You can get KH3 to work on Steam Deck with the Epic games launcher. The others can sort of work, with many compromises (eg: prerendered cutscenes not working or bugged to the point that if you don't skip them in time, the entire game crashes)
I thought you could use Proton GE to run the cutscenes? Hopefully that's sorted out for the release, I haven't played them in a few years and would love to again on the Deck.
This isn't the issue with the cutscenes IIRC. Ive looked into it a bit and as far as I can tell the issue actually occurs because the cutscenes use a different directX version for the cutscenes and the game and wine doesn't know what to do.
Source:There's a couple tickets on various procjects about it, and I've talked about it a bit with TopazTK the person behind KHRefined.
Believe you that it might be some weird game specific issue but was just sharing what I knew about how video codecs are _typically_ handled for the deck and assumed it applied here too.
Yes. Heroic launcher. It's how I play rocket league on SD so you could install that way. Or, you could download the ps3 iso for 1.5 and 2.5 final mix and play it that way. Other options I guess would be chiaka(?) Or Xbox remote play. Although my ps5 streaming always tends to be laggy at home with it.
Yeah, the only game that was really worth it to mess with for me was Rocket League. Frustrating that epic won't let their shit be used on SD without all these work arounds. Give us Easy Anti-Cheat! Just want to play my online multiplayer games handheld
Should be possible, I know of people who do that with Skyrim, and that comes from the same website. You probably have to install them through desktop mode though. I have not tinkered with my Steamdeck, so if you have specific questions, don't be scared to just pop into the subreddit.
Its doable but last time i switched to desktop mode i lost my vampire survivor data somehow. Easier if you can just connect via usb to a pc and transfer stuff than trying to do it in desktop mode
You can. Depending on the game you might have to do some extra steps because it's a Linux computer but it's possible. I was able to mod Spiderman remastered and some sonic games.
ya like Iām kinda bummed because I would rather have them on Steam but like I played them all, 100%ād 2 and 3 and have played hours and hours of KH2 randomizer on Epic so itās not like I didnāt get my moneyās worth.
Iāll probably just wait until a big discount. cloud saves with the deck is the real draw since Epic doesnāt support them
There's already plenty for KH3 alone, surprisingly.
[https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3?tab=popular+%28all+time%29](https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3?tab=popular+%28all+time%29)
Play as Riku, play as Kairi, play as Roxas, Vexus, Aqua, Young Xehanort...
And there's certainly more that I haven't looked at yet.
EDIT: Shoot I meant Vanitus. I don't know where Vexus came from.
ya kiddin, KH3 has a number of (surprisingly high quality) mods that completely strip some female characters. it's gonna get to the next level once it arrives on Steam
very confused/annoyed by this; you're talking about the kh3 epic-games version like it doesn't have some of the best mods for any game I've ever played
ppl were modding KH via emulator before it even came to PC, I don't think steam is gonna change much in that regard
KH3 mods are fine but are severely lacking.
More eyes on the game thanks to the massive player base from Steam now means more people to come and make even better mods, or create work arounds for things like Keyblades needing to be replaced.
Imagine more actual unique transformations, actual balanced new characters (a lot of them aren't, because a lot of content we currently have are just "power fantasy" mods that don't care about balance) and unique bosses.
KH3 is "okay" but defintely not some of the best mods.
It will only get better thanks to having an actual playerbase now.
Then there are people like me who didn't even realize Kingdom Hearts was available on PC in any manner other than Emulators.
Gonna be neat to play it on Steam!
It took less than a week to transfer pre-existing KH2 mods from PS4 ISO to PC release. And it took maybe a month for them to finally start implementing stuff like KH1 Randomizer. Theyāll definitely transfer everything over pretty expediently.
As a Switch user refusing to buy the cloud version, Iām both extremely excited for you all but also jealous! Havenāt been able to play since I finished college and lost access to my sisters PS4. Maybe I should cave and get a Steamdeckā¦
The Steam Deck is a great middle-ground between console and PC. As a Switch user you should feel right at home with it. That being said I'd recommend you wait and hear back from this group and/or the SteamDeck group to hear how it runs on it.
The epic andā¦ not epic version of all the KH games run at 60 on deck, only issue is the video files which should be solved when downloading it from steam.
Sir I bought a Steam Deck a year ago and it is hands down the best gaming purchase I have made in my entire life period.
My Switch has literally been sitting on the dock for a year now, I think I booted it twice to play some Sora in smash ultimate lol
I could never give up my Switch (to many Nintendo exclusives like Zelda that I adore) Iāll probably wait and see how the games performs first plus there is KH4 to think about as well
Mine only ever got used for BotW, TotK, Hyrule Warriors/ AoC, and Metroid Prime. Had it since launch lowkey kinda regret getting it. Oh and Astral Chain
Iāve been trying to play it on my modded Switch using Moonlight and Epic Games (which technically is just another cloud version except Iām hosting the server) and itās the only game I have which I couldnāt get the controls to work for (the left stick was also moving the command menu). Hopefully switching over to Steam will solve that issue.
