good news! have a new one Earth Defense Force game It’s out now! The bad news is that if you want to play games online on Steam, you have to create an Epic Games account. This fact was revealed on launch day, but was so well received by players that the developers behind the new giant bug-killing game already announced plans to remove the requirement 24 hours later.
Earth Defense Force 6—The highly anticipated next game in the third-person sci-fi shooter series, which is all about blowing up giant monsters, releases on Steam on July 25th. A mainstay game. Electricite de France 6 promises more missions than any previous entry (all available via online co-op play). But the game Epic Games quickly received a large number of negative reviews on Steam due to previously unannounced Epic Games account requirements for online games.
July 25th, this day Electricite de France 6 roll out, A post was posted on the game’s Steam pageWe have quietly confirmed that players will need to create and log into an Epic Games account to play the shooter online.
Players weren’t happy about this, criticizing the developers for not making this clear before launch and forcing them to use accounts other than Steam to play online. What followed was a bombardment of player comments for about 24 hours. Electricite de France 6 On Valve’s digital storefront. It is reported gaming radarAs of the end of the release day, “EDF 6” has more than 1,000 reviews on Steam, with a “mostly negative” status.
Electricite de France 6 Developer announces changes to Epic account requirements
On Friday, just 24 hours after it all started, in response to the overwhelming negative comments, EDF 6′s developer posted a new post It’s confirmed on Steam that all “feedback” has been listened to and some changes will be made.
“Thank you for your feedback Earth Defense Force 6″ said developer Sandlot. “this Electricite de France 6 The Steam development team is reviewing and planning to change the specification that requires an Epic Games account, which has received the most feedback.
Sandlot didn’t reveal any specific information on when the Epic Games account requirements will be changed, but wanted to reassure fans that yes, they heard all the yelling, saw all the negative comments, and are now working to resolve the issue.
This whole fiasco reminds me of Hellraiser 2 PSN demand crashes This happened earlier this year. Like with Electricite de France 6player reviews bombarded the popular sci-fi shooter’s Steam page, enough to make Sony eventually relented and regretted Regarding its PSN requirements.
If I had a nickel for every time a third-person co-op shooter about slaying bugs in space pisses off fans by requiring a third-party account to play online on Steam…
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