EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 has just been released on PC and it has immediately received Mostly Negative Reviews on Steam. The reason behind these negative reviews is a “hidden” requirement for an Epic Games account for playing online.
D3Publisher hadn’t initially included the Epic Games Account as a requirement. We can confirm that prior to the game’s launch, it wasn’t listed. However, now after a thousand reviews, the publisher added that requirement to the Steam store page.
Now I don’t know why all of a sudden EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 requires an Epic Games account for online play. All previous EARTH DEFENSE FORCE games worked fine without it. As such, I get the frustration of all PC EDF fans.
The good news is that as with Ghost of Tsushima, you can at least play in Offline Mode without an EG account. Still, one of the biggest features of the EDF is the ability to play with your friends. And, sadly, this isn’t now possible without an Epic Games account.
D3Publisher and SANDLOT have not provided any reason behind this requirement. So yeah, we don’t really know what is going on here. Still, this is something that will put off a number of PC players.
I also don’t expect the teams to remove this requirement. This won’t be similar to what we saw with Helldivers 2. Helldivers 2 was released and worked just fine without a PSN account. On the other hand, EDF 6 requires an EG account for online play from the get-go.
EDF 6 is a fun game and we’ll have a PC Performance Analysis later this week. So, stay tuned for more!
UPDATE:
SANDLOT has issued an update, revealing that it’s currently reviewing and planning changes to the specification that requires sign-in to Epic Games account. Although there is no ETA, the team will continue to work on it as we address the feedback we have received.
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That's nasty work lol. I was pretty agnostic about the whole second ID to play games thing until I played concord "beta." Asking for credentials for a2-day multiplayer demo is just so crazy to me. I had no problems launching Uplay through Xbox Launcher or connecting all my accounts in GOG 2.0 but something about seeing the second ID requirements is just upsetting.
you launch gog , then you have to launch steam until you get to the epic fraud launcher , this is why i haven't bought any new games for the last 2 years , enough is enough!
Actually incorrect statement, on needing it on the get go. As players who downloaded when it first release on steam point out they were able to play the game for nearly 4 hours without any sign in requirement and no problems, after the 4 hour mark it suddenly required the sign in and has seen numerous bug complaints since then.
Did Timmy Tencent give Sandlot some money under the table?
what a bunch of entitled bitc***….crying about it being on epic.
you fraud lover??? ok scammer….
that's right, epic crap store is a spyware lol
Yeah they watch you f@p over Gabe greasy body.
steam the best place for PC gamers, epic store the best place for bums LOOOOL
Stop sucking, Gabe already nutted.
Shut up bum LOL 👍🤣
Good thing you laugh at your own “jokes”.
no joke, it's just the truth epic users only redeem free games without wanting to pay anything, useless market LOL
That's great, but why does this upset you, you want people sucking Gabe 24/7?
Because epic users think they are the best, when in reality they are just bums LOL and only want free games.
Free games are great, you look stupid and spoiled for calling people poor.
free games on the worst PC client? no thanks I prefer to pay on steam, I'm not a bum LOL
You sound like a bot, and not even the ChatGPT ones…
Poor epic user is defeated👍 🤣
I can’t match your deep throating skills, lol.
poor epic user, the truth hurts and so he starts insulting LOL what a horrible community 👍🤣
Dunno why you find that insulting, you like being a synchopant homosexual so why being ashamed? Also i’m not exclusively Epic user, i also have Gog, steam and pirated games.
I use steam,gog, itchio and zoom platform for other platforms i use torrent LOL if you buy a game on epic store you are a retarded LOL 👍🤣
Sounds like you lost some amazing deals and are lashing out in anger, too bad…
no lol better to use steam than a spyware like epic fail store LOL
Sunken cost is a hell of a drug. Also you mentioned using other platforms but only reply with Steam like a fanboy b%tch, hell even your avatar is Gabe.
steam is the best platform, I love when an epic user buys a game on the epic fail store and writes on the steam forums also saying that the forums are a useless service LOL I repeat, the worst community ever!
You will find dumb consumers on any platform, hell i’m replying to one right now…
the truth hurts poor epic user come on go and redeem the free Thursday game you only know how to do that LOL 👍🤣
Thanks for the tip, fatso.
No noes! People do get their balls in a twist over nothing.
I get this is a huge online franchise and why you would need epic login for a steam game is just dumb. You're logged into steam already may as well have that be the req otherwise just only release on epic where you'll have to login anyways. Piling on logins just creates buggy-ness to the whole thing. The sleight of hand is the other issue, suddenly changing that after release isn't cool, just be straight forward you're going to do that dcik move up front. At least for the SP part you won't need to do that.
—Update: nope you still need to let epig go online to even start the game or it will just close, even if you just want to play SP. Prob got enough w 5 anyways.
lol, the steam fanboys losing their minds over this is hilarious.
why would anyone be fine to be forced into fraulent company account , who claims steam is monopolising , when that company is the domintor of VIDEO GAME ENGINE!!!! seek help!
If you buy a game in a store (no matter which) having a different one as a mandatory install to play the facking game is unacceptable.
They only make piracy even more beneficial.
Do you need the app installed or just having an account? Sounds like the lady doth protest too much.
Sounds like you are a corporate bootlicker that would eat every slop they put out. Get bent
Sounds like you are a corporate bootlicker that would eat every slop they put out. Get bent
You didn’t answer my question. And from what i heard it’s just a requirement for crossplay, this isn’t a big game so they need all the numbers they can get.
well even the eye patching version reqs epic installed then it also will not launch the game unless it can go online even if you just want to play SP campaign, trash all around. No thx. Maybe the repack delay is trying to find a workaround.
Epic, make piracy great again.
videogame studio making deals with fraudulent company.
Colour me f*cking surprised, this is basically the extension of increasing amount of games games requiring "Epic Online Services" b$. And let me guess Valve did f*ck all when it came to making sure this requrement was mention on the product page, like they legally required to do. And initially they will refuse refunds because th game has been played for 4 hours…cn*ts.
And then game devs bemone piracy is hurting the industry, no changing the terms of service after the fact to extremely anti-consumer eula terms hurts the industry you myopic glutenous f*cks.
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"Hidden"…if you're blind maybe
You are aware that this was added post launch today righ ? Even on your own screenshot you have the publisher of the game itself stating that this was not informed prior to launch.
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"And, sadly, this isn’t now possible without an Epic Games account."
Or you can stop being a whiny b+tch and create an account? What's the worse that can happen, a free game every week?
CONSUUUUUME
My biggest(legal) library is on Epic precisely because i don’t “CONSUUUUME” like you lot. Imagine getting mad over this bs.
Epic store is a spyware LOL
Citation needed.
Who 👏F*king 👏 Cares 👏 you'll review bomb a game becuase it's asking to you sign into a FREE Service but then the same f*king people are buying CoD and Fifa year after year. Give me a f*king break.
Welp I guess devs do listen to thier player base, sometimes. Props to Sandlot for doing this atleast, as its the very least they can do.
Solved by repackers in 2 days, good luck waiting on the scum devs-pubs.