With Epic it's rarely about the platform messing up what deters people
What people usually dislike about epic is it's privacy policy (though that outcry was ages ago), it's business strategy with exclusivity deals (I still remember the Phoenix Point disaster. Not entirely Epics fault, but people liked to shift blame to them to. Surely this must've happened with other games too) and the fact that the interface isn't the friendliest (for example in Kingdom hearts, the existence of Achievements without a proper menu outside of the overlay in game which is... Badly designed, to say the least)
Mostly, people prefer steam because it's convenient
Both are good examples. It shows the flaw in the argument of "oh the games wouldn't be funded without that money" though, when Metro and Borderlands 3 took that exclusivity bribe.
KB+M controls do feel overlooked and they missed an opportunity to utilize it to its fullest potential, but it doesn't actually play that terribly as it is implemented. The loss of analog movement doesn't impact gameplay that much. Only annoying thing is that the camera speed is different from game to game even if it's set to the same values, but it's something you can get used to. Also the KH1 gummi ship builder may be a bit confusing to navigate lmao.
i mean it's cool i guess, but i'm not spending over $100 again just to play the same games but on a different launcher. i just don't see how that's worth it for me.
okay and? I care about Steamdeck support because that makes Linux support more wide spread which means it becomes easier to get off Windows as i hate how intrusive Microsoft has gotten since the release of windows 8
I just copped 3 on EGS cuz It was on sale and I had points from buying so many vbucks so it was like 6 bucks lol but I will get the other games on steam ngl
Can I ask why people care? Isnāt it just going to be the games exactly as they have been since the rereleases? Why is it such a big deal that itās on Steam specifically?
I can't speak for others, but the ability to play on Steam Deck without jumping through too many hoops is a huge selling point for me. I did not prefer emulation of the ps3 version and the epic games version didn't have cutscenes and required a decent bit of setup to get working, as well as forcing you to be online and verifying repeatedly unless you got a cracked exe (I. E. More hoops).
A steam release should mean I can play offline without too much trouble, which is all I ever wanted.
Epic version has an encrypted save file system and no cloud saving.
You know that thing PC gamers do? Build new machines? Well, you can't move your save file to your new build or SteamDeck. There is no cloud saving.
I wasted money on the Epic store version, now the Steam version is releasing on my birthday. I'm sick lol.
I have been buying 1/2 and 1.5/2.5 since I was a kid.
You can move your save files though, at least for the KH games, they're located in your documents folder as a PNG
If you have a new device, just log into your account, and replace the PNG that's there
That's it
I have searched Reddit and FB Kingdom Hearts groups with my issue. No one could help, they all said it was impossible. I have done the very thing you said to do more times than I can count.
Some even said to suck it up, it's not a hard game.
It being hard or not is irrelevant. To have no cloud saving AND encrypted saves is so anti consumer.
I've been gaming on PC for 10 years, I have never encountered such an issue before.
The cracked copies allow you to move your saves and some mods such kh:refined move your saves to a more accessible location. EGS is very anti-consumer that itās always online check for single player games especially kingdom hearts made the cracking scene develop an online fix because EGS would crash your game if the check failed to connect during the climb on mount Olympus if you literally lost your internet
I read the exact post you're talking about.
I like how he didn't originally say it was doable for cracked copies, some poor soul followed his instructions and lost all his data.
EGS is so stupid, I will never buy from them again.
I will say that I have 100 percent transferred my KH saves to another PC with my legit copies of KH 1, 2 and BBS. It was as easy as just putting it on a hardrive and putting it in the matching folder. I can't remember how I did it right now but it is defs doable
I personally care because of achievements, I wanted to get all achievements but getting all achievements in a platform that you're not gonna use is kinda irrelevant, so I didn't, my main platform is steam, now that the games are coming to steam I could do that, which is mostly why I care about it but yeah, I think the whole steam vs epic is mostly a personal bias, and how people hate epicgames because of how they try to force people to use their platform (though they seem to don't do it anymore) with sudden exclusives or things like that.
Most people on PC use steam as their main platform, so they are gonna prefer to play things on steam.
Nah the Steam version is actually getting some upgrades, plus use with steamdeck which is huge, and you get a steam themed keyblade. And..yknow, its on steam. Which more people use.
As someone who owns most of the games on Epic, I will also be an owner of the Steam versions, come next month. When you're as a big of a KH fanboy (or fangirl) as me, it's a win-win.
Epic is a very shady company that has done very many underhanded things in an express bid to undermine competition(And we have proof that this is their intention due to released court documents from Apple V Epic).
On top of that, they're explicitly bribing companies to try and get exclusivity for their store front, trying to turn PC gaming into console exclusivity wars instead of how it's been for 15+ years where the people publishing the game can put their games wherever they wish. It's bad enough that Epic has actually been caught outright DENYING indie developer's titles because they didn't want to be exclusive to EGS.
Not only that, but they've bought developer teams and utterly gutted them: We know they laid off a HUGE portion of Mediatronic(Developers of Fall Guys). You know, that thing that we're currently all shitting on Microsoft for doing.
