Free Games Thread

sam_86314 · Mar 21, 2021

Free on GOG (if you own any other Deep Silver game) until the 22nd.

Deadlight: Director's Cut

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival

www.gog.com

Regeneration · Mar 26, 2021

Free on Epic Games:

Creature in the Well

Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

www.epicgames.com

Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler. As the last remaining BOT-C unit, venture deep into a desert mountain to restore power to an ancient facility, haunted by a desperate Creature. Uncover and upgrade powerful gear in order to free the city of Mirage from a deadly sandstorm.

delshay · Mar 26, 2021

sam_86314 said:
Free on GOG (if you own any other Deep Silver game) until the 22nd.

Deadlight: Director's Cut

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival

www.gog.com

Can someone please check if it works if you have a Deep Silver game via another launcher that is linked to your GOG account.

Ie, Link GOG to Steam or Epic account (built-in) & make sure other accounts are "active on-line" showing all your Steam & Epic games within GOG Galaxy.

Regeneration · Mar 26, 2021

delshay said:
Can someone please check if it works if you have a Deep Silver game via another launcher that is linked to your GOG account.

Ie, Link GOG to Steam or Epic account (built-in) & make sure other accounts are "active" showing all your Steam & Epic games within GOG Galaxy.

Worked for me without having any Deep Silver game for my knowledge. But that promotion is over by now.

delshay · Mar 26, 2021

Regeneration said:
Worked for me without having any Deep Silver game for my knowledge. But that promotion is over by now.

You must have Metro 2033/Last Light somewhere. It's been given away repeatedly so many times free

lexluthermiester · Mar 27, 2021

Regeneration said:
But that promotion is over by now.

True, but the game is now 80% off which make it a little less than $2.50 currently.

pigulici · Mar 30, 2021

Free XIII on gog.com

XIII

The President of the United States of America has been assassinated and you're the world'

www.gog.com

Drone · Mar 30, 2021

^ Still better than fugly remake lol

Ahhzz · Mar 30, 2021

pigulici said:
Free XIII on gog.com

XIII

The President of the United States of America has been assassinated and you're the world'

www.gog.com

David Duchovny and Adam West... bloody impressive...

SomeOne99h · Mar 30, 2021

pigulici said:
Free XIII on gog.com

XIII

The President of the United States of America has been assassinated and you're the world'

www.gog.com

I found this interesting comment in GOG site about doing these tweaks/fixes before playing the game for best experience:

Good4Games2019

Get a better experience (instructions)

December 15, 2019 Verified owner

The game is excellent, I strongly recommend it. It's definitely a buy.

But I suggest to change a few things first before playing:

1. Download and install Unofficial Patch 1.5 first.
2. Go to XIII\system folder and set FOV to 100.00 in DevUser.ini
3. Go to XIII.ini (same directory) and set resolution to your res if your res isn't available in in-game settings.

Set the other options in XIII.ini like this:
Translucency=True
VolumetricLighting=True
ShinySurfaces=True
HighDetailActors=True
UsePrecaching=True
UseMipmapping=True
UseTrilinear=True
UseMultitexture=True
UsePageFlipping=True
UseFullscreen=True
UseGammaCorrection=True
DetailTextures=True
UseTripleBuffering=True
UsePrecache=True
Use32BitTextures=True
HardwareSkinning=False
AdapterNumber=-1
UseVSync=False
ReduceMouseLag=False (important!!!)
UseTripleBuffering=True

I don't know why, but these options are not accessible in-game.

Also enable 8x AA and 16x Anisotropic Filtering in Graphics Card Settings.

Now you'll have much better graphics and the mouse lag is almost gone.
Is this helpful to you?
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With small edit from me. He said set resolution to 1920 / 1280 as if all of us has/plays on a monitor with that res. The idea is that the in-game settings doesn't seem to provide some res. Maybe the HD res is available in in-game settings, I don't know.

lexluthermiester · Mar 30, 2021

SomeOne99h said:
I found this interesting comment in GOG site about doing these tweaks/fixes before playing the game for best experience:

Good4Games2019

Get a better experience (instructions)

December 15, 2019 Verified owner

The game is excellent, I strongly recommend it. It's definitely a buy.

But I suggest to change a few things first before playing:

1. Download and install Unofficial Patch 1.5 first.
2. Go to XIII\system folder and set FOV to 100.00 in DevUser.ini
3. Go to XIII.ini (same directory) and set resolution to your res if your res isn't available in in-game settings.

Set the other options in XIII.ini like this:
Translucency=True
VolumetricLighting=True
ShinySurfaces=True
HighDetailActors=True
UsePrecaching=True
UseMipmapping=True
UseTrilinear=True
UseMultitexture=True
UsePageFlipping=True
UseFullscreen=True
UseGammaCorrection=True
DetailTextures=True
UseTripleBuffering=True
UsePrecache=True
Use32BitTextures=True
HardwareSkinning=False
AdapterNumber=-1
UseVSync=False
ReduceMouseLag=False (important!!!)
UseTripleBuffering=True

I don't know why, but these options are not accessible in-game.

