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Today and tomorrow, Ubisoft is giving away all their previous days’ freebies again. For those that missed out, here is another chance. Plus they have added Anno 1701 History Edition as a freebie as well. Go forth, and claim thy free games.
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty is free on Epic with only 11 hours left to claim.
Ubisoft is giving away Trials Rising. Epic Games is giving away Cities: Skylines. Both freebies only have hours left.
Cities: Skylines also marks the start of Epic’s 15 days of free games. Each game is only available for 24 hours, so make sure to claim each day.
GOG.com is giving away Prison Architect. Free for the next 57 hours.
Ubisoft is giving away Starlink: Battle for Atlas for 24 hours. I don’t know how many hours are left, so you’d better hurry if you want to claim this freebie.
It needs a Ubisoft Connect account (previously known as Uplay) an launcher.
This is part of Ubisoft’s daily freebie giveaway until 18 December. Not all the freebies are games though.
Epic Games are giving away Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny. They may not be epic RPGs, but they are both excellent RPGs in the tradition of Baldur’s Gate.
There is a lot of reading involved in both games, but the stories are very interesting.
Both games are free until 17 December.
SEVEN: Enhanced Edition is avaiable for free on Humble Bundle for a limited time and while supplies last. Unlike previous Humble freebies, this game is for GOG.com. 1 day and 12 hours to go.
Cave Story+ is this week’s freebie from Epic Games Store. Free until 10 December.
MudRunner is free on Epic Games Store. Free until 03 December.
Nuclear Throne is a no-nonsense top-down shooter with plenty of variety. It reminded me of old-school shooters, except for using the keyboard to move and the mouse to aim.
There are plenty of Weapons and they pack a big bang. Even the lowly pistol sounds powerful and works. Not as good as the more powerful guns, but they do work fine. For those that prefer being up close and personal, there are melee weapons as well with different damage and range.
The procedurally generated levels make for a fun and varied play through each time. I cannot play continuously for an hour, but I keep coming back for short stints of shooting fun.
The different characters have different abilities that encourages different styles of play. It sure adds to the variety. Only two characters are available at the start and the rest must be unlocked.
There is a tutorial even though the game really does not need it. It is simple enough to learn by looking at the keys and trying stuff out.
The enemies are interesting and varied.
There are no save games. I don’t mind the whole permadeath mechanism, but I do wish I could save my current progress just in case I need to quit in a hurry. Each play through is not that long, but I still wish I could save part-way.
The Epic Games Store version of Nuclear Throne is missing the daily and weekly challenges.
Nuclear Throne is a very difficult game and there are no settings for easy, medium or hard. No matter what I do, I still cannot reach the Nuclear Throne.
The graphics are pixelated and not bad, but I did not like it. I wished it was clearer to see.
Like the classic arcade shooters of days gone by, once you are dead, you are dead. Unlike the classic arcade shooters of days gone by, there is no putting in more credits to continue.
Nuclear Throne is available DRM-free from GOG.com.
I love top-shooters, but I cannot remember the last game played in this genre.
Although they are not top-down shooters, I did really like the Zombie/Alien Shooter series.
I got Nuclear Throne for free thanks to Epic’s weekly freebies.
