Epic Games storefront: free titles

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:58 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:36 pm LEGO® Builder's Journey

Finished in under two hours... It wasn't completely awful. Started out as a chill experience that ended in frustration at unclear goals.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:24 pm

Fallout 1, 2, Tactics.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:33 pm

Underwhelming so far.
Best part is trying to figure out what game is next.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:26 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:24 pm Fallout 1, 2, Tactics.

My 13yo will be excited... and then disappointed.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:31 pm

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:05 pm

think tomorrow's free game is Metro Exodus

I meant to grab the fallout and forgot

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:51 pm

Today's is Encased. It doesn't look half bad, a little like Wasteland 2.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:01 pm

[12/24]
METRO Last Light: Redux

[repeat]

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:51 pm

Fantastic series, though.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:56 pm

Tomorrow (click to embiggen):

Spoiler:

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Dec 24, 2022 2:07 pm

Is tomorrow's wrap dog tags?

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Dec 24, 2022 2:50 pm

Daehawk wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 2:07 pm Is tomorrow's wrap dog tags?

I don't know, I haven't played the game. But there is apparently something that looks just like that in it. Spoilering if people want to be surprised tomorrow (or guess.)

Spoiler:

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 12:06 am

Blackhawk wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:56 pm Tomorrow (click to embiggen):

Spoiler:
Word is... Death Stranding.

Doubt it, but that would be awesome.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:11 pm

It says Death Stranding Director's Cut is free, but when I click into it it says $23.99 and then I can't actually buy it anyway... I guess maybe it's a popular pick... and the servers are off for the holiday.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:41 pm

coopasonic wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:11 pm It says Death Stranding Director's Cut is free, but when I click into it it says $23.99 and then I can't actually buy it anyway... I guess maybe it's a popular pick... and the servers are off for the holiday.

It's the vanilla game that is free.
Good enough for me.

Chraolic · Post by **Chraolic** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:51 pm

Looks like the Director's Cut upgrade is about $5, so that's not bad either.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:01 pm

Yeah, something has gone boom at EGS. When I first checked at about 1130, the daily free game was Death Stranding Director's Cut, but when I tried to redeem it, it just hung on me. Currently, I don't see any daily free game on the store page and if I search for the game, the basic version is set to free but hangs if I try to claim it and the Director's Cut is marked down to a sale price but not free. My guess is that someone screwed the pooch and accidentally configured the wrong version for the daily freebie and now the holiday skeleton crew is scrambling to figure out how they're going to fix it.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:03 pm

I was able to get the regular one free just now. It still took a couple tries, but went through eventually.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:05 pm

Yeah, as soon as I posted that I rechecked and they now have it set up to give away the base game (although the servers still seem to be choking up).

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:30 pm

The Epic servers are just getting crushed right now. After (eventually) successfully claiming the free game, I tried to purchase the Director's Cut upgrade and the server crashed so hard that it dumped a chunk of the source code that was supposed to print an error message instead of printing the actual error message. And then the client hard locked and I had to kill it with Task Manager, so I guess it might be a client-side bug rather than a server crash, but still...

jztemple2 · Post by **jztemple2** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:47 pm

Some day I'll actually play one of the free games I've downloaded through Epic. Some day...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:01 pm

I believe they have the upgrade for $6.

Chraolic · Post by **Chraolic** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:03 pm

jztemple2 wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:47 pm Some day I'll actually play one of the free games I've downloaded through Epic. Some day...

Same. So many games, so little time...

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:52 pm

jztemple2 wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:47 pm Some day I'll actually play one of the free games I've downloaded through Epic. Some day...

There are quite a few worth playing. Sadly, most of them have been games I've already purchased and completed via Steam, Gamepass or Playstation.

jztemple2 · Post by **jztemple2** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:58 pm

coopasonic wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:52 pm
jztemple2 wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:47 pm Some day I'll actually play one of the free games I've downloaded through Epic. Some day...
There are quite a few worth playing. Sadly, most of them have been games I've already purchased and completed via Steam, Gamepass or Playstation.

Me too. Also, I'm one of those (weird?) types that doesn't just want to play any game. Something about it has to appeal to me and darn if I can define what it is. I've looked at the trailers and descriptions for Death Stranding and I just can't get excited about it. But then I've also started The Witcher 3 several times and each time I stop and say "that's not for me".

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:06 pm

To me todays freebie always looked like some kinda cargo backpack walking sim management game lol

Hrothgar · Post by **Hrothgar** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:51 pm

That's like saying Metal Gear Solid 5 was a helicopter riding sim.

It's a trippy experience (in more ways than one).

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Dec 26, 2022 2:13 am

[12/26]

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:59 pm

Severed Steel

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:34 pm

[12/28]
Mortal Shell

an indie Souls-like (tho far shorter and more linear) - been wanting to try this one

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:46 pm

Is that next wrap icon a sword and bow? zelda?

EDIT: My friend pointed out that symbol is

Spoiler:

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:07 pm

[12/19 - 01/05]
Dishonored - Definitive Edition
Eximius: Seize the Frontline

[01/05 - 01/12]
Kerbal Space Program
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:41 pm

[01/05 - 01/12]
Kerbal Space Program
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

[01/12 - 01/19]
First Class Trouble

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:06 pm

[01/12 - 01/19]
Divine Knockout
First Class Trouble
GAMEDEC [Definitive Edition]

[01/19 - 01/26]
Epistory: Typing Chronicles

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:21 pm

[01/19 - 01/26]
Epistory: Typing Chronicles

[01/26 - 02/02]
Adios
Hell is Others

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:19 pm

[01/26 - 02/02]
Adios
Hell is Others

[02/02 - 02/09]
City of Gangsters
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:43 pm

CoG should be fun for a few hours for free. Not so much for what I paid.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:27 pm

[02/02 - 02/09]
City of Gangsters
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

also note The Sims 4 is also free - not sure if this is also part of the weekly deal, or if it's gone F2P

[02/09 - 02/16]
Recipe for Disaster

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:34 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:27 pm The Sims 4 is ... F2P

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:58 pm

TY yoink!