Prime Gaming 15 May 2025

It's time for the next of our biweekly (or is it bimonthly?)*
announcements about the not-quite-free games available on Amazon Prime
Gaming. The middle-of-the-month always has fewer games, and this time
is no different; we've just a bare handful to add to our libraries.


* Hypnospace Outlaw (via GOG)
   A point-n-click adventure with retro graphics that has
   you protecting the world wide web circa the early 90s.
   It's... fine. It plays a bit too heavily on the nostalgia
   some people have for that era, and is a bit too dependent
   on Easter eggs and secrets. The gameplay itself is sort of
   bland.


* Amnesia: Rebirth (via EPIC)
   It's more Amnesia. Individually, the games of the franchise
   are fine but there's a huge sense of deja vu if you've
   played any of them before; the games just don't extend
   themselves past the concept initially created by the first
   game. Personally, I find the "can't fight or even look at
   the monsters" conceit quite tedious, but I get that some
   people love it.


* Doors: Paradox (via EPIC)
   It's one of those Escape-Room games; those weird limited
   puzzle games where you have to find the objects and then
   use them in the right order to get out of the 'room' you're
   in just so you can do it in the next. Again, not a genre
   that's my cuppa tea.



And that's it for the new games on offer. Not a lot but, like I said,
it's the middle of the month. Expect a fresh batch in two weeks. I'll
see you all then!

















* it's actually, both, or neither, depending. Both are wonderfully
ambiguous words and can mean either "twice per week/month" or "once
every second week/month". A better usage would be semi-weekly or just
"every other week", but if we wanted clarity in our language we
wouldn't be speaking English. ;-P