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We're all busy, but if there's one thing that gets us to slow down a
bit, it's free games. Fortunately, I know a place where they just
happen to be giving some away today. Let's go see what they've got
waiting for us.


* Ghostrunner 2
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ghostrunner-2
Nominally a cyberpunk-themed first-person shooter,
the "Ghostrunner" games owe almost as much to mobile
runner games. While they don't force constant forward
motion on the player (you can stop and walk around,
even go back and explore!), a lot of the experience
is around maintaining your momentum. It's a sort of
game where speedrunning (minus the clever hacks) is
sort of the main theme. As such, it's rather niche in
its fanbase, and if you don't love the challenge of
finding just the perfect path to maximize your jumps
and speed, you probably won't get much enjoyment from
this game. It sure does look pretty, though. (This
game is a dupe from December 2024, so you may already
have it)


* Monument Valley 2 https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/monument-valley-2-addd02
The sequel to last week's freebie; there's really nothing
to say about it that couldn't be said about the first. It's
an okay game, but it's really 'more of the same' and it
still feels very much what it is: a port of a mobile game.
It's fine.


* Battle of Polytopia https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-battle-of-polytopia-12fed6
A turn-based strategy game of some sort. This one has roots
in the mobile market too, and it looks it. It's designed
for short bouts of gameplay, not long complicated campaigns.
There's not much variety between the different tribes though.
It's not really a game that does much to stand out from the
crowd; you probably won't hate it if you play it, but at the
same time, why bother when there are better games available?


Okay, that's enough loafing around and grabbing free games. Everybody
back to work! You'll get another break in seven days! ;-)




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Claimed all!


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

We're all busy, but if there's one thing that gets us to slow down a
bit, it's free games. Fortunately, I know a place where they just
happen to be giving some away today. Let's go see what they've got
waiting for us.

* Ghostrunner 2
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ghostrunner-2
Nominally a cyberpunk-themed first-person shooter,
the "Ghostrunner" games owe almost as much to mobile
runner games. While they don't force constant forward
motion on the player (you can stop and walk around,
even go back and explore!), a lot of the experience
is around maintaining your momentum. It's a sort of
game where speedrunning (minus the clever hacks) is
sort of the main theme. As such, it's rather niche in
its fanbase, and if you don't love the challenge of
finding just the perfect path to maximize your jumps
and speed, you probably won't get much enjoyment from
this game. It sure does look pretty, though. (This
game is a dupe from December 2024, so you may already
have it)

* Monument Valley 2 https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/monument-valley-2-addd02
The sequel to last week's freebie; there's really nothing
to say about it that couldn't be said about the first. It's
an okay game, but it's really 'more of the same' and it
still feels very much what it is: a port of a mobile game.
It's fine.

* Battle of Polytopia https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-battle-of-polytopia-12fed6
A turn-based strategy game of some sort. This one has roots
in the mobile market too, and it looks it. It's designed
for short bouts of gameplay, not long complicated campaigns.
There's not much variety between the different tribes though.
It's not really a game that does much to stand out from the
crowd; you probably won't hate it if you play it, but at the
same time, why bother when there are better games available?

Okay, that's enough loafing around and grabbing free games. Everybody
back to work! You'll get another break in seven days! ;-)

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On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:20:16 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

* Ghostrunner 2
* Monument Valley 2
* Battle of Polytopia

Claimed all!

The Number thanks you for your service. May your video game library
become untenably large and it become impossible to find any game worth
playing in the mess. Amen.

'-)


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