As every week, you can grab a free game gift from Epic Games. This time, the free game gives you the bird in a big way
Update from July 11, 2024:Pilots take note, there’s a slightly different air combat game available for free from Epic for a few more hours. The free offer is valid until 4:59 pm today. You can find out for whom it’s particularly worthwhile in our original report here:
Original message: When you read aerial combat, you probably think ofspectacular dogfightsfrom flight simulations such asAce Combat,Project WingmanorDCS World. However, the current free game of the week from Epic Games has little to do with this.
InThe Falconeeryou fight on a falcon instead of with airplanes. And we’re not talking about Han Solo’s legendary Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, but a real bird of prey.We introduce you to titles.
The free game of the week: The Falconeer
(Genre: Action role-playing game –Developer: Tomas Sala –Release: November 2020)
The Falconeer is a solo project by Dutch developer Tomas Sala, who role-playing game fans may know for his Skyrim mod Moonpath to Elsweyr. However, The Falconeer has little to do with the Elder Scrolls universe
The Falconeer is set in a fantasy world called “Great Primordial Sea”, which is full of beasts, rival factions and secrets above and below ground. Here you take on the role of a Falconeer, a mighty warrior of the skies who travels the world to resolve disputes and uncover secrets.
On the back of a majestic warbird, take on pirates, krakens and other threats in breathtaking aerial battles. Oh yes:Your falcon can shoot lasers You can use earned shards to upgrade your bird and adapt it to your individual play style – so there’s a bit of role-playing involved too
The Falconeer was evennominated for a BAFTA Award from the British Film Academy in 2021for its artistic approach. The Unity engine serves as the technical backbone of the game
(Here’s to the wings of the falcon)
What other games are free?
For the sake of completeness, we don’t want to withhold from you the fact that GOG, CD Projekt’s games marketplace,also has a permanent selection of free titles, including the first two parts of The Elder Scrolls, Daggerfall and Arena. It’s particularly worthwhile for fans of retro games to check here regularly
For a limited time, GOG is also currently offeringthe action adventureThe First Templarin the Special Edition.In it, you follow the adventures of a Knight Templar and a noblewoman accused of heresy on their quest for the Holy Grail.
Is that all?
With the free games, that’s it for this week – but we have another truly great opportunity for you to get your hands on lots of great games for as little money as possibleBecause the big Summer Sale has been running on Steam for a few days now with lots of super-strong discounts
You can find out more about Epic and current free games in the link box above.If there wasn’t a suitable free game for you this week, just check back with us next week when the next game gift arrives.
What do you think of Epic’s latest free game? Did you already know The Falconeer? Let us know in the comments below
