Freebies for everyone!

Shadowcat on 20/11/2021 at 07:23

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Oh my God, TotalBiscuit. He was such a good journalist, RIP.

Oh, I didn't know he'd died. I only saw a few of his videos, but the one on Frozen Synapse sold me on that game.

demagogue on 26/11/2021 at 02:23

Epic Giveaway: (https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/thehunter-call-of-the-wild) The Hunter: Call of the Wild

What I like about this game is you can just hike around in the nature & it's pretty nice, if you're into that kind of thing. And then you can do the hunting thing for a while. It's a pretty low key game.

I'm not really into hunting culture and wouldn't actually do it IRL. I think about it, as a sim, in the same terms as playing an FPS, the sport of being stealthy, being deductive (where a target probably is and what direction you should approach it from), & trying to lead a moving target, etc. And it's pretty good for that kind of thing. There's a bit of the game that assumes the hunting culture part of it and it can be a bit gamey (I should learn how to turn the screen bling off). But it's really not that much, so I can get pretty immersed in this game. Really I like the hiking part more than anything else.

Edit: I should mention this is a base game that's kind of limited, just one part of one area and limited equipment. Most of what you can do with this game, the reservations & equipment, are separate DLC. In that way it's a kind of annoying sports game.

henke on 26/11/2021 at 06:12

I think you're confusing it with its predecessor theHunter there, which was indeed very limited in the base game. Call of the Wild has a huge map and lots of content in the base game. And yeah it's a good one!

Starker on 3/12/2021 at 20:08

Crime Cities is being given away on GOG: (https://www.gog.com/#giveaway)

Tomi on 3/12/2021 at 20:31

(https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/dead-by-daylight) Dead by Daylight and (https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/while-true-learn) while True: learn() are the current Epic freebies.

The former seems pretty cool, but my current life situation isn't ideal for multiplayer games. The latter might be interesting, but I already do some programming on what little free time I have, so that's another no-go for me. I can't complain though - the freebies have mostly been pretty impressive, and so is my games library on Epic!

Jeshibu on 9/12/2021 at 18:50

(https://store.steampowered.com/app/204450/Call_of_Juarez_Gunslinger/) Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is free right now on Steam.

demagogue on 10/12/2021 at 01:29

Epic Freebies: (https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/prison-architect) Prison Architect, and (https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/godfall--challenger-edition) Godfall Challenger (which seems to just be free DLC; the base game is still like $26 usd on sale).

reizak on 10/12/2021 at 07:19

That Godfall thing is a bit weird. Apparently it's a version of the game that just strips out the campaign and plonks you in the endgame at max level so you can... grind drops I guess? Apparently the road there isn't that much fun so maybe that's an improvement? :D

Nameless Voice on 13/12/2021 at 15:07

(https://www.gog.com/game/shadow_tactics_blades_of_the_shogun) Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is free on GOG for the next 48 hours.
A really great game that has revived the stealth-tactics genre of Commands and Desperados.

Tomi on 16/12/2021 at 20:49

(https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/shenmue-3) Shenmue III is free at Epic Store until tomorrow (Friday). I think it's one of those daily freebies again that Epic has done during Christmas. :) You also get a $10 coupon to use on any game that costs $15+, which is nice if you're actually planning to buy something.