Steam/GOG etc - Free Stuff (or very, very cheap)

berth · Post by **berth** » Sun, 17. Jan 16, 19:37

Nice one. Cheers!

Rug · Post by **Rug** » Tue, 2. Feb 16, 20:28

I know it's not steam, but similar messages have been posted in this thread, so ...

EA/Origin is now giving away Need for speed - most wanted in its On The House section.

Unless you're fundamentally opposed to EA/Origin or course ...

Rug

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Wed, 3. Feb 16, 11:18

Been giving it a go. I keep forgetting that Americans drive on the wrong side of the road...

Len5 · Post by **Len5** » Wed, 3. Feb 16, 16:15

You mean the right side.

Earth Ultimatum IV. · Post by **Earth Ultimatum IV.** » Wed, 3. Feb 16, 17:17

Len5 wrote:You mean the right side.

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Wed, 3. Feb 16, 17:29

Not the way I drives

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Thu, 11. Feb 16, 04:25

This isn't a "Free Stuff" post, but I'm going to be taking advantage of the huge sale going on right now. Specifically, all the great titles that are available for under $10 and $5.

This is what I plan on getting, so far:

Civilization IV Complete - Replacing my old hard-copy with an e-version
Torchlight II - I've always wanted to try this.
Medieval Total War II Complete - Replacing my old hard-copies.
Fallout New Vegas - Ultimate Edition - Yes, I'm the one guy left that has never played this one... (But, I played the "originals" and even "Wasteland.")
Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director's Cut - I haven't played any of these new releases. (Played the original, though, IIRC, and loved the books.)

Each of these are only a couple of bucks apiece. Does anyone have any suggestions for great games in this price-range I may be missing out on? I didn't want to start a new thread just to get some recommendations. And, I'm just trying to fill in the cracks in my library with some great older/cheap games.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Thu, 11. Feb 16, 09:17

There's the Bioshock triple pack for less than $10, and Terraria too. (OK, the best Bioshock game by far is the first one, and the third one is OK--you can safely ignore #2, though). There's also the Tomb Raider reboot and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag in the "even cheaper" section--both games are pretty good, certainly worth a try for the money they're asking for them. (Note that AC4 will require UPlay in order to work, so if you have some sort of hatred of Ubisoft you might want to avoid it).

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Thu, 11. Feb 16, 21:31

I've already got Terraria. Interesting game, but the 2D wears on me after awhile.

Bioshock is something I have been considering, though. It's good to see a recommendation for it. I'm no real fan of Tomb Raider or AC, though I acknowledge they're great games. (Uplay = Kryptonite, 'nuff said.

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I'll add the Bioshock pack to my "list!"

Spami · Post by **Spami** » Thu, 11. Feb 16, 23:59

Nah, Bioshock is a mediocre game series.
Story is blatantly fantastic (especially the third game "Infinite") and interesting, it is a bit like the "Lost"-series from the story telling point of view but it would have been way better as a movie or a book because the actual gameplay is boring and repetitive.

The only thing that literally forces you playing the game are the constant "why? And how? And who? And what happened?"-questions while walking around in this mystic world and collecting story-parts and cliffhangers.

Gameplay: Walk into next area - Kill enemy waves - Walk into next area - Kill enemy waves - walk into...

muppetts · Post by **muppetts** » Fri, 12. Feb 16, 09:49

Spami wrote: Gameplay: Walk into next area - Kill enemy waves - Walk into next area - Kill enemy waves - walk into...

That's called FPS

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Sun, 14. Feb 16, 21:29

I didn't get Bioshock, but I will get it, eventually. (It's on sale very often.) Instead, I got "Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes" because it's got a lot of involvement from "Kael", (Derek Paxton, the designer of the famous "Fall from Heaven II" mod for Civ IV.) as the lead designer. Plus, it's got good reviews and I've been on the lookout for a decent 4X game.

