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Saints Row – free to keep today on Epic Games Store (store.epicgames.com)
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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 29 points 10 months ago

RIP Volition

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

They didn't die, they were killed.

[-] jedibob5@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

"People die when they are killed."

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Allegedly!

[-] Poopfeast420@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Were they? Their three releases since Saints Row 4 ten years ago weren't that well received. It's not like they were releasing smash hit after smash hit (lately). Maybe they killed themselves.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 10 months ago

And even SR4 had a bit of a divide between people who really liked it and those who saw it as a $60 DLC for SR3.

[-] jedibob5@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

SR4 is where the series jumped the shark for me. Turning up all the wacky random insanity worked great for SR3 and helped it find a niche to differentiate itself from other GTA-likes, but trying the exact same thing again made it go from parody to farce. It was very obviously trying so hard to top SR3's absurdity, but it just went so insanely overboard with it that I got desensitized to it, and it all came across as just plain stupid.

And on top of that, they give you superhero powers that basically make using cars obsolete... in a GTA-like. The vehicle customization was one of the best systems of SR3, but they actively disincentivized using vehicles altogether in 4.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Deep Silver was very problematic with completely unrealistic expectations and deadlines, Volition's leadership was also complicit to not fight it too much, what the actual devs wanted to make was a SR 2.5 in tone.

This channel is pretty good since he knows people inside but also doesn't have his hands tied since he trashed the reboot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yawfVO4-_gM

[-] crsu@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Yeah but then I'd have to use the Epic Games Store

[-] sp6@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

I strongly dislike Epic as a company, but at least Heroic Games Launcher makes the experience tolerable. And free is free, but for anything paid, I'm always willing to pay extra to own on Steam/GOG instead

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 7 points 10 months ago

If you’re concerned about free games just pirate them. Same price and none of the Epic.

[-] grayhaze@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

"If you're concerned about paying for something, just steal it."

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 0 points 10 months ago

If you’re concerned about getting something for free instead of paying for it, pirate it.

Piracy isn’t theft, it is copyright infringement.

[-] grayhaze@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Aside from semantics, both are crimes with the same outcome.

[-] Ab_intra@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I regret buying RDR2 there.. It's the only game I will ever buy there. But I got over 300 games there now so I cannot really complain 🤣

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Same, i brought GoW and refund it after a day. Luckily i found a good deal for a Steam key later.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

does HGL require the other game launchers to be installed or is it standalone? I'd rather not install epic launcher.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

No, I've refused to install the Epic launcher but I've been able to install games I claimed through the website. Even been able to get them on my Steam Deck with a bit of work in desktop mode

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 0 points 10 months ago

I just launch the games from the .exe directly and it doesn't need the launcher.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Well you have to use Lemmy to reply to this post, so there's always some requirements to a lot of things.

[-] QubaXR@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use Epic launcher for all my Unreal work, so I have it installed and open it daily. Still, I can't be bothered to turn on the games store and redeem free games - while willingly paying for new ones on Steam. The UX is just that bad.

(I assume some people may find value in it, all I'm saying is: it is not for me)

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I just redeem on the website and launch the games through Playnite. I rarely look at launchers at all.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Same. Every Thursday I check the website for the released game that week and if it's good I claim. Playnite ftw.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Was that the shit reboot Saints Row? Probably missed it for the better

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Shit. Missed it.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Another game on my want to play list that I would have paid like $8 for but now it's free. Cool.

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