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You've probably heard by now that the Epic Games Store has gotten into the habit of giving away free games every week or so, and with the occasional hiccup here and there, this has been going on for about a year and a half now. Starting today, you can get the excellent Torchlight II free of charge, which means we now get a peek at the games that will be on offer next week: Tacoma and Next Up Hero.
Tacoma is a forensic sci-fi adventure from Fullbright, the studio that made Gone Home. In Tacoma, you explore a empty space station, searching for clues about what happened to its missing crew. Over the course of the adventure, you'll learn about their private conversations and communiques, their inner lives, and what wound up on happening that led to the station being abandoned.
It's not a long game, but it's beautifully realised and quickly draws you into the lives of its ghostly characters, who you'll mostly hear in echoes and footage reconstructed from surveillance cameras and other data. It's certainly worth a look, and at the low, low cost of completely free, it's a steal.
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