Get Yoku's Island Express for Free

Yoku's Island Express is now available for free as this week's giveaway on the Epic Games Store. You have a week to add this to your library, and after that it's yours to keep. Next week the new giveaway that will take its place is survival/management sim Sheltered. But Yoku's Island Express hasn't been voted off the island yet, so here's word on what to expect from this Windows adventure game:
Yoku has arrived on Mokumana and he’s ready for the easy life, soaking up the sun and delivering parcels on a tropical paradise!

However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep - and it’s all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need!

Flip and bump our pint-sized protagonist around the stunning hand-painted island on your quest to rebuild the post-office, and wake an old god from its deep slumber.
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 2, 2021, 20:41
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"Listen, Peter... with great horsepower comes... the sickest drifts..." - source
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 2, 2021, 21:44
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Sep 2, 2021, 21:44
 
Snagged before RedEye does!
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.

“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
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Sep 2, 2021, 21:49
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I've received so many free games from epic it's ridiculous , I almost feel guilty abou ... SnAgGed
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Sep 2, 2021, 22:19
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free Sep 2, 2021, 22:19
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I bought this game a few years ago on Steam. Totally unique gameplay - the only pinball metroidvania in the world, and the music is excellent.
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RedEye9 wrote on Sep 2, 2021, 21:49:
I've received so many free games from epic it's ridiculous , I almost feel guilty abou ... SnAgGed
And no time.
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 2, 2021, 23:20
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Genesys wrote on Sep 2, 2021, 22:19:
I bought this game a few years ago on Steam. Totally unique gameplay - the only pinball metroidvania in the world, and the music is excellent.

Definitely a unique and quality title...and snagged.
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 3, 2021, 00:36
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free Sep 3, 2021, 00:36
Sep 3, 2021, 00:36
 
With a calm demeanor let's all partake of the Thursday offering, freely given and joyfully accepted.

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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
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Ant wrote on Sep 2, 2021, 23:06:
RedEye9 wrote on Sep 2, 2021, 21:49:
I've received so many free games from epic it's ridiculous , I almost feel guilty abou ... SnAgGed
And no time.
Bought 71 games on august on Steam, and some are collections, haha.
But *had* to replay all of Fallout 3 while listening to 130 old songs from the 50s, -hey, Mothership Z, wow, hadn't played it-.
Now playing quests mods (Washington's Malice, etc, DLC sized).
So tempted to replay NV, FO4 ...
Beginning to think I won't get to play all of my games Disappointed
But just thinking of them, my heart beats stronger Happy2

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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 3, 2021, 10:20
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free Sep 3, 2021, 10:20
Sep 3, 2021, 10:20
 
I happened to play this from my Steam backlog a month or two ago and thought it was just a standard 'vania platform game. I was astonished when the pinball mechanics kicked in, and loved it!
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Sep 3, 2021, 14:11
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free Sep 3, 2021, 14:11
Sep 3, 2021, 14:11
 
I'm holding fast. I haven't grabbed a single free game because I see what Epic is trying to do. They are trying to make customers by giving away free stuff until a person has so many games they'll buy games from them (at least, that's the rationale Epic is making). Human behavior isn't like that. People are fickle. Free games are one thing (most don't complain about free). However, consciously buying them is another. A person doesn't just buy the game. They also take into account what the platform offers. People tend to gravitate towards the platform that provides the most. Once Epic stops their freebies, many will go back to GOG (DRM-free) or Steam (feature-rich) as their default store, and all the money Epic burned "buying" customers will be for naught.
"Listen, Peter... with great horsepower comes... the sickest drifts..." - source
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Sep 3, 2021, 14:20
 
MoonSpook wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 10:20:
I happened to play this from my Steam backlog a month or two ago and thought it was just a standard 'vania platform game. I was astonished when the pinball mechanics kicked in, and loved it!
Genesys wrote on Sep 2, 2021, 22:19:
I bought this game a few years ago on Steam. Totally unique gameplay - the only pinball metroidvania in the world, and the music is excellent.
This is a game I never would’ve purchased. And I probably wouldn’t have played it even with it being free. But the pinball aspect intrigues me so I’ll eventually fire it up.
Thanks for the recommendations.
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 3, 2021, 14:36
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Sep 3, 2021, 14:36
 
Kxmode wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:11:
I'm holding fast. I haven't grabbed a single free game because I see what Epic is trying to do. They are trying to make customers by giving away free stuff until a person has so many games they'll buy games from them (at least, that's the rationale Epic is making). Human behavior isn't like that. People are fickle. Free games are one thing (most don't complain about free). However, consciously buying them is another. A person doesn't just buy the game. They also take into account what the platform offers. People tend to gravitate towards the platform that provides the most. Once Epic stops their freebies, many will go back to GOG (DRM-free) or Steam (feature-rich) as their default store, and all the money Epic burned "buying" customers will be for naught.

You don't think the strategy will work, so you don't take free games?

