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Save the world from demonic forces in this thrilling hidden object adventure! Use your weapon, the Chakram, to not only eviscerate evil but also to solve puzzles, go back in time to cut off the demons at their knees, and solve the mystery of your amazing destiny. Packed with rich interactivity and stunning animation, Dark Angels will captivate you from beginning to end!

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Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows:

In Brief:
Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows is a point and click adventure game with hidden object and puzzle mini-games featuring a female protagonist called Kate Evans.

Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows has been given away twice previously; the first time was May 24th 2015 where it received a positive 75% from 364 votes with 53 comments; you can read those HERE. The game was also given away on August 11th 2019, where it received a positive 91% from 41 votes with 23 comments. You can read those HERE.

There are some videos of game play (SPOILER ALERT) HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE as well as lots of discussions about various aspects of the game over in the Big Fish forums HERE and almost 100 reviews via the Steam community HERE; plus there's thirteen pages of a written/picture walkthrough via BD Studio games HERE

Introduction:
Save the world from demonic forces in this thrilling hidden object adventure! Use your weapon, the Chakram, to not only eviscerate evil but also to solve puzzles, go back in time to cut off the demons at their knees, and solve the mystery of your amazing destiny. Packed with rich interactivity and stunning animation, Dark Angels will captivate you from beginning to end!
Reference accessed HERE 19th February 2022.

The Game:
Review 1 (thumbs up review):

Even in modern day, forces of evil are a universal fact; unleashing darkness upon mankind. While there are those who fight against the demonic forces and save the world from losing its grip on humanity. Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows brings one of those legends where the good must fight the evil, and delivers the world a saviour. With its puzzle theme and a very thorough hidden object gameplay, Dark Angels is yet another adventure game by Alawar that sparkles great promise.

Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows stars Kate Evans, a fashion designer who’s suffering from horrible nightmares. She keeps seeing her mother’s death and horrifying demon faces. Being confused while those nightmares seem awfully real, she consults with a psychologist. But things start get worse from there. Faces that used to appear only in her dreams now show up everywhere she looks. Soon she realizes that it’s no longer an illusion and she must escape from this reality. Her escape, however, drags her to a strange group of people who calls themselves the Keepers, of which she’s meant to be one of. Kate sets out to travel to the past to rescue her mother and defeat the forces of evil. Her journey is poised with numerous puzzles and dangerous situations ahead.

Gameplay of Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows is a blend of different types of puzzles aided with finding the hidden objects. The story progresses when a puzzle is solved and almost every one of them requires Kate to find particular objects. Unlike most games of this genre, hidden objects here are found by conducting certain interactions. If Kate is to find a key to unlock something, she must go through series of sequences that leads her to that key; opening whatever needs to be unlocked is another story. These series of sequences to perform an action are pleasant mostly at the beginning, but soon grow annoying. Luckily there is a hint option for those who are impatient that grants directions or instantly solves a puzzle. The use of Chakram, a weapon to kill demons, is an interesting addition to the game. With frustratingly precise control with the mouse Chakram can hit the enemies. Controlling gets easier, however, when Kate douses herself with magic potions.

In Dark Angels, players have to choose dialog options during conversations, but the answers are always predictable. While the conversation feature doesn’t go on its favour, the game, however, does a decent job with its appearance. Scenarios are lively and so is the voice-over. Even in its most frustrating moments, looking at the visuals never get dreary as they’re superbly crafted. Maybe not all, but in most cases scenarios are precise in detail. Background music feels ordinary, but fits the gameplay well.

There are meant to be elements of frustrations in every HOG games and Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows doesn’t walk any different path. But overall, it’s a decent game for the puzzle fans to spend some time with. The story will keeps the fans engaged till the end, with two different sets of environments – present and medieval – to explore. The demo provides enough to let players decide if they are going to like it or not. And since it’s free, I recommend any puzzle fan to try it out. Even at its most frustrating moments, players will seek for more in the Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows.

Reference accessed HERE 19th February 2022

Review 2 (thumbs down review):

When I started playing Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows I was certain that I would give it a thumbs up. The graphics are top-notch for the genre, and the music exceeds anything I would expect to hear in a HOG. The plot, though an absurd mash-up of Assassin's Creed and They Live with ridiculous gaping plot holes, is still rather fun. The cutscenes are unusually long and well done. The whole thing seems carefully polished.

