XCOM 2 is free on the Epic Store right now
Neglect chocolate eggs and anthropomorphic rabbits, one of the simplest ways to spend this Easter weekend is clearly to seize XCOM 2 free off the Epic Retailer and save the world from alien tyranny.
Firaxis’ masterful technique sequel might have no introduction, but it surely’s getting one anyway. Launched in 2016, the sport took the daring step of assuming you have been defeated by alien invaders in 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and tasked you with constructing a scrappy resistance unit to push your extra-terrestrial occupiers again off the planet. PCG alumnus Tom Senior was thrilled with the epic tactical battle that ensued, giving XCOM 2 a whopping rating of 94.
It is a implausible provide, though it is value noting that Epic’s deal would not embody the superb Warfare of the Chosen enlargement, which essentially rewrites most of the recreation’s core rule for an much more spectacular journey. That mentioned, you may get it at a reduction together with a bunch of different DLC within the XCOM 2: Assortment Improve, all for a really cheap £7.99.
XCOM 2 is not the one recreation going totally free, both. Belaying XCOM 2 from beneath is Insurmountable, an uncommon roguelike that challenges gamers with climbing mountains. I have not performed it myself, but it surely boasts a “Very Constructive” score on Steam, and it is onerous to argue when the one value concerned is a sliver of hard-drive house. Insurmountable has additionally just lately acquired a serious replace, including a tutorial and a brand new story alongside procedurally generated facet missions.
In any case, that is loads of free gaming to see you thru the easter weekend, even when neither recreation is particularly thematically applicable. There is perhaps a couple of eggs lurking someplace in XCOM 2, however you in all probability would not wish to eat them.