Free to grab: 6 Free Batman Games at Epic Games Store

#5712692

insp1re2600

2019-09-19 18:11

very nice freebie, i've still not played a couple of these, thanks.

#5712711

Redemption80

2019-09-19 18:56

Bit of bribery from Epic, very nice. I already have of the six games, but was actually looking for the first Lego Batman game a few days ago as my little boy is no into them.

#5712753

Fender178

2019-09-19 20:58

Yeah good for those who don't own any of the games. But why risk it though on a platform that's still in the Beta stages in some cases and alpha in others.

#5712763

vbetts

Moderator

2019-09-19 21:28

Fender178:

Yeah good for those who don't own any of the games. But why risk it though on a platform that's still in the Beta stages in some cases and alpha in others.

Devils advocate, but Epic has listed their overall plans for the store and adding features. Software development is not done in one day or cycle. It took years for platforms like Steam to get to the point where it's at today.

#5712764

insp1re2600

2019-09-19 21:31

Fender178:

Yeah good for those who don't own any of the games. But why risk it though on a platform that's still in the Beta stages in some cases and alpha in others.

whats the risk in a free game?

#5712766

chinobino

2019-09-19 21:41

Thanks OP!

#5712767

Passus

2019-09-19 21:48

Nice! Thanks OP!

#5712804

Fender178

2019-09-19 23:45

vbetts:

Devils advocate, but Epic has listed their overall plans for the store and adding features. Software development is not done in one day or cycle. It took years for platforms like Steam to get to the point where it's at today.

Very true and that is very good.

insp1re2600:

whats the risk in a free game?

No risk.

#5712813

Extraordinary

2019-09-19 23:58

insp1re2600:

whats the risk in a free game?

None whatsoever.... [spoiler]https://i.imgur.com/P6ZlN34.jpg [/spoiler]

#5712854

sverek

2019-09-20 03:55

Fender178:

Yeah good for those who don't own any of the games. But why risk it though on a platform that's still in the Beta stages in some cases and alpha in others.

EPIC BAD, STEAM GOOD.

#5712855

tsunami231

2019-09-20 04:05

hmm i now have batman collection on the pc which is great seeing i liked them on the ps3/ps4. though last I hear the last batman game on the pc was unmitigated disaster and pulled off pc stores bunch times and refund were issued, was the game actual fixed?? next set free game has me intrest too metro 2033 redux

#5712857

tsunami231

2019-09-20 04:12

Extraordinary:

None whatsoever.... [spoiler]https://i.imgur.com/P6ZlN34.jpg [/spoiler]

haha Sarcasim appoved

#5712859

jwb1

2019-09-20 04:39

I will take your free games, but will never buy anything from Epic Games Store.

#5712861

mikeysg

2019-09-20 05:10

Strange, EPIC store is the only platform (I have Steam, Uplay and Origin as well) where I have more free games than games I'd actually bought. I'd paid for Metro Exodus (including the two DLC's), World War Z and Sinking City, the other 15 games were freebies. I was thinking of getting Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden on Steam, but was hesitant, then it was offered free on Epic......guess my procrastinating about purchasing it on Steam worked out for the better.

#5712863

Fender178

2019-09-20 05:25

tsunami231:

hmm i now have batman collection on the pc which is great seeing i liked them on the ps3/ps4. though last I hear the last batman game on the pc was unmitigated disaster and pulled off pc stores bunch times and refund were issued, was the game actual fixed?? next set free game has me intrest too metro 2033 redux

From my understanding yes it got fixed. I also got the latest Batman game pretty cheap on Steam. Plus I owned the 1st 2 batman games on PC since the Games for Windows Live days where the saved games didn't want to work. Thank god once that bs went under the devs patched that crap out the game. I also enjoyed the Arkham Games on the PS3 as well.

#5712869

Neo Cyrus

2019-09-20 05:59

vbetts:

Devils advocate, but Epic has listed their overall plans for the store and adding features. Software development is not done in one day or cycle. It took years for platforms like Steam to get to the point where it's at today.

