I'm genuinely shocked how much Epic poured into the store and it still lacks so much basic features. Sorting games is still extremely barebones, store is filled with NFT/crypto garbage, the store still looks like a college student's first front-end project, and last time I used the launcher to pick up free games (last year), it was still slow as hell. What were they doing in the past 5 years aside from dropping millions on exclusivity deals?

Epic is going to have to prioritize the store and try some new initiatives while also doubling down on earning pivotal exclusives if it is going to have a chance. I also hope other viable competitors arrive.

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[–] ramsgrl909@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

There was a point I tried to switch to Epic, just to try it out - it is so unbelievably slow & oddly hard to find and organize my own games. They NEED to start putting $$ into the UI otherwise all those free games are for nothing if idetest opening the client itself.

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Using Junk Store on my Steam Deck (and redeeming free games on the mobile website) to completely avoid the Epic Launcher 😎

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Please tell me more about this Junk Store, I'd been using Heroic for Epic games but it's been a bit dodgy recently

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure, it's a plugin through Decky. It allows you to log in to Epic and it displays your library in its separate window, allowing you to install them as Non-Steam Games. It's quite easy

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've not used Decky before, it always seemed like one of those things that needed constant tinkering. Is it still a bit bleeding edge or has it reached the "it just works" stage yet?

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Decky itself is fine, some plugins are buggy. If you install it and Junk-Store, you should be fine with no problems. I run like a dozen plugins and I only ever had problems with the UI customization ones: css, and animation changer. I uninstalled those and it's all passive now.

I've only had problems with one game from Epic. The rest worked just fine with no tweaks

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Cheers, I'll give it a go if Heroic is still not working the next time I try to use it

[–] HoofHearted@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And the fact that they are a multi squillion dollar company suggests they know what the fuck.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 4 points 2 months ago

They don't have a chance. Steam and gog not only don't suck, they're actually nice to use.

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