FREE GAMES: "Arcade Paradise" and "Maid of Sker"

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.