Sonic Mania and Horizon Chase Turbo Are Free on the Epic Games Store until July 1

[Tsing]

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The Epic Games Store’s latest freebies are Sonic Mania and Horizon Chase Turbo. Developed by Lab42 and published by Sega as a celebration of classic Sonic games, Sonic Mania comprises an all-new adventure that features pixel-perfect 2D graphics running at 60 FPS, while AQUIRIS’ Horizon Chase Turbo is a racing game that appears to be heavily inspired by arcade titles such as Cruis’n USA. Sonic Mania and Horizon Chase Turbo are free to grab until July 1 at 11:00 a.m. EST.









The ultimate celebration of past and future. An all-new adventure full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay. Sonic Mania brings retro fast-paced platforming into the future through pixel perfect 2D graphics...

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[Burticus]

Pretty sure I have these already from PS+ but hey, why not. I remember the Sonic game being good looking, if you're into Sonic. Horizon Chase Turbo is like a love letter to 80's games like OutRun

 

[Dogsofjune]

I got them, I will give them a whirl this weekend.

 

[DrezKill]

I 100%ed Sonic Mania on both PC (Steam) and Switch (including the DLC), good sh1t there. I was already a fan of Christian Whitehead for his ports of Sonic CD, Sonic 1 and Sonic 2, and he and the other community members who made Sonic Mania did a pretty good-@ss job. It's not as good as the Genesis Sonic games or maybe even the GBA games like Sonic Advance 1 and 2, but still a good 2D Sonic game. I definitely recommend checking it out.

The racing game also looks very interesting, and taking influence from OutRun and the Rush series and other games they named sounds good to me.