Here’s a double giveaway to snap up now earlier than it disappears early tomorrow. Available till 2pm GMT on Wednesday are a pair of excellent games that couldn’t be extra completely different – Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion by Ironclad Games is – relying on the way you take a look at it – a mega-scale house RTS or a small, real-time 4X technique game. Geneshift by Nik Nak Studios is a multiplayer (with bots) little bit of knockabout enjoyable impressed by the slightly cyberpunk Grand Theft Auto 2. Both are free and if you happen to snag them on Steam here and here now, you possibly can preserve them ceaselessly.
I’ll be the primary to confess that ‘vanilla’ Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion by no means actually grabbed me. But you’ll need to decide it up, as a result of the game has a thriving mod scene, and so far as I’m involved, the best possible out there may be Star Trek Armada 3. This huge complete conversion mod envelops the game so totally you’d suppose it was a Star Trek game from the beginning. While already huge, there’s one other enlargement’s value of stuff nonetheless in manufacturing – take a peek at a few of it within the trailer beneath, though the mod because it stands now’s no slouch. Grab it on Mod DB here.
While a good game in its personal proper, Sins additionally has a bunch of DLC accessible, together with the just lately launched Minor Factions add-on. While good to have if you wish to play the bottom game, I don’t imagine any of the expansions are required to play Star Trek Armada 3, so be happy to only dive straight into that as quickly as you’ve received a deal with on the fundamental Sins controls and interface. Just don’t go attempting to play the Borg in your first attempt – they’re a bit bizarre, as you’d anticipate.
As for Geneshift, it’s a giant ol’ tribute to Grand Theft Auto 2’s fight and cyberpunk strangeness, however with a little bit of a style shift. The currently-free model (nonetheless technically in early entry) is multiplayer-centric, and targeted solely on its quickfire arcade Battle Royale mode. Rounds are simply two minutes lengthy, though there’s no downtime – lifeless gamers respawn as glider-equipped zombies, and killing a ‘living’ participant will get you again into the match. Jay took a take a look at it here. Take a peek at it within the trailer beneath.
Geneshift does have a single participant marketing campaign mode (full with on-line co-op) and a few extra longer-form PvP modes, however except you bought the game earlier in its early entry life span, you’ll want to select up the Complete Edition DLC for that. The free model is successfully a cut-down multiplayer version, nevertheless it ought to not less than be full of life for a while, and it’s a enjoyable (if messy) game. Not many keep in mind earlier GTA games, not to mention the second. It’s good to see somebody who does.
You can seize Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion (revealed by Stardock) here on Steam, and Geneshift here. Don’t overlook the Star Trek Armada Three mod here.
