It’s Thursday once more, which means its time for Epic’s ongoing cycle of free games to tick over as soon as once more. This week’s choices are dirty cyberpunk horror Observer and weird spin-off Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. That’ll be that sorted for some low-lit thrills, then. As per, you’ve solely bought seven days to seize these freebies earlier than they slink again into the shadows from whence they got here.
Besides starring that Rutger Hauer off Blade Runner, Observer is a tense crime thriller with high-tech sleuthing and gorgeously grainy visuals. Set on this decrepit tower block in far-future Warsaw, it does the state-mandated cyberpunk factor of promoting a society gone down the shitter fairly properly. Former RPS chum Adam fairly appreciated Observer, calling it “the Cronenbergian cyberpunk game I never knew I wanted” in his Observer review.
The different half of this week’s bundle, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, is an odd’un. Alan Wake was a reasonably straight Steven King horror a few jackass author coping with spooky goings-on within the woods. American Nightmare, in the meantime, is a self-aware arcade spin-off surrounding alternate worlds, an evil twin, and the band Kasabian. What?
That’s lots, and American Nightmare arguably doesn’t fairly pull all of it off. It’s not the best piece in Remedy’s back-catalogue, however for zero bucks, it may be value trying out a wierd oddity from the oldsters who’d go on to make the good Control.
Both Observer and American Nightmare are free to nab till Thursday, October 24th from the Epic Games Store. Next week’s free fare is an odd pairing of Qube 2 and Layers Of Fear, a 2016 spook ’em up from Observer devs Bloober Team. Two weeks in a row, guys? Don’t get grasping.