The other devil's advocate: Steam was a near complete monopoly so they didn't give a single fuck, to this day they still don't and are only discussing the possibility of giving one by 2025. Steam has virtually no customer support and is run by people who do such stupid things that it makes it seem like they're paid shills from the game publishers. With the money Epic are pissing away, trying to force or bribe people into using their shitty platform, they should have the 2 required functional brain cells to know that things such as a shopping cart are not optional. I'll start buying games on Epic when they start taking their business seriously enough to offer features such as being able to buy more than 1 thing at a time... IF, big IF... they end up having real customer support as well, to actually put them ahead of Steam overall, in my books anyway. It's still not possible to get a refund on Steam after you've played for X amount of minutes (which equates to launching the game only to discover it's infected by Denuvo so it takes 10 minutes to launch on an NVMe drive, and then crashes due to it), is it?

#5712896

nevcairiel

2019-09-20 08:53

Fender178:

Yeah good for those who don't own any of the games. But why risk it though on a platform that's still in the Beta stages in some cases and alpha in others.

Whats the risk exactly for free games? 😀 Epic Store has also been around for longer then most people know, it just didn't move very much in the early years, they only started pushing it not that long ago - when everyone assumed it also started existing, practically. 😀

#5712899

Netherwind

2019-09-20 09:25

vbetts:

Devils advocate, but Epic has listed their overall plans for the store and adding features. Software development is not done in one day or cycle. It took years for platforms like Steam to get to the point where it's at today.

I don't think it's really fair to say that. Steam was something brand new in it's infancy and had to evolve and adapt in the early years. But today it's pretty clear what the market wants and needs so EGS doesn't really have to reinvent the wheel again. Cloud saves for example should have been there from the beginning, as well as forums. I don't feel it's an excuse to say those features are lacking due to a fairly new app - the features themselves are the contrary of "new". Personally I would release EGS with a full set of core features which the market expects today but also adding a couple of exclusive features (apart from the 12% cut, which doesn't affect the customer, and the free games).

#5712910

WhiteLightning

Moderator

2019-09-20 10:13

Netherwind:

I don't think it's really fair to say that. Steam was something brand new in it's infancy and had to evolve and adapt in the early years. But today it's pretty clear what the market wants and needs so EGS doesn't really have to reinvent the wheel again. Cloud saves for example should have been there from the beginning, as well as forums. I don't feel it's an excuse to say those features are lacking due to a fairly new app - the features themselves are the contrary of "new". Personally I would release EGS with a full set of core features which the market expects today but also adding a couple of exclusive features (apart from the 12% cut, which doesn't affect the customer, and the free games).

Yes i think we all want more features. Yet none of us work for Epic or any other complany that has released a launcher. Every launcher to date has started with basic features and build up from there. It is not realistic to ask for more since that is the way it works apparently. Not really a launcher but even discord works like that. In the meantime more ideas will be added, so expect us to be complaining it to be as bloated as steam is in a few years lol 😀

#5712924

Loobyluggs

2019-09-20 12:14

Netherwind:

I don't think it's really fair to say that. Steam was something brand new in it's infancy and had to evolve and adapt in the early years. But today it's pretty clear what the market wants and needs so EGS doesn't really have to reinvent the wheel again. Cloud saves for example should have been there from the beginning, as well as forums. I don't feel it's an excuse to say those features are lacking due to a fairly new app - the features themselves are the contrary of "new". Personally I would release EGS with a full set of core features which the market expects today but also adding a couple of exclusive features (apart from the 12% cut, which doesn't affect the customer, and the free games).

I actually agree with the first of your paragraphs. Epic have no excuses for not releasing a game launcher with functionality fully included, as the research and development has been done by other people in their launchers. There is nothing and I mean nuthin' that excuses such a poorly implemented game launcher and store. GOG, Uplay, Battlenet, geforce experience, windows store...bethesda launcher and even fricking Discord can launch my games library. As for this offer, and to keep this OT, I have no issues with Epic throwing free games at us, as I know they are paying off the publishers and developers, so someone is getting paid, and that is fine with me. Also, I think the Batman franchise has been using the Unreal Engine as far back as Unreal Engine 3, as I recall there was a really interesting presentation at GDC talking 'bout snow deformations...see if I can find it ... [spoiler] https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020177/Deformable-Snow-Rendering-in-Batman [/spoiler]