Just like Pop Rocks, Lego-themed games are way more fun than I'm willing to admit as a grown-ass man.

Yes, They are.

I was going to test that (I already downloaded the six games with the client, and was going to zip them, copy them over to another PC where I have never installed either the Epic client nor any of those games, and see if they run fine there).

So has that been confirmed already it works just like that? That would save me from testing it myself, and figuring out if the inablity to run them on the other Windows PC is due to lack of installation, or some system dependency missing...

Yes, you need Epic launcher to download games. But registry games to your account you can directly from site.

Yeah, I meant just adding the games to my account, not downloading and playing them.

But i have to ask: Are they stupid? Why don't they sell Arkham series here, instead of giving it for free through their crapware (client)?

I don't know how much money Epic threw at WB for this but I'd still rather BUY the games on GOG.

WB's literally leaving money on the table.

I'm sure epic paid them a bunch of money for it to be featured. Its probably a more reliable reward than a PWYW humble bundle.

I also expect that once it stops being free, Epic's cut of sales is smaller than here.

Sadly the effort to buy marketshare isn't working on me. I'll take free games, but I generally only buy stuff from here.

The story the Sekretagent guys wrote for it is not bad, I will agree. Past a certain point, the focus of it kinda just flies out the window and it falls back to the ol' "Batman v. Joker" rivalry as if it couldn't get by on sticking with the whole assassin setup for fear of deviating too far from the "Arkham" story formula.

It has a really intimidating interpretation of Bane in it, as opposed to the version shown in Asylum, which is something I liked.

The biggest shortcoming the game has is that it's really just nothing "new" - it's like WB sat around waiting for Rocksteady to move faster with Knight and got too anxious, looked at the Montreal team and said "we're paying these guys to essentially drink coffee, so why not have them replicate what we know makes us money?" and off they went. It's an Arkham game in a different wrapper, more or less. We get the city in a bit of Batman Returns flavor, we get a few "new" rogues and... not much else. While there's nothing wrong with the "if it ain't broke" approach, it just feels like a squandered opportunity to deliver a wholly different experience.

Thought I'd have a go at installing the Epic client on the old laptop we don't use since I love the Arkham and Lego games but it's been stuck on "Please wait while we start your update" for ages :-/

For the most part, I also see it that way. The story would have been better if Black Mask had been more himself. ;-)
And it is a pity that they were not allowed to innovate - some real citizens and maybe the Batmobile would have done the game well. But I still like the "Batman Returns" version of Arkham City better than the original - the story was down to earth (until Joker's approach, at least). Arkham Knight, on the other hand, really disappointed me - and I do not mean the technical problems.

OK, thanks. Nothing for me then. I won't install that client. Not even for free games.

Exactly. I would pay for these games if they release them here. But if I have to infect my PC with their client, even 'free' is too expensive.

Me too. I'd pay for them, if they would release the games here.

I'm with you guys on these points. I actually tried the EFS client before to get an earlier freebie that was said to be DRM-free (I think Axiom Verge). Problem was, I couldn't figure out how to make the game DRM-free. Clicking on the exe as other users described had still led to it nagging me to use the client iirc. After about 5 minutes, I gave up. It just isn't worth the time and aggravation.

These stores don't even pay lip service to DRM-free gaming, let alone help users to understand how to have the games DRM-free! Scheme and its "DRM-free" list that the user has to jump through hoops to get working is another one. All of them couldn't care less, and thanks to the client updates, can't they theoretically update your games to STOP being DRM-free if you dare open the client at a later point in time anyway?

I am more than willing to pay for these games on GOG DRM-free with "offline backup installers" (which to me are simply "the installers") but not really feeling downloading clients at this point.

There's nothing wrong with this perspective. I even agree with it, and buy everything I can on GOG for that reason. However you have to understand that the vast majority of people WANT a client, because they think it's MORE convenient. Even on GOG the majority of people use Galaxy, from what I have read. You're never going to achieve a glorious client-free revolution because the vast majority don't want said revolution.