this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah but, it's on Epic. So, pass.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MellowYellow13 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it aint free for your pc, epic runs like garbage

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The only issues I've had with epic is controller support being nonexistent. And no avatar icons.

I have quite a few free games from there, some I'd probably not have played. 20XX was free a while back and I just loved it. Then bought 30XX on Steam when it came out.

I ain't going to give Epic a cent, but I'll take advantage of their marketing practices.

[–] Retro_unlimited 8 points 1 month ago

If you are on Linux, you can use heroic game launcher. I have way more than 100 free games from them, and some are really good games.

[–] CrayonRosary 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought people on Lemmy supported free software.

[–] FooBarrington 3 points 1 month ago

Ooooh boy, that's a nice one, almost got me!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Which ones are actually worth playing? I recall early castlevania games being hit or miss

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Simon's Quest is a C- game with an A+ soundtrack

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’d like a counter of how many people have quit after not knowing where to go when you had to kneel in that one specific place for that specific amount of time to have a tornado come and take you whatever place it was.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There was something in the manual if I remember correctly. Which you wouldn’t necessarily have if you rented the game.

Edit: just checked and I was wrong. Nothing in the manual. I must have been thinking of another game.

https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/Manual/formated/Castlevania_2-_Simon-s_Quest_-_1988_-_Konami.pdf

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Guys I am going to create an Epic Account Sorry.

[–] CrayonRosary 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can't just make a simple list on any site that uses markdown. It removes line breaks. Why? So some nerd can post an 80 character formatted email from a listserve and have it look normal in markdown. It's archaic and stupid.

At any rate, this "feature" makes your list look like a giant paragraph:

Castlevania Castlevania II Simon's Quest Castlevania III Dracula's Curse Super Castlevania IV Castlevania The Adventure Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge Castlevania Bloodlines Kid Dracula

You have to end each line with two spaces to force markdown to preserve the line breaks. Or you have to start each line with an asterisk and a space to make a bulleted list.

I'm going to fix it for you so other people can read it more easily, and also fix some of your typos:

Castlevania Castlevania
Ill Simon
Quest Castlevania
Ill Dracula
Curse Super
Castlevania is Castlevania
The Adventure
Castlevania II: Belmont Revenge's Castlevania Bloodlines Kid
Dracula

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I made it a bulleted list and it looks better now, thank you.

[–] daggermoon 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But that would require me to use the Epic game store.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can use a third party launcher like Heroic to avoid having to install that bloated crapfest of an app.

[–] daggermoon 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know, I mean I don't want to stroke Tim Sweeney's ego. Also, I just don't trust the company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't trust them either, that's why I've never given them a single cent. My entire account is literally just free games (and I have certainly gotten a few good ones over the years, although the vast majority is crap). If I'm actually going to buy something I'll go to GOG or Steam.

[–] QuarterSwede -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have to share your email address with Konami for marketing purposes but they do disclose this in an obvious way.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You don't have to click that button though. I got the free bundle without clicking it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Same for all free games they give, it's up to the user to give the publisher their email

[–] QuarterSwede 2 points 1 month ago

Now you tell me! Lol.