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Rage 2 and Absolute Drift are free on Epic.

The early access is out, with rapier and longsword fencers on top of the sabre guys from the demo.

Bomber Crew free on HB

Yes, pretty much that

Be ye warned that you'll probably have to link your Epic account with your Origin account, and the game will launch from Origin. At least that's the case with Squadrons.

And Brigador over at GOG

Adorno said:

Spoiler: Double wielding axe and... long sword? And bow!

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Forget hand-and-a-half swords. Throw away your two-handed swords. The new four-handed sowrd is the way to go (and you can still use it one-handed!).

I think you should go speak to Sigurd at the docks

That's AC Rogue, isn't it? I wanted to play it for no other reason but to play a game about the age of sail that is not set in the Caribbean, which I'm tired of.

Elite Dangerous currently free on Epic

Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James said:

"The Vikings never wore horned helmets" is something every normie has known for like 30 years, the pop culture depiction is now more like "Vikings were epic badasses who were all 7ft bodybuilders and the best warriors in the world" which is honestly way worse.

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Horned helmets have been replaced by the more insidious biker leather.

I had some hope since for the most part, Assassin's Creed games tend to get outfits at least halfway decent for the regular NPCs at least, and if you squint hard enough you can suspend the disbelief enough to feel that you are in the depicted era. In Oddyssey for the first time even the player had several options to wear sensible armour. But in this one they seem to have gone full fur and leather fantasy bs.

I have spent more time playing the demo for this than the Squadrons game I bought a couple of days ago.

I didn't have a chance to try it yesterday. I'll give it a go and share my HEMA practitioner opinion on it (god, I miss my sparrings, we've only met to cross swords once since March)

After a first dip, I like what I see. It's very barebones and needs a lot of work but I like how visceral and quick the fights are. I had a few very tense bouts with the AI where we were both exchanging blows, parrying, grappling and disengaging. When it clicks, it has the potential of being great. There's also a lot of flailing and animations not triggering properly and when that happens it spoils the good bits a little, but I'm hopeful.

With the side-on view, my brain has trouble placing whether the swords are on the inside or outside of each other and linking that to the appropriate attack directions to bypass the opponent's blade, but that's down to practice I guess.

Edit: Btw, there's a damage multiplier in the options that you can set as low as 0,2 (default is 1) if you feel the fights end too quickly (or as high as 2 if you want nothing but one-hit kills). Still, even at the lowest damage setting, a solid swing to the head was a one-hit kill.

Hellish Quart has a demo on Steam

A fully modelled 3D RPG in the world of Fallen London and Sunless Sea.