Lord Captains, we hear you and we are rolling back the launcher.
The game will now revert to the previous patch, completely removing any Launcher-related changes. Thank you for your feedback, and genuinely sorry for the frustration caused.
They did, but things were different. Obvious main difference being that we didn’t have centralised store apps with launchers that already do the functions you need: download, setup, updates, news, etc. (well Steam does, with workshop integration for mods and everything)
Nowadays people see launchers as an extra unnecessary step, usually requiring another account for no good reason, and, importantly, a data harvesting tool. That last one is the reason I usually see people hating a launcher. The other issue is I’ve seen a lot of complaints about is launchers simply breaking stuff for some people and not letting them play their game (especially on Linux).
Oh, you’re right. The fucking account signups now. I forgot I’ve seen that with Larian and CDPR, let alone the shit goblins at EA who have a mandatory launcher
They did, but things were different. Obvious main difference being that we didn’t have centralised store apps with launchers that already do the functions you need: download, setup, updates, news, etc. (well Steam does, with workshop integration for mods and everything)
Nowadays people see launchers as an extra unnecessary step, usually requiring another account for no good reason, and, importantly, a data harvesting tool. That last one is the reason I usually see people hating a launcher. The other issue is I’ve seen a lot of complaints about is launchers simply breaking stuff for some people and not letting them play their game (especially on Linux).
(Generic summary, not specific to Owlcat here)
Oh, you’re right. The fucking account signups now. I forgot I’ve seen that with Larian and CDPR, let alone the shit goblins at EA who have a mandatory launcher