I should not should do an excessive amount of work to promote you on free presents, however this week’s Epic Video games Retailer freebies embody one I am going to advocate for with my entire coronary heart. We have one other pair of quite distinct experiences to sit up for: one a narrative-first RPG the place selection is on the coronary heart of the expertise, the opposite a classy, rhythm-led blast-em up. Do not delay on this one, snatch up each Citizen Sleeper and Robobeat whilst you can, since you’ll be in for time whichever you select to play first.
I am going to begin by speaking about Citizen Sleeper, as a result of it is an expertise that is caught with me quite vividly even 4 years on from its arrival. A part of the great thing about getting it handed to you at no cost is that you simply need not learn up on the specifics to determine if you are going to put your hard-earned money down for it, so should you already know that you simply love sci-fi and cyberpunk-adjacent tales then I would extremely suggest simply dipping in sight unseen. I promise you will not remorse it.
Nonetheless want a bit extra convincing? In that case, I am going to clarify the gist: you are a ‘sleeper,’ a human consciousness positioned right into a robotic physique that was trapped beneath the management of a capitalist company. Having escaped to a fringe area station on the outskirts referred to as Erlin’s Eye, you roll cube and make choices as to how you are going to spend your time, doing the perfect you possibly can to outlive whereas eluding the corporate that would like you again. It is a triumph of mechanics and storytelling that I nonetheless take into consideration to today.
In the event you’re in search of one thing rather less thinky and extra action-first, Robotbeat is the proper companion piece. Half rhythm-shooter, half roguelike, it places you within the sneakers of infamous bounty hunter Ace as they bounce by way of a “twisted techno playground” in pursuit of their newest goal. Queue loads of wall-running, bunny-hopping, and slide-shooting as you blast your well beyond everybody who stands in your manner.
The hook right here, fairly actually, is that every one the motion takes place to the music, and also you’re capable of add your individual customized music and trim it to behave because the soundtrack to your subsequent run. In the event you’d quite persist with what’s already there, you will spot some inclusions from boomer-shooter royalty like Nightfall and Ultrakill among the many present OST. Robobeat seems like the subsequent evolution of video games like Metallic: Hellsinger and BPM: Bullets Per Minute – should you like these, you will discover loads to like right here too.
Citizen Sleeper and Robobeat are each free by way of the Epic Video games Retailer this week, out there to assert between Thursday June 18 and Thursday June 25 at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST / 5pm CEST. Seize them right here whereas the provide lasts.
This undoubtedly lands for me as among the finest weeks for the Epic Video games Retailer giveaway in fairly some time, and we have one other winner on the way in which subsequent time with the upcoming Curler Coaster Tycoon 3, which shall be accompanied by 2D action-platformer Voidwrought.
