It's Thursday, and the Epic Store has another pair of games to give away! This week, we embark on a grand strategy quest and keep an eye on the residents of a small nation... for their own good, of course. Let's get into it!
Europa Universalis IV
Pick your favorite European nation and conquer the rest of the continent in this grand strategy game spanning nearly four centuries. You'll need to trade with, colonize and wage war on other nations in order to remain on top of the food chain, or risk becoming a footnote in the annals of history.
This is the base version of the game. There are over 30 expansions to pick from after that. Have fun!
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Big Brother protects the nation. Big Brother must identify any threat to the country before they emerge, by looking at every minute detail in a person's life and reporting it to the state. Big Brother is not limited in the information he can access, and can make anyone he deems dangerous... disappear. No one can escape the gaze of Big Brother.
You! Are Big Brother.
What do you think of this week's games? What other titles would you like to see given for free? Let us know in the comments below! We'll see you next Thursday with Black Book and Dodo Peak.
Comments
How many of these new games 'articles' on OutOf are just copypasting descriptions from the stores?
Might as well get paid by some lesser-known indies to post their stuff here.
I have zero desire to accept money from parties in exchange for talking about their games. It's one thing to affiliate link games where possible (Amazon, Humble) but getting paid by developers is not a road I want to go down because that's how you end up with IGN dishing out 9/10 reviews for trash.
If devs want to provide a review copy of a game with the understanding that it isn't going to influence our coverage or opinions, sure. But if anyone on the team accepts any money from a developer to write a review or cover a game, they're getting kicked to the curb. That's one of the biggest problems with games journalism.
I... wrote those two descriptions myself.
We'd certainly love to have more indies on the site, we just haven't had the opportunity to talk with any at the moment. We have a few reviews on the previous version of OOG, we just haven't gotten to them yet.
As for these articles, as well as the PS Plus and Game Pass ones, they're good for a consistent content flow, since they're on a pretty stable schedule. I used to write the descriptions for the PSP (not that one) and GP articles by hand as well, but it took waaaaay too long.
Those aren't new games, though.