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

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:05 this Thursday (GMT):

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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?
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* 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.

 

Not into arcadey games myself, but that is a shame.

 

* 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.
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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.

 

Fiends?

 Foes!