Three Adventure Games Free On Epic

Monday, the TimeSplitters 2 unlocks for Homefront: The Revolution were rediscovered. The Switch now has Pac-man doing as I do in every east London kebab house, eating everything without much thought. Speaking of the Switch, Tuesday, Taylor spoke of production ramping up again, and David spoke of the last Civ 6 update. Wednesday, I finally got around to covering WWE and 2K’s latest announcement that a 46-year old could still kill me, and David spoke about plans for his propaganda machine. Or as those on both sides of the political aisle like to call it, the BBC.

Let’s talk about free games on the Epic Games Store, and I can say games this time! There are three in total. Two I already own elsewhere, and one I’ve no clue what so ever about. Isn’t it a glorious day, as I dig out the little facts I do know about one of these (just another moment now), the very little I know about another, and try to quickly search for something to say on the third? Of course, as I stated last week, we’re covering Deponia: The Complete Journey, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, and The First Tree, none of which I’m going to play today.

Let’s start with Deponia, a colorful advancement of the Monkey Island-thing of the 90s point-and-click adventure puzzle games. You play as Rufus, a swash-buckling young lad looking to get out of a situation he’s bored by. He has a red-headed love interest, with what can only be described as PC screen tan. As a collection of all three Daedalic games in the series, it’s the type of thing an 8-9-year-old would love if there is nothing else.

Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth is the only one of these I’ve actually played. That’s not saying much, as I’ve only played an hour or two. It is based on the historical-fiction book, and not the kind with a space wizard and friends in a blue box. The game takes a very dry and rather dark look at a catholic monastery in a very dull town around 1135-74. So you know what that means: Raging sex parties with drugs and alcohol, as you sniff cocaine off of a monk’s bald head. No, but the only interesting thing about it is the art direction from a brilliant German woman called, Simone Grünewald; I honestly love everything she draws (including the Deponia series). It is beautiful.

Shall we wrap up today’s article with something I have no clue of what it is? The First Tree is one of those “one of these things is not like the others,” situations. The First Tree is about a little fox on an explore through a fully-fledged 3D world with a deeper story about humanity under it. So typical indie adventure/walking sim’ type thing? Yep! I’m not trying to devalue it, it is simply that I’m not the core audience it is aiming towards. It has an interesting concept, in a niche, and will make someone feel something; typical indie game.

All three games are available until the early morning of the 22nd of April, when they will be replaced with two large and typical (triple and double-A) games. Next week, I’ll probably give an off-handed comment about Hand of Fate 2. I will also yell about a rom-com game where you play as a young woman named Amanda, who moved into a set of vents (rent is expensive, ya know) with something that has a big black tongue with its own little mouth. Oh yes, I do love a bit of Alien: Isolation, I’ll be honest there. See you next week, as I prepare the poo bucket.