Free Games Thread

lexluthermiester · Mar 25, 2019

biffzinker said:
If you manage to get logged into Bethesda's servers.

They should really just do a sale on GOG and advertise it! I'd rather pay for something than get it free and have to manage yet another crap launcher. Hard Pass Bethesda.

biffzinker · Mar 25, 2019

lexluthermiester said:
They should really just do a sale on GOG and advertise it! I'd rather pay for something than get it free and have to manage yet another crap launcher. Hard Pass Bethesda.

Humble Bundle has it for 50% off, tried GoG but it's $14.99.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-game-of-the-year-edition

Same for Steam 50% off
https://store.steampowered.com/app/22320/The_Elder_Scrolls_III_Morrowind_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

GreiverBlade · Mar 25, 2019

biffzinker said:
Ubisoft was the last one I tried to log in for a free game but nope couldn't get logged on no matter how many times I tried. I eventually gave up with 'oh well.' Happened with two different free game giveaways.

my G.o.G account is the one with the most free game on (18) Uplay account is second (9) ... followed by my Origins (made 2 account by mistake xD 6, 5 if not counting Apex ofc ) and then Steam where i have a dupe of Far Cry : Blood Dragon which i got free on Uplay too

red contouring (sloppy) are the free one

EDIT! oh lol i just noticed right now that i have AC IV: Black Flag ... i completely forgot about that one xD and i was about to seek it out to buy it after listening for the XXXth time to that :

cucker tarlson · Mar 25, 2019

the ones I got free from ubi were the best

biffzinker · Mar 25, 2019

GreiverBlade said:
EDIT! oh lol i just noticed right now that i have AC IV: Black Flag ... i completely forgot about that one xD and i was about to seek it out to buy it after listening for the XXXth time to that :

Oh hey the game I was trying to get. :ohwell:

cucker tarlson · Mar 25, 2019

black flag is one of my all time favorites.

GreiverBlade · Mar 25, 2019

biffzinker said:
Oh hey the game I was trying to get.

oh crap ... i feel your loss .... i missed once a game i was eyeing on ... not server fault but rather my fault ... reading a "free game and giveaway" on TPU and reading a post yelling "HECK YEAH! finally i can get it!" and then noticing the post was 3 month old ... was a "Osh!et!" moment followed by an awkward silence gazing at my screen...

cucker tarlson said:
black flag is one of my all time favorites.

i need to install it next time, now that i know i have it ...

INSTG8R · Mar 25, 2019

LOL They've just given up totally now...

SomeOne99h · Mar 25, 2019

They used to say "Money talks" only. Now they have to add "Free talks" to it.

Lorec · Mar 27, 2019

INSTG8R said:
Right? I just signed into Bethesda Launcher to double check(It's also borked and not showing anything) but I signed in...

I made account allright, but it black screens on my main rig. At work on old i7 4770 it works tho. Wtf?
I mean I hate all those shops but... its morrowind we are talking about right? I gave in...

and got f'd over.

INSTG8R · Mar 27, 2019

Lorec said:
I made account allright, but it black screens on my main rig. At work on old i7 4770 it works tho. Wtf?
I mean I hate all those shops but... its morrowind we are talking about right? I gave in...

and got f'd over.

¨Yeah the whole giveaway literally brought down their entire system. I already had it installed and it took me a couple of tries to get in. Lots of people were having the same issue as you and were equally frustrated/disappointed. My disappointment is I need to look up Res hacks to get it above 1600x1200....

Lorec · Mar 27, 2019

Okay, I got it working on my work PC.
Then I copied the game files and uninstalled Bethesda app.
Game still works no problem.
Since the launcher doesnt work on my main rig, maybe the game itself will.

Is this an infringement of some kind? xD

lexluthermiester · Mar 27, 2019

Lorec said:
Is this an infringement of some kind? xD

If you paid for it or got it for free, no.

INSTG8R · Mar 27, 2019

Lorec said:
Okay, I got it working on my work PC.
Then I copied the game files and uninstalled Bethesda app.
Game still works no problem.
Since the launcher doesnt work on my main rig, maybe the game itself will.

Is this an infringement of some kind? xD

Well if it works like "GoG" and doesn't need the launcher I say Bravo! I doubt I could pull that trick with Fallout 76 but I'm already chained to the launcher because of that, Morrwind is now the only other game I have on there....

natr0n · Apr 4, 2019

The Witness - Free on epic

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/the-witness/home

GreiverBlade · Apr 4, 2019

natr0n said:
The Witness - Free on epic

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/the-witness/home

well that's nice and all ... but since Paragon... i steer away from Epic ... and now i am conflicted since they are kinda ... offering something else than things they developed with "better margin" for the devs, luckily most game they "gathered" weren't on my wishlist ... aside Metro: Exodus ... and that one might be the one that would make me have a XXXth launcher ... pffff

Shihab · Apr 5, 2019

And Transistor is the next freebie in line (18th of April)! :rockout:

With exception to Oxenfree, I keep adding their free games without much intention to play them. But Transistor I really wanted to play again!

