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Tim Sweeney doesn't hold back: if you think the Epic Games launcher is bad, it's because it is (en.softonic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Somehow it takes even longer to launch than the Steam launcher.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Because EGS is literally built in Unreal Engine. Instead of a normal desktop app, they built it in Unreal Engine. Yeah. Seriously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

That explains a lot. Except my computer is pretty top tier and even full games manage to launch faster than Epic Games Launcher