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World of Goo 2 released [buy from website, devs get 100% of the earnings] (worldofgoo2.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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Why is it on Epic and not on Steam?

World of Goo 2 would not exist if Epic had not helped us fund the game! We were able to hire artists and engineers for multiple years to help us build the biggest game we've ever made. We're grateful for this! You've likely seen similar arrangements with other games, and I imagine ours is comparable.

If you don't use Epic, that's ok. You can always get World of Goo 2 right here on this page, DRM-free, for Win / Mac / Linux. Just scroll up there. And if you have a Nintendo Switch, you can get it on the eShop directly on your device.

But I want to play it on my heavy computer that's strapped to my face and sprays pixels into my eyeballs.

Someone in Chapter 4 wants to have a conversation with you.

How did you fit so much goo into this game?

Computers have come a long way in the last 16 years!

I used to play the original World of Goo when I was a kid. Will this make me feel like a kid again?

You might be able to visit for a while.

I missed you, World of Goo!

We hope you will love it as much as we've loved building and discovering this new world! You can read our first interview about the game here.

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website -4 points 3 months ago (20 children)

The epic hate is tiresome. It sounds like they functioned as a publisher here, providing long term funding of development prior to release. The game isn't exclusive and has no DRM, I see no downside to this. Stop hopping on bandwagons of hate and enjoy your games people.

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There is a downside. The best looking option - the developer website option - comes without regional pricing. This makes it the worst option for many.

People like having stuff on their Steam account because there is a value to that. Other people should stop acting like it doesn't matter.

Letting Fortnite money fund some developer is only good for that developer (and for some time), not the industry.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's DRM free. Pirate it and add an external game to Steam if the other options are unappealing to you.

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I doubt devs meant that side of "woohoo our game is DRM free". Even if that would be fine by me, you can see they are missing a lot. Cool if the developer got so much money they don't care about sales. But that could mean they also don't care much about user satisfaction or feedback.

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