Thursday is freebie day on the Epic Games Store, with a brand new game rotating in to be free for keepsies for the following week. This time it’s Sundered, the hand-drawn metroidvania from the studio behind Jotun. Our former John (RPS in peace) declared it “a completely wonderful metroidvania” in his Sundered review so do take a look.
John stamped Sundered with our Recommended seal in 2017, saying:
“The result is a completely wonderful Metroidvania, but at the same time, another Metroidvania. Its distinctive animation is worthy of accolades and awards – it is simply astounding. And its novel approach to being mobbed for combat has merits, alongside some frustrations. Neither dramatically shifts the game away from the most familiar aspects of the genre, all of which it delivers extremely well. It is that lovely holiday destination, and a lovely stay you’ll certainly have – the question is, fancy going there again this summer, or maybe somewhere new?”
For free, completely, I’ll go there once more. And that was earlier than builders Thunder Lotus Games added native cooperative multiplayer, new areas, a brand new quest chain, and extra with the ‘Eldritch Edition’ replace.
You have till 4pm on Thursday the 16th to seize Sundered free for keepsies from the Epic Games Store. It normally prices £15 and Epic have mentioned they pay builders for freebies so hey, seize away. After Sundered, Epic’s subsequent weekly freebie will be Horace, a platformer wholly unrelated to the limitless bear wrapped across the roots of the RPS treehouse.
Thunder Lotus are at present engaged on Spiritfarer, a heat and cosy administration game about ferrying folks into the afterlife. Alice Bee fairly favored what she noticed at Gamescom 2019 and our Graham had a chat with Thunder Lotus about it at E3.
