Metro: Last Light Redux, released in 2014, is the second game in developer 4A Games’ acclaimed FPS series set in the post-apocalyptic Russia of author Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels. Or, more specifically, it’s 4A Games’ second attempt at that sequel, thoroughly remastering the studio’s original 2013 effort with a range of welcome visual and gameplay refinements. For the King, meanwhile, is a thoroughly enjoyable, optionally co-operative rogue-like adventure that successfully combines a raft of familiar RPG stables - dungeon crawling, questing, turn-based exploration and combat, loot acquisition, and more - with the luck-mitigation design of board games like Arkham Horror. There’s a day-and-night cycle that affects map encounters, procedural elements, and all sorts of appealing story vignettes - ranging from adventures in haunted carnivals to battles in kraken-infested waters - that help the adventure feel sufficiently different each run. But if that’s still not enough to sate you, For the King will be launching its first paid DLC expansion - the jungle-themed Lost Civilization - on 10th February. You can add For the King and Metro: Last Light Redux to your Epic Store library for nowt from today until next Thursday, 11th February - at which point tactical space adventure Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition takes their place as the newest weekly freebie.
