Game deals wot are bargains

[BillButNotBen]

Ubisoft is doing a repeat of their giveaways on the 19th and 20th. One click to get:

Get a free PC copy of Anno 1701 History Edition, Starlink: Battle for Atlas™ Digital Edition and Trials® Rising Standard Edition
on Ubisoft Connect PC and the following in-game items:

• The Seafarer Settlement Pack and the Bayek outfit for Eivor in Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla
• The Power Suit outfit and the Ubisoft Mask in Watch Dogs®: Legion
• The Nahari’s Pow Surfer Gift in Hyper Scape™

For me it was easiest to do in the Ubisoft Connect client, if you already have it installed.

PS/ Don’t forget Epic, who are giving away Sorry We Forgot To Finish Our Big Game 2077 Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty today. (You have 2 hrs left!)

[chopper]

The Long Dark is today’s Epic free giveaway.

What a game.

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Rumoured list of free games coming to Epic which was circulating yesterday:

• Cities: Skylines
• Oddworld: New n Tasty
• The Long Dark
• Defense Grid 1
• Alien: Isolation
• Metro 2033
• Tropico 5
• Inside
• Darkest Dungeon
• My Time in Portia
• Night in the Woods
• Stranded Deep
• Solitairica
• Torchlight II
• Jurassic World Evolution

It predicted The Long Dark being today’s free game and the clue image for tomorrow’s game supposedly points to it being Defense Grid, so it would seem to be a pretty credible list so far.

[chopper]

Some decent games there!

I wonder if this puts a cap on The Long Dark’s development at long last - ie they must have wrung the rag dry with this payment.

[Kiril]

Rumoured list

Thats a decent list if true, a nice mix of different genres

[LTK]

I wonder if this puts a cap on The Long Dark’s development at long last - ie they must have wrung the rag dry with this payment.

Did they finish the story mode yet? If not, then I doubt it.

[chopper]

There are two more episodes, I think. I meant more, a future cap in that they’ll have to bring development to an end at last.

Up to now they have seemed to have unlimited funds for development, not only improving the game, but doing periodic deep overhauls at the expense of finishing the game, redoing a load of stuff that was ‘fine’. I’m not complaining about that, but I always wondered how they could finance it.

[BillButNotBen]

Nice list, although I have a fair few. Kinda playing Alien Isolation at the moment, but got sidetracked when I had a cold and needed something lighter.

My Time in Portia and Jurassic World Evolution might make the kids happy, as one is obsessed with Animal Crossing and the other is obsessed with Dinosaurs.
Nothing super great for me that I don’t already have, except maybe Darkest Dungeon.

[thischarmingman]

Darkest Dungeon is absolutely super great! Have not finished it, the dungeon was just too dark - but great while it/I lasted!

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There are two more episodes, I think. I meant more, a future cap in that they’ll have to bring development to an end at last.

Up to now they have seemed to have unlimited funds for development, not only improving the game, but doing periodic deep overhauls at the expense of finishing the game, redoing a load of stuff that was ‘fine’. I’m not complaining about that, but I always wondered how they could finance it.

I always felt that Hinterland’s commitment to delivering a game that aligned to their vision (as in, actually do that not just utter a trite formula), as well as the players’ wishes, was outstanding.

We’ve heard for years people complaining that Early Access was a mess or scam, when a developer comes round and makes it like they should, somehow it’s a bad thing.

It’s even more bizarre when one stops to ponder how the Early Access poster child, Minecraft, has been in a constant state of development for an even longer time.

Enjoy The Long Dark, folks, it’s one of my fave games bar none.

Buy it if you have some spare cash and like immersive worlds (perhaps not on Epic, though)

Excuse the interruption and resume your freebie grabbing.

[chopper]

Enjoy The Long Dark, folks, it’s one of my fave games bar none.

It is top ten all time for me; the story mode is extremely rocky, but the sandbox mode makes up for it.

I wasn’t criticising as such, just musing out loud that an Epic Store payment must mean they are reaching the end of the line. I had assumed that their last big pay day would be when the story mode was complete, and therefore it satisfied the ‘game is now finished’ criterion that lots of people require. But now that group has shrunk somewhat.

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I wasn’t criticising as such

I’m aware of that, mine was a general commentary on the general commentary, hence not aimed at you personally. Indeed your question concerning financing is good and legit, although not something I have an answer for. Sorry for the misunderstanding!

[BillButNotBen]

Brigador: Up-Armored Deluxe is free on GOG. Plus don’t forget to grab Alien Isolation on Epic.
Seems the Epic leak was right.

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As expected, today’s free Epic game is Metro 2033 Redux.

Also I’ve just noticed that Sheltered and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair are free on Prime Gaming.

[BillButNotBen]

Brigador: Up-Armored Deluxe is free on GOG.

this game gets a lot of recommendations. It’s also worth pointing out that it comes with a bunch of soundtracks and also an audiobook. Should be good for anyone looking for synthwave stuff.

[ToomuchFluffy]

Bendy and the Ink Machine looks very interesting and it’s pretty cheap right now: 3,35 €.

[Similar]

Metro Last Light Redux free on GOG for a while.

[ToomuchFluffy]

I hadn’t heard of it before (or forgot about it again), but Vessel apparently is comparable to The Swapper and Braid. Just 1,84 € right now.

[Internet]

Vessel is similar in play to the other two, but it’s moderately enjoyable rather than great. It was in one of the early Humble Bundles.

Thi4f is $2.79 on Fanatical.

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Vessel is based on an ambitious fluid physics model which however can get terribly fiddly, and a total showstopper if you have the bad luck to run into some bug, which is why I didn’t finish it.

As far mechanics go, Braid is still in a league of its own, it’s literally got ideas for several ordinary games in it, and given the current state of puzzle platforming as a genre, I don’t expect anything to come around and contest the top spots anytime soon.

Vessel also has, like Braid, a non-original soundtrack, however all of the songs are from electronic albums by British composer Jon Hopkins. The game is worthy as an introduction to his work, if it’s new to you.