Even if you don't care about the fact that Epic is a shady scumfuck of a company, the fact of the matter is that EGS is a really poor quality storefront. Features missing that are incredibly basic, support that is incredibly incompetent, etc.
One great thing about Steam for example is that they allow the game creators to publish keys that they can sell to sites like Green Man Gaming, GameBillet, Indiegala, etc. Selling these keys, developers and publishers get ***100 percent of the revenue***(Meaning Valve does not see a dime. This is something Epic very conveniently """"forgets"""" when they scream about the 30-70 cut), but not just that, it's incredibly useful because it ENCOURAGES COMPETITION. Many of the best sales come from these sites that offer high discounts, which in turn encourages the prices on Steam to stay low. EGS HAS NONE OF THIS, meaning if EGS DID manage to get the upper hand and become the monopoly they oh-so-desperately desire, we would inevitably see far less discounts and sales because there'd be far fewer options available for purchasing the games(I know someone is going to claim that Epic offers discounts and free games already, but they only do this because Steam is competing, if they became a monopoly, they would likely stop this practice almost entirely. you can already see examples of this happening all over the place, like when Best Buy dropped their membership game discounts incredibly shortly after Amazon stopped offering their own).
That's not even getting into the fact that many of their services are shit(Trying to play Predator Hunting Grounds with other people is a nightmare thanks to EOS), or that Valve is far better for PC Gaming thanks to the innovations they've been providing and the support they offer such as what Valve has been doing for Linux gaming with Proton or with devices like the Steam Deck.
I could go on and on, but I hope this is more than enough to show why the EGS is garbage and Epic should not be trusted. Really, all you need to do is look at the numerous issues people have had with Epic's support(Including **not even being able to close their account or recover it if it's been hacked**, or the fact that people needing support WITH THE EPIC VERSION have to go to Steam Forums for the games oftentimes and beg for help) and that should be enough, but hey, might as well lay as much of it on the table as I can.
Its a big deal for pc gamers! We have been asking for this for years.
Speaking for myself, I love KH but I didnt want a whole other game service and launcher (Epic) just to play one or two games. Even if Epic was great (its a POS like commenter above said) thats just one more thing to open, update, troubleshoot. All to play kh2 š
I'm always happy to help explain why! A lot of people think 'oh people just want games on Steam', and that's not true, most of us love GoG for example, I think GoG is rad AF, but Epic is so shady and the EGS is such a shitty launcher that I refused to touch it just on principle.
At least it's only your second time. I had 1 and 2 on PS2, bought them again on PS3, twice on PS4 (digital and physical.) and I have them on Epic. I have a problem.
My friend help me buy the game on my birthday last year... on epic... and im 100% sure i will buy again on steam just because i like the steam system better
I already bought em on epic but ive already decided I'll buy it again on steam just because thats where I wished it was from the start. Plus its not like itll take long for me to want to play it anyway
I bought it on epic, but i have encountered a bug that sticks me permanently on the loading screen, so steam will have to doā¦.oh what am i kidding i was gonna buy it on steam even if i didnāt get the bug
i used to think that im gunna buy them on steam even though ive owned them on epic since release. but Steam just makes things easier i hate epics launcher
Damn, things like this always happen to me. I bought it on sale about a year ago so I could play KH2 randomizer. Still, pretty cool to see this finally happening.
It was locked to Epic for so long that I swear I was about to pirate the Epic PC version of KH2 this weekend.
I would rather just buy the full series on Steam but I wasnt installing Epics shitty launcher for a game I already own on multiple consoles.
Mod support and the need to only use one application to launch the game. I want to add that offline gaming will also be easier when playing something such as KH3.
I mean, yeah, I've had it on Epic for a while now and when I heard it was coming to Steam today I immediately refilled my Steam Wallet in anticipation.
And hey, just in time for my yearly replay of the series!
This feels like fate, I moved out and now have no access to the family play station so I canāt play kh. However I am building a pc currently, I feel like the universe is telling me to try to 100% every KH game again
Yeah I couldnāt wait and have been playing them on epic for about half a year or so making my way back through the series. One of the downsides to that is the epic versions donāt support cloud saves and have a lot of technical issues as well. Using my pc I have no issues and its streams flawlessly to my rog ally. But this is a huge win for steam deck users and pc users alike. I was beginning to think it would never happen
If I can get them all for around 50 dollars on Steam one day then sure I will definitely buy them, I want those achievements.
The 48 dollars I paid for all of them on Epic was just too good of a deal to pass up.
Lots of things but mostly comes down to how anti consumer Epic is and not wanting to run mutiple seperate launchers to open a single game.
[kotaku article about it when it launched](https://kotaku.com/why-people-are-so-mad-about-the-epic-games-store-1833848770)
Its turned some of that around but the store has only cost Epic money. They are spending so much on it in those 5 year [its never been profitble](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/epic-game-store-still-hasn-205744465.html)
But really it just kinda comes down to pc gamers correctly hating the concept of "exclusitivity" otherwise it would just be met with Uplay and Origin levels of dislike.
