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From: spallshu...@gmail.com (Spalls Hurgenson)
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Subject: FREE Games: Idle Champions & Wonder Boy
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by: Spalls Hurgenson - Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:21 UTC

Free games on Epic 'cause its Thursday. But, really, don't get your
hopes up.

This week it is:

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms

and

Wonder boy: The Dragon's Trap
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/wonder-boy-the-dragons-trap-26381d

The former is a rather shallow free-to-play idle game (a game which
can play itself, although you can get better results by doing the
strategizing yourself) with low production values that is only of note
because of its license. Epic "gave" this game away back in 2021, so
don't be surprised if you already have it.

The latter game is a platformer based on the classic 8-bit "Wonder
Boy" games, redone with a hand-drawn animation style. It's very pretty
but its gameplay and controls are very 1990s. It's essentially a
reskin of the game that came out in 1989 for the Sega Master System.
If you love that style of game, you'll probably get a kick outta this
one, and hey, the visuals alone make it worth at least taking a look
at, but it's not a game I can personally get all that excited about.

As usual, you have seven days to claim the games, so if either of
these sound interesting, don't wait too long or they'll be gone.

"If anything can go wrong, it will." -- Edsel Murphy

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FREE Games: Idle Champions & Wonder Boy	Spalls Hurgenson