Me, my partner and our two cats grinding away.

I actually really like it. I can’t remember if I got the game for free or relatively cheap. But it scratched the itch that Elder Scrolls Online had. In other words, it fulfills the itch I used to have when I played WoW nonstop as a kid, while also being more “action-y”, and you can play it solo with hundreds of other people playing it solo.
I don’t remember if there was a subscription or microtransactions were aggressive. But I do remember spending 2 months straight just going around chopping wood.
I remember quitting it because there was nothing to really DO with that wood.

“I used to think EGS was a Marketing Black Hole,” the New Blood CEO said, “but turns out having your game be free on Epic is great advertising for Steam sales!” Alongside the boost in Steam sales, Blood West also saw a jump in console sales as well while it was free on Epic.
That’s incredible.
Oshry is far from the only developer to point out issues with the Epic Games Store. Just recently, in an interview with FRVR, Painkiller and Witchfire creator Adrian Chmielarz explained that Epic doesn’t feel like “home” to players, and that causes many to simply clock out, saying “EGS is a shop, and Steam is a community.”
I have a lot of free games on Epic. But when I want to play with my gaming group, we’re using Steam. It’s just where everybody is.



This is pretty impressive work.
This also means that, in theory, any Xbox 360 game should now be fully Recompilable for native PC port goodness, including those unsupported by modern Xbox Backward Compatibility, effectively freeing several games from the graveyard — and opening the doors of modding wider than ever.
Sure, it might hit some legal obstacles for a time. But right now on Steam, there are companies releasing emulated versions of their classic games. I hope in a few years, this work turns into legal versions on Steam.

I’m one of those people. I played New World recently. It’s a great game to turn off your brain, chop wood, and occasionally be a hero a bit so you can chop more wood.
Also, MMOs and always being online just isn’t my thing anymore. Group raiding, climbing the power ladder, killing the big bad?
No thanks I just want to chop wood and decorate my house.
Nintendo’s eShop is a mess. Because it puts the shovelware next to everything else.
Steam isn’t so bad. I rarely find it unless I’m in the dark recesses of a tag. And whenever im curious if what shovelware exists, I just visit indiegala.