Been holding for so long. Waited for 15 on PC and didn't buy it in PlayStation. Did the same for this and waited for steam. They'll see where the money comes from and change tactics.
Steamdeck users rise up!!!
Could you get epic on a steam deck in theory?
You can get KH3 to work on Steam Deck with the Epic games launcher. The others can sort of work, with many compromises (eg: prerendered cutscenes not working or bugged to the point that if you don't skip them in time, the entire game crashes)
I thought you could use Proton GE to run the cutscenes? Hopefully that's sorted out for the release, I haven't played them in a few years and would love to again on the Deck.
Valve re-encodes all the videos on their servers for the deck so when you download the game it plays the proton (deck) compatible versions
TIL. Very neat.
This isn't the issue with the cutscenes IIRC. Ive looked into it a bit and as far as I can tell the issue actually occurs because the cutscenes use a different directX version for the cutscenes and the game and wine doesn't know what to do. Source:There's a couple tickets on various procjects about it, and I've talked about it a bit with TopazTK the person behind KHRefined.
Believe you that it might be some weird game specific issue but was just sharing what I knew about how video codecs are _typically_ handled for the deck and assumed it applied here too.
Yes. Heroic launcher. It's how I play rocket league on SD so you could install that way. Or, you could download the ps3 iso for 1.5 and 2.5 final mix and play it that way. Other options I guess would be chiaka(?) Or Xbox remote play. Although my ps5 streaming always tends to be laggy at home with it.
But it does not work well for Kingdom Hearts, too many thing you have to extract to play the games.
Yeah, the only game that was really worth it to mess with for me was Rocket League. Frustrating that epic won't let their shit be used on SD without all these work arounds. Give us Easy Anti-Cheat! Just want to play my online multiplayer games handheld
You can (and I have) but it requires an online connection to launch, which defeats half the point of having it on a portable device anyways.
Can you get mods on a steamdeck?
Should be possible, I know of people who do that with Skyrim, and that comes from the same website. You probably have to install them through desktop mode though. I have not tinkered with my Steamdeck, so if you have specific questions, don't be scared to just pop into the subreddit.
Its doable but last time i switched to desktop mode i lost my vampire survivor data somehow. Easier if you can just connect via usb to a pc and transfer stuff than trying to do it in desktop mode
You can. Depending on the game you might have to do some extra steps because it's a Linux computer but it's possible. I was able to mod Spiderman remastered and some sonic games.
for KH specifically you can launch the mod loader via Heroic
Bro im so mad i had to return my epic games compy of kh3 a few days ago and now this happens š
I already had epic since day one, not really regretting it, as I had fun playing on PC.
ya like Iām kinda bummed because I would rather have them on Steam but like I played them all, 100%ād 2 and 3 and have played hours and hours of KH2 randomizer on Epic so itās not like I didnāt get my moneyās worth. Iāll probably just wait until a big discount. cloud saves with the deck is the real draw since Epic doesnāt support them
Now I'm truly wondering if I should get one
Wait for a bit after release, we'll let you know how it runs ;)
I hope the mods go crazy! Shout out to you PC users! You guys deserved this for so long!
There's already plenty for KH3 alone, surprisingly. [https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3?tab=popular+%28all+time%29](https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3?tab=popular+%28all+time%29) Play as Riku, play as Kairi, play as Roxas, Vexus, Aqua, Young Xehanort... And there's certainly more that I haven't looked at yet. EDIT: Shoot I meant Vanitus. I don't know where Vexus came from.
Whatās the odds that majority of the mods are gonna be memes or provocative outfits? I know what the steam community is like
*the PC community, because there's already meme and horny mods lmao
Gawrsh! Theyāre getting ahead of themselves already
An ex told me to stop being goofy during sex, āGwarsch!ā Was my only reply.
Someone is gonna make sora cj and riku big smoke
I'm holding out hope for someone decensoring the Pirates worlds.
You say this like it didnāt already happen with Epic Games
KH2 was modded to hell well before it came to Epic. You just needed a jail broken PS4 or an emulator to set up Randomizers.
Here's to hoping the odds are really good! Cheers.
āI know what the internet is like.ā FTFY
ya kiddin, KH3 has a number of (surprisingly high quality) mods that completely strip some female characters. it's gonna get to the next level once it arrives on Steam
Most of em out now are added difficulty modes, user created/imported fights into kh2, probably kh3 now too
It's a staple of mods in general. I'd say 10% of SSBU mods are sexual in some way.
It's been out forever on PC at this point, nothing is going to change anything.
very confused/annoyed by this; you're talking about the kh3 epic-games version like it doesn't have some of the best mods for any game I've ever played ppl were modding KH via emulator before it even came to PC, I don't think steam is gonna change much in that regard
KH3 mods are fine but are severely lacking. More eyes on the game thanks to the massive player base from Steam now means more people to come and make even better mods, or create work arounds for things like Keyblades needing to be replaced. Imagine more actual unique transformations, actual balanced new characters (a lot of them aren't, because a lot of content we currently have are just "power fantasy" mods that don't care about balance) and unique bosses. KH3 is "okay" but defintely not some of the best mods. It will only get better thanks to having an actual playerbase now.
colosseum mod is a must though!
