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I don't engage with the community at all. I don't buy games on Epic because their launcher is ass. And last I checked they don't even have reviews for games. They don't require disclaimers for anti-consumer measures either like Valve does for 3rd party accounts, Denuvo, etc. and they even had the balls to criticize Valve's requirements for AI disclosure.
The fact that their CEO is openly anti-Linux is another good reason.
They just come off to me like a very anti-consumer company, like most all other corporations.
The reviews are a part of the community, even if they're not found in the "Community" part of Steam.
But yeah, EGS has many failings, pretty much all of which were pointed out right at the start. They weren't improved upon because Epic don't want to deliver the best possible experience or promote the capability of the PC as a gaming platform. They just want you to buy digital shit, get bored of it, and then buy more digital shit at the lowest possible cost to them. Effort costs money so they won't make any.
When they first launched, their whole main message was "it's a cheaper cut for the devs!" Perhaps I'm being selfish, but that's not a message that resonates to me as a buyer.
Hint: most of us don't get hot and bothered about exactly how much margin Walmart lets Tyson take on their chicken nuggets, so trying to apply that message to games is weird.
Well, at least in Tim Sweeney's twisted mind that's how it works. In reality, spending $100,000 to have a developer actually support the year would do way more to get long term customers on the store while coating a pittance jn comparison to how much EGS spent on exclusivity deals.
Steam is the only platform I can think of where I actually still trust the review
If you look at steam reviews (text or even just ratings), you do kind of engage with the community!
Steam is very "community-focused" in that regard as opposed to the top-down corporate "buy what I'm selling, trust us it's good". Posting two review scores (recent and all-time) is not something most stores, games or not, will do
EGS isn't really even a store, it's sole purpose is to avoid giving anyone else a cut of fortnite.
If you have ever used the steam workshop, read discussions, guides or news. You have benefitted from the steam community.
And reviews are also part of the steam community.
I have not done any of those things.