Have Game on Epic - Can I also buy on Steam

[Endymion]

Hi,
bought the game on the Epic Store when it came out and played it a bit.

Now, for personal reasons, I cannot access my Epic Account. If I buy it here on steam again, will I be able to play it or will the Rockstar Social Garbage Club say "Yo, You can't, cause you already have that game linked with me"?
Thanks for feedback.

[psykoteky]

You have gta5 (if screenshots existing is enough proof). This means your steam account is already linked to a social club account. Can you properly log into and play gta5? If so, you'll likely have no issue with rdr2. When I purchased rdr2 (had gta5 for years) - it didn't even ask. It just straight registered rdr2 to my linked social club account and off I went.

If you can't log in/play gta5 due to account already linked/social club credential problems.. that's a much larger issue.

If your steam account, is/was linked to the same social club account that epic games was linked to - you should still have no problems playing (though, possibly could if rdr2 is still installed via egs - but that's a different problem).

Gta5 is considered 3 different copies if you had a R*, steam, and egs version - all on pc - tied to 1 social club account. I imagine, that rdr2 will behave the same way.

When in doubt, can ask R*, or maybe someone with that exact experience will chime in.

edit - Gta5 was mentioned with other things that could be/cause issue. Not just the complaint of R* saying you already own it. Some people have multiple accounts, etc.

[Endymion]

Thanks but not sure why you're talking about GTA5. ^^

But yes, my Steam is linked. I just want to know if there will be issues when I buy RDR2 on steam - since I already have a copy which was linked from Epic GS. In my mind that should not be an issue, since I am giving money again to R*

I submitted a ticket to R* but maybe someone has a similar situation

[Kuroneko]

Buying a 2nd Copy of the game is possible so long as you make sure to setup the E-Mail you want to use for the 2nd one & & don't setup an easy Password, make sure to keep backup information on a Paper & not on the PC, for safety reasons incase you ever get a virus or get hacked while you are online in any websites that could potentially install hidden stuff that records your information.

[Endymion]

Originally posted by Kuroneko:

Buying a 2nd Copy of the game is possible so long as you make sure to setup the E-Mail you want to use for the 2nd one & & don't setup an easy Password, make sure to keep backup information on a Paper & not on the PC, for safety reasons incase you ever get a virus or get hacked while you are online in any websites that could potentially install hidden stuff that records your information.

... what? That's not helpful: You basically saying Yes you can buy the game as long as you have a good password. ...nonsense. *sigh*

I know I can buy the game here again. The question is whether or not the Social Club will cause issues, since I already have a copy of the game linked to it from Epic Games. Why is that so hard to understand? R* support replied also with a standard template about GTA V... for whatever reason.

Guess I buy the game and do a refund if it does not work.