Cutting off your nose to spite your face, essentially. If the strategy won't work there's no harm in taking free games
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Sep 3, 2021, 16:17
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free Sep 3, 2021, 16:17
Sep 3, 2021, 16:17
 
Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:36:
You don't think the strategy will work, so you don't take free games?

I don't do free stuff when I know why they are doing it. It's akin to "you've won a free Bahamas cruise!"

Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:36:
Cutting off your nose to spite your face, essentially. If the strategy won't work there's no harm in taking free games

"To claim your free Bahamas cruise, just stay on the call, and you'll be transferred to our 'specialist' who will assist you."

There's always a reason something is free. I know Epic's reason. I'm not playing their game.
"Listen, Peter... with great horsepower comes... the sickest drifts..." - source
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Sep 3, 2021, 16:38
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Sep 3, 2021, 16:38
 
I've never been called by the EPIC Games Store nor have I ever received a late night booty call from Mr. Sweeney.
The free games are nothing but free games. There is no dark side to it. you snooze, you lose
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Sep 3, 2021, 18:14
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Yoku's Island Express is addictive. Do not play if you like fun.
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RedEye9 wrote on Sep 2, 2021, 21:49:
I've received so many free games from epic it's ridiculous , I almost feel guilty abou ... SnAgGed

Well played, good sir. Balloon
Kittens!
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free
Sep 3, 2021, 18:59
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Sep 3, 2021, 18:59
 
Kxmode wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 16:17:
Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:36:
You don't think the strategy will work, so you don't take free games?

I don't do free stuff when I know why they are doing it. It's akin to "you've won a free Bahamas cruise!"

Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:36:
Cutting off your nose to spite your face, essentially. If the strategy won't work there's no harm in taking free games

"To claim your free Bahamas cruise, just stay on the call, and you'll be transferred to our 'specialist' who will assist you."

There's always a reason something is free. I know Epic's reason. I'm not playing their game.

Your analogy falls incredibly flat. It's not like a scam "you've won a cruise." It's not even like a time share. It's more like going to Costco and taking a free sample. They're hoping you buy the product. You know you won't, but hey, free Dunkaroos. There's literally no follow-up, no obligation, no 4 hour meeting to sit through. You get the free product and it ends.


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Sep 3, 2021, 19:33
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Sep 3, 2021, 19:33
 
Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 18:59:
Kxmode wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 16:17:
Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:36:
You don't think the strategy will work, so you don't take free games?

I don't do free stuff when I know why they are doing it. It's akin to "you've won a free Bahamas cruise!"

Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2021, 14:36:
Cutting off your nose to spite your face, essentially. If the strategy won't work there's no harm in taking free games

"To claim your free Bahamas cruise, just stay on the call, and you'll be transferred to our 'specialist' who will assist you."

There's always a reason something is free. I know Epic's reason. I'm not playing their game.

Your analogy falls incredibly flat. It's not like a scam "you've won a cruise." It's not even like a time share. It's more like going to Costco and taking a free sample. They're hoping you buy the product. You know you won't, but hey, free Dunkaroos. There's literally no follow-up, no obligation, no 4 hour meeting to sit through. You get the free product and it ends.

I already explained what Epic's definition of "free" entails in my original comment:

"I haven't grabbed a single free game because I see what Epic is trying to do. They are trying to make customers by giving away free stuff until a person has so many games they'll buy from them (at least, that's the rationale Epic is making). Human behavior isn't like that. People are fickle. Free games are one thing (most don't complain about free). However, consciously buying them is another. A person doesn't just buy the game. They also take into account what the platform offers. People tend to gravitate towards the platform that provides the most. Once Epic stops their freebies, many will go back to GOG (DRM-free) or Steam (feature-rich) as their default store, and all the money Epic burned "buying" customers will be for naught."

Epic's endgame is domination or fragmentation. Epic is okay with either.

Domination = you become Epic's only customer because you have so many freebies on their platform that you cave in and buy from them.

Fragmentation = you have so many Epic freebies you divide your business between EGS and Steam.

"you've won a free cruise" wasn't meant to be taken literal in the ways you described it: "There's no follow-up, no obligation, no 4 hour meeting to sit through. You get the free product and it ends."

The metaphor points to the ulterior motive behind the freebie, similar to the ulterior reason behind "free cruises." I happen to know WHY Epic is spending millions to give away free stuff. They're trying to poach customers from competing platforms because their platform cannot do that on merit and features. I still think people will continue to buy from their preferred platform after the freebies end. It's inevitable human behavior.
"Listen, Peter... with great horsepower comes... the sickest drifts..." - source
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Sep 3, 2021, 23:38
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I am convinced that Epic killed Kxmode's puppy.
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Re: Get Yoku's Island Express for Free Sep 4, 2021, 05:39
Sep 4, 2021, 05:39
 
There !
On that rocky hill, standing staunchly against the winds, committed Kxmode !
And lo, below on the prairies, the massed rest of Blue's News gamers gobbling games like pacmans !


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