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I'm still 'virtually' bedridden, so wont be posting a full review today or tomorrow. Also, Age of Wonders III, the turn-based fantasy strategy game, with elements of empire building, RPG and warfare {and incidentally worth £22.99/$29.99/€29.99} will no longer be free from 6pm UK time today - {i.e. about 6 hours from the time of this post}. Please see the end of my comment for more details.

Rescue team 2

In Brief

Rescue Team 2 is a casual Time Management Game, and second in the series; you can download the first seven in the series for free via MPC HERE. The eighth in the series is not available for free yet, but you can find it over at Big Fish Games HERE for a reasonable price.

Installation:

Rescue Team 2 downloads to a 38.9 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper the set-up file and a read me). The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed if you wish. The installed game is approximately 44 MB in size.

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Rescue Team 2

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop; the shortcut to the game, plus three others ''Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and a shortcut to a free online game. These latter three shortcuts can be deleted once the game has been installed. The Themida wrapper may alert your security and even block the installation; there are details about this issue in the read me that unpacks from the downloaded zip file.

The Game:

Today's game is the second in the Rescue Team series and is a casual Time Management game. If you read last weeks review HERE you'll get the gist of what the game is about. The second in the series has slightly better graphics, but game play is virtually the same apart from the different uninspiring environments. You can read Gamezebo's full review HERE; in a nut shell, the reviewer said, ''Rescue Team 2 is an average sequel that doesn’t improve on the formula too much''.

''Pros: Convincing game length. Pretty flawless controls. Surprising bonus money and fuel stations are welcome additions''.

''Cons: Overall a shallow gaming experience. Flaws from the first game remain. Lacks engaging graphics and a proper tutorial. Islands are only superficially different from each other.''

Problems getting the game to work:

If you're having problems installing or activating or getting Rescue Team 2 to work please visit the FAQ's Thread HERE and read through the communities comments because sometimes fixes have already been posted, for example, a common issue seen since the Themida wrapper was introduced three years ago is that some community members installation of the game are blocked by their security because Themida code has been known to hide malware, (usually an error message is flagged for example 'The executable is corrupted' even though in reality it is not); so as a precaution some anti malware programs will block and even delete the suspect installation files even though the files (i.e. the setup, read me and setup.gcd files are actually totally free from malware. This issue can be solved either by rebooting your computer in safe mode with networking or a quicker method is to temporarily turn off your security software to allow the installation. You could also try white-listing the setup.gcd file. In the almost 12 years this game giveaway site has been operating there has 'never' been a game given away that was infected with malware.

If for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, you have a game to offer the community, or are unable to download the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve you can do so HERE

Don't forget that World of Goo the multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game is still available for free until the 16th May, via the Epic Games store. Also, a couple of new games have been added to Indie Gala's Developers Showcase; (all for free); and, Age of Wonders III (worth £22.99/$29.99/€29.99) the turn-based fantasy strategy, with a mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare is still free until later today (6pm UK time) HERE. You need a free Humble account and the Steam key must be redeemed by the 16th May.