Re: Lies of P, Roboquest - First Thoughts

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:32:44 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
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   I enjoyed Remnant of the Ashes, which scratched that DS-with-guns
itch for me.  The upcoming Witchfire might have some of that quality too.

>
I'll have to check out RotA.  I saw something on Witchfire, looks
interesting, kind of like roboquest, but far more into the aesthetic I like.
>
There's a funny story about Witchfire in that it was originally released
as a full game on Epic as an exclusive, now that the year is up, it's in
early access on Steam!  :)

>
I think that really says it all about Epic Game Quality.

It's been frequently reported that many developers use Epic Game Store
as a sort of early-access release, one where they either get an
exclusivity bonus or where Epic takes less of a cut from the sales (or
both). But they consider the version that eventually gets sold on
Steam to be the "real" release; not only will it benefit from a year
of patches and user-feedback, but it's also where they actually make
money because sales on Epic are so low.

Which, I suppose, is a good way for developers to do things. If
somebody else wants to pay you while you beta-test, why not take them
up on it? But it does nothing to convince me to buy from Epic. I'm
happy to just wait it out until the final version finally makes it to
Steam or GOG.