Overcooked 2 & Hell Is Other Demons Free On Epic

See, normally, I’d jump in here, shout about Monday, and then list off and link all the news of this week up to Thursday. I’m not doing that this week. If somehow you’ve missed it, this entire week was covered in E3 news with eighteen conferences spread out between Thursday’s Kickoff Live and what will come later today. If you want the entire list of shows we’ve tagged all of them under E3 2021, even though E3 has ended we’ll tag the upcoming EA Play Live and PlayStation conferences as such, just so everything is in a neat little pile together.

Onto the Epic Games Store and the free games this week, which I’ve viewed as the finish line for E3. Two games this week, and one of them is easy to cover as it is just a sequel to a party game, making it bigger and more flashy. Fans of the “teaching kids how to swear” game, Overcooked, can now enjoy a second helping on Epic as served by a cartoon Gordan Ramsey. I must admit, I am a little tired, so forgive me if I’m rather short here but for a more detailed look I’d head over to Alexx’s review of the All You Can Eat edition, featuring all DLC and both games.

It is hard to say, as I know they are both enjoyable, but I’m not the target audience for Overcooked. I don’t spend as much time playing either of them as I do other games that I’m enjoying, I’ve never been one for co-op gameplay and I don’t have little sprogs running around asking to play. So, the handful of times I’ve been able to sit down and play Overcooked or Overcooked 2 properly, it hasn’t been for very long. Therefore, my opinions are general overview from a short amount of time. Yes, that’s what most of these articles are, but it feels different.

The second game in this week’s double bill is another I don’t have much to say about after writing half a book this week. Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling bullet-hell Roguelike that looks like it fell backward out the 80s. You could honestly tell me it is a port of something from the Amiga or Commodore 64 and I couldn’t tell you otherwise with confidence. It has the retro aesthetic down pat. However, as I’ve said before, I’m a little burnt-out Roguelike/lites and unless I get a massive urge, I’m not jumping at any of them to play. Maybe it’s E3 tiredness, maybe its Roguelike fatigue, I don’t know all I do know is I’m going to sleep!

All this week you can pick up Overcooked 2 and Hall is Other Demons for free on the Epic Games Store until the morning of the 24th. Next week it is one very good game that I have the special edition of behind me, and a PC port of a mobile phone racing game. I guess I’ve got to go fast and play as two of (formerly) the most obscure Sonic characters ever, as Sonic Mania (though I don’t believe you’ll get Sonic Mania Plus) is available next week with Horizon Chase Turbo. So next week I’ll just be talking about swearing at a little blue hedgehog in Green Hills Zone for dropping in that water and destroying my time trial run.