Mightysword · Post by **Mightysword** » Mon, 15. Feb 16, 01:57

Morkonan wrote:

I didn't get Bioshock, but I will get it, eventually. (It's on sale very often.) Instead, I got "Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes" because it's got a lot of involvement from "Kael", (Derek Paxton, the designer of the famous "Fall from Heaven II" mod for Civ IV.) as the lead designer. Plus, it's got good reviews and I've been on the lookout for a decent 4X game.

Give it a few tries than you can try some mod. The game have some really large mode that expand the games many fold over the original content, including some that borderline total conversion mod.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Mon, 15. Feb 16, 20:50

Mightysword wrote:
Morkonan wrote:

I didn't get Bioshock, but I will get it, eventually. (It's on sale very often.) Instead, I got "Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes" because it's got a lot of involvement from "Kael", (Derek Paxton, the designer of the famous "Fall from Heaven II" mod for Civ IV.) as the lead designer. Plus, it's got good reviews and I've been on the lookout for a decent 4X game.
Give it a few tries than you can try some mod. The game have some really large mode that expand the games many fold over the original content, including some that borderline total conversion mod.

Sweet! Thanks for the headsup!

Post by **korio** » Thu, 18. Feb 16, 13:45

For the strategy games lovers out here!

You have a free "pack" of Stronghold Kingdoms in humble bundle

Stronghold Kingdoms — Kingmaker Starter Pack

All you need to do is log in your humblebundle account to claim it

felter · Post by **felter** » Thu, 18. Feb 16, 23:37

I have a copy of:
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
if anyone wants it.

Stars_InTheirEyes · Post by **Stars_InTheirEyes** » Fri, 19. Feb 16, 00:57

If you download Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) on Origin now while its free, you can keep it forever.
Its finally worthy of its price...

Post by **Tamina** » Fri, 19. Feb 16, 01:29

Stars_InTheirEyes wrote:If you download Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) on Origin now while its free, you can keep it forever.
Its finally worthy of its price...

Don't know the hate for Need for Speed.
Got Need for Speed Rivals from a friend because it is supposed to be a "bad" (censored version) game!?
However, this is a fantastic franchise!? It is so much fun playing as the police or the bad guys and crashing each other in an Aston Martin or Audi R8, vrrrroooom

The reason I bought a controller (and XR).

How bad can the predecessor be? It even got better Metacritic then Rivals.

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Fri, 19. Feb 16, 01:48

Too Hard (tm)

Seriously, I like the game, but it's pretty unforgiving. In my limited experience it's extraordinarily hard to make it round any course at speed without slamming into stuff every hundred yards.

Mightysword · Post by **Mightysword** » Fri, 19. Feb 16, 05:53

Tamina wrote:
Stars_InTheirEyes wrote:If you download Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) on Origin now while its free, you can keep it forever.
Its finally worthy of its price...
Don't know the hate for Need for Speed.
Got Need for Speed Rivals from a friend because it is supposed to be a "bad" (censored version) game!?
However, this is a fantastic franchise!? It is so much fun playing as the police or the bad guys and crashing each other in an Aston Martin or Audi R8, vrrrroooom
The reason I bought a controller (and XR).

How bad can the predecessor be? It even got better Metacritic then Rivals.

I downloaded the free game, try it for a couple hours than deleted. Not because I have any problem with the gameplay but it seems it's a MP centric game with little background elements like previous entries.

I had played a lot of entries of this series over the years, since the early day when they were still released on CD-Rom, I especially loved NFS4. Then NFS Porche, carbon, undergrounds ...etc... Pretty fantastic games IMO. So yeah, I wouldn't understand the hate for it, if there was any? Back in the day it's really the only intermediate option for racing Sims if Grand Turismo was too hardcore for you.

brucewarren wrote: Seriously, I like the game, but it's pretty unforgiving. In my limited experience it's extraordinarily hard to make it round any course at speed without slamming into stuff every hundred yards.

Heh, I beat most of the NFS games that I played, but I never for the life of me manage to get some the advanced-license in the old GT to even continue my game.

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Steam/GOG etc - Free Stuff (or very, very cheap)