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Abzû’s delightful ocean is free on the Epic Games StoreCome on in, the water’s free.
Come on in, the water’s free.
Image credit:Giant Squid
Image credit:Giant Squid
A chill exploration game in the vein of ThatGameCompany’sFloweror Journey (both of which feature in Giant Squid creative director Matt Nava’s resume), Abzû is a game about finding wonder and serenity as you dive through shimmering shoals and gorgeous reefs.
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Abzû’s been out for a good while now, and this isn’t even its first time as an Epic freebie. But it sounds like an utterly delightful experience, one Pip Warr adoredin her review. “Abzû is a beautiful game. It’s a game stuffed with fish and colour and movement and music. I love those things. Sometimes you feel like you’re actually inside an episode of Blue Planet”.
Naturally, it’s been paired with a game so far on the other end of the tonal spectrum as to cause whiplash. This week’s other free game isRising Storm 2: Vietnam, Tripwire Interactive’s excessively lethal multiplayer shooter. It’s one of those stripped-back, “realistic” shooters in the vein ofInsurgency: Sandstorm, an unforgiving battlefield with minimal UI and a punishing tension that’ll have you dying to stray bullets over and over and over again.
