Soulstice & Model Builder Are Free On Epic

Monday, games are apparently still releasing on the Game Boy Color because hipster wasn’t the slur it once was, and Rusty Rabbit sounds like your mother’s favorite game coming to the Tokyo Games Show. Tuesday, A new trailer was released ahead of Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary, but don’t worry, there is still no air date. Wednesday, The Talos Principle 2 got a release date for vague philosophical ideas and attempts to be Portal, while WitchSpring R made the leap from mobile to become a real game, or a JRPG by way of Korea. Oh, and just to make me happy to write about Epic, Epic laid off 800 people after a failed and “unrealistic” metaverse plan yesterday.

Moving on to the Epic Games Store, it is that double bill I was mildly excited for until Epic messed it up. We’ll start with what was released last September, Soulstice, a spectacle fighter/hack-and-slash action adventure with all the buzzwords. It is a high-paced action fantasy title that you’ll probably enjoy if you can battle the camera long enough and don’t mind a classic key hunt through previous areas, areas which are a bit dull and samey. Combat is supposedly the highlight, but if you are not a fan of Devil May Care violence, it is broken up with not-so-interesting platforming and secret hunting.

Next we have Model Builder, a model-building sim from last year. If I wanted to moan about Epic’s layoffs this would actually do as the paragraph, but my editor would be annoyed. In a game designed to give those with the desire to get into model building but no patience, you’ll snap pieces out of the holder and paint the WW2 planes, transforming mechas, ships, and even a Frostpunk crossover too. It is fantastic in concept, though I have to say the true satisfaction comes from popping the pieces out of the mold that the pieces are held in. The intricate painting can be left to someone less coffee-addled.

All this week, you can pick up Model Builder and Soulstice on the Epic Games Store until the morning of the 5th of October. October of course means at some point I’m going to moan about more attempts to force horror down our throats. Moving on to next week, we’ve got something of which I’ve edited a review of, 2022’s Godlike Burger. In a restaurant management title with a menu from Andrei Chikatilo, you are always on the run for your crimes against all alien-kind while trying to feed them at the same time. Odd, but interesting.

For those with Prime, there are additional games you’ll be able to pick up throughout the month thanks to Jeffrey. First up will be on the 5th with Ghostwire Tokyo, which Alexx wrote a review on last year. An enjoyable horror title from the folk over at Tango Gameworks by all accounts. The second is a retro-style shooter that is about as pleasing to the eyes as a nuclear bomb, Golden Light, which honestly looks a bit like a less stylistic Cultic.