I should say first that I have very little knowledge in the computer world, but I'm gracious for all help you're willing to give! Hopefully Epic Games Store will start listening to its users soon and find ways to make these sorely needed changes to its platform.I'm a first-time poster, please be gentle! haha Though there are ways players can finagle more accessible controller support, either via Steam or other software, it's kind of absurd that players have to work around the very platform they used to purchase a game to play it as intended. There are other workarounds players have found as well, but those require downloading additional software.Ĭhecking any thread of complaints about EGS will reveal plenty of users who find themselves in a controller plight. Next, locate 'Epic Games Launcher' and select 'Add Selected Programs.' Now 'Epic Games Launcher' will show up as a title in your Steam library, and launching it allows Steam's controller support and recognition to be overlain in EGS games. To do this, open Steam and select 'Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library' from the 'Games' tab at the top. Players have found that it's often possible to launch a game purchased from EGS through Steam in a hilarious bit of irony. Those all work on Steam, and many even on GOG Galaxy too, but not EGS - at least not natively. Naturally, this comes as a bitter pill to swallow for those who already own a perfectly functional PS4, Switch Pro or any number of third-party controllers that exist.

Many developers choose to do this, but things get muddy again after considering this support only extends to one type of controller. Only Xbox One gamepads reap the rewards, even if developers put in the work to support different input types. While there's no way to use a controller to navigate the launcher itself, developers can implement gamepad support in the title itself. As it is now, players must tediously purchase games one at a time.

The platform is still under fire from users for missing basic, key features, such as a simple shopping cart to make purchasing games easier. It seems like a glaring omission, but that seems to be the norm for Epic Game Store. As it stands, there is some minimal controller support that exists on EGS. These games were designed to be played with a controller, not a mouse and keyboard changing the input that drastically will leave some gameplay repercussions. This issue wouldn't be as glaring if there weren't titles within EGS' library that were initially designed to be played with a controller, such as the PC releases of the Kingdom Hearts series or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.

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