Also enable 8x AA and 16x Anisotropic Filtering in Graphics Card Settings.

Now you'll have much better graphics and the mouse lag is almost gone.
Is this helpful to you?
(207 of 213 users found this helpful)
With small edit from me. He said set resolution to 1920 / 1280 as if all of us has/plays on a monitor with that res. The idea is that the in-game settings doesn't seem to provide some res. Maybe the HD res is available in in-game settings, I don't know.

Ah config files. Where the real magic happens! Reminds me of Quake and Command & Conquer where tweaking the INI files was key to a better experience!

Splinterdog · Mar 30, 2021

Major Geeks has 524 DOS games from the 1980s, described as freeware, so please remove link if not considered to be correct.

Download 524 DOS Games From The 1980s - MajorGeeks

Included is 525 different games for DOS from the 1980s which will take you on quests, battles, and a journey....

www.majorgeeks.com

They also recommend D-Fend Reloaded, a DOSBox graphical environment which I'll be trying out later.

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 30, 2021

Splinterdog said:
Major Geeks has 524 DOS games from the 1980s, described as freeware, so please remove link if not considered to be correct.

Download 524 DOS Games From The 1980s - MajorGeeks

Included is 525 different games for DOS from the 1980s which will take you on quests, battles, and a journey....

www.majorgeeks.com

They also recommend D-Fend Reloaded, a DOSBox graphical environment which I'll be trying out later.

can i just use dosbox?

Splinterdog · Mar 30, 2021

Isaac` said:
can i just use dosbox?

I don't see why not. I've got DOSBox Portable, but I'm trying D-Fend just out of curiosity.
Careful though, the games come in at a massive 266Mb unzipped!

lexluthermiester · Mar 30, 2021

Splinterdog said:
Careful though, the games come in at a massive 266Mb unzipped!

Truly massive! (I say as I'm downloading a 30GB game)...

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 30, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Truly massive! (I say as I'm downloading a 30GB game)...

checkmate im trying to download dirt 2.0 100gb game

lexluthermiester · Mar 31, 2021

Isaac` said:
checkmate im trying to download dirt 2.0 100gb game

Wow, didn't know it was that big of a game...

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 31, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Wow, didn't know it was that big if a game...

ikr dirt 4 is 30 gb and dirt 2.0 is 100

jboydgolfer · Mar 31, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Wow, didn't know it was that big of a game...

yeah , & it resets your game save info every few weeks to keep things spicy.
i put 20 real world hours in to racing career mode, & the codemaster servers (which you need constant connection to even while in offline mode) were down, so my save game reverted all the way back to new game.....as far as i can tell, the offline server connection is only for stupid award achievements. like if you finish the race even if yor car is destroyed & you place 15th, it awards you with 'stickin with it' or some similarly useless award.

its a fun enough game, but for a progress driven game, the regular save game resets were too much for me. ive got a family, 20 Hours gameplay is easily a month for me. The 100GB DL wasnt a plus in my book either, when theres an update its like 5GB minimum :laugh:

. Metro2033 was like 7.5GB TOTAL

oobymach · Mar 31, 2021

Ahhzz said:
David Duchovny and Adam West... bloody impressive...

If you like old school actors Phil Hartman did the voice of Blasto on Ps1, nothing but one liners from a comedy king.

lexluthermiester · Mar 31, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
i put 20 real world hours in to racing career mode, & the codemaster servers (which you need constant connection to even while in offline mode) were down, so my save game reverted all the way back to new game

Yeah, that sucks man. This is why DRM free gaming is so important, crap like your experience is completely avoided.

robertmi · Mar 31, 2021

Hitman 3 - free starter pack :

HITMAN 3 - Free Starter Pack for Free - Epic Games Store

Download and play HITMAN 3 - Free Starter Pack for FREE at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and play today!

www.epicgames.com

Splinterdog · Mar 31, 2021

robertmi said:
Hitman 3 - free starter pack :

HITMAN 3 - Free Starter Pack for Free - Epic Games Store

Download and play HITMAN 3 - Free Starter Pack for FREE at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and play today!

www.epicgames.com

Hawkes Bay is one of my favourite missions and it's especially good for practicing your covert skills. I replay it regularly.

robertmi · Apr 2, 2021

Free on EPIC :

Tales of the Neon Sea

Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

www.epicgames.com

velko-live · Apr 2, 2021

Free on STEAM: Steel Rats

Steel Rats™ on Steam

Wreck and ride in a visceral and ground-breaking evolution of the 2.5D action arcade genre, fusing destructive, octane-fuelled, motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, set in a visually stylised retro future world. Switch between four unique characters as you wreak havoc!

store.steampowered.com

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