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Claimed! See you all in a week with another free Epic game. Happy new year too! ;)


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> And, as all good things must, we come to an end. The end of Epic's
> holiday give-away, that is. Was it a good thing? Well, there were a
> lot of free games. Although maybe even calling it 'a lot' is being
> overly generous. Let's just say: there were some free games. But
> that's it for now. Epic's going back to their weekly schedule after
> this. Can't say I'm disappointed. It's exhausting making all these
> announcements!


> * Hell Let Loose
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hell-let-loose-03f036
>     On the one hand, it's a realistic WW2 first-person shooter, 
>     the sort we haven't really seen in a while (honestly, the last 
>     one I remember was "Day of Defeat", anybody else play that?). 
>     Sure, it's an old trope, but it's been a bit since a game like 
>     that has come around, so I wouldn't mind playing it again, with 
>     modern bells-n-whistles. But on the other hand, it's online PVP 
>     only, and with quite a toxic community, so I'm in no rush to 
>     give it a try. What to do, what to do? Maybe... add the game to 
>     the library and just not play it? It's the best of both worlds, 
>     I tell ya!


> Is that a way to end a marathon give-away or not? No, really; I'm
> asking you. Is that how it should have ended, you think? Anyway, take
> your time on this one; you have a full week to claim it, if you want. 





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