However, for all the prettiness of it, I don't think I have ever sworn in frustration at a HOG so many times as I did at Masquerade of Shadows. The more I played, the more I hated it.

The issue that kept infuriating me, over and over, relates to the nature of the progress barriers. That's how the overworld in a HOG functions, of course -- an array of progress barriers, functionally doors in disguise, requiring a variety of objects that act as keys, which you must obtain by finding them, solving puzzles or playing minigames. Here, however, the progress barriers were all so stupid and arbitrary! At one point, for instance, my character needs to open a container, but it is tied shut with a piece of string. She is carrying no less than three sharp objects, but she can't cut the string until she finds a piece of broken glass, because apparently none of the much better cutting implements that she's already carrying will do!

At another point, there's an object I want lying in the dirt. It's right there. I can see it. But my character won't pick it up until I find a glove for her, because she doesn't want to get her hand dirty.

My constant refrain to this game was "Just do it, already! What's stopping you???"

I click on a cart, and the character helpfully tells me that she could push the cart. "I know you can push the cart," I scream. "I want you to do it! Stop telling me that you can do it, and just do it! What is your problem??? Is it that wheel chock? It's a single little block of wood! Just kick it out of the way like a normal person! Do you really need a corkscrew and an electric toothbrush just to remove a wheel chock???"

Over and over, the biggest challenge in the game is figuring out precisely what dumb object your character wants in order to overcome some silly problem that should be trivial to handle in any number of ways. Even though progress barriers like these are an inherent element of the game, the ridiculously contrived nature of those barriers, along with the sole means of passing them, just overwhelmed my ability to suspend disbelief.

It doesn't help that the means of giving you the "keys" is often just as baldly contrived as the problems that require them. At least a half-dozen times in the game, something that you achieve will result in a character saying some form of "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this," and then handing you some bizarre object that no sane person would possibly expect you to need, but that is, of course, exactly what you need to pass another barrier. As if that wasn't enough, you also drag around a magic checkerboard whose role is to dole out key items at exactly the time you need them and not before.

I don't expect realism from a HOG, but please, at least work with me a little! Make the impediments to progress plausible! Ensure that the expected means of solving those problems is the most logical one! Present key objects in a way that isn't blatantly handing them to me!

Add a few localization errors and a touchy UI just to add spice to an already infuriating stew. I've never before given the thumbs down to a HOG that is, on the surface, so technically meritorious, but, similarly, I've never had such an unpleasant time playing one, either.
Edited reference accessed HERE 19th February 2022, originally posted by Sheep 28th May 2017, reposted by whiterabbit-uk

<blockquote>Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows:</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/ydG9VrTt/Dark-angels-001.png" alt="Dark-angels-001"/></a>

<a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/c1V9hDNF/Dark-angels-002.png" alt="Dark-angels-002"/></a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>In Brief:
Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows is a point and click adventure game with hidden object and puzzle mini-games featuring a female protagonist called Kate Evans.

Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows has been given away twice previously; the first time was May 24th 2015 where it received a positive 75% from 364 votes with 53 comments; you can read those <a href="https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/dark-angels-masquerade-of-shadows/?preview=1" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. The game was also given away on August 11th 2019, where it received a positive 91% from 41 votes with 23 comments. You can read those <a href="https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/dark-angels-masquerade-of-shadows-2/?preview=1" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.

There are some videos of game play (SPOILER ALERT) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChHKNvEGwg" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkNSR3eeG8g&list=PLgYZP8HR5eDJSIU40VjF_0V4RqpDHTGH2" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcf6B4oYIHE" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvIef3g3TY&list=PLXk6_Ljdrprr5V_rGAoxBDZx5dySwjG-l" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> as well as lots of discussions about various aspects of the game over in the Big Fish forums <a href="http://forums.bigfishgames.com/forums/show/3660.page" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and almost 100 reviews via the Steam community <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/560720/Dark_Angels_Masquerade_of_Shadows/#app_reviews_hash" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>; plus there's thirteen pages of a written/picture walkthrough via BD Studio games <a href="https://www.bdstudiogames.com/dark-angels-masquerade-of-shadows-walkthrough.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/xTMs4Kfn/Dark-angels-003.png" alt="Dark-angels-003"/></a>

