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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Undying
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:50:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:06 this Thursday (GMT):
>
> Are you tired? I'm tired. But it's Thursday, and I'm hoping that free
> games will give me that boost of energy I need to finish this day.
> And, fortunately, there just happens to be a free game on the Epic
> Game Store. Let's see what caffeinated delight awaits us
>
>
>
> * UNDYING
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/undying
>     How appropriate; a game about zombies. My lack of sleep is 
>     making me feel somewhat zombie-like (please don't shoot me in 
>     the head. I almost never eat brains anymore). The game itself 
>     seems to be a cross between "A Plague Tale" and "Project 
>     Zomboid"; the former for its narrative structure and because 
>     you have your young son toddling after you, and the later for 
>     its aesthetics and survival/crafting mechanics. It seems an 
>     odd combination and could be great, but actual presentation 
>     --the English translation, the bugs, some of the mechanics-- 
>     keep it from living up to its promise. 
>
>
> I am sadly not enervated by this release. I mean, sure I'll grab the
> game, but that's more because I haven't the willpower to resist
> something free rather than any excitement over the title. I may have
> to chug some more coffee. How much caffeine before it's a lethal dose?
>
> Seven days to claim this one, as usual.


UNDYING... theres a joke here about Epic games store not dying..
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