
As the game is set during a time when destructive monsters roam the world, Sam also has to deal with defeating them while accomplishing his tasks. What is Death Stranding from Epic Games about?īased in the United States, Death Stranding puts you in the shoes of Sam Porter Bridges, a courier who is responsible for delivering supplies to isolated colonies. Highly recommend, takes a few hours to really get going and yes it is a walking sim for the most part but a highly immersive and engaging one. One of my favourite games ever, honestly very surprised they’re giving it away for free. Now you can experience this incredible game in normal form as well as its director’s cut.ĭeath Stranding is free on Epic. Not only was it the bestselling physical game in Japan during its debut week, but it was also the recipient of many awards and nominations, including winning ‘Best Game Direction’ at The Game Awards 2019. The game was both a critical and commercial success. The game, which originally came out in 2019 on the PlayStation 4, is available for free download on Epic Games’ official store. After all, the publisher is offering one of its most popular games, Death Stranding, free of cost. The original is still great.It looks like Epic Games has decided to be Santa Claus this Christmas.

Note that this freebie is the original game and not the better, stranger Director's Cut, but don't let that stop you. It was one of our favourite games of 2020. It's ambitious, audacious, personal, and unique in a way big budget games so rarely are. Free games alert: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider and The Elder Scrolls III are currently available for nothing Death Stranding is coming to the big screen Epic Games Store and GOG launch.

It also, naturally, has a batshit supernatural science fiction story, with incomprehensible too-long cutscenes and entirely comprehensible horniness for Mads Mikkelsen. It's almost literally a "walking sim", in that you must consider your footing on uneven terrain, the balance of the packages on your back, and use social construction tools to gradually colonise and construct roads, bridges and other shortcuts on the routes you'll take across terrain. It's a beautiful open world game in which you play Sam Bridges, who must deliver packages across a post-apocalyptic United States.

Freebies are regular on the Epic Games Store anyway, but they're often of a better calibre during sale events.ĭeath Stranding is certainly of a high calibre. On that date, it'll be replaced by a different freebie - and one game will be offered for free for a week each Thursday for the duration of the now underway Epic Mega Sale. As long as you do it before 4pm BST on May 25th, it's yours forever. You can head to its Epic Games Store page to add it to your account now.
