Hey! It's that day again! You know the one! The day where we get free
games. From that place. I think they call it Thursday. The day, I
mean. Not the place. That's called something different. I wonder
what's on tap this week?

* Circus Electrique
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/circus-electrique
This is a weird one: it's got RPG mechanics, adventure
game structure, deck-building, and aspects of a management
sim all rolled into one, and then topped with a steampunk
and horror aesthetic. Is it good? I've no idea. I'm not sure
I'll ever find out either; it just feels too 'all-over-the-
place', too experimental to make me want to rush out and
play it. It's probably fine but I'll let others take the
lead on this one.

* Firestone
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/firestone-online-idle-rpg-bfd04b
The game describes itself as an 'online Idle RPG' and
it has pop-ups asking players to rate the game. That's all I
need to know. No thank you. This is mobile-style crap that
has no place on PCs. I don't want it. Not even free.

Well... sometimes the games are good, and sometimes they're not. It
should be fairly obvious which direction I think this week's games
lean towards. But the good thing about Epic's freebies is that even if
you don't like one week's offerings, all you have to do is wait seven
days and there will be something new to look forward to.

On 5/9/2024 8:01 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
> Hey! It's that day again! You know the one! The day where we get free
> games. From that place. I think they call it Thursday. The day, I
> mean. Not the place. That's called something different. I wonder
> what's on tap this week?
>
>
> * Circus Electrique
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/circus-electrique
> This is a weird one: it's got RPG mechanics, adventure
> game structure, deck-building, and aspects of a management
> sim all rolled into one, and then topped with a steampunk
> and horror aesthetic. Is it good? I've no idea. I'm not sure
> I'll ever find out either; it just feels too 'all-over-the-
> place', too experimental to make me want to rush out and
> play it. It's probably fine but I'll let others take the
> lead on this one.
>

That's a longshot, but I picked it up.

> * Firestone
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/firestone-online-idle-rpg-bfd04b
> The game describes itself as an 'online Idle RPG' and
> it has pop-ups asking players to rate the game. That's all I
> need to know. No thank you. This is mobile-style crap that
> has no place on PCs. I don't want it. Not even free.

Oof. When I went to the giveaway it says it's an add-on and you have to
get the game first. Also that the price of the add on is normally $99
!!! Yeah those are some mobile whalers looking to sail on the PC seas.

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On Thu, 9 May 2024 13:49:55 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>On 5/9/2024 8:01 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>> * Firestone
>> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/firestone-online-idle-rpg-bfd04b
>> The game describes itself as an 'online Idle RPG' and
>> it has pop-ups asking players to rate the game. That's all I
>> need to know. No thank you. This is mobile-style crap that
>> has no place on PCs. I don't want it. Not even free.

>Oof. When I went to the giveaway it says it's an add-on and you have to
>get the game first. Also that the price of the add on is normally $99
>!!! Yeah those are some mobile whalers looking to sail on the PC seas.

I didn't look that much into it. I think the game itself is free but
can't be arsed to even verify that much about it. The give-away - that
you claim this week - can't be used until next week. It's just so much
nonsense that I don't care. I wish Epic would keep that sort of shit
out of their - and PC Gaming's - ecosystem.

Then again, this is the same Epic Games that has wholeheartedly
embraced NFT/crypto-games onto their platform, so no luck in that ever
happening.

Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 5/9/2024 8:01 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> >
> > Hey! It's that day again! You know the one! The day where we get free
> > games. From that place. I think they call it Thursday. The day, I
> > mean. Not the place. That's called something different. I wonder
> > what's on tap this week?
> >
> >
> > * Circus Electrique
> > https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/circus-electrique
> > This is a weird one: it's got RPG mechanics, adventure
> > game structure, deck-building, and aspects of a management
> > sim all rolled into one, and then topped with a steampunk
> > and horror aesthetic. Is it good? I've no idea. I'm not sure
> > I'll ever find out either; it just feels too 'all-over-the-
> > place', too experimental to make me want to rush out and
> > play it. It's probably fine but I'll let others take the
> > lead on this one.
> >

> That's a longshot, but I picked it up.

> > * Firestone
> > https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/firestone-online-idle-rpg-bfd04b
> > The game describes itself as an 'online Idle RPG' and
> > it has pop-ups asking players to rate the game. That's all I
> > need to know. No thank you. This is mobile-style crap that
> > has no place on PCs. I don't want it. Not even free.

> Oof. When I went to the giveaway it says it's an add-on and you have to
> get the game first. Also that the price of the add on is normally $99
> !!! Yeah those are some mobile whalers looking to sail on the PC seas.

Good catch. I keep forgetting to check for those free addons!
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