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How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic?

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I love the idea of getting older AAA titles for free, but hate the idea of installing the Epic Games Launcher on my computer. Where do you guys stand on this?

It also makes me sad that Epig Games has fallen so far. I grew up on Unreal Tournament and now I don’t want them anywhere near my computer.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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I have never installed Epic Games Launcher and still claim and play their games for free. It’s pretty easy:

  1. claim games on epicgames.com (I use my phone)
  2. install Heroic and login to your epic games account
  3. play your claimed games

I play on my Steam Deck and on my Linux desktop, and EGS isn’t supported on either. Seems to work fine.

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MIDItheKID@lemmy.worldOP
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Hell yeah! I did not know this was an option. Thanks for the tip!

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Eldritch@lemmy.world
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Also works for prime games. And if you are on Linux especially GOG as well.

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illi@lemm.ee
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You can claim directly from Heroic btw, just go to “Stores”

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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I usually claim Thursday mornings at work so I don’t forget, and it takes like 30s. But it’s pretty cool that it works in Heroic as well.

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Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I’m still on Windows for now, so I use a PortableApps installation to claim the games instead of a phone. I do the same for my wife and kid too. Neither of them has the Epic installer 🤷🏻‍♂️😁

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