<a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/FHxT9Nk6/Dark-angels-004.png" alt="Dark-angels-004"/></a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Introduction:
Save the world from demonic forces in this thrilling hidden object adventure! Use your weapon, the Chakram, to not only eviscerate evil but also to solve puzzles, go back in time to cut off the demons at their knees, and solve the mystery of your amazing destiny. Packed with rich interactivity and stunning animation, Dark Angels will captivate you from beginning to end!
Reference accessed <a href="https://www.bigfishgames.com/games/8201/dark-angels-masquerade-of-shadows/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> 19th February 2022.</blockquote><blockquote>The Game:
Review 1 (thumbs up review):</blockquote>
Even in modern day, forces of evil are a universal fact; unleashing darkness upon mankind. While there are those who fight against the demonic forces and save the world from losing its grip on humanity. Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows brings one of those legends where the good must fight the evil, and delivers the world a saviour. With its puzzle theme and a very thorough hidden object gameplay, Dark Angels is yet another adventure game by Alawar that sparkles great promise.</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/8kFXL2xF/Dark-angels-005.png" alt="Dark-angels-005"/></a>

<a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/90q9zt8M/Dark-angels-006.png" alt="Dark-angels-006"/></a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows stars Kate Evans, a fashion designer who’s suffering from horrible nightmares. She keeps seeing her mother’s death and horrifying demon faces. Being confused while those nightmares seem awfully real, she consults with a psychologist. But things start get worse from there. Faces that used to appear only in her dreams now show up everywhere she looks. Soon she realizes that it’s no longer an illusion and she must escape from this reality. Her escape, however, drags her to a strange group of people who calls themselves the Keepers, of which she’s meant to be one of. Kate sets out to travel to the past to rescue her mother and defeat the forces of evil. Her journey is poised with numerous puzzles and dangerous situations ahead.

Gameplay of Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows is a blend of different types of puzzles aided with finding the hidden objects. The story progresses when a puzzle is solved and almost every one of them requires Kate to find particular objects. Unlike most games of this genre, hidden objects here are found by conducting certain interactions. If Kate is to find a key to unlock something, she must go through series of sequences that leads her to that key; opening whatever needs to be unlocked is another story. These series of sequences to perform an action are pleasant mostly at the beginning, but soon grow annoying. Luckily there is a hint option for those who are impatient that grants directions or instantly solves a puzzle. The use of Chakram, a weapon to kill demons, is an interesting addition to the game. With frustratingly precise control with the mouse Chakram can hit the enemies. Controlling gets easier, however, when Kate douses herself with magic potions.

In Dark Angels, players have to choose dialog options during conversations, but the answers are always predictable. While the conversation feature doesn’t go on its favour, the game, however, does a decent job with its appearance. Scenarios are lively and so is the voice-over. Even in its most frustrating moments, looking at the visuals never get dreary as they’re superbly crafted. Maybe not all, but in most cases scenarios are precise in detail. Background music feels ordinary, but fits the gameplay well.</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/XvQdPvBV/Dark-angels-007.png" alt="Dark-angels-007"/></a>

<a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/ZqT6jNR7/Dark-angels-008.jpg" alt="Dark-angels-008"/></a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>There are meant to be elements of frustrations in every HOG games and Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows doesn’t walk any different path. But overall, it’s a decent game for the puzzle fans to spend some time with. The story will keeps the fans engaged till the end, with two different sets of environments – present and medieval – to explore. The demo provides enough to let players decide if they are going to like it or not. And since it’s free, I recommend any puzzle fan to try it out. Even at its most frustrating moments, players will seek for more in the Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows.

Reference accessed <a href="https://www.noobfeed.com/reviews/997/dark-angels-masquerade-of-shadows" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> 19th February 2022</blockquote><blockquote>Review 2 (thumbs down review):</blockquote>
When I started playing Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows I was certain that I would give it a thumbs up. The graphics are top-notch for the genre, and the music exceeds anything I would expect to hear in a HOG. The plot, though an absurd mash-up of Assassin's Creed and They Live with ridiculous gaping plot holes, is still rather fun. The cutscenes are unusually long and well done. The whole thing seems carefully polished.

However, for all the prettiness of it, I don't think I have ever sworn in frustration at a HOG so many times as I did at Masquerade of Shadows. The more I played, the more I hated it.

