The launch of Dead Island 2 on Steam was quite expected, given past cooperation with the Epic Games Store
Dead Island 2 was released quite a long time ago on consoles and PC, where it became a store exclusive with a reduced commission for Epic Games Store developers. It has recently been presented on PC on Steam, where you can write reviews.
The reception was not very good: Steam users began to buy Dead Island 2 in order to leave a negative review. This is due to Epic services.
In general, Epic Online Service is a technical solution for providing cooperative “cross-store” games on PC. However, due to the general bad reputation of the Epic Games Store (players did not like how they used to aggressively buy out the exclusivity of expected games), for some Steam users the presence of Epic services in a game is a “red flag” – to financially support (and sometimes even play) such products. don't want to.
Judging by some reviews, Epic services not only cause “moral suffering”, but can also interfere with the launch of the game – you will have to take additional steps to solve the problem.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/J5EFhoLk5Sg
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