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The new Epic Games launcher is better than the old one, but only because the bar was in hell. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 13 points 3 weeks ago*

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.

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