EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6, a sixth installment of the sci-fi third-person shooter series that centers around an international armed force tasked with defending Earth from alien lifeforms, requires an Epic Games account for online play on Steam in order to enhance cross play and online functionality, developer SANDLOT and publisher D3 have announced. The new game, which is also available now on PS4 and PS5, currently has a Mostly Negative rating on Steam.
Critics are saying:
- “Requires a third party account with Epic Games to play online with friends, even if you only play with people who are solely on the Steam platform. There is no indication anywhere on the Steam page that this was the case before purchasing and is definitely a shady, potentially illegal business practice.”
- “Didn’t disclose a 3rd party account requirement for online anywhere on the store page, yet will gladly take your money for the game on steam.”
- “You would think buying a steam game I would just need the steam platform but noooooo, you have to have an Epic account as well in order to play online. This is such a smooth brain decision by companies lately and hoping it stops soon, giga-tarded.”
- “Two games work perfectly fine with Steam Servers to this day and now this here comes around and thinks it deserves an Epic Online Account to be playable despite not even telling so on the Store Page. **** right off. Epic is Earths real enemy.”
- “Now I know people are gonna bring up the obvious issue (Aka requiring to install F*cking Epic) But here is some other ACTUAL issues as well: Game actually looks worse than EDF4…Game is Locked at 60fps…Game has constant pop-in issues…”
A launch trailer:
Game description:
The year is 2024 AD. Mankind has won the long battle against the unknown invaders. The enemy Primers are now gone and peace has returned to Mother Earth. However, the population has shrunk to 10% and the world was on the verge of collapse. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery. Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.