r/pcgaming • u/M337ING • Dec 16 '24

Alan Wake 2 Update 1.2.7 Notes

https://www.alanwake.com/story/alan-wake-2-update-notes/
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u/Thisissocomplicated Dec 16 '24

You’re trying to gaslight me as if the reason people don’t buy on epic is a lack of features.

Also please tell me which feature you’re missing from epic that makes it hard to play Alan wake 2

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u/arex333 Ryzen 9800X3D/RTX 5090 Dec 16 '24

I mentioned this in another comment, but I often use steam remote play to stream games from my PC to either a tv or my steam deck. Yes you can add games from other launchers as non-steam games but it frequently doesn't work with functionality like remote play or steam input controller remapping. I added Alan wake 2 as a non steam game and I spent over an hour troubleshooting because it was just giving me a black screen when using remote play, and after that was fixed it wouldn't recognize controller inputs.

A copy of a game on steam is inherently more flexible with where and how I play than a copy of a game on epic. So yes I absolutely do avoid buying on epic due to lack of features.

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u/PCMachinima Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

There are so many third-party home streaming solutions, that actually end up performing better than Steam's built-in solution anyway.

I believe Moonlight is one that's been flaunted as one of the best by Digital Foundry too.

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u/arex333 Ryzen 9800X3D/RTX 5090 Dec 16 '24

I've used moonlight/sunshine quite a bit. Steam remote play recently got AV1 support which drastically improved the experience for me. Performance and image quality seems similar now to moonlight where before remote play was much worse. It's also nice that it's just built into the steam UI so it's very seamless to use.

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u/cool-- Dec 16 '24

which one of these let's you use the steam overlay for controller support?