Cave Story+ was free (not free from 10th December)

Nov 29, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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Cave Story+ will be free on the Epic Games Store on December 3rd!
For context, this is the same platform that GTA V was made free on.
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I guess Nicalis did something good
(Also, I challenge anyone to get Cave Story+ running on lower specs than minimum)
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Nov 29, 2020 at 3:23 PM
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That's nice, I now can play CS+ on my PC, without a $15 paywall, and now i also have an excuse to make an Epic account.

Wait a minute, cse2 gets taken down, then nicalis's own version becomes free in 5 days, Kinda suspicious. :pignon2:
 
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Nov 29, 2020 at 4:03 PM
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$10 CS+ before the price increase gang, rise up! Like CS+'s price
 
Nov 29, 2020 at 5:45 PM
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I'm curios if they'll edit it to use the new Nicalis logo and change the copy right dates in the credits.
 
Nov 29, 2020 at 5:50 PM
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To be fair, the copyright is under:
Nicalis, Inc./Daisuke Amaya
oh, and Epic Games might put something else on their too, but idk.
 
Nov 29, 2020 at 7:30 PM
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wait a minute, cse2 gets taken down, then nicalis's own version becomes free in 5 days, Kinda suspicious. :pignon2:
They usually have one free game at a time that rotates every 2 weeks or so. This is setup months in advance. Nicalis wouldn't be able to have EG do this on a whim.
 
Nov 29, 2020 at 7:40 PM
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(Also, I challenge anyone to get Cave Story+ running on lower specs than minimum)
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Challenge accepted. I'm going to be visiting my parents soon for Christmas, and they have a Windows 98 Computer with a Pentium III processor that still works, so I can try it on that. I actually ran the original Cave Story on it back in 2013, and it runs at 50 FPS. I don't believe I ever tried CS+ on it, but I remember trying WTF? Story on it, and the graphics were badly garbled for some reason, and the framerate was at least cut in half. I'll report back when I get the chance.
 
Dec 3, 2020 at 10:13 PM
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OMG FINALLY been waiting all day, get free Cave Story+ while you still canScreenshot_20201203_221137_com.android.chrome.jpg
 
Dec 3, 2020 at 11:58 PM
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Tbh, I can care less if it's the same as the Steam port, I'm just PRAYING it saves Nikumaru times instead of crashing and having all times set to 99'59"9
 
Dec 4, 2020 at 12:30 AM
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I'm curios if they'll edit it to use the new Nicalis logo and change the copy right dates in the credits.
I can confirm that they've updated their logo in the title screen in this version. Not sure yet about the copyright date(s) in the credits.

I do wish that they would have gone ahead and fixed that screen cut-off problem in this version, it's a bother to set the EXE to run in 640X480. Oh well, still enjoyable.
 
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Dec 5, 2020 at 8:26 PM
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Challenge accepted. I'm going to be visiting my parents soon for Christmas, and they have a Windows 98 Computer with a Pentium III processor that still works, so I can try it on that.
I Did It On a Windows Millennium Edition Virtual Machine And I Couldn't Even Open The Epic Store, And When I Moved The Cave Story+ File via. My Real Computer, The Game Ran On 5 FPS And I Couldn't Reach Igor, Mostly Because Of The Input Lag, And The Fact That It Keeps Crashing Before I Reach Egg Number 05.
 
Dec 5, 2020 at 8:28 PM
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I Did It On a Windows Millennium Edition Virtual Machine And I Couldn't Even Open The Epic Store, And When I Moved The Cave Story+ File via. My Real Computer, The Game Ran On 5 FPS And I Couldn't Reach Igor, Mostly Because Of The Input Lag, And The Fact That It Keeps Crashing Before I Reach Egg Number 05.
Well you technically did it, so congrats I guess
 
Dec 7, 2020 at 8:04 PM
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The Epic version has something the Steam version doesn't.

CLOUD SAVE
 
Dec 7, 2020 at 8:25 PM
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Steam Cloud called.
Eh, pretty sure CS+ isn't compatible with Steam Cloud. Because when I got a new PC and downloaded Steam onto it, all of my save data in CS+ was gone. So I had to transfer the local files from my old one.

For more evidence, it doesn't list the Steam Cloud feature on the store page.

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Dec 7, 2020 at 10:13 PM
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You Said That You Were "Pretty Sure"
I said from the beginning that the Steam version doesn't have cloud save, and then I confirmed it with my screenshot. Also if I was right in the first place there was no point of telling me.

So again, pay attention.
 
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