness costs me some money. If EGS supported Linux, I'd probably buy some games from them. Likewise for GOG, but at least GOG has Linux builds of many games, so they occasionally get my money as well.