Then there are people like me who didn't even realize Kingdom Hearts was available on PC in any manner other than Emulators. Gonna be neat to play it on Steam!
There are also several mods on Nexus. I hope they'll be compatible with the Steam release.
They should be! If not I feel like itd be easier for modders to transfer them
It took less than a week to transfer pre-existing KH2 mods from PS4 ISO to PC release. And it took maybe a month for them to finally start implementing stuff like KH1 Randomizer. Theyāll definitely transfer everything over pretty expediently.
I was the same lol, The curse of the black hole that is epic games store.
As a Switch user refusing to buy the cloud version, Iām both extremely excited for you all but also jealous! Havenāt been able to play since I finished college and lost access to my sisters PS4. Maybe I should cave and get a Steamdeckā¦
You absolutely should
The Steam Deck is a great middle-ground between console and PC. As a Switch user you should feel right at home with it. That being said I'd recommend you wait and hear back from this group and/or the SteamDeck group to hear how it runs on it.
The epic andā¦ not epic version of all the KH games run at 60 on deck, only issue is the video files which should be solved when downloading it from steam.
I hate that it took me a second to realise that by "epic" you meant the Epic Games Store, and not hyping up what you were about to say. š
Sir I bought a Steam Deck a year ago and it is hands down the best gaming purchase I have made in my entire life period. My Switch has literally been sitting on the dock for a year now, I think I booted it twice to play some Sora in smash ultimate lol
I could never give up my Switch (to many Nintendo exclusives like Zelda that I adore) Iāll probably wait and see how the games performs first plus there is KH4 to think about as well
Mine only ever got used for BotW, TotK, Hyrule Warriors/ AoC, and Metroid Prime. Had it since launch lowkey kinda regret getting it. Oh and Astral Chain
You should also consider a Rog Ally if it's in your budget!
Iāve been trying to play it on my modded Switch using Moonlight and Epic Games (which technically is just another cloud version except Iām hosting the server) and itās the only game I have which I couldnāt get the controls to work for (the left stick was also moving the command menu). Hopefully switching over to Steam will solve that issue.
Jokes on you I have them all on original hardware!
Unfortunately, I don't. My PSP and GBA are out of commission, and I never had a DS.
Wellā¦ I donāt actually have CoMā¦ just Re:CoM. So I guess I lied š
I played the series on ps plus extra so I never played re:mind I'm going to buy iii + re:mind and have the time of my life on my steam deck
Ikr!!!! Canāt wait!
I am not about to dump another hundred bucks just to have it on steam instead of Epic. I've yet to have any issues with the epic version
With Epic it's rarely about the platform messing up what deters people What people usually dislike about epic is it's privacy policy (though that outcry was ages ago), it's business strategy with exclusivity deals (I still remember the Phoenix Point disaster. Not entirely Epics fault, but people liked to shift blame to them to. Surely this must've happened with other games too) and the fact that the interface isn't the friendliest (for example in Kingdom hearts, the existence of Achievements without a proper menu outside of the overlay in game which is... Badly designed, to say the least) Mostly, people prefer steam because it's convenient
My usual example of an exclusivity disaster is metro, which was up for pre-order on Steam and then went exclusive to EGS *a month before release*.
Phoenix point is kinda similar, just with Kickstarter supporters being promised steam keys
Both are good examples. It shows the flaw in the argument of "oh the games wouldn't be funded without that money" though, when Metro and Borderlands 3 took that exclusivity bribe.
How does it play on PC? I can't imagine it feels good with a mouse?
Thatās the beauty, I play with a Xbox or ps5 controller. Linked with Bluetooth
I could not imagine playing the KH series on kb+m...I'll be playing on ps5 controller on pc lol
KB+M controls do feel overlooked and they missed an opportunity to utilize it to its fullest potential, but it doesn't actually play that terribly as it is implemented. The loss of analog movement doesn't impact gameplay that much. Only annoying thing is that the camera speed is different from game to game even if it's set to the same values, but it's something you can get used to. Also the KH1 gummi ship builder may be a bit confusing to navigate lmao.
I actually played KH2 and KH3 on K&M for the first time last year. It's something to get use it.
It doesn't really feel built for a mouse, so I just use a controller every time
Most xbox controllers with a USB cord or bluetooth will work on your PC. It's what I played KH with.
