We summon thee, oh ye fiends of Epic, in our weekly ritual! Bring unto
us the unwanted games that we may add them -freely and with no
obligation to anyone- to our libraries, that they may become bloated
and untenable. Come, come, shower us with thine cursed beneficence!
Tell us now, what hath thou in store?
* Arcade Paradise
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/arcade-paradise
"Arcade Paradise" is a game I wanted to enjoy a
lot more than I ended up doing. It's conceit is
that you're trying to transform an '80s laundromat
into, well, the eponymous arcade paradise. It's
part walking simulator, part business management,
and a lot of badly-made arcade games. And it's
the latter where the game really fails, because
advancement in the story (and the business!)
depends on how well you can master the arcade
games, which are all obvious knock-offs of better
known titles like Pac-Man, Centipede and Missile
Command. And I don't much enjoy playing those
games to begin with, much less the inferior
clones. Even if you can endure all that, the
narrative then screws you over and takes it
all away anyway. It's just a mess all around,
which is a shame because it captures the /feel/
of an 80s arcade quite well. Except for the
parts that are, you know, actually fun.
* Maid of Sker
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/maid-of-sker-2ae24e
It's a first-person survival horror game; you
know the type. The sort where you're completely
defenseless against the monsters, where you're
barely able to stand even looking at them. The
type set in olden-times (1898 in specific for
"Maid"). The one where you stumble about looking
for crafting materials and bumping against
simplistic logic puzzles. It's basically a more
modern take on the "Amnesia" franchise. It's not
/bad/, per se, but it adds very little new to
the genre (this game's gimmick is that the enemies
are blind and rely on sound to find you... which
means you have to slooooowwwwwly walk everywhere)
and doesn't really do anything exceptionally well
either. Fine if you love the genre, but if you've
ever played any of "Maid's" competitors
("Penumbra", "Amnesia", "Soma", and dozens of
others) then you might as well give this one a pass.
You know the drill; you've got the usual 7 days to claim these games.
No rush. And if you don't want these games? Don't worry; the fiends
will be back with a new selection next week.
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote at 15:05 this Thursday (GMT):
We summon thee, oh ye fiends of Epic, in our weekly ritual! Bring unto
us the unwanted games that we may add them -freely and with no
obligation to anyone- to our libraries, that they may become bloated
and untenable. Come, come, shower us with thine cursed beneficence!
Tell us now, what hath thou in store?
* Arcade Paradise
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/arcade-paradise
"Arcade Paradise" is a game I wanted to enjoy a
lot more than I ended up doing. It's conceit is
that you're trying to transform an '80s laundromat
into, well, the eponymous arcade paradise. It's
part walking simulator, part business management,
and a lot of badly-made arcade games. And it's
the latter where the game really fails, because
advancement in the story (and the business!)
depends on how well you can master the arcade
games, which are all obvious knock-offs of better
known titles like Pac-Man, Centipede and Missile
Command. And I don't much enjoy playing those
games to begin with, much less the inferior
clones. Even if you can endure all that, the
narrative then screws you over and takes it
all away anyway. It's just a mess all around,
which is a shame because it captures the /feel/
of an 80s arcade quite well. Except for the
parts that are, you know, actually fun.
Not into arcadey games myself, but that is a shame.
* Maid of Sker
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/maid-of-sker-2ae24e
It's a first-person survival horror game; you
know the type. The sort where you're completely
defenseless against the monsters, where you're
barely able to stand even looking at them. The
type set in olden-times (1898 in specific for
"Maid"). The one where you stumble about looking
for crafting materials and bumping against
simplistic logic puzzles. It's basically a more
modern take on the "Amnesia" franchise. It's not
/bad/, per se, but it adds very little new to
the genre (this game's gimmick is that the enemies
are blind and rely on sound to find you... which
means you have to slooooowwwwwly walk everywhere)
and doesn't really do anything exceptionally well
either. Fine if you love the genre, but if you've
ever played any of "Maid's" competitors
("Penumbra", "Amnesia", "Soma", and dozens of
others) then you might as well give this one a pass.
You know the drill; you've got the usual 7 days to claim these games.
No rush. And if you don't want these games? Don't worry; the fiends
will be back with a new selection next week.
Fiends?
candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote at 15:05 this Thursday (GMT):
We summon thee, oh ye fiends of Epic, in our weekly ritual! Bring unto
us the unwanted games that we may add them -freely and with no
obligation to anyone- to our libraries, that they may become bloated
and untenable. Come, come, shower us with thine cursed beneficence!
Tell us now, what hath thou in store?
* Arcade Paradise
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/arcade-paradise
"Arcade Paradise" is a game I wanted to enjoy a
lot more than I ended up doing. It's conceit is
that you're trying to transform an '80s laundromat
into, well, the eponymous arcade paradise. It's
part walking simulator, part business management,
and a lot of badly-made arcade games. And it's
the latter where the game really fails, because
advancement in the story (and the business!)
depends on how well you can master the arcade
games, which are all obvious knock-offs of better
known titles like Pac-Man, Centipede and Missile
Command. And I don't much enjoy playing those
games to begin with, much less the inferior
clones. Even if you can endure all that, the
narrative then screws you over and takes it
all away anyway. It's just a mess all around,
which is a shame because it captures the /feel/
of an 80s arcade quite well. Except for the
parts that are, you know, actually fun.
Not into arcadey games myself, but that is a shame.
* Maid of Sker
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/maid-of-sker-2ae24e
It's a first-person survival horror game; you
know the type. The sort where you're completely
defenseless against the monsters, where you're
barely able to stand even looking at them. The
type set in olden-times (1898 in specific for
"Maid"). The one where you stumble about looking
for crafting materials and bumping against
simplistic logic puzzles. It's basically a more
modern take on the "Amnesia" franchise. It's not
/bad/, per se, but it adds very little new to
the genre (this game's gimmick is that the enemies
are blind and rely on sound to find you... which
means you have to slooooowwwwwly walk everywhere)
and doesn't really do anything exceptionally well
either. Fine if you love the genre, but if you've
ever played any of "Maid's" competitors
("Penumbra", "Amnesia", "Soma", and dozens of
others) then you might as well give this one a pass.
You know the drill; you've got the usual 7 days to claim these games.
No rush. And if you don't want these games? Don't worry; the fiends
will be back with a new selection next week.
Fiends?
Foes!
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