Epic games has a 25% off voucher. Not as good as last years $$$ cash voucher. Voucher applies automatically in cart.
Cyberpunk 2077 (now playable) on a reliable platform for $33.74 (CdKeys was cheaper… but its cdkeys)
God of War also $33.74. - https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/god-of-war
Horizon Zero Dawn $18.54 - https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/horizon-zero-dawn-comple…
sure maybe… but they give us lots of free games - no one that gives me free (sometimes decent free) stuff is going to get dissed by me.
Steam might be a good platform… but this is OzB, I'm not going to pay a premium just for that
Steam - tbh - has not improved materially in years… they survived their early near death with half life 2, opened the appstore for games and have mostly lived on the largest library.
Competition is important, and I now have more games in Epic (free yes) than in Steam… so I use both now.
Epic games does have a lot of improvements to make, but it is making them and content creators get a bigger cut which I like… plus Epic had the resolve to take on Apple monopoly on in app purchases… so I have respect for taking a huge $$$ hit to make the market more competitive for everyone.
I like on Epic that if you don't have enough disk space to download & patch a big game it will just re-download the entire patched files overwriting the existing ones. It's a nice QoL feature.
Steam downloads the patch to a 2nd drive you have setup for Steam library then tries to apply it directly to the drive with low space and it fails. Instead of keeping the patch files on that 2nd drive it instantly deletes them then it queues it back up for download again. Wastes a lot of bandwidth.
What do you want from your platform?
1) Downloads game fast. ✅
2) Plays game. ✅
3) Offers game at good price ✅
Competition is always healthy for the consumer. Also, developers are able to make a higher profit selling via Epic. So win win win.
Apparently if it doesn't have Steam trading cards & a forum for each game it's worthless and literally unusable.
Some people really drink the Steam koolaid too much. I've used Steam since the counterstrike 1.6 launch and it's had a bumpy ride to get to where it is today, I still think the Steam client has a lot of problems with how it's designed.
I'm fine buying games on whatever launcher offers the best price, they all download & play the games no worries for me.
I am fine with it just being a tool to launch a game, they don't need to inject all those community features in since that stuff is on Steam anyway it'd just fragment things more to have a game forum on Epic, EA, Uplay, Humble Store & wherever else happens to sell that game.
It was slightly cheaper ($20.85 AUD) from Voidu during the Black Friday period with a discount code. $2 isn't worth worrying about for anyone who actually wants the game though.
It was also on the Rockstar launcher - I don’t mind multiple stores but Rockstar doesn’t exactly have a big library to justify its own launcher
Then you're SoL because all versions of RD2 on PC (including Epic/Steam) require the Rockstar launcher to use lol.
how do you get the 25% off? I see God of Wars as A$44.97.
I was wondering about this as well and then I found this link: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/coupons/holiday-sale
Login with your account and you should be able to claim the coupon.
Should be applied automatically at checkout
yep it did, thanks!
Final Fanatasy VII Remake Intergrade - $49.14 down from $114.95
I actually paid the full price knowing full well I won't play it any time soon. So, just wanted to support them to bring more games to PC.
![[PC, Epic] With 25% off Voucher: Cyberpunk 2077 $33.75, God of War $33.75, Horizon Zero Dawn $18.54 @ Epic Games](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/09/745509.jpg?h=93850dd1)
epic games is still ass.
After all the cash they have and time that has passed it still looks the same as day 1.
id rather pay extra to get this on Steam