It's another Thursday, which means it's another day when I gotta open
up the EGS client and check for a free game. Who knew accumulating
free games would be so much work?!? I wonder if I can get Epic to pay
me for all these announcements I make to Usenet on their behalf...

Anyway, what do we get from Epic today? Why, its...

* Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria-f01344
Well, lookit that; a free game on Epic that isn't from a
tiny Indie developer or several years old. I'd almost
forgotten they could give away stuff like that. The game
itself... it's fine. It's another in a long line of first-
person survival games (you know the type; start naked and
build your way up) and -other than its license- isn't
anything special. If you've ever wanted to play a survival
game, this one is as good as any. It's a little bit grindy
(but then, so are all survival games) but the 'mining tech'
is neat and its limited enough that you won't feel too
overwhelmed. But if you're already burned out on the genre,
this game won't reinvigorate your love for it.

You've got a week to grab this one. I think it's at least worth a
look, but make your own decision. Epic isn't paying me... yet. ;-)

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:04:54 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>
>It's another Thursday, which means it's another day when I gotta open
>up the EGS client and check for a free game. Who knew accumulating
>free games would be so much work?!? I wonder if I can get Epic to pay
>me for all these announcements I make to Usenet on their behalf...
>
>Anyway, what do we get from Epic today? Why, its...
>
>
>* Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
>https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria-f01344
> Well, lookit that; a free game on Epic that isn't from a
> tiny Indie developer or several years old. I'd almost
> forgotten they could give away stuff like that. The game
> itself... it's fine. It's another in a long line of first-
> person survival games (you know the type; start naked and
> build your way up) and -other than its license- isn't
> anything special. If you've ever wanted to play a survival
> game, this one is as good as any. It's a little bit grindy
> (but then, so are all survival games) but the 'mining tech'
> is neat and its limited enough that you won't feel too
> overwhelmed. But if you're already burned out on the genre,
> this game won't reinvigorate your love for it.
>
>
>
>You've got a week to grab this one. I think it's at least worth a
>look, but make your own decision. Epic isn't paying me... yet. ;-)
>
>
>
By one damned minute sir. Have you no sense of decency?

--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:04:54 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>* Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
>https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria-f01344
> Well, lookit that; a free game on Epic that isn't from a
> tiny Indie developer or several years old. I'd almost
> forgotten they could give away stuff like that. The game
> itself... it's fine. It's another in a long line of first-
> person survival games (you know the type; start naked and
> build your way up) and -other than its license- isn't
> anything special. If you've ever wanted to play a survival
> game, this one is as good as any. It's a little bit grindy
> (but then, so are all survival games) but the 'mining tech'
> is neat and its limited enough that you won't feel too
> overwhelmed. But if you're already burned out on the genre,
> this game won't reinvigorate your love for it.

Thanks Spalls. I am going to probably try this one sooner rather then
later.

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:08:16 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>By one damned minute sir. Have you no sense of decency?

LOL!

I checked and you are right. He beat you by ONE damned minute. There
really is no competing with Spalls on something like this.

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:18:43 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:08:16 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>By one damned minute sir. Have you no sense of decency?
>
>LOL!
>
>I checked and you are right. He beat you by ONE damned minute. There
>really is no competing with Spalls on something like this.

_AND_ I wrote up a whole description too!

Apparently the glut of Epic freebies* aren't actually starting until
Dec 19 though, so you all have a break from my announcements until
then. After that it's back to the grindstone for me ;-)

Odds are, though, that I'll find something else to write about in the
mean time.

* 16 games in total. I wrote an entire post about it. I'm sure you
read it. ;-)

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's another Thursday, which means it's another day when I gotta open
> up the EGS client and check for a free game. Who knew accumulating
> free games would be so much work?!? I wonder if I can get Epic to pay
> me for all these announcements I make to Usenet on their behalf...

> Anyway, what do we get from Epic today? Why, its...

> * Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria-f01344
> Well, lookit that; a free game on Epic that isn't from a
> tiny Indie developer or several years old. I'd almost
> forgotten they could give away stuff like that. The game
> itself... it's fine. It's another in a long line of first-
> person survival games (you know the type; start naked and
> build your way up) and -other than its license- isn't
> anything special. If you've ever wanted to play a survival
> game, this one is as good as any. It's a little bit grindy
> (but then, so are all survival games) but the 'mining tech'
> is neat and its limited enough that you won't feel too
> overwhelmed. But if you're already burned out on the genre,
> this game won't reivigorate your love for it.

> You've got a week to grab this one. I think it's at least worth a
> look, but make your own decision. Epic isn't paying me... yet. ;-)

I love LOTR series, so I might like it so I took it.
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