Cult classic shooter series returns to Steam after 5 years and immediately takes a piledriver into the review dumpster over Epic Games account requirement
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“For this game, to enhance crossplay and online functionality, online play requires signing in to your Epic Games account,” the devs say in aSteam blog. “We apologize for the lack of advance notice. Signing in to your Epic Games account is required the first time you play online. Usually, once you sign in for the first time, you will not need to sign in again.”
Numerous games make use of Epic Online Services to power their multiplayer features, particularly when those features involve crossplay, but not all of them share EDF6’s Epic account requirement. The technical details behind EDF6’s implementation of these features were broken down in apromotional bloga few months ago, and the devs suggest that the Epic features made getting the game’s cross-platform functions running much easier.
But if there’s one thing PC gamers hate, it’s being forced to sign into an external account beyond the auspices of their preferred platform. We saw theintense backlash against Helldivers 2’s plans for PSN requirements earlier this year, and there are plenty of Steam loyalists who have a particularly dim view of Epic. Whether the backlash prompts a similar backtrack from the EDF devs remains to be seen.
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