does this require eos?

[Bruxel]

or is the eos only for cross platform play between launchers, I would love to play this game in co op with a friend but i dont want to buy it if i have to go through epic for their online services.

[umop-apisdn]

EOS is not the Epic Store, nor is it the Epic Launcher. You don't have to install anything, nor do you have to sign up for anything.

If you wanna hate on Epic, stop buying products that use the Unreal Engine; it has as much to do with Epic as EOS does.

[Tom Merge!]

We won't lie, we do have the fact we require EOS on our store page.

As of March of this year, Epic updated their guidelines so that if you want to publish a multiplayer game on their platform you need to have crossplay with other platforms you publish on. Using EOS was the most reliable way we could do this.

[Tachyon]

Another "Epic Panicker". It's a universal platform for leaderboards, crossplay, voice chat etc., used in many games. God knows why people freak out about it the way they do. There's no basis for it

[Dark70]

Originally posted by Tom Merge!:

We won't lie, we do have the fact we require EOS on our store page.

As of March of this year, Epic updated their guidelines so that if you want to publish a multiplayer game on their platform you need to have crossplay with other platforms you publish on. Using EOS was the most reliable way we could do this.

Ridiculous...

[Brullen]

At least its better then some games I got Returnal on steam when you Run the game it has you download like 3 other programs Which you dont need to play online/Singleplayer IT was the Playstation online system and Epic online launcher and some other crap was pissed I didn't even know This game required EOS until I read this I got no pop ups from it that I remember seeing

[Justincrediballs]

A lot of games have EOS for multiplayer purposes, it doesn't mean it needs the Epic launcher or an account with them.

Do you not play games with the Unreal Engine? That's also an Epic product.

[umop-apisdn]

Originally posted by Justincrediballs:

Do you not play games with the Unreal Engine? That's also an Epic product.

For that matter, this game is using the Unreal Engine.
Thinking that one Epic product is just fine and dandy while condemning other products by the same company is kinda like the perversity of lacto-ovo and/or pescatarian vegetarians, in all honesty.
"It's not okay to eat meat, but we can eat chicken embryos and steal milk from baby cows, and fish don't have feelings!"

[⭐Rodent⭐]

Originally posted by Tachyon:

Another "Epic Panicker". It's a universal platform for leaderboards, crossplay, voice chat etc., used in many games. God knows why people freak out about it the way they do. There's no basis for it

You are one of the devs right?

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by ⭐Rodent⭐:

Originally posted by Tachyon:

Another "Epic Panicker". It's a universal platform for leaderboards, crossplay, voice chat etc., used in many games. God knows why people freak out about it the way they do. There's no basis for it

You are one of the devs right?

No, just a gamer who owns other games that use EOS - Football Manager, for instance. It's quite common for people to confuse EOS with somehow being tied in to the actual Epic Games Launcher itself, it seems. There have been other threads about it. Here's a list of various games using EOS, some have been around several years or more, and I'd hazard a guess you already own some and have been playing them unawares...

https://steamdb.info/tech/SDK/EpicOnlineServices/