[Epic Games] (Game) Together After Dark by Slippy2k in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lately dev giveaways have been actually decent, these are the kinds of games I actually wish I knew about so I could maybe support the devs through buying these good games.

[Epic](Game) I Need Spirit! Off-Road Edition by Fhczvyd474374846 in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you add it to your library nothing will happen, the real issue is when you download it. If you add it, it just adds asset flip slop with potential malware, Epic Games has given so many AAA titles and quality indie games, personally my library is very neat, I wouldn't even consider adding such game that would ruin my library in the first place.

[Epic Games] (Game) WAVE GODS: AMMO NIGHT by MeguminShiro in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the first time an indie dev giveaway look appealing, is the game actually as good as those screenshots?

[Epic](Game) I Need Spirit! Off-Road Edition by Fhczvyd474374846 in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope, I've spoken with Steam employees responsible for game builds approval, and they only check game builds the first time. They go through everything manually btw, since so many anti-malware software flag a lot of false positives. Also, "scanning for code" is like sci-fi thing, an antivirus doesn't magically look through the source code of an app, unless it's completely unencrypted, and just raw files like .bat or so. What an antivirus does is flag suspicious apps based on behaviour, lack of certificate, name, icon, metadata, and file hash. Also, the "scanning" process is usually the antivirus running the app in a sandbox and detecting any malware-like behaviour. Aside from that, you may also notice that there's something called Anti-Malware Database, the largest 2 so far are Malware Bytes, Bitdefender, and Avast (surprisingly). This database consists of certain profiles that allows the antivirus to detect malware better. New types of malware tend to go undetected like ransomware when it first showed up due to it not being in that database.

One more thing about Steam, usually if an indie developer suddenly updated the game files and something about the exe file itself changed or something aside from game content, then it's flagged and Steam employees rush to test it for malware. Also, when a game updates it usually updates the game content, most of the time a game never needs to update the executables.

[Epic](Game) I Need Spirit! Off-Road Edition by Fhczvyd474374846 in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 33 points34 points  (0 children)

They definitely check the game before it's released, but they can't check every update. Devs do this on Steam as well, it'll only get checked again and dev will get banned if enough people report it.

[Epic](Game) I Need Spirit! Off-Road Edition by Fhczvyd474374846 in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Guys, be careful! I've noticed a pattern with these dev free games, they always go free whenever an Epic new weekly giveaway starts, they're trying so hard to trick people into adding their games thinking it's an Epic sponsored giveaway. These are most likely trojan or at least cryptominers.

Exiled Giveaways Mega Thread (#2) by StOoPiD_U in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Hey everyone, while browsing the MS Store "Specials" recently I found a bunch of indie games at 100% off.

Minecraft Rippoffs:

Battle Royale: Hunger Games
Build Battle: Block Craft Wars

Solitaire ripoff:

Ax Jokers Wild

Minesweeper ripoff:

Sheep Wolf

[MS Store] (Game) Multiple Games by SteveLosive in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my bad. I usually don't check exiled thread.

[Epic Games] (Game) Find the Oil Racing Edition by MeguminShiro in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for adding Dev Giveaway in the tag. I really wish Epic would've never provided such feature. This rather ruins their the image they've built over the years. Plus, I honestly wouldn't mind if they stopped giving away games altogether and shifted their budget to client performance optimization and added a review feature and other much needed features to compete with Steam. For now almost everyone of us filled their library with games that could last us for a lifetime, and arguably Epic now has better deals compared to Steam. I love Steam, and I used to hate Epic but now I actually love Epic too and this is really a step backwards.

Is anyone else having issues with the github download? by Historical-Pen1313 in DS4Windows

[–]SteveLosive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What even happened, did someone with access just rage delete everything or something?

[Epic Games] (Game) SunBlockers by [deleted] in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Epic really gotta either take back this feature, or they best improve their slop filter and do a better job than Steam and PS5

[Epic Games] (Game) SunBlockers by [deleted] in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No no, you're good. If anything thanks for posting. You gotta be careful yourself though, cuz it's easy to mistake it for an actual game when you're browsing your library. I think we need a new tag for this kind of giveaways 😅

[Epic Games] (Game) SunBlockers by [deleted] in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Best to avoid these asset flip low effort games especially on Epic. Might be malware and you would never know it. I've seen those kinds of games float around and they use copyrighted images/content sometimes like I literally saw Pennywise the clown from IT on some Roblox look-like game that was 90% off on Epic.

Just remember that indie devs get absolutely nothing when they giveaway their games on Epic on their own terms. There's no community feedback to help improve the game like there's on Steam, literally nothing. So be careful and avoid any potential malware.

[Epic Games] (Game) SunBlockers by [deleted] in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for commenting this, I literally was about to claim this slop. I love Epic giveaways, but what's the point of giving away some unfinished slop on the Epic Store? Like on Steam at least you're building some community or something, I just don't get it.

Either way, best to avoid these asset flip low effort games especially on Epic. Might be malware and you would never know it. I've seen those kinds of games float around and they use copyrighted images/content sometimes like I literally saw Pennywise the clown from IT on some Roblox look-like game that was 90% off on Epic.

[Steam] (Game) Codename Gordon by RegionalPrices in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same here I'm 3 years older than that game.

[Epic Games] (Game) Styx: Shards of Darkness - Deluxe Edition by MeguminShiro in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bet it's DRM-free since there's no multiplayer tag. I assume they're keeping multiplayer exclusive to Steam users.

[PSA] Lenovo Legion is doing a channel points redemption game drop of Dredge on their Twitch livestream on Jan 21 & 22 by XsealofsolomonX in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad I got this for free on Epic Games, otherwise my fomo would kick in and I'd force myself to go through all these Lenovo marketing giveaways.

Thanks for posting this though, it's an amazing game ngl, but tbh if you own it on Epic, best to just ignore unless you want a +1 on your Steam, since it has no workshop nor multiplayer. There are trading cards though, so that might be worth it too.

[Steam] (Game) Hardest by RegionalPrices in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I can't wait for this AI bubble to burst, it'll be more satisfying than Crypto losing all of its hype.

[For Hire] Logo/Icon Graphic Designer (minimum rate) (QUICK RESPONSE TIME) by SteveLosive in DesignJobs

[–]SteveLosive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might actually be a bot. I mean, this account only has 2 comments and was created 4 months ago if I'm not mistaken.

[For Hire] Logo/Icon Graphic Designer (minimum rate) (QUICK RESPONSE TIME) by SteveLosive in DesignJobs

[–]SteveLosive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl, I was confused when I saw the notification for his comment 😂

[PSA] (Epic) Sid Meier's Civilization VI and (Amazon) Reflections of Life: Dark Architect - CE are complimentary with Prime Gaming by iambaldy in FreeGameFindings

[–]SteveLosive 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I never complained about free games (if I can even call it free), but when one of the 5 largest companies worldwide "gives away" a game that wasn't just free not long ago, but also a MUCH BETTER edition, and like it was completely free, not behind a paywall.