The issue that kept infuriating me, over and over, relates to the nature of the progress barriers. That's how the overworld in a HOG functions, of course -- an array of progress barriers, functionally doors in disguise, requiring a variety of objects that act as keys, which you must obtain by finding them, solving puzzles or playing minigames. Here, however, the progress barriers were all so stupid and arbitrary! At one point, for instance, my character needs to open a container, but it is tied shut with a piece of string. She is carrying no less than three sharp objects, but she can't cut the string until she finds a piece of broken glass, because apparently none of the much better cutting implements that she's already carrying will do!</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/xC8MVSLL/Dark-angels-009.jpg" alt="Dark-angels-009"/></a>

<a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/zGNdZVvW/Dark-angels-010.jpg" alt="Dark-angels-010"/></a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>At another point, there's an object I want lying in the dirt. It's right there. I can see it. But my character won't pick it up until I find a glove for her, because she doesn't want to get her hand dirty.

My constant refrain to this game was "Just do it, already! What's stopping you???"

I click on a cart, and the character helpfully tells me that she could push the cart. "I know you can push the cart," I scream. "I want you to do it! Stop telling me that you can do it, and just do it! What is your problem??? Is it that wheel chock? It's a single little block of wood! Just kick it out of the way like a normal person! Do you really need a corkscrew and an electric toothbrush just to remove a  wheel chock???"

Over and over, the biggest challenge in the game is figuring out precisely what dumb object your character wants in order to overcome some silly problem that should be trivial to handle in any number of ways. Even though progress barriers like these are an inherent element of the game, the ridiculously contrived nature of those barriers, along with the sole means of passing them, just overwhelmed my ability to suspend disbelief.

It doesn't help that the means of giving you the "keys" is often just as baldly contrived as the problems that require them. At least a half-dozen times in the game, something that you achieve will result in a character saying some form of "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this," and then handing you some bizarre object that no sane person would possibly expect you to need, but that is, of course, exactly what you need to pass another barrier. As if that wasn't enough, you also drag around a magic checkerboard whose role is to dole out key items at exactly the time you need them and not before.</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/02DPSW42/ss-2dbc66421bef6cadc99bfbaa6f6e179cac8a734e.jpg" alt="ss-2dbc66421bef6cadc99bfbaa6f6e179cac8a734e"/></a>

<a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/SxG4TXqB/ss-2e580946d1844951f908cff69b6ac8860fe0f658.jpg" alt="ss-2e580946d1844951f908cff69b6ac8860fe0f658"/></a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>I don't expect realism from a HOG, but please, at least work with me a little! Make the impediments to progress plausible! Ensure that the expected means of solving those problems is the most logical one! Present key objects in a way that isn't blatantly handing them to me!

Add a few localization errors and a touchy UI just to add spice to an already infuriating stew. I've never before given the thumbs down to a HOG that is, on the surface, so technically meritorious, but, similarly, I've never had such an unpleasant time playing one, either.
Edited reference accessed <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/id/agw_ottawa/recommended/560720/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> 19th February 2022, originally posted by Sheep 28th May 2017, reposted by whiterabbit-uk</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Ls6prH8n/ss-317ab6b51aa85e2c1c4e82feba05bf4e03ec1373.jpg" alt="ss-317ab6b51aa85e2c1c4e82feba05bf4e03ec1373"/></a>

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Other Free Games:
For other free games, please check Delenn's threads over in the giveaway forums HERE (non-Steam games) and HERE (Steam games) for the latest freebies; it's kept up to date frequently, whenever a free game becomes available, (thanks for keeping this up to date Delenn, very much appreciated).

Also, for the latest Steam sales check THIS Steam database site out. You can list the games in 'price' & 'percentage off' by clicking the headers. If you link SteamDB (the Steam database) with your Steam account, all games that you already have will be highlighted in green and those in blue are on your wish list. When there are Steam games being given away, you'll see the percentage off as 100%. It's worth checking this regularly to make sure you don't miss the best deals and freebies. Delenn usually posts links to all free games within several hours of them going live, so check her links at the top of this comment as well.

Don't forget to check Indie Gala's freebie section HERE, then click on the Showcase header, selecting freebies from the drop down menu; the most recent additions include:

1) ... The Last Enchantress: Revival, (choice-based fantasy game, contains adult themes and not suitable for children)

2) ... Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (a returning giveaway)

3) ... Leisure Suit Larry 2 Looking For Love (In Several Wrong Places) (a returning giveaway)

4) ... Avani: The Primal Land (Explore, gather, learn, craft and build in the world of Avani: The Primal Land. Fight, hunt and tame wild animals. Animals have their own genetics and no animal is like the other. The interactive taming process allows making a real bond with each tame. Avani offers a unique crafting system combined with a huge skill tree and an intuitive building system mixed with traditional survival game elements)