GreiverBlade said:
well that's nice and all ... but since Paragon... i steer away from Epic ... and now i am conflicted since they are kinda ... offering something else than things they developed with "better margin" for the devs, luckily most game they "gathered" weren't on my wishlist ... aside Metro: Exodus ... and that one might be the one that would make me have a XXXth launcher ... pffff

I can understand that you're not a fan of Epic as a developer/publisher, but what does that have to do with them as a market/platform maintainer?

GreiverBlade · Apr 5, 2019

Shihabyooo said:
I can understand that you're not a fan of Epic as a developer/publisher, but what does that have to do with them as a market/platform maintainer?

the recent issues reported lately about Epic Launcher ... i will let all that settle down and then i will see if i take Metro : Exodus and add a XXXth game launcher to my rig ...

cucker tarlson · Apr 12, 2019

I don't know what eve online is,but just reporting I saw the starter version will be free to add to your steam account for the next 7 days.

Ahhzz · Apr 12, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
I don't know what eve online is,but just reporting I saw the starter version will be free to add to your steam account for the next 7 days.

It's an online space game, pirates, mining, pvp, trolls, etc. Game's normally free to play as of a couple of years ago, but this is a 1-week pass of their Premier time (Omega). Not bad, a little $5 value for free

rtwjunkie · Apr 12, 2019

IIRC it was known since first release about 12 years ago for being drm-free, which was notable because it was a rarity back then. Or do I have the wrong game memory?

Kursah · Apr 12, 2019

Ahhzz said:
It's an online space game, pirates, mining, pvp, trolls, etc. Game's normally free to play as of a couple of years ago, but this is a 1-week pass of their Premier time (Omega). Not bad, a little $5 value for free

I never got into Eve, I have a few friends that did. They had multiple accounts, and all sorts of craziness going on. One guy almost lost his family to his addiction to Eve Online. I did however pick up a game called Astrox Imperium, currently in the earlier stages of Early Access, but already very solid. Many call it Eve Offline, and it does seem to be trending that way. While it isn't on-sale right now, it is worth a look: https://store.steampowered.com/app/954870/Astrox_Imperium/

One of the few EA games I would recommend users pick up anymore. I'm super impressed with the dev for Astrox so far, that's most of what sold me on his title...that and the price is quite do-able.

GreiverBlade · Apr 13, 2019

oh i did play Eve Online with some friends (we were 10-12 in our own corp. ) back in 2005 (played a bit in 2003 and then did a break )... we got some alliance we got into nullsec, we got our own P.O.S (player owned station) in low sec, did a lot of mining mission bounty, wormhole exploration when it was introduced i had 4 other account (usually quint mining with 4 Hulk and 1 Orca ) solo Wormhole exploration with 3 account ( Battleship/Repairship/Cruiser-Battlecruiser-Tactical Cruiser ) trading in Jita ... (dreadful... ) personal corp with ... only 15 person in it ... and all 15 are me and my other alts, oh ofc i had also my share of low-sec ganking (on the ganked side), scams, learned a lot the hard way, attained self sustainability for the 4 last yrs i played (aka my ISK income was enough to get some PLEX ingame and not require buying gametimes cards )

Eve was the game that made me laugh at "eSport" ... famous(who?) big(small) time talented(ah?) player get paid for being shown on screen ? bollocks!

one issue tho ... Russians ... (although i suspect they don't understand CCP is from Iceland and not Russia ... since it's not CCCP ) can be quite a plague (got some friend among them tho ... low/null-sec protection giving taking ... i was exploring and giving them complex site and wormhole locations in exchange :laugh:

)

Kursah said:
I never got into Eve, I have a few friends that did. They had multiple accounts, and all sorts of craziness going on. One guy almost lost his family to his addiction to Eve Online.

not the fault of the game (online poker do far worse) ... nonetheless ... as for craziness well there is a fair share of it ... and it's kinda challenging to do fine ... strangely that game was quite suited for me.

all that being said ... their F2P sucks hard ... too limited without Omega (not an issue for me, after all i paid an account from 2005 till 2015) ... the f2P player ... are kinda "with star in the eye and big weird smile" thinking they will achieve something :laugh:

they don't know the madness ...

accurate :

Ahhzz · Apr 13, 2019

rtwjunkie said:
IIRC it was known since first release about 12 years ago for being drm-free, which was notable because it was a rarity back then. Or do I have the wrong game memory?

Well, it's online only, so not really sure about "DRM" per se, but I've never really seen anything about rogue EVE servers....

natr0n · Apr 17, 2019

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Get your free copy!

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From April 17th at 10:00 am to April 25th at 03:00 am (your local time). you can download Assassins Creed Unity on PC for free here, and you’ll own it forever in your Uplay games library.

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