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Blame Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:35am
Epic Online Services integrated into the game?
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Originally posted by Snutt:
The game utilizes epic online services for all online play. It's not technically IN the game I guess but it's the main way we establish connectivity between players.

You can boot the game in offline mode subsequently not connecting to eos albeit it's a bit iffy at the moment the way it works as you need to add parameters as a shortcut to the executable.

And yeah one thing to take into consideration also is that this game is made in Unreal Engine that's actively developed by Epic so there really is no way of getting around that.
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hellatze Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:36am 
Originally posted by Blame:
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no. epic games is epic games.

steam games is steam games.
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Wish Maker Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:37am 
Read the FAQ, it's merely a tool to allow cross play.
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Blame Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:40am 
Originally posted by hellatze:
Originally posted by Blame:
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no. epic games is epic games.

steam games is steam games.

"I do not recommend purchasing this game on Steam if your primary reason for purchasing it on Steam was to avoid Epic.

Epic Online Services is integrated with the game and means you can't avoid Epic with the game. I'm very torn. I want to support the game for finally being available on Steam, but, I do NOT want to support Epic at all. I'm currently trying to decide whether to request a refund or not due to it requiring integration with Epic.

This is a significant failing as it does not warn that it requires connecting to Epic's Online Services before purchase and you can not play without linking your steam account to Epic's servers. This is disappointing to me."

So this review is just false?
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Wish Maker Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:43am 
That review is incorrect, yes.
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EMCM Magellan Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:46am 
Originally posted by Blame:
Originally posted by hellatze:
no. epic games is epic games.

steam games is steam games.

"I do not recommend purchasing this game on Steam if your primary reason for purchasing it on Steam was to avoid Epic.

Epic Online Services is integrated with the game and means you can't avoid Epic with the game. I'm very torn. I want to support the game for finally being available on Steam, but, I do NOT want to support Epic at all. I'm currently trying to decide whether to request a refund or not due to it requiring integration with Epic.

This is a significant failing as it does not warn that it requires connecting to Epic's Online Services before purchase and you can not play without linking your steam account to Epic's servers. This is disappointing to me."

So this review is just false?

Easy way to find out who is telling you the truth for certain... block epic in your firewall... fire up the game... see what happens...
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Beric01 Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:47am 
Originally posted by System Senpai:
That review is incorrect, yes.

The review is correct. The game uses EOS even if you never crossplay with epic users.
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WSkD Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:52am 
Yeah the review or what it states at least is also what stops me to buy Satisfactory.
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CasaRomeo Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:55am 
Me too
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Cyr0 Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:57am 
Originally posted by hellatze:
Originally posted by Blame:
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no. epic games is epic games.

steam games is steam games.

Dont know what kind of point you want to make but it definetly doesnt answer the question of op.

Yes, Epic online Service is included in the code of the game, you can NOT play without it.

At the very start of the game you get asked if you want to log in with Steam and use EOS, or if you want to log in with your Epic account and use EOS.

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Cyr0 Jun 9, 2020 @ 10:58am 
Originally posted by System Senpai:
That review is incorrect, yes.

Your statement is incorrect, the review is correct.
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Witch ~ Jun 9, 2020 @ 11:04am 
great, and I just bought it :/

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Extraterrestial_Annie Jun 9, 2020 @ 11:14am 
Originally posted by Cyr0:
Originally posted by System Senpai:
That review is incorrect, yes.

Your statement is incorrect, the review is correct.

The review is correct about the game using EOS but if this is a problem due to person not wanting to "support Epic at all" that person will have to avoid all games that use Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine is developed by Epic. The review is in that sense wrong about EOS being the problem since EOS is actually free for developers, while for use of Unreal engine in commercial products, 5% of the product's price goes to Epic.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games here is a list of games that use UE, for those who wish to avoid supporting Epic at all.
Last edited by Extraterrestial_Annie; Jun 9, 2020 @ 11:16am
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Zefnoly Jun 9, 2020 @ 11:21am 
I support unreal engine. Just not their store or their store practices. So yes I don't have a problem buying unreal engine based games. Also I dont want to punish developers based on what engine they use. I'm glad they made it exclusive. Once I bought it here on steam like now I got 1 year worth of good updates thx to the freebie funding they got. I get the better product on steam in the end.

EOS is nothing more but steam ID identificator using your already public Steam ID to allow multiplayer to work between steam users/epic games users. Nothing more. Data collected is merely just what you do ingame. Which is common in many games. These devs where nice enough to even allow players to disable it.
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amok Jun 9, 2020 @ 11:26am 
Read this:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/526870/discussions/0/2299597907738984352/

Sticky on top, tells you all you need to know
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Cyr0 Jun 9, 2020 @ 11:40am 
Originally posted by Extraterrestial Annie:
Originally posted by Cyr0:

Your statement is incorrect, the review is correct.

The review is correct about the game using EOS but if this is a problem due to person not wanting to "support Epic at all" that person will have to avoid all games that use Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine is developed by Epic. The review is in that sense wrong about EOS being the problem since EOS is actually free for developers, while for use of Unreal engine in commercial products, 5% of the product's price goes to Epic.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games here is a list of games that use UE, for those who wish to avoid supporting Epic at all.

You could've stopped at "The review is correct [...]".
Because everything beyond that is unnecessary clutter.

The part of the review that was quoted was about EoS (an Epic-software) being in the game and a necessarity.
Not about any boycotts or "if you dont want to use this, then dont use X either".
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