5) ... Cov Shooter (Try to survive as many waves as possible, upgrade your stats and weapons to do that)

6) ... WTC : Relentless Protagonist [Sxs}, (a short mostly KINETIC comedy/drama visual novel)

7) ... Out of Puberty: Chapter 1 (graphic novel, contains adult themes and not suitable for children)

8) ... Neon Invasion Earth, (space invaders)

9) ... WTC : Recruitment Day (a short mostly KINETIC comedy/drama visual novel)

10) ... Pixel Puzzles 2: Paintings (NEW - jigsaw puzzle)

We have been given over 340 games since I started to check the freebie section several years ago. But around 60% of those are no longer available free. The following recent freebies have now been removed from the free library: Figment, Pixel Puzzles 2: Space, Revolution Ace, Six Sides of the World, Byte Family, Alone on Mars, Garfield Kart, Nostradamus the Last Prophecy, Snowball, Pixel Puzzles 2: Christmas , Die Young (Full version), Distortions, Dino Run DX, Cheap Golf, Kill Em All, Dead Hungry Diner, and Contract with the Devil. If you claimed those while they were still available you can access them via your Indie Gala account under the showcase section. Each page from your free list can take 30 or so seconds to move to the next page; so, if like me you've added most of the free games over the last several years, it can take almost half an hour to get to the last page. I have just over 340 games in my free section. All remaining freebies can be found in the showcase section (113 games are still available). Not all games that go into the showcase remain free and are removed after a short period (e.g. the recent adventure puzzler Figment that costs almost £15 on Steam); so, you should grab them as soon as you can. All titles are DRM free.

The latest Epic Game (ends tomorrow) is Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons - Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. This is one journey you will never forget. (This game is also included in the latest Humble Choice bundle as a Steam key - see below for the Humble Choice details).

The best Indie Bundles sites that have been operating from around 2011 are the Humble Bundle and Indie Gala sites (though the latter isn't as good as it used to be) where you'll sometimes find decent bundles with over 90% off the usual price of the games included in the bundles. The Humble site is in my opinion the best; though a more recent addition that is worth checking out called Fanatical games looks to be a serious contender for that title as they have some very good bundles. You can find Fanatical games (that used to be called Bundle stars) HERE.

I've restarted a project I originally started back in 2008 that used to be called Good Games to Grab, where I posted free games over in the forums on a daily basis. I won't be posting them daily this time; only as and when I have time and the inclination. You can find the new forum section entitled 'Free Game Project' HERE. So far, I've posted eight excellent PC games, plus one android game as well as suggested or linked to others similar to the ones posted e.g.

Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe (a squad based solo shooter). Battlegroup 44 (a free-standing mod for Battlefield 2 that is a follow up to the original Battlefield 1942). Slam Tilt (an excellent pinball game with four tables). 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night, (one of my all-time favourite pinball games from the mid 90's). Breakquest (one of my all-time top ten 2D breakouts). Messy Paths (an android game). Castlevania The Lecarde Chronicles (fan made free standing Castelvania game). Conflict Vietnam (third person squad-based shooter). Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2006 Trophy Season (a linear hunting game). Just added Open TTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe). I'll be adding more over the coming months.

Black And White Apocalypse that was given away some weeks ago by the developer Hammergames is always free and can also be downloaded as a colour version. The community member Space pointed this out at the time. You can find both versions over on itch.io via the following links Black & White version, and Coloured version. :)

You can also find 'all nine' of the developers' games (for free) HERE. Some of them look like they are worth investigating. :)

The latest Humble Choice bundle went live at the beginning of February and includes eight games plus one DLC pack; i.e. Borderlands 3 with the director's cut DLC included, Black Book, Per Aspera, Just Die Already, Before We leave, Paradise Lost, Everhood and Calico. For original Humble Bundle subscribers, the cost is $12/£8.99 with other benefits such as access to a lot of indie titles for free while subscribed and a percentage off other purchases from the Humble store. This increases the longer you keep subscribed up to a year with 20% off all none bundle purchases. (1 month sub' gives 10% off, 3 months sub' gives 15% off and six months sub 'gives 17% off). The next Humble Choice bundle goes live Tuesday 1st March 22.

