this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

This is good news. I want to use this post to shout out Heroic launcher.

A small team of devs (GitHub says 150 contributors, but likely only a small percentage of that consistently works on it), made a free, open-source launcher that is VASTLY better than Epic's piece of shit.

I mean, for real, this multi-billion dollar company can't even properly make a basic-ass piece of software. For over three years it has been a laggy mess that bombards the bottom right of my screen with ads. No significant changes or updates that have made the launcher more usable. I deadass pirate the games epic has given me for free so I don't have to deal with their launcher.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've literally never used amazon games launcher but I've always redeemed the free prime games. now i can finally play them :D

[–] Quazatron 5 points 1 year ago

Nice, I was not expecting that. This is my favorite launcher, it's sleek, fast and solid. I hope someday they add support for Itch.io and Humble so I can get all my games under one roof.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is great news. The more supported stores the better.

[–] Voytrekk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully they can continue to add more stores. Maybe Humble Bundle and itch.io can be added in the future too.

[–] monstoor 2 points 1 year ago

I've just been trying out the git version compiled with nile support. Looking good so far!