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Morkonan wrote:BUT, I think GoG has ironed out the issues for their versions, so if you're really looking for either, check GoG. https://www.gog.com/game/dungeon_keeper (Still uses a dosbox, but its transparent, I think. Also, there is a directx enabled version, somewhere, and I don't know if GoG has already ported their version across to a directx compatible.)
I can confirm the Gog version works really well.
I own both there.
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Humble Bundle are offering Dirt 3 complete edition for free for the next 46 hours
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felter wrote:Humble Bundle are offering Dirt 3 complete edition for free for the next 46 hours
Thanks. Got it. Downloading now. :)
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Gone Home is free for a while

https://gonehome.itch.io/gonehome
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Ubisoft free game for the month is Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (you need an Ubisoft account):

https://club.ubisoft.com/en-GB/ubi30
A por ellos que son pocos y cobardes
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Dantrithor wrote:Gone Home is free for a while

https://gonehome.itch.io/gonehome
Thanks. Great game. :)
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Post by korio »

For a few hours you can get Streamline for free on steam, be fast!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/252850/
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Post by burger1 »

Distraint is free from bundle stars / steam. Looks weird.

https://www.bundlestars.com/en/giveaway
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I'm always wary of websites that want to give me a free steam game, but to get it I have to give them full access to my steam page. I get many games from many sites, and none of them want access to my steam.
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Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition (complete) for free on GOG. Worth grabbing, superb rpg.


https://www.gog.com/game/neverwinter_ni ... nd_edition
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Sorkvild wrote:Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition (complete) for free on GOG. Worth grabbing, superb rpg.

https://www.gog.com/game/neverwinter_ni ... nd_edition
Cool, grabbed! Thanks.
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GOT IT!! Thx!!
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Santi wrote:Ubisoft free game for the month is Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (you need an Ubisoft account):

https://club.ubisoft.com/en-GB/ubi30
All 7 games(including AC 3) are available to claim for this weekend only at the moment.
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[SOLAR]INFERNO wrote:
Santi wrote:Ubisoft free game for the month is Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (you need an Ubisoft account):

https://club.ubisoft.com/en-GB/ubi30
All 7 games(including AC 3) are available to claim for this weekend only at the moment.
They keep trying to give them away, there must not be enough people taking them up on their give-aways, but then what do you expect it is Ubisoft after all.
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felter wrote:... but then what do you expect it is Ubisoft after all.
Ubisoft... They can't even whore-out their front-end with AAA titles.

"Hey, kids! Would you like some Far Cry?"
"No thanks, my mom told me to stay away from strangers."
"But, if you take it, for FREE, we won't be strangers then, will we?"
"No, I don't want it, especially if I have to be friends with you to play it."
"But, we could be great friends!"
"No. I really don't wanna."
"Well, what other games do you like?"
"I don't want to talk to you anymore."
"OK, but you're missing out. We give games away to our friends all the time!"
"Go away."
"But.."
"Please, stop bothering me!"
"So... Do you like gladiator movies?"
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Morkonan wrote:
felter wrote:... but then what do you expect it is Ubisoft after all.
Ubisoft... They can't even whore-out their front-end with AAA titles.

"Hey, kids! Would you like some Far Cry?"
"No thanks, my mom told me to stay away from strangers."
"But, if you take it, for FREE, we won't be strangers then, will we?"
"No, I don't want it, especially if I have to be friends with you to play it."
"But, we could be great friends!"
"No. I really don't wanna."
"Well, what other games do you like?"
"I don't want to talk to you anymore."
"OK, but you're missing out. We give games away to our friends all the time!"
"Go away."
"But.."
"Please, stop bothering me!"
"So... Do you like gladiator movies?"
Ok I admit that made me genuinely lol
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Post by korio »

GRID free for a day or little more on humble bundle!

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/grid-free-game
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Avis wrote:
Morkonan wrote:
felter wrote:... but then what do you expect it is Ubisoft after all.
Ubisoft... They can't even whore-out their front-end with AAA titles.

"Hey, kids! Would you like some Far Cry?"
"No thanks, my mom told me to stay away from strangers."
"But, if you take it, for FREE, we won't be strangers then, will we?"
"No, I don't want it, especially if I have to be friends with you to play it."
"But, we could be great friends!"
"No. I really don't wanna."
"Well, what other games do you like?"
"I don't want to talk to you anymore."
"OK, but you're missing out. We give games away to our friends all the time!"
"Go away."
"But.."
"Please, stop bothering me!"
"So... Do you like gladiator movies?"
Ok I admit that made me genuinely lol
While I a laughed at this a lot as well, I don't get the hate for Ubisoft at the same time.
Like: What is making them bad? The free games? The good games? - even for free?

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same as other very big pubs I think, sending out even more broken than usual games waaaay early and then not fixing them. I mean The Division is still in either late Alpha or very early Beta depending on how generous you are, the game has gone through half a dozen major changes from 'gold', none of which have worked. People get hacked off being used as an early revenue stream, maybe for an indie you could forgive but a major pub like ubi should be putting out completed games, hence the hate (in my opinion)

in reverse EA seems to be doing better these days
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Post by pjknibbs »

I think Ubisoft has a couple of major issues. Firstly, they find a formula that sells well and then stick rigidly to it, and if they *do* make changes, it's usually to the wrong things. Even when they do make a really good change (e.g. the sea-based gameplay in Assassin's Creed 4) they run it into the ground pretty quickly (e.g. Asassin's Creed Rogue).

Secondly, they just have a habit of anti-consumer practices. This is the company that, a few years ago, had DRM in their games that required you to have a constantly working Internet connection. Yes, EA and Blizzard have done the same with Sim City and Diablo 3, but even they haven't extended it to *all* their games as Ubisoft did.

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