The latest Humble Bundles include a VR bundle called VR Discovery Bundle (Synth Riders, Blaston, Cook-Out, Panoptic, Trover Saves the Universe, Red Matter and Tower Tag + Soundtrack) that ends on the 11th March 22 and you'll find the first ever Epic Game bundle HERE that includes a good set of AAA and Indie arcade games (Saints Row: The Third Remastered, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Mortal Shell, SCARF, The Last Campfire, What the Golf?, Shakedown: Hawaii) that ends on the 24th February 22.

If you are a removed game collector Gods Remastered a classic platformer from the early 90's is being removed from steam on the 27th March. You can swap between the original and the remastered version. You'll find the Steam page HERE

If you have Amazon Prime, the free February games are now available. You can get Stellaris on GOG for free. Visit Prime Gaming for details.

Stay safe everyone.

Whiterabbit-uk,

<blockquote>Other Free Games:
For other free games, please check Delenn's threads over in the giveaway forums <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/467382/page/10?replies=272#post-583778" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> (non-Steam games) and <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/466757/page/16?replies=470#post-583779" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> (Steam games) for the latest freebies; it's kept up to date frequently, whenever a free game becomes available, (thanks for keeping this up to date Delenn, very much appreciated).

Also, for the latest Steam sales check <a href="https://steamdb.info/sales/" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> Steam database site out. You can list the games in 'price' & 'percentage off' by clicking the headers. If you link SteamDB (the Steam database) with your Steam account, all games that you already have will be highlighted in green and those in blue are on your wish list. When there are Steam games being given away, you'll see the percentage off as 100%. It's worth checking this regularly to make sure you don't miss the best deals and freebies. Delenn usually posts links to all free games within several hours of them going live, so check her links at the top of this comment as well.</blockquote><blockquote>Don't forget to check Indie Gala's freebie section <a href="https://www.indiegala.com/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, then click on the Showcase header, selecting freebies from the drop down menu; the most recent additions include:

<blockquote><blockquote>1) ... The Last Enchantress: Revival, (choice-based fantasy game, contains adult themes and not suitable for children)

2) ...  Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (a returning giveaway)

3) ... Leisure Suit Larry 2 Looking For Love (In Several Wrong Places) (a returning giveaway)

4) ... Avani: The Primal Land  (Explore, gather, learn, craft and build in the world of Avani: The Primal Land. Fight, hunt and tame wild animals. Animals have their own genetics and no animal is like the other. The interactive taming process allows making a real bond with each tame. Avani offers a unique crafting system combined with a huge skill tree and an intuitive building system mixed with traditional survival game elements)

5) ... Cov Shooter (Try to survive as many waves as possible, upgrade your stats and weapons to do that)

6) ... WTC : Relentless Protagonist [Sxs},  (a short mostly KINETIC comedy/drama visual novel)

7) ... Out of Puberty: Chapter 1  (graphic novel, contains adult themes and not suitable for children)

8) ... Neon Invasion Earth, (space invaders)

9) ... WTC : Recruitment Day   (a short mostly KINETIC comedy/drama visual novel)

10) ... Pixel Puzzles 2: Paintings (NEW - jigsaw puzzle)</blockquote></blockquote>

We have been given over 340 games  since I started to check the freebie section several years ago.  But  around 60% of those are no longer available free.   The  following  recent freebies   have now been removed from the free library: Figment, Pixel Puzzles 2: Space,  Revolution Ace, Six Sides of the World,  Byte Family,  Alone on Mars,  Garfield Kart, Nostradamus the Last Prophecy,  Snowball, Pixel Puzzles 2: Christmas , Die Young  (Full version), Distortions, Dino Run DX, Cheap Golf, Kill Em All, Dead Hungry Diner, and Contract with the Devil.  If you claimed those while  they were   still available you can access them via your Indie Gala account under the showcase section.   Each page from your free list  can take  30 or so seconds to move to the next page; so, if like me you've  added most of the free games over the last several years,  it can take  almost half an hour to get to the last page. I have just over 340 games in my   free section. All remaining freebies can be found in the showcase section   (113 games are still available). Not all games that go into the showcase remain free and are removed after a short period (e.g. the recent adventure puzzler Figment that costs almost £15 on Steam); so, you should grab them as soon as you can.  All titles are DRM free.

