The game was acclaimed and beloved by virtually everyone who played it, and it’s only becoming profitable now? Is it too simplistic to say that a normal release across multiple storefronts, namely Steam, would have made it profitable in a matter of months?
I genuinely keep forgetting the game exists. An article like this one will pop up from time to time, and only then will I remember about it. Epic is a black hole.
An excellent game that was undercut by their exclusivity deal with Epic
Which is why I haven’t played it. Epic will never see my credit card number. I’d throw money after the game on GOG or Steam, and I think there are quite a few of us.
can’t wait for it to hit steam so I can play!
It’s not happening, this is more than just a publishing deal - Epic financed the game’s development and they’re not going to budge.
Just pirate it at this point if you’re so adamant about refusing to install the Epic launcher. The game is too good to rob yourself of the chance to play it over trying to make a point to Tim Sweeney.
Really hope control 2 doesn’t have this problem
eh, maybe I will pirate it and then buy it at a discount on console or something. I just do my best to not give money to wrong companies.
To be honest I cared more about rewarding Remedy for their creation than holding a grudge against Epic. But then again I’m a bit of an odd duck around these parts. I don’t even refuse to use an app if it isn’t FOSS. Hell, I don’t even run Linux these days.
At the end of the day though I just found Alan Wake 2 to be one of my favourite gaming experiences so it makes me sad whenever I see people refuse to play it.
The angry Linux nerds showed up to downvote you
hey that’s valid! I’ll play it one day 🙂
Unfortunqtely Epic said it will never be released on Steam.
don’t you just hate it when money gets in the way of having fun? smh
Well, Tim Sweeny can suck his own wiener then. I have hundred(s) of games on Epic and I haven’t spent a dime there. And still won’t spend, because I have principles.
Yarrr harrr fiddily de dee
I’ve been waiting for a sale before grabbing it on xbox. Moderate fan of the original AW and absolutely loved Control. Remedy are amongst the most unique devs out there right now.
I loved Control.
I absolutely could not get into AW, and it bums me out because it seemed intriguing.
Same. I wanted to like the mechanic but the flashlight levels just feel grindy and repetitive. The rest of the game is beautiful. Control feels like you can recover from your mistakes more.
You should try the second. It’s an excellent game, and you can very much get by without having played the first. Just read a synopsis of the first and you’re good to go.
They also made Max Payne. Shame they don’t own the IP, tho.
I completely missed this since it apparently came out on Epic.
So glad it seems to be a stellar game. The horror might be to much for me tho