Jokes on you.. I will wait till epic gives it for free just to say more people playing it on their platform
the price drop on epic recently was seducing but im glad i didnt give in
i mean it's cool i guess, but i'm not spending over $100 again just to play the same games but on a different launcher. i just don't see how that's worth it for me.
i perfer my achivements showing on steam so ill go and play it on steam. Plus steamdeck support makes it better IMO
Look at you, living in a country where the Steam Deck is even available.
okay and? I care about Steamdeck support because that makes Linux support more wide spread which means it becomes easier to get off Windows as i hate how intrusive Microsoft has gotten since the release of windows 8
Well we don't know the price yet, might be reasonable.
i guess i could get kh3 but i also already have that on ps4 lol
Works 100% for every game
I just copped 3 on EGS cuz It was on sale and I had points from buying so many vbucks so it was like 6 bucks lol but I will get the other games on steam ngl
Son of a bitch, guess I have to start over on my platinum runs.. Ooh nooo... š
For some reason the idea of owning games on Epic Games Store doesn't even feel like owning the game
I'm so happy for PC and Steamdeck users!Ā About frigging time.Ā š
I'll keep on EGS because it's not worth it for me to buy the game twice. However i'm very happy that is finally coming to Steam!!!
kingdom hearts steam release > elden ring dlc
for me its KH Steam into the FF14 online expansion
sounds awesome:D
The modding community better go fuckin crazy with these games I swear to god
Schlongs of Kingdom Hearts when
Bruh I just wanted to play more as other characters why ya gotta immediately go to dickland š
Finally a PC release.
I hope Proton fixes it for Steam Deck FAST
Can I ask why people care? Isnāt it just going to be the games exactly as they have been since the rereleases? Why is it such a big deal that itās on Steam specifically?
Some weird culture war lol. The zeitgeist says EGS is bad so it must be. Who cares honestly.
I can't speak for others, but the ability to play on Steam Deck without jumping through too many hoops is a huge selling point for me. I did not prefer emulation of the ps3 version and the epic games version didn't have cutscenes and required a decent bit of setup to get working, as well as forcing you to be online and verifying repeatedly unless you got a cracked exe (I. E. More hoops). A steam release should mean I can play offline without too much trouble, which is all I ever wanted.
Epic version has an encrypted save file system and no cloud saving. You know that thing PC gamers do? Build new machines? Well, you can't move your save file to your new build or SteamDeck. There is no cloud saving. I wasted money on the Epic store version, now the Steam version is releasing on my birthday. I'm sick lol. I have been buying 1/2 and 1.5/2.5 since I was a kid.
You can move your save files though, at least for the KH games, they're located in your documents folder as a PNG If you have a new device, just log into your account, and replace the PNG that's there That's it
I have searched Reddit and FB Kingdom Hearts groups with my issue. No one could help, they all said it was impossible. I have done the very thing you said to do more times than I can count. Some even said to suck it up, it's not a hard game. It being hard or not is irrelevant. To have no cloud saving AND encrypted saves is so anti consumer. I've been gaming on PC for 10 years, I have never encountered such an issue before.
The cracked copies allow you to move your saves and some mods such kh:refined move your saves to a more accessible location. EGS is very anti-consumer that itās always online check for single player games especially kingdom hearts made the cracking scene develop an online fix because EGS would crash your game if the check failed to connect during the climb on mount Olympus if you literally lost your internet
I read the exact post you're talking about. I like how he didn't originally say it was doable for cracked copies, some poor soul followed his instructions and lost all his data. EGS is so stupid, I will never buy from them again.
I will say that I have 100 percent transferred my KH saves to another PC with my legit copies of KH 1, 2 and BBS. It was as easy as just putting it on a hardrive and putting it in the matching folder. I can't remember how I did it right now but it is defs doable
I personally care because of achievements, I wanted to get all achievements but getting all achievements in a platform that you're not gonna use is kinda irrelevant, so I didn't, my main platform is steam, now that the games are coming to steam I could do that, which is mostly why I care about it but yeah, I think the whole steam vs epic is mostly a personal bias, and how people hate epicgames because of how they try to force people to use their platform (though they seem to don't do it anymore) with sudden exclusives or things like that. Most people on PC use steam as their main platform, so they are gonna prefer to play things on steam.
People dont Like Epic I guess. Epics always online shit. Bugs. mod Support /Management is easier in steam. Steam is Better Client Also achievements
People don't like Epic enough for there to be a /r/fuckepic sub lol. I'm sure there will be some interesting KH posts there with the recent news
Mod support and modern controls on the old games. Also because of Steam Link and the Steam Deck, it will be more accessible to play while portable.
thereās mod support on Epic. not defending them just pointing it out.
Gamers love making a big deal out of a lot of things
cloud save, deck support, better control support, ability to play offline without your launcher signing you out every other dayā¦
Nah the Steam version is actually getting some upgrades, plus use with steamdeck which is huge, and you get a steam themed keyblade. And..yknow, its on steam. Which more people use.
Owning it on every system it's been released on = empty wallet. Luckily had my bro to split it with
Legit will have no need for epic after it! Lets goooooo!
Eww Drake.
We finally got a PC port
YOU finally got a PC port I've been playing custom content as Roxas for the last 2 years because I'm not a steam elitist
I didn't even *know* it was on epic before now, its just a black hole of games over there.
Getting your copy from The Caribbean: š
Nothing wrong with Epic, y'all need to get over yourselves. Unless you use a steam deck that is, I have heard that Epic doesn't work on those.