The latest Epic Game (ends tomorrow) is <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons" rel="nofollow">Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons</a> - Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. This is one journey you will never forget. (This game is also included in the latest Humble Choice bundle as a Steam key - see below for the Humble Choice details).</blockquote><blockquote>The best Indie Bundles sites that have been operating from around 2011 are the <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/" rel="nofollow">Humble Bundle</a> and <a href="https://www.indiegala.com/?indiegala2" rel="nofollow">Indie Gala</a> sites (though the latter isn't as good as it used to be) where you'll sometimes find decent bundles with over 90% off the usual price of the games included in the bundles. The Humble site is in my opinion the best; though a more recent addition that is worth checking out called Fanatical games looks to be a serious contender for that title as they have some very good bundles. You can find Fanatical games (that used to be called Bundle stars) <a href="https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.

I've restarted a project I originally started back in 2008 that used to be called Good Games to Grab, where I posted free games over in the forums on a daily basis. I won't be posting them daily this time; only as and when I have time and the inclination. You can find the new forum section entitled 'Free Game Project' <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/forum/20" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. So far, I've posted eight excellent PC games, plus one android game as well as suggested or linked to others similar to the ones posted e.g.

Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe (a squad based solo shooter).   Battlegroup 44 (a free-standing mod for Battlefield 2 that is a follow up to the original Battlefield 1942).  Slam Tilt (an excellent pinball game with four tables).    3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night, (one of my all-time favourite pinball games from the mid 90's).  Breakquest  (one of my all-time top ten 2D breakouts).  Messy Paths  (an android game).  Castlevania The Lecarde Chronicles  (fan made free standing Castelvania game).  Conflict Vietnam (third person squad-based shooter).  Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2006 Trophy Season  (a linear hunting game).   Just added  Open TTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe).  I'll be adding more over the coming months.

Black And White Apocalypse that was given away some weeks ago by the developer Hammergames is always free and can also be downloaded as a colour version. The community member Space pointed this out at the time. You can find both versions over on itch.io via the following links <a href=https://hammergames.itch.io/black-and-white-apocalypse"" rel="nofollow">Black & White version</a>, and <a href="https://hammergames.itch.io/black-apocalypse" rel="nofollow">Coloured version</a>. :)

You can also find 'all nine' of the developers' games (for free) <a href="https://hammergames.itch.io/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Some of them look like they are worth investigating. :)

The latest Humble Choice bundle went live at the beginning of February and includes eight games plus one DLC pack; i.e.  Borderlands 3 with the director's cut DLC included, Black Book, Per Aspera, Just Die Already, Before We leave, Paradise Lost, Everhood and Calico. For original Humble Bundle subscribers, the cost is $12/£8.99 with other benefits such as access to   a lot of indie titles for free while subscribed and a percentage off other purchases from the Humble store. This increases the longer you keep subscribed up to a year with 20% off all none bundle purchases. (1 month sub' gives 10% off, 3 months sub' gives 15% off and six months sub 'gives 17% off). The next Humble Choice bundle goes live Tuesday 1st March 22.

The latest Humble Bundles include a VR bundle called <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/vr-discovery?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_1_c_bestvrmultiplayeredition_bundle" rel="nofollow">VR Discovery Bundle</a> (Synth Riders, Blaston, Cook-Out, Panoptic, Trover Saves the Universe, Red Matter and Tower Tag + Soundtrack) that ends on the 11th March 22 and you'll find the first ever Epic Game bundle <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/epic-games-store-celebration?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2_c_epicgamesstorecelebration_bundle" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> that includes a good set of AAA and Indie arcade games (Saints Row: The Third Remastered, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Mortal Shell, SCARF, The Last Campfire, What the Golf?, Shakedown: Hawaii) that ends on the 24th February 22.

If you are a removed game collector Gods Remastered a classic platformer from the early 90's is being removed from steam on the 27th March. You can swap between the original and the remastered version. You'll find the Steam page <a href="store.steampowered.com" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>

If you have Amazon Prime, the  free February games are now available.  You can get Stellaris on GOG for free.  Visit Prime Gaming for details.

Stay safe everyone.</blockquote>

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Reply | Comment by Whiterabbit-uk – 2 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+17)

This game wanted to have me pull my hair out at certain times it got very frustrating the way the flow of the game operated, I guess its not up to par with other traditional HOG.

Reply | Comment by sailorbear510 – 2 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Thanks for the review as always Whiterabbit.

The negative review though, is spot on with the random hoops some of the games want you to jump through. This is one of my favourite genres, but a lot of HOGs are too tedious to be fun. A skip on this one as I've got a good few on BIgFish still unplayed (hard drive space).

PS: I leave you a message in Steam chat. Hope we can chat soon. Cheers.