Earth Defense Force 6 released earlier today, and as you'd be able to tell from our review, we like it quite a bit. But while a new EDF should be cause for raucous celebration from one of the world's more specific types of sicko, I'm pained to report that the sickos are displeased. The would-be bacchanal of big guns and bigger ants is instead the site of another Steam review-bombing. Why? Because EDF 6 requires you to login to an Epic account to play online, even if you're playing on Steam.
At time of writing, EDF 6's Steam rating sits at Mostly Negative after around 1,300 reviews, with only 29% being positive. The negative reviews all share the same complaint: EDF 6 requires an Epic account for online play, which wasn't disclosed anywhere in its Steam listing before release. Early this morning, a few hours after EDF 6 released, its Steam page was updated to specify the Epic account requirement.
