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Since its launch,\u00a0the\u00a0Epic Games Store<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>has received both praise and criticism. None of its strategies, however,\u00a0 have been met with as much praise as its free games policy. Every week, Epic Games add a new game to its list of free titles. This list updates every Thursday, and often makes award winning titles free for customers. While its tendency towards exclusive titles is often unpopular, gamers of all tastes enjoy the varied free games that the store releases.<\/p>\n

Last week’s\u00a0Epic Games Store<\/a>\u00a0free games were all about science fiction.\u00a0\u00a0Titles like\u00a0Surviving Mars<\/em>\u00a0focused on the literary references and hard choices made by a colony on the red planet. While the two titles featured in this week’s (and the next) list of free games are still sci-fi, they share something else in common, as both games feature a robot protagonist. These games delve deep into the questions around robot sentience, sapience, and moral push or pull. Both titles received huge praise at launch, with\u00a0The Fall<\/em>\u00a0getting\u00a0a “game of the year” award\u00a0for its story.\u00a0Creature in the Well<\/em>\u00a0was also showered in praise, including “outstanding original game” winner at Unreal’s E3 competition.<\/p>\n

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Made free by Epic Games last week,\u00a0The Fall\u00a0<\/em>won “best story” at the Game Awards for a reason. The game’s expertly crafted atmosphere teems with rich environmental storytelling. The narrative rivals even the\u00a0best stories in horror games<\/a>,\u00a0complimented by some stunning but refined painterly graphics. Tension abounds in this reserved, considered, often claustrophobic tale with some intriguing things to say about sentience, duty, and what it means to “owe” someone something.<\/p>\n

The game was announced in\u00a0last week’s free Epic Games Store games<\/a>, alongside similarly complex\u00a0Surviving Mars<\/em>. Both draw on similar sci-fi stories as influences, but\u00a0The Fall<\/em>\u00a0is much less sprawling. For gamers who are less interested in a sprawling city builder, and want a more closely authored experience, it is an excellent choice. Players who want a shorter story-driven experience will enjoy getting lost in the dark depths of its broken planet.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0The Fall<\/em>, players take on the unusual role of ARID, an AI controlling a spacesuit. Unfortunately for ARID, the human who normally controls the suit is unconscious, and it is the AI’s job to follow the primary directive – protect human life. Unlike the\u00a0scariest sci-fi robots in movies<\/a>, ARID is a much gentler protector, at the start of the game anyway. As the story progresses, ARID’s journey and prime directive puts it up against the very protocols it was built upon. Story-focused players should not miss this free game while it lasts.<\/p>\n

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Pinball with swords\u00a0is basically the elevator pitch for\u00a0Creature in the Well<\/em>, and it certainly delivers. The game is a hack-and-slash dungeon crawler that takes aesthetic notes from icons like\u00a0Hyper Light Drifter<\/em>, while also drawing unique inspiration from\u00a0classic 3D Pinball games<\/a>. This original central mechanic works by charging up orbs of energy, then releasing them at various speeds. Players can parry these orbs back into the dungeons they fight through to rack up a score.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Creature in the Well<\/em>, players delve through eight gorgeously hand-crafted dungeons to the heart of a desert mountain. The aim is to activate some long-defunct machinery to potentially avert a deadly sandstorm. Like\u00a0in\u00a0The Fall<\/em>, the main player character is a solitary robotic unit with an essential quest.\u00a0 The futuristic city of Mirage hangs in the balance for\u00a0Creature in the Well<\/em>‘s BOTC-C unit. Haunting this desert mountain is a deadly and terrified “Creature.” Rather than a normal boss encounter, battling the Creature entails several intricate puzzles and battles based on skill.<\/p>\n

Creature in the Well<\/em>\u00a0is a vibrant, electrifying example of the top-down dungeon crawler. It speaks testament to how independent developers can still innovate even in a heavily saturated genre. The game sets itself apart from genre-defining titles like\u00a0Hyper Light Drifter<\/a><\/em>\u00a0with its unique mechanics. Indie developers consistently break new ground and breathe life into slightly stale genres and game mechanics, and\u00a0Creature in the Well\u00a0<\/em>is a perfect example of an independent studio doing this.<\/p>\n

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A less serious title than the other free featured games is\u00a0Diabotical<\/em>. This first-person shooter, inspired by classic Quake<\/em> deathmatch setups, employs unique weapons and a fast pace. Released in 2020 by The GD Studio, the title is a vivid and colorful take on deathmatch FPS gameplay. A whole arsenal of varied weapons, from classic rocket launchers to grasping tethers to one-hit-kill precision aim rifles. The game pays close homage to the\u00a0best FPS games ever<\/a>, and its wealth of game mode shows that The GD Studio have understood how popular games like this maintain their legacies.<\/p>\n

Diabotical\u00a0<\/em>does not limit itself to just being a cutesy Quake<\/em> clone. As well as bringing the bright, cartoony graphics of genre mainstays like\u00a0Team Fortress 2<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Overwatch<\/em>,\u00a0Diabotical<\/em>\u00a0brings a huge set of game modes to complement its 30 different maps. These game modes include an “instant-gib” mode, one where every shot kills, arena deathmatch, aim training and even time trials. Like\u00a0Counterstrike<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Team Fortress 2<\/em><\/a>\u00a0before it, players are able to dart around long racetracks against competitors, using melee weapons and jumps to increase their speed.<\/p>\n

The game understands that longevity in a shooter can depend on the other ways that fans enjoy themselves in the software. For games like\u00a0CS: GO<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Team Fortress,<\/em>\u00a0this is often players making their own fun. In the case of\u00a0Diabotical<\/em>, these game modes come pre-packaged, ready for gamers to enjoy for free.<\/p>\n

The Fall<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is free on the Epic Games Store until March 25th.\u00a0Creature In The Well<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is free\u00a0from March 25th until April 1st.<\/p>\n

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