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Article #694906Re: free Free FREE Shadow Complex!
From: Toby Newman
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:37
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:37
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On 2015-12-08, Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:55:02 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> > wrote: > >>On 2015-12-04, rms <rsqui...@MOOyossmanMOO.net> wrote: >>> Grab it! >>> https://www.epicgames.com/shadowcomplex/ >> >>Do you need to install some kind of epic client? > > Yes, which is sort of annoying. It seems every publisher these days > has their own client. Remember when you could just download and play? > > Plus, you need to create an account with Epic. These was almost a > dealbreaker for me, until I discovered I already had created one (god > knows when; it was on one of my really old spamtrap email accounts). > > The game itself is... okay. It is fairly short and the pacing is off. > The visuals are okay and the developers did a good job creating a 3D > world while restricting you to a 2D plane, which is probably the most > interesting thing about the game. Given that it is free, I defintiely > got my money's worth but I think - had I paid for it - I'd have felt > ripped off. I played the game on 360 already. Thought it was brilliant at the time, but then I love Metroid games. I can't be bothered to install another client just to own a game I already played though. For people that haven't played it I recommend it. -- -Toby Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.
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