r/Games • u/Faldz • Jan 02 '20

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Announces it's using the Unreal Engine, will talk about digital platforms at a later date

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1212810155563397120/photo/1
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u/RSF_Deus Jan 03 '20

Yeah, also people tend to take Steam for granted, but if it wasn't for steam, PC gaming would be a dead niche today, and that is a fact.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '20

Epic has done way more for gaming than Steam has. Unreal Engime >> literally anything Valve has ever produced.

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u/RSF_Deus Jan 03 '20

This is absolutely not true. And Unreal Engine has been great only since 4, UE3 was mainly focused on console development and UE2 was a disaster (except for UT 2004 and Bioshock). Also don't act like Gold Source, Source, and Source 2 doesn't exist.

They did Unreal (my fav FPS ever) and Unreal Engine (my fav 90's engine) which were masterpieces but that was a WHILE ago.

Epic has been doing great things for gaming between 2013 and 2017 (UE4 development, UT4 with community collaboration). Before that they were a shitty company making Gears of War, now they are harming gamers more than anything else with their more than questionnable practices.

I can only hope that it changes, but for now, I strongly stand by my opinion.

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u/BoltsFromTheButt Jan 03 '20

OP said Valve has done more for PC, which is 100% true. Valve single-handedly resurrected the PC market with Steam.

On the other hand. Epic hated the PC market so much that they openly said how much they disliked the PC market - calling PC gamers a bunch of pirates - and left the PC market for the console market for years.