Good news! There is a new Earth Defense Force Game and now it’s here! Bad news: If you want to play the game online on Steam, you’ll need to create an Epic Games account. This fact was announced on launch day and went down so poorly with players that the developers behind the new giant bug-killing game are already announcing plans to remove the requirement after just 24 hours.
Earth Defense Force 6—the highly anticipated next entry in the third-person sci-fi shooter series about blasting giant monsters – released on Steam on July 25. It’s the first main entry in the cult classic series since 2019. People were excited to get their hands on the game, which launched in Japan in 2022 but is only now available in the US for PS4, PS5, and PC. 6. EDF promises more missions (all playable via online co-op) than any previous entry. But the game quickly received a ton of negative reviews on Steam because online play required a previously unannounced Epic Games account.
On July 25, the day 6. European Development Fund started, A post was published on the game’s Steam pageHe quietly confirmed that players will need to create and log into an Epic Games account to play the shooter online.
Players were not happy about this and criticized the developers for not making this clear before launch and forcing them to use another account outside of Steam to play online. What followed was about 24 hours of review bombing by players. 6. European Development Fund in Valve’s digital showcase. As reported by GamesRadarAt the end of its launch day, EDF 6 had over 1,000 reviews and a “Mostly Negative” status on Steam.
6. European Development Fund Developers announce changes to Epic account requirements
On Friday, just 24 hours after it all began and in response to the overwhelmingly negative reviews, 6′s devs has published a new post on Steam and confirmed that they had listened to all the “feedback” and would be making some changes.
“Thank you for your feedback on Earth Defense Forces 6″, said developer Sandlot. “The 6. EDF The Steam development team is reviewing and planning changes to the specification that requires logging into an Epic Games account, which has received the most feedback.”
Sandlot did not provide any details on when the Epic Games account requirements will be changed, but wanted to reassure fans that they have heard all the clamor and seen all the negative reviews and are now working to rectify the situation.
This whole fiasco reminds me of the Helldivers 2 PSN requirements collapse This happened at the beginning of the year. As with 6. EDFPlayers have bombarded the Steam page of the popular sci-fi shooter with so many reviews that Sony finally gave in and rowed back to his PSN requirement.
If I had five cents for every time a third-person co-op shooter about killing bugs in space upset its fans by requiring a third-party account to play online on Steam…
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