• FREE Games: Idle Champions & Wonder Boy

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 14 11:21:14 2022
    Free games on Epic 'cause its Thursday. But, really, don't get your
    hopes up.

    This week it is:

    Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms

    and

    Wonder boy: The Dragon's Trap https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/wonder-boy-the-dragons-trap-26381d

    The former is a rather shallow free-to-play idle game (a game which
    can play itself, although you can get better results by doing the
    strategizing yourself) with low production values that is only of note
    because of its license. Epic "gave" this game away back in 2021, so
    don't be surprised if you already have it.

    The latter game is a platformer based on the classic 8-bit "Wonder
    Boy" games, redone with a hand-drawn animation style. It's very pretty
    but its gameplay and controls are very 1990s. It's essentially a
    reskin of the game that came out in 1989 for the Sega Master System.
    If you love that style of game, you'll probably get a kick outta this
    one, and hey, the visuals alone make it worth at least taking a look
    at, but it's not a game I can personally get all that excited about.


    As usual, you have seven days to claim the games, so if either of
    these sound interesting, don't wait too long or they'll be gone.

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