Free Games Thread

lexluthermiester · Dec 23, 2021

ne6togadno said:
i just saw this

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/mutant-year-zero/

Never saw that. Nice!

Mussels · Dec 23, 2021

I never paid attention to this thread before, but games free to keep forever? Yes. Hoarding time.

Liquid Cool · Dec 24, 2021

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

This classic title is currently being given away for free during GOG's Winter Sale.

Limited time only...35 hours left.

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Liquid Cool

P.S. protondb: Native

Soup` · Dec 24, 2021

Free on Epic:

Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

www.epicgames.com

Plus two add-ons:

Pathfinder Kingmaker - Arcane Unleashed for Free - Epic Games Store

Download and play Pathfinder Kingmaker - Arcane Unleashed for FREE at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and play today!

www.epicgames.com

Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Bloody Mess DLC for Free - Epic Games Store

Download and play Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Bloody Mess DLC for FREE at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and play today!

www.epicgames.com

ne6togadno · Dec 24, 2021

so pathfinder also checked.
only pray and humankind left
the list might actually turn to be accurate

Mussels · Dec 25, 2021

May not ever play it, but its added and downloaded

windwhirl · Dec 25, 2021

Mussels said:
May not ever play it, but its added and downloaded

Sounds like me with GTA V :roll:

Mussels · Dec 25, 2021

I dont use epic games much, does anyone know what the 'write' speed is meant to signify because... it's not using that much of the drive at all, and the drive goes brrrrrrrm at like 6GB/s

(Sorry for slightly off-topic, but it is about that free game)

lexluthermiester · Dec 25, 2021

Mussels said:
I dont use epic games much, does anyone know what the 'write' speed is meant to signify because... it's not using that much of the drive at all, and the drive goes brrrrrrrm at like 6GB/s

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(Sorry for slightly off-topic, but it is about that free game)

Epic's speed counters are just weird. It's best to ignore it.

Space Lynx · Dec 25, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Epic's speed counters are just weird. It's best to ignore it.

telemetry be having a swinger party, code doesn't know what to do with it, lots of sweaty fun, that's all the code knows.

SomeOne99h · Dec 25, 2021

lynx29 said:
telemetry be having a swinger party, code doesn't know what to do with it, lots of sweaty fun, that's all the code knows.

It downloads his purchase list and kangaroos videos he posted in the whats your latest tech purchase thread.

Space Lynx · Dec 25, 2021

EGS today is Prey game... looks like Humankind will be one after all... wow...

Deleted member 24505 · Dec 25, 2021

Just grabbed it, was waiting to see what game it would be.

Shrek · Dec 25, 2021

Still trying to understand peoples' objections to EPIC

Regeneration · Dec 25, 2021

Andy Shiekh said:
Still trying to understand peoples' objections to EPIC

Pages load very slowly and the games' store page can be confusing at times. There are no comments and users' reviews.

And besides, it becomes annoying to have 100 client apps on our PCs: Steam, Origin, Uplay, Epic, GOG Galaxy, Rockstar Social Club.

Shrek · Dec 25, 2021

Good to know

Bobmitmen · Dec 25, 2021

Prey | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play Prey at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

www.epicgames.com

Prey free on 12/25/2021

GreiverBlade · Dec 25, 2021

Andy Shiekh said:
Still trying to understand peoples' objections to EPIC

whatever objection i had to them is long gone ... i have one game i bought on their store (Horizon: Zero Dawn complete edition, with a hefty discount) and only free games (and some i wanted from long ago and got surprised when i saw them in their free games programes, Prey is one of them )

as for multiple launcher i launch all and everything from GoG Galaxy (still need other launchers open to do so, but, HEY! it's still centralized ) load time on their store i almost never experienced any slow one aside one time when GTA was free :laugh:

(and i do not have a really fast connection, or a reactive one, yet i get instant page loading most of the time )

Shrek · Dec 25, 2021

Regeneration said:
besides, it becomes annoying to have 100 client apps on our PCs: Steam, Origin, Uplay, Epic, GOG Galaxy, Rockstar Social Club.

Can't GOG connect to other gaming engines to sort of unify things into one?

INSTG8R · Dec 26, 2021

Andy Shiekh said:
Can't GOG connect to other gaming engines to sort of unify things into one?

Yeah that’s basically what GoG Galaxy does but in most cases it still requires the original launcher to launch the game anyway.

looniam · Dec 26, 2021

Andy Shiekh said:
Can't GOG connect to other gaming engines to sort of unify things into one?

its very limited at what metadata it collects - from what i recall reading the user agreement - just what's in that platform's library and some game achievements. well, friends list and i think chat - but i never use that.

but as mentioned it needs to run the DRM/launcher to actually play the game - like the game.exe on your storage is linked (which will run the game launcher) but thats it.

good for tracking down who i got what free game from though.

lexluthermiester · Dec 26, 2021

Andy Shiekh said:
Still trying to understand peoples' objections to EPIC

For me, Epics client lacks a ton of features that are basic necessities. But mostly it's the DRM that comes with most of the games on Epic and that fact that like Steam, the client needs to be running and online for most games to load and run. To me, that crap is unacceptable, regardless of reason.

Ok, folks we're off topic again, let's rope ourselves in, eh?

Deleted member 202104 · Dec 26, 2021

Epic's free game today is Control

Control | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play Control at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

www.epicgames.com

sam_86314 · Dec