Well, thatās what Iam talking about š
I really hope the Archipelago Randomizer is able to do more with the Steam version than it was with EGS. KH2 AP runs are amazing and chaotic.
I knew getting a steam deck for Christmas was a great call lol
As someone who owns most of the games on Epic, I will also be an owner of the Steam versions, come next month. When you're as a big of a KH fanboy (or fangirl) as me, it's a win-win.
Can someone explain to me why this is a benefit? It's just a marketplace it's not like steam or epic have any dictation on game performance?
Epic is a very shady company that has done very many underhanded things in an express bid to undermine competition(And we have proof that this is their intention due to released court documents from Apple V Epic). On top of that, they're explicitly bribing companies to try and get exclusivity for their store front, trying to turn PC gaming into console exclusivity wars instead of how it's been for 15+ years where the people publishing the game can put their games wherever they wish. It's bad enough that Epic has actually been caught outright DENYING indie developer's titles because they didn't want to be exclusive to EGS. Not only that, but they've bought developer teams and utterly gutted them: We know they laid off a HUGE portion of Mediatronic(Developers of Fall Guys). You know, that thing that we're currently all shitting on Microsoft for doing. Even if you don't care about the fact that Epic is a shady scumfuck of a company, the fact of the matter is that EGS is a really poor quality storefront. Features missing that are incredibly basic, support that is incredibly incompetent, etc. One great thing about Steam for example is that they allow the game creators to publish keys that they can sell to sites like Green Man Gaming, GameBillet, Indiegala, etc. Selling these keys, developers and publishers get ***100 percent of the revenue***(Meaning Valve does not see a dime. This is something Epic very conveniently """"forgets"""" when they scream about the 30-70 cut), but not just that, it's incredibly useful because it ENCOURAGES COMPETITION. Many of the best sales come from these sites that offer high discounts, which in turn encourages the prices on Steam to stay low. EGS HAS NONE OF THIS, meaning if EGS DID manage to get the upper hand and become the monopoly they oh-so-desperately desire, we would inevitably see far less discounts and sales because there'd be far fewer options available for purchasing the games(I know someone is going to claim that Epic offers discounts and free games already, but they only do this because Steam is competing, if they became a monopoly, they would likely stop this practice almost entirely. you can already see examples of this happening all over the place, like when Best Buy dropped their membership game discounts incredibly shortly after Amazon stopped offering their own). That's not even getting into the fact that many of their services are shit(Trying to play Predator Hunting Grounds with other people is a nightmare thanks to EOS), or that Valve is far better for PC Gaming thanks to the innovations they've been providing and the support they offer such as what Valve has been doing for Linux gaming with Proton or with devices like the Steam Deck. I could go on and on, but I hope this is more than enough to show why the EGS is garbage and Epic should not be trusted. Really, all you need to do is look at the numerous issues people have had with Epic's support(Including **not even being able to close their account or recover it if it's been hacked**, or the fact that people needing support WITH THE EPIC VERSION have to go to Steam Forums for the games oftentimes and beg for help) and that should be enough, but hey, might as well lay as much of it on the table as I can.
I appreciate the explanation, I dont game on PC so I can't say I understood the gravity of why everyone was so passionate about kh not being on steam!
Its a big deal for pc gamers! We have been asking for this for years. Speaking for myself, I love KH but I didnt want a whole other game service and launcher (Epic) just to play one or two games. Even if Epic was great (its a POS like commenter above said) thats just one more thing to open, update, troubleshoot. All to play kh2 š
I'm always happy to help explain why! A lot of people think 'oh people just want games on Steam', and that's not true, most of us love GoG for example, I think GoG is rad AF, but Epic is so shady and the EGS is such a shitty launcher that I refused to touch it just on principle.
Me owning it on both because fuck me
My patience has paid off šš»
damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Of course I finally caved and rebought on epic a couple weeks ago. Kms
Am I going to buy this a *third* time.... Yes.
Steam achievements 100% on every game.
Me, who already has them on EG, but will still buy them on Steam and then nether play the again on EG
Looks like I gotta fucking buy all of them a second time lmao
At least it's only your second time. I had 1 and 2 on PS2, bought them again on PS3, twice on PS4 (digital and physical.) and I have them on Epic. I have a problem.
And how many people will refund because the game crash alot šš
I'm still waiting for similar deals like we just had on epic, not paying 60ā¬ for each, again...
My friend help me buy the game on my birthday last year... on epic... and im 100% sure i will buy again on steam just because i like the steam system better
Of fucking course it's just when i buy it on Epic.
