The new one opens faster and has a better UI, but it feels so bad to use, every resize and interaction causes elements to shift around weirdly, the scrolling feels horrible somehow, there’s a random sidebar (pictured) that is empty and that i can’t hide. Also, although, to it’s credit, the app opens fast and responds instantly to clicks, every async load (store page, game banner) is incredibly sluggish.
And on Linux it’s only available as an app-image, doesn’t support Server Side Decorations and somehow reverts my cursor the default X one, which I have never seen an app-image do.
Basically it kinda sucks, although the UX team did a good job, the UI looks nice enough and is easy to navigate, if only because there’s like no features.
Edit: apparently the sidebar is meant to be a social panel, but it broke as soon as I resized the window, lmao.
This is Epic, the company that have recently mandated slop only development across multiple game lines… Yeah that launcher isn’t something I would be comfortable putting my real name and financial details into.
Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look.
A direct quote from the official announcement BTW, so you need not wonder how much slop it is - the answer is right there and it’s 100%!
I thought you were joking, but they literally write that in the official announcement!?!?! 🤡🤡🤡 🤣🤣🤣
And people get mad about Steam’s market dominance. This is their competition!
Absolutely, and Steam will continue to dominate as long as they are by far the better service.
I hate monopolies more than most, but although Steam dominate, they are not a monopoly, and as a Linux user, Steam really has done a lot to help Linux, and they deliver good service.
Of course I also use GOG, no doubt Steam is the better service, but GOG is awesome too because the games are without DRM.
They also tried to support Linux, but the economy did not allow for them to do it properly, but DRM free is a huge improvement over the decidedly Linux hostile policies we see from some companies.
Yeah I commented on the post without even delving in to the article. Turns out my knee jerk reaction was absolutely pin point accurate huh? I’ll be honest though, I haven’t created an Epic Games account despite years of them offering
bribefree games, I wasn’t going to magically become a convert now they have given up on human developers.
As a testament to the quality of the epic store once I learned I could install Fortnite from the Microsoft store I switched to that instead. I’ll probably just stick to heroic if I want to use it in my Linux install.
Why do these need 5-10 seconds to start at all?
I know steam does it so they can jamb a big pop up ad in your face, but this seems asinine.
You can disable that popup and have it start in your Library in the settings window to avoid that btw.
Which setting is it?
I don’t see one that is an obvious match but I’m probably looking for the wrong words.
It is settings then interface and there is a toggle for “Notify me about blah blah” - turn that off
Maybe this one?
“Notify me about additions or changes to my games, new releases, and upcoming releases”
I have something running so I can’t restart to test it out and I appreciate you sharing the knowledge!
Yes that is the one.
I mostly use big picture mode now, so it’s not a huge deal. I just think it’s tacky.
Didn’t know you could turn it off on settings.
Hmm. Will have to give it a try. Just got a Steam Machine and was about to go futz with running the old launcher under proton.
Just use Heroic launcher. No need to bother with a half baked effort from Epic.
Or an even better option is to just not buy games on the Epic store.
Buy?!? What is this word?
I am pretty sure the only reason anyone here uses it is to claim the giveaways.
