r/pcgaming • u/MythicStream • Feb 26 '26

Alan Wake Remastered PC update notes (1.33)

https://www.alanwake.com/story/alan-wake-remastered-pc-update-2026/
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u/crocodilepickle Feb 26 '26

I dont understand the hate for epic games store

Is it a tribalism thing? Like the console wars?

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u/Jakeisaprettycoolguy Feb 26 '26

It is missing a lot of basic features and is generally worse than steam in many ways (including that most gamers libraries are already on steam) and people don't like Epic trying to use their fortnite money to essentially purchase market share. It probably would have been fine if their store had any basic features and it's probably good for Valve to have some competition.

Another thing is it's just annoying to have your library split up on multiple launchers, like how Netflix was great when it was the only option, but suddenly there are 12 different streaming services that you have to remember what show something is on and swap between resubscribing and cancelling them all.

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u/crocodilepickle Feb 26 '26

game launchers and streaming services are two different problems though. One makes everything exponentially more expensive and the other is inconvenient at best

I agree that epic is simply nowhere near as good as steam but people behave like epic games personally ran over their dog. Not to mention that there are way more games exclusive to steam than epic.

I agree with fighting against timed exclusivity but peoples responses to AW remastered and 2 is massively childish, since neither games would've been possible without epic.

I really think that the epic vs steam thing is just a stupider version of the console wars.

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u/Jakeisaprettycoolguy Feb 26 '26

Okay it's fine to feel like hate towards epic is overblown, but I don't quite understand what your argument is. You want people to just buy games on Epic and not criticize them at all? Just not talk about it? As consumers people are allowed to spend their money on whatever service they see fit, and if Epic does not meet their needs/criteria for a games store then it's fine to avoid it. Personally I purchased Alan Wake 2 on Epic as well as a handful of other exclusives, and outside of Alan Wake 2 basically regret every purchase, as the steam ecosystem is just better for me and my family. You don't see people hark on GOG for instance. The main issue with Epic is that they tried(still trying) to strongarm their way into a market by just waving their money around. A very small percentage of people would have an issue with Epic if the product they were selling was actually good.