Summary
- Grab a free game every week on the Epic Games Store for a mix of genres and surprises. Don't miss out on new favorites!
- Super Meat Boy Forever and Aerial_Knight's Never Yield offer fast-paced gameplay, perfect for fans of memorization and speed.
- Dive into these free games and enjoy the challenge - whether it's the auto-runner Super Meat Boy Forever or the action-packed Aerial_Knight's Never Yield.
When it comes to getting new games for cheap, the Epic Games Store has many gamers covered. The digital storefront tends to give out one to two titles for free each week - a tradition that started back in 2019. The freebies offered are usually different from one another. This means that all kinds of different video game genres are given their time to shine through the Epic Games Store on any given week. Players can easily watch the store every Thursday to see if they're interested in what's being offered, potentially either finding an old favorite or something entirely new.
The free games that are part of this promotion are almost always left as a surprise to players, opting to reward those who check the Epic Games Store's free games page each week. Many of the titles that end up being promoted are usually completely different from one another due to this. However, sometimes the stars align and some games are more similar than they appear. The Epic Games Store's freebies for January 25 and February 1 worked well if picked up together for example - and it seems that February 22 and 29's games are in the same boat.
Epic Games Store Free Game for February 29 Revealed
Fitting into its typical weekly pattern, the Epic Games Store reveals the free game it is giving away come Thursday, February 29.
Super Meat Boy Forever and Aerial_Knight's Never Yield Are Great Epic Games Store Free Games That Keep Fans Running
Super Meat Boy Forever is currently available as a free game, from now until February 29 at 10 AM CT. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield will be available after that and will remain available until March 7. Looking at the titles on the Epic Games Store itself, the two games couldn't look any more different from each other. Upon closer inspection, though, these two games share a core principle in common in memorization and fast-paced gameplay. If players are interested in one of these freebies then they most likely will enjoy the other as well.
Epic Games Store Free Game Super Meat Boy Forever Explained
One of the differences between both games is that Super Meat Boy Forever is an auto-runner. The developers at Team Meat have specifically stated that changing the gameplay from the previous game, Super Meat Boy, was so fans could focus less on moving forward and more on the other actions players need to take to avoid the obstacles in the game at large. Designed to be purposefully frustrating, Super Meat Boy Forever is about the accomplishment players get by completing its bite-sized levels after failing and improving in real time.
As great as this may sound for those who love speedy platformers, Super Meat Boy Forever has a rather mixed reception from fans and critics. Some players enjoy the rush of SMBF while others feel like it lacks the charm of the first game. It's truly a title that it may take playing to understand if someone enjoys it or not, making it a worthwhile game to pick up from the Epic Games Store at no extra cost.
Epic Games Store Free Game Aerial_Knight's Never Yield Explained
Players will find themselves running through a futuristic Tokyo-like Detroit in Aerial_Knight's Never Yield as they play as a boy named Wally. As Wally has "recovered what was taken from him," fans will need to keep running through a series of stages that are said to be the length of an action movie. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield almost serves as Super Meat Boy Forever's polar opposite in that Never Yield is designed to be easy to learn but tricky to master.
Aerial_Knight's Never Yield
- Released
- May 19, 2021
WHERE TO PLAY
Take the role of Wally. A mysterious character that has recovered what was taken from him. Hopefully, you're fast enough to outrun your enemies. Expose the truth and try to uncover the mystery of what happened to them. With an average runtime of an action movie (about an hour and a half on Normal), a first run of this action-packed adventure can be enjoyed in an afternoon. Afterwards you can improve your score.
Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is a 3D side-scroller that plays much like a classic endless runner. The game has an interesting story that keeps players always in motion. Run, Jump, Slide or "Dash" for acrobatic variants leading to dope combinations and avoid the challenges that await. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is being built for players who love to speedrun games while being an experience that casual players will enjoy as well.
This Soundtrack for Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is being done by "Danime-Sama" A Detroit artist with vocals from artists from all over the world.
- Developer(s)
- Aerial_Knight
- Publisher(s)
- Headup Games
- Platform(s)
- PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Mobile
- Genre(s)
- Action, Platformer
- How Long To Beat
- 2 Hours
- Metascore
- 74
Never Yield outright encourages players to learn the basics first to get through the game to go back and improve their scores with what they've learned once they've finished. It may make more sense for players to make their way through Aerial_Knight's Never Yield before trying Super Meat Boy Forever, but SMBF may be a great warm-up for harder challenges in Never Yield while waiting for February 29 to roll around. Even if players pass on one game and get the other, both games deliver high-speed gameplay that will easily keep them entertained until the next Epic Games Store free game is released.
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