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Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (2023)

I assumed this was kicking for free games every day but the clock is set for six days from now. I don't have a clue on the new picture either or the patience to Izzy it.

Also if you play and pay for any of these on Epic:

Honkai Impact 3rd
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get 500 Asterites and 100,000 Coins free!
Warframe
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get the Atterax Booster Bundle Free!
Fall Guys
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get the Giddy Gift Costume Free!
Disney Speedstorm
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get the Monochromatic Pack Free!
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get the Dark Justiciar Shadowheart Party Pack Free!
World of Warships
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get the World of Warships Giveaway Pack Free!
EVE Online
Celebrate the Epic Games Holiday Sale and get the Superluminal Pack Free!

Do what now?!

During the holidays their preview of the next free game is hints on a wrapping paper. Unless you mean the pay and play games. I know I've played a few in the past. MtG:Arena, Marvel Puzzle Quest, and Idle Champions are examples. I even spent some real money on MPQ to get slots for more characters.

Usually the wrapping paper hide clues to what will be the game inside.

Not sure where to post this, but the ruling should be interesting if Google loses the appeal too and will have to lose their Play Store monopoly.

The daily give away has begun Today is DNF Duel

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Tomorrow's is triangles. It's either Forest Simulator, or the entire Legend of Zelda series.

Tomorrow:

I don't thing they're doing hints this year or I'm even more dense than I think I am.

We may not know until tomorrow.

Until then, I'll guess... Timberborn.

ahhhhh, the time of the year where others do the lifting of the Epic Giveaway posting duties for me

Today's game Melvor Idle. I was thinking about an Idle style "game", so I might actually install it and see what it is.

That has got to be the least informative trailer I've ever seen.

I can't tell if yesterday's image actually refers to the game itself.

Ok, confirmed: The wrapping paper is apparently no longer a hint (although it may still take a game or two to be sure.) Game over.

Apparently last year there was a kerfluffle when the clearly hinted some popular game, then had to switch games at the last minute. So this year they're making the fun go away.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:13 pm Today's game Melvor Idle. I was thinking about an Idle style "game", so I might actually install it and see what it is.

Direct link to make it easier for people.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/melvor-idle-b6a9b3

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:38 pm Ok, confirmed: The wrapping paper is apparently no longer a hint (although it may still take a game or two to be sure.) Game over.

Just like the annual Steam holiday sales, eventually people ruin everything. That's unfortunate, but I'm guessing it wasn't worth their headache.

Today's game Art of Rally

LordMortis wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:02 pm Today's game Art of Rally

I tried art of rally last night and was getting some frame rate drops. Good thing I have a new rig ready to trade out before year's end.

Already have it. I get the feeling I may already have a lot of these to come.

Today is Ghostwire Tokyo

Today is The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:10 pm Today is The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

Which is better than no Outer Worlds, but the consensus is still that the original is the much better version.

huh? Theres only one game that I know of.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:33 pm huh? Theres only one game that I know of.

There's the original release, and there's the "Spacer's Choice Edition", which was supposed to be a remaster, but ended up causing more problems than it solved. It's one of those games (like one of the Dark Souls titles and Borderlands Enhanced) where the re-release is the weaker version.

Today is Human Resource Machine

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 2:54 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:33 pm huh? Theres only one game that I know of.

There's the original release, and there's the "Spacer's Choice Edition", which was supposed to be a remaster, but ended up causing more problems than it solved. It's one of those games (like one of the Dark Souls titles and Borderlands Enhanced) where the re-release is the weaker version.

From what I've read, the technical issues that marred the launch of the SCE have been patched now. I've seen comments to the effect that the original version looks better to some people, but I haven't fired them up recently to compare them. I bought the OG version at launch, and the SCE upgrade when it came out, but because of the performance issues I never put any time into the new version of the game at the time and haven't returned to it since then.

Ah ok. Thought that might be a new game or just the original with all the patches and expansions.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:01 pm Free on Epic for the next 23 hours and 59 minutes.

I enjoyed 3 and 4, so for free I will give this a shot.

Moliere wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:28 pm I enjoyed 3 and 4, so for free I will give this a shot.

note that this is a complete and total reboot. i am not sure how much of a resemblance it has to the original first Saint's Row (which was never available on PC - console only).

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:32 am

Moliere wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:28 pm I enjoyed 3 and 4, so for free I will give this a shot.

note that this is a complete and total reboot. i am not sure how much of a resemblance it has to the original first Saint's Row (which was never available on PC - console only).

From my terrible memory, no resemblance whatsoever.

It's not nearly as good as the original Saint Rows, and completely resets the over-the-top wackiness of the later sequels. But I will say once I wrapped my brain around the changes I still enjoyed it enough to finish it. Just be aware it's its own thing. For free? Yeah, no brainer. I paid $30 and was still satisfied.

It was all the wackiness that turned me off to the series. Of course i only had the 3rd or 4th one to try. Its why I preferred GTA V. All the fun just not all the over the top silly stuff. So maybe Ill like this. I anted to like the series. The story and such seem cool.