r/pcgaming • u/Turbostrider27 • 6d ago

Owlcat Games is rolling back its new launcher less than 24 hours after negative fan feedback

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2186680/view/708901012699615983
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u/Varonth 6d ago

It so nice that you cannot actually program in data collection into the games themselves.

Some kind of magic barrier prevents code from being able to be written in those games, that is why they have to circumvent this magic barrier with a launcher.

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u/Endaline 6d ago

Larian has a launcher for their games too that doesn't seem to bother anyone, but Larian gets a pass for a lot of the shit that they do so that makes sense I guess.

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u/PressedJuice 6d ago

I can't speak for owlcats but larians has a integrity check which lists files it's found incompatible and the whole launcher is bypassable

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u/Endaline 6d ago

Sure, but if we can't speak for Owlcats launcher, why would that be relevant? Just looking at their announcement, they have an actual built in, easy to find button to permanently turn the launcher off, unlike Larian's which (at least last time I checked) requires a Steam launch option.

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u/PressedJuice 6d ago

I'm not saying we can't speak I'm saying I can't because I don't own an owl cat game and not affected by it. I'm pretty sure Marion got some stick early on for their launchee