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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Moving Out
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:45:08 +0200
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On 10/24/2024 5:06 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> Surprise! There's a free game on Epic this Thursday! Betcha you didn't
> see that coming! Let's go see what it's all about!
> 
> 
> * Moving Out
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/moving-out
>      As "Overcooked" is to making food, "Moving Out" is to
>      hauling couches. Maneuver your character -and their ungainly
>      load of boxes or furniture - through a ridiculous labyrinth
>      until the flat is empty. Not really that much fun on its own,
>      it's mostly designed as a co-op game where miscommunications
>      cause you to fail hilariously. Honestly, I found the game
>      got pretty tedious pretty quickly, despite (or perhaps
>      because of) the attempts to increasingly ramp up the
>      ridiculous nature of the moves. But what do I know; I'm
>      one of those freaks who hates moving out in real life! ;-)
> 
>      (note: greedy followers of Epic give-aways may already have
>      this one in their library, since this game was offered
>      several times before)
> 
> 
> Is that what you expected? Probably not. But there's another surprise;
> this offer disappears in seven days, and then it gets replaced with
> another free game! Can you imagine? I wonder if I'll be back to tell
> you about it next week....
> 
> 
> 

funnily enough I had it on Steam but not on Epic yet.
Not that it actually was that interesting once I tried it out. There's a 
certain quality of fun that comes with Overcooked, that Moving Out just 
doesn't seem to capture.