Latest Freebies and what I've been up to.

The question isn't, " Have you played anything new since the Battlefield 1 Beta" Rather you should be asking yourself if I've been doing anything interesting since then.  Remember not everything that's new is interesting nor is everything with a price tag worth playing.

BTW, No i'm not doing a pre-order on ANYTHING including Battlefield 1.  The Beta was fun but I know the release will be garbage just like Battlefront, Hardline and BF4 before it.

So what to do...

It's mid-September meaning we're in that dead time between the summer announcements and the fall releases.  A time where the pickings are pretty slim and the action is pretty tame.

What's left then?  For me it's simple.  I look for the best deals I can get ( meaning Free ) from places you may not expect.

For example, This month found the "Free" release of Ubisoft's Need For Speed World clone, The Crew: Wild Run. Which remains free to everybody until October 14th.  It's supposedly in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Ubisoft.  I don't care so long as it's "Free" when I installed it and remains so 3 months later when I look at it again.

It's currently a Free to Play racer that only recently entered the category.  That being "Free"  Of course there are limits like equipment, cars, etc that are only available with a "Season Pass" but as I don't intend to get too involved with it I'm perfectly happy to just run around and annoy other players who are taking this thing way too seriously.

I found it while downloading an update for Rainbow 6: Siege.  Yet another game that I've let languish as I've found more interesting things to do like play the Battlefield 1 Beta or Act 4 of Path of Exile.

Another hidden gem was the giveaway last week of the Government Simulation game Tropico 4 from the Humble Bundle folks.  They offered the Steam special edition of the game for free if you were wise enough to take advantage within the few days it was offered.

I've never been a big fan of "Sims" type games but this one has intrigued me.  Maybe it's the Caribbean settings, the muted tones of Latin rhythms in the background or the humor of little details like the screams of peasants when you drop a new government building on top of their shanty's....

Maybe I'm saying too much there.....

Anyway...

Without going into a long winded tome about how I've happily filled those down hours till something interesting happens in the next few months I can at least say that I've managed to keep myself reasonably entertained.  Check out what I've been up to below...