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Quite literally would not have existed had Epic not funded it. Lake shopped it around for the better part of a decade seeing if anyone would be interested in funding it, but no one besides Epic would.
So, again, this game would not exist if Epic wasn’t involved.
It’s a shame people don’t seem to realise this. I have genuinely no idea why you’re getting downvoted. I guess people on Lemmy just hate Epic that much. I think if the Epic Store was the last food source on Earth, over half of Lemmy would voluntarily starve to death.
Anyway, it’s a real shame what happened. Alan Wake 2 is a true masterpiece and yet it needed like a year and a half post release to just break even. It makes me fear that we won’t ever see another Alan Wake game as ambitious and amazing.
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Quite literally would not have existed had Epic not funded it. Lake shopped it around for the better part of a decade seeing if anyone would be interested in funding it, but no one besides Epic would.
So, again, this game would not exist if Epic wasn’t involved.
It’s a shame people don’t seem to realise this. I have genuinely no idea why you’re getting downvoted. I guess people on Lemmy just hate Epic that much. I think if the Epic Store was the last food source on Earth, over half of Lemmy would voluntarily starve to death.
Anyway, it’s a real shame what happened. Alan Wake 2 is a true masterpiece and yet it needed like a year and a half post release to just break even. It makes me fear that we won’t ever see another Alan Wake game as ambitious and amazing.