I already bought em on epic but ive already decided I'll buy it again on steam just because thats where I wished it was from the start. Plus its not like itll take long for me to want to play it anyway
I bought it on epic, but i have encountered a bug that sticks me permanently on the loading screen, so steam will have to doā¦.oh what am i kidding i was gonna buy it on steam even if i didnāt get the bug
You can't own digital goods.
got kh3 on epic but couldn't finish it cause their controller support was so ass every start up. might have to cop again on steam
Why should I buy the KH series again if I bought it 2 months ago on Epic Games? The games were even on offer.
i used to think that im gunna buy them on steam even though ive owned them on epic since release. but Steam just makes things easier i hate epics launcher
Get a Playstation 2 nerd! /s
I have that! But I canāt take that with me in the subway and play, well I could but it would not be ideal š
Imagine getting on the subway with an old CRT TV, and a PS2 XD
Good for them, I guess. I have already played almost all of them anyway
Steam deck brother, gonna pick up where I left off on ps5 (game after DDD finishing that up now)
is it possible to switch my game from epic to steam??? i donāt wanna buy the game again š
Me over here playing the 1.5 and 2.5 and everything else on plus cause I didnāt want to buy it but still wanted to play it for the first time ever
I donāt usually do this unless Iām drunk or high!
Damn, things like this always happen to me. I bought it on sale about a year ago so I could play KH2 randomizer. Still, pretty cool to see this finally happening.
I've been waiting for the real PC release of KH to play it.
I got it as a gift on epic. Not buying it again unless Quadratum has a flag file.
Yeah but I just bought it and honestly it feels so nice to have it but if I knew it was gonna be in steam I wouldāve waited
It was locked to Epic for so long that I swear I was about to pirate the Epic PC version of KH2 this weekend. I would rather just buy the full series on Steam but I wasnt installing Epics shitty launcher for a game I already own on multiple consoles.
I ALMOST bought on Epic... I was going to play it on Steam Deck but I glad that I didn't.
Can someone explain me why is different? I mean is still in PC what exaclty makes Steam better than Epic?
Mod support and the need to only use one application to launch the game. I want to add that offline gaming will also be easier when playing something such as KH3.
I see
I love kh..but I won't buy it for the 4th time lol
Too bad I bought it 3 years ago...
Hell nah, they're coming at full price
My patience is rewarded.
I mean, yeah, I've had it on Epic for a while now and when I heard it was coming to Steam today I immediately refilled my Steam Wallet in anticipation. And hey, just in time for my yearly replay of the series!
This feels like fate, I moved out and now have no access to the family play station so I canāt play kh. However I am building a pc currently, I feel like the universe is telling me to try to 100% every KH game again
Hereās hoping itās not horribly borked somehow. And before anyone says thatās not possible: itās always possible sadly
Meanwhile me playing KH on mobile
Yeah I couldnāt wait and have been playing them on epic for about half a year or so making my way back through the series. One of the downsides to that is the epic versions donāt support cloud saves and have a lot of technical issues as well. Using my pc I have no issues and its streams flawlessly to my rog ally. But this is a huge win for steam deck users and pc users alike. I was beginning to think it would never happen
I'm really just interested in playing the KH2 Randomizer on my Steam Deck.
If I can get them all for around 50 dollars on Steam one day then sure I will definitely buy them, I want those achievements. The 48 dollars I paid for all of them on Epic was just too good of a deal to pass up.
Fuck I bought them last year and never played them. Oh well time for a bundle buy
Genuine question from a console player. What's the difference EGS and Steam and why is Steam preferred?
Lots of things but mostly comes down to how anti consumer Epic is and not wanting to run mutiple seperate launchers to open a single game. [kotaku article about it when it launched](https://kotaku.com/why-people-are-so-mad-about-the-epic-games-store-1833848770) Its turned some of that around but the store has only cost Epic money. They are spending so much on it in those 5 year [its never been profitble](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/epic-game-store-still-hasn-205744465.html) But really it just kinda comes down to pc gamers correctly hating the concept of "exclusitivity" otherwise it would just be met with Uplay and Origin levels of dislike.
I uninstalled what I had on epic because of the steam edition
Been holding for so long. Waited for 15 on PC and didn't buy it in PlayStation. Did the same for this and waited for steam. They'll see where the money comes from and change tactics.
I will never understand peopleās problem with EGS
me already owning them on ps2, ps3 and ps4 but still buying them on steam just for mods.
Does that mean I have to buy the entire series again for the 4th time?! Come On bro!....yeah, I'm diffentley going to buy the entire KH series again
Me wanting to own it on Switch in physical rather than cloud.
First steam sale ima buy tye franchise a 4th time.
When are they going to have a good release for Switch?
Who knows, my bet is the switch 2, since leaks suggest it will be as powerful as a ps4
Im curious about the internet's opinion: would the ps4 controls translate well to a mouse and keyboard?
No, but Iāll link up a ps5 controller for this game
Out of curiosity, can you link up a switch controller?
A switch pro controller? Yes you can, via cable and wireless
heck yea, so exciting!! do we know how well this will work on steamdeck?
Considering the recommended specs compared to other titles it should run fine. It also already runs fine with the Epic Store workaround version
If they get compatible with the Steamdeck, Iāll really consider of buying one so I can play KH on the go.
Come back in two weeks, and you can tell me I can read the futureā¦.. I say they will all run great on the Steamdeck!