Wow... free games from Epic. This sure brings me back; it almost feels >like... last week. Wait, has it been that long? How can Epic expect us
to survive seven whole days without an influx of new games?!?
Fortunately, this week we get TWO games:
* Kerbal Space Program >https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kerbal-space-program
The critical darling and prototypical sandbox game. No story, no real >characters, no quests, no goals: just a bunch of parts and a robust
physics engine. Mastering it takes a lot more effort than I'm wont to
give a game of this sort, but even if all you do is slap a bunch of
rockets together and hit "ignition" (before rage-quitting when the
entire stack blows itself to smithereens), that still is worth the
cost of admission. A classic software toy in the style of the
old-school Maxis games, it deserves to be in everybody's library, if
only to make everyone think you're smart enough to understand rocket
science. ;-)
* Shadow Tactics: Blood of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice >https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/shadow-tactics-aikos-choice-5678c1
Aiko's Choice is a stand-alone expansion to "Blood Shogun", the
stand-alone expansion to the original "Shadow Tactics"; this rabbit
hole is getting deeper and deeper! It looks to be 'more of the same',
but considering "Shadow Tactics" was a well-received game, this isn't
a bad thing. If you liked the first two installments, then "Aiko's
Choice' will likely please you too.
7 days until the next life-saving injection of free games. Don't wait,
get them now! ;-)
Wow... free games from Epic. This sure brings me back; it almost feels like... last week. Wait, has it been that long? How can Epic expect us
to survive seven whole days without an influx of new games?!?
Fortunately, this week we get TWO games:
* Kerbal Space Program https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kerbal-space-program
The critical darling and prototypical sandbox game. No story, no real characters, no quests, no goals: just a bunch of parts and a robust
physics engine. Mastering it takes a lot more effort than I'm wont to
give a game of this sort, but even if all you do is slap a bunch of
rockets together and hit "ignition" (before rage-quitting when the
entire stack blows itself to smithereens), that still is worth the
cost of admission. A classic software toy in the style of the
old-school Maxis games, it deserves to be in everybody's library, if
only to make everyone think you're smart enough to understand rocket
science. ;-)
* Shadow Tactics: Blood of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/shadow-tactics-aikos-choice-5678c1
Aiko's Choice is a stand-alone expansion to "Blood Shogun", the
stand-alone expansion to the original "Shadow Tactics"; this rabbit
hole is getting deeper and deeper! It looks to be 'more of the same',
but considering "Shadow Tactics" was a well-received game, this isn't
a bad thing. If you liked the first two installments, then "Aiko's
Choice' will likely please you too.
7 days until the next life-saving injection of free games. Don't wait,
get them now! ;-)
Wow... free games from Epic. This sure brings me back; it almost feels like... last week. Wait, has it been that long? How can Epic expect us
to survive seven whole days without an influx of new games?!?
Fortunately, this week we get TWO games:
* Kerbal Space Program https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kerbal-space-program
The critical darling and prototypical sandbox game. No story, no real characters, no quests, no goals: just a bunch of parts and a robust
physics engine. Mastering it takes a lot more effort than I'm wont to
give a game of this sort, but even if all you do is slap a bunch of
rockets together and hit "ignition" (before rage-quitting when the
entire stack blows itself to smithereens), that still is worth the
cost of admission. A classic software toy in the style of the
old-school Maxis games, it deserves to be in everybody's library, if
only to make everyone think you're smart enough to understand rocket
science. ;-)
Fortunately, this week we get TWO games:
* Shadow Tactics: Blood of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/shadow-tactics-aikos-choice-5678c1
Aiko's Choice is a stand-alone expansion to "Blood Shogun", the
stand-alone expansion to the original "Shadow Tactics"; this rabbit
hole is getting deeper and deeper! It looks to be 'more of the same',
but considering "Shadow Tactics" was a well-received game, this isn't
a bad thing. If you liked the first two installments, then "Aiko's
Choice' will likely please you too.
On 1/5/2023 8:02 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Wow... free games from Epic. This sure brings me back; it almost feels like... last week. Wait, has it been that long? How can Epic expect us
to survive seven whole days without an influx of new games?!?
Fortunately, this week we get TWO games:
* Kerbal Space Program https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kerbal-space-program
The critical darling and prototypical sandbox game. No story, no real characters, no quests, no goals: just a bunch of parts and a robust
physics engine. Mastering it takes a lot more effort than I'm wont to
give a game of this sort, but even if all you do is slap a bunch of
rockets together and hit "ignition" (before rage-quitting when the
entire stack blows itself to smithereens), that still is worth the
cost of admission. A classic software toy in the style of the
old-school Maxis games, it deserves to be in everybody's library, if
only to make everyone think you're smart enough to understand rocket science. ;-)
I got this from an earlier give-away and was really looking forward to playing it but the interface defeated me. Mostly because one has to
plot _precise_ orbits and transfers from place to place in real time
while your ship is moving. I couldn't find any way to PAUSE the frikkin
game while having to fiddle with a finicky plot your orbital mechanics
on the fly by hand for missions that historically were pre-calculated on
the ground before launch or (later) could BE calculated by on-board
equipment in seconds. So I never even completed the tutorial. Just way
too frustrating for me and I haven't returned to it I'm sorry to say.
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