Posted May 24, 2020
fortune_p_dawg
constipationisbad
Registered: Aug 2011
From United States
rjbuffchix
Put Galaxy behind a paywall
Registered: Jun 2017
From United States
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bler144
μαϊμού
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted May 24, 2020
Well, it might just be me, but while I can see the promise in the game, and I like a lot of the ideas, ultimately I find the base game (that which is free) less satisfying than earlier entries after 5-6 hours with it.
Maybe, similar to Civ5, the game relies on the later DLCs to really bring it together. IDK.
Maybe, similar to Civ5, the game relies on the later DLCs to really bring it together. IDK.
trekstar4444
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Registered: May 2020
From United States
Posted May 25, 2020
Maybe, similar to Civ5, the game relies on the later DLCs to really bring it together. IDK.
Lajciak
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Registered: Nov 2014
From Czech Republic
Posted May 04, 2021
Sorry to resurrect this thread after almost a year, but it is relevant to me, as I just bought Civ 6 and all expansions/DLC on Epic Games Store yesterday. I have done so on the premise that Civ 6 is DRM-free on the Epic Games Store, after reading about that on several sites, as I only purchase DRM-free games.
Of course, to my great surprise, I have quickly discovered that one still needs the Epic Games Store downloader to install the game (please note that this was my first time using Epic Games Store - I am just used to buying games on GoG and downloading the installers - I had no experience with clients). Consequently, I felt cheated - the game does run without the Epic Games Store client, but if it does not install without it, I didn't see it as DRM-free.
Then I read this, though:
TentacleMayor: No idea about Civ 6 in particular. Even if it can be played sans the client, I'd prefer to have an offline installer as an option. 
Braggadar: All the client-independent freebies which have landed on Epic are independent game directories are currently able to be archived and saved for later.
In other words you could make your own self-extracting executables from a lot of Epic released games at the moment - the library dependencies are either non-existent or come as part of the installation directory. Buying an "offline installer" at this point is throwing money away imo.
Your choice of course. I find this particularly interesting, as it implies that one does not need the installer to move the game to future computers, when one upgrades. If true, in my book, this would make it DRM-free after all. Has anybody tested this - moving it to a different computer with fundamentally different hardware?
What about different operating systems? For example, I use Windows 7, would the game still work if I moved it to say Windows 8 or Windows 10?
After my current notebook computer gives out (or perhaps earlier - I am already in the planning stages for it), I am going to try biting the bullet and migrating to Linux Mint*. So I am also wondering how this would interact with PlayonLinux, which supports installing Windows games on Linux... but who knows whether it will work if there is no installer.
Thank you for anybody who comments on this with their own experience or knowledge.
*My current plan is to keep Windows 10 already installed on the future laptop and dual boot to Linux Mint. Windows 10 would be there just in case, but it would not be connected to the internet at all to avoid forced updates and forced telemtry. The computer would only be connected to the internet only when Linux Mint is booted and I would try to get used to Linux Mint as much as possible, but still have Windows 10 there in case I need to do something (offline only) and am unable to figure it out in Linux Mint.
Of course, to my great surprise, I have quickly discovered that one still needs the Epic Games Store downloader to install the game (please note that this was my first time using Epic Games Store - I am just used to buying games on GoG and downloading the installers - I had no experience with clients). Consequently, I felt cheated - the game does run without the Epic Games Store client, but if it does not install without it, I didn't see it as DRM-free.
Then I read this, though:
In other words you could make your own self-extracting executables from a lot of Epic released games at the moment - the library dependencies are either non-existent or come as part of the installation directory. Buying an "offline installer" at this point is throwing money away imo.
Your choice of course.
What about different operating systems? For example, I use Windows 7, would the game still work if I moved it to say Windows 8 or Windows 10?
After my current notebook computer gives out (or perhaps earlier - I am already in the planning stages for it), I am going to try biting the bullet and migrating to Linux Mint*. So I am also wondering how this would interact with PlayonLinux, which supports installing Windows games on Linux... but who knows whether it will work if there is no installer.
Thank you for anybody who comments on this with their own experience or knowledge.
*My current plan is to keep Windows 10 already installed on the future laptop and dual boot to Linux Mint. Windows 10 would be there just in case, but it would not be connected to the internet at all to avoid forced updates and forced telemtry. The computer would only be connected to the internet only when Linux Mint is booted and I would try to get used to Linux Mint as much as possible, but still have Windows 10 there in case I need to do something (offline only) and am unable to figure it out in Linux Mint.
nightcraw1er.488
DRM Free is dead.
Registered: Apr 2012
From United Kingdom
Posted May 04, 2021
Of course, to my great surprise, I have quickly discovered that one still needs the Epic Games Store downloader to install the game (please note that this was my first time using Epic Games Store - I am just used to buying games on GoG and downloading the installers - I had no experience with clients). Consequently, I felt cheated - the game does run without the Epic Games Store client, but if it does not install without it, I didn't see it as DRM-free.
Then I read this, though:
In other words you could make your own self-extracting executables from a lot of Epic released games at the moment - the library dependencies are either non-existent or come as part of the installation directory. Buying an "offline installer" at this point is throwing money away imo.
Your choice of course.
What about different operating systems? For example, I use Windows 7, would the game still work if I moved it to say Windows 8 or Windows 10?
After my current notebook computer gives out (or perhaps earlier - I am already in the planning stages for it), I am going to try biting the bullet and migrating to Linux Mint*. So I am also wondering how this would interact with PlayonLinux, which supports installing Windows games on Linux... but who knows whether it will work if there is no installer.
Thank you for anybody who comments on this with their own experience or knowledge.
*My current plan is to keep Windows 10 already installed on the future laptop and dual boot to Linux Mint. Windows 10 would be there just in case, but it would not be connected to the internet at all to avoid forced updates and forced telemtry. The computer would only be connected to the internet only when Linux Mint is booted and I would try to get used to Linux Mint as much as possible, but still have Windows 10 there in case I need to do something (offline only) and am unable to figure it out in Linux Mint.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/epic_store_games_you_can_play_without_the_epic_launcher/page1
Which explains how to do this, and shows which games can have this. There is even a spreadsheet for easy reference.
dick1982
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Registered: Jul 2012
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