

Check back at the Ark, a neon-bathed oasis of ill repute and questionable characters, to restock your supplies and plan out your next adventure. Our review particularly praised the pacing and organic world building, saying, “It replaces traditional narrative structures with moods, but punctuates those contemplative, quiet moments with constant scenes of breakneck, pitch-perfect action.”īoth games can now be downloaded on Windows PC at the Epic Games Store. Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden Free Download: Journey through a post-human world of abandoned cities, crumbling highways, and overgrown countryside. The story is largely up to interpretation, but what it lacks in explicit plot it makes up for in stunning visuals and challenging, yet rewarding, gameplay. Hyper Light Drifter is a gorgeous, stylized homage to 16-bit adventure games. From our review: “So long as you don’t mind save-scumming, there’s an excellent storyline here tied to a fun real-time stealth game.”

When it launched late last year, Polygon was impressed by the real-time stealth mechanics, but found the turn-based action to be an unbalanced slog. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a tactical adventure game based on the Mutant Year Zero tabletop RPG. In a July blog post, Epic confirmed that when it includes an M-rated title in the free game program, a family-friendly alternative will be available as well. Since Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is rated M, users under 17 will be unable to pick it up if their account has parental controls turned on. This is the third time in a month that Epic has offered two free games in one week. They will be available to download from Aug. Two post-apocalyptic action RPGs, Hyper Light Drifter and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden are the latest titles offered for free at the Epic Games Store.
