Cortex Command is free for keepsies proper now

The side-scrolling shoot-o-platform-a-strategy Cortex Command is free proper now on Steam–free free, eternally–however you’ll should be fast. You’ve solely bought one other day-and-a-bit to seize it, so hop to it. Is definitely is value ten seconds of effort to get without cost. Here, take a look at a few of what resident RPS tactface Tim Stone considered it in Cortex Command review:

“Unless you’re defending a home bunker, the opening section of any scrap typically begins with some frantic defence preparation. While a cordon of turrets and troops is airlifted in, you rush to get your fragile perambulating cerebrum right into a newly excavated tunnel community or defensible cave. Mismanage this significant stage and you’ll simply end up trying on helplessly as terrier-like foes scramble by the mouth of a refuge-turned-rat-trap.

“And “scramble through” isn’t wishful considering on this occasion. The mixture of QWOP-style soldier skeletons (although, fortunately, instantly managed models are moved with WASD keys) and endlessly deformable battlefields means each surroundings pixel issues when it come to pathfinding and Line of Fire calculations. Troops slither, squeeze and tumble by catacombs. They widen home-made portals with mining instruments or try to seal them off with concrete sprayers. Bullets nibble at trench edges and chip away at bunker partitions. The choices for utilizing and abusing the environments are mind-boggling.”

Swing by Steam earlier than 6pm on Sunday (that’s 10am Pacific) to seize it without cost. It’ll be yours for keepsies however it’s worthwhile to take it now.

Everyone who owns Cortex Command can even get you a 10% low cost on Planetoid Pioneers, its physics-driven platformer prequel, which is able to go away early entry and launch correctly on Thursday. Our Brendy enjoyed Planetoid Pioneers when he performed an early model in September so hey, that’s a pleasant little bonus.