1748

Only because people with money kept pushing to make it and keep it that way. It certainly wasn’t always that way nor was it going in that direction.

There are so many cheap, free or soon to be cheap and free games out there though, that also run on dinosaur like rigs that it’s not so bad for those not chasing the new shinies to be a money challenged gamer.

And for those who have just some, cheap rigs can still play these shiny new games only just slightly less than 4k shiny.

1749

More often it’s the other way around!

1750

1751

Today’s Ubi freebie is just Hyperspace stuff. A gun & skidoo.

1752

Your wife has excellent taste!
I really enjoy ATWS : Troy (which I also received free on the Epic store), it’s been my favorite Total War game since Rome II. I keep trying to get into the Warhammer ones and just bounce off, I guess I need to be in a Warhammer frame of mind for them to stick.

As for the Epic Store, it has rapidly become my second favorite place to own video games behind Steam. Easy to manage and install/uninstall your games and DLC, never had an issue with running any of the games I’ve played from there, and freebies and $10 coupons out the wazoo…what’s not to like!?

1753

Oddworld New & Tasty on Epic today.

So far that leak was correct.

1754

There was a leak? I missed it. Where?

1755

Yeah a few days ago.

Had these two at the start, and then later Night in the Woods, Darkest Dungeon, Jurassic World and a few others. I think it was on ResetEra.

1756

You are hilighting Battlestar Galactica Deadlock with a last played of Never.

This is deeply wrong, and you must rectify that immediately.

1757

Dang, I missed the Trials Rising freebie. I hope they have an encore.

1758

You’re in luck.

https://register.ubisoft.com/happyholidays2020-lastchance/en-US

And an extra: Anno 1701 (old)

Anno 2205’s Ultimate Edition is super cheap on Epic with the coupon. Any yays or nays on that?

1759

Do you have 1800? I would go with that one first.

1760

Agreed, imo 1800 pretty much makes the rest obsolete, unless you really like the specific time period or theme. You can get the no-dlc version pretty cheap right now (I think either on uplay or epic* with their coupons) and if you like the formula then get the dlc.

*If you get it via epic like I did, it just activates on uplay and you don’t need to bother with the epic launcher after that.

1761

You could then use another epic coupon to get the season pass cheap.

1762

Killer Queen Black has a free weekend. I recommend giving it a spin.

1763

You’re in luck! Today is “all the stuff you missed last week” day!

1764

If you want to be spoiled on which games Epic is giving away free throughout the next two weeks, this list appears to be far more accurate (3 for 3 so far) than the ridiculous one that was circulating on Reddit. Some decent stuff upcoming, but nothing that will blow anyone’s mind.

Today’s freebie is The Long Dark, which ironically I’ve been playing a lot of this past week (via Steam). It’s pretty much the perfect game to play if you live anywhere that just got 1-40 inches of snow!

1765

Death Stranding for $19.99 after coupon on Epic… Yea or nay?

1766

I bought it during the Steam Thanksgiving sale and played about 15 hours. I’ve enjoyed it so far, although the interface is a little convoluted for my taste. The story is complete bonkers as well, but I enjoy that.

I doubt you’ll have a similar issue, but my main computer is an i7-920 and would not play it at all. I guess there’s some instruction set missing from my CPU that is used in game. Thankfully my wife’s i5-2500k has no issues with it, other than being a bit slow.

1767

Interesting. Thanks for the warning. I have an i5-750, and I was thinking of getting it. Best to wait, I guess, until I have a different computer.