This means that once you download the Epic Game Store client (click “Get Epic Games”) and use it to install Sonic Mania, you can close and maybe even uninstall the client entirely and still be able to play Sonic Mania without it. My understanding is that, with a few exceptions, most games on Epic Game Store are DRM free. Once you do that, it’ll be in your account forever (theoretically). All you have to do is register for an Epic Games account and claim the game. That's just one of the many gifts that SEGA has in store for the series' fans this year.I’m sure the whole entire internet has told you this by this point, but if you don’t know, Sonic Mania is currently free to own for the next week on the Epic Game Store.

This year, as fans celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog‘s 30th birthday, the game comes out for free. It came out in 2017 in celebration of the series' 25th anniversary. The story follows Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles venturing to defeat Doctor Eggman and his Hard-Boiled Heavies.Ī love-letter to the series, members of the ROM and fangame communities worked on Sonic Mania . Gameplay in Sonic Mania takes place in 12 unique and enjoyable levels, some of which are redesigned from previous games. The game boasts modern graphics – crisp pixel art with 3D backgrounds and smooth 60FPS frame rate. It's a true revival of the series – not simply recreating old levels but adding new features to the game as well. But the developers made great use of the fact that it's coming out decades since Sonic first came out.

It's a full-fledged 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Sonic Mania scratches the nostalgia itch of Sonic fans.

From June 24 to 30, Sonic fans can get the game for free from the Epic Games Store. Sonic Mania, arguably the best Sonic the Hedgehog game to come out in recent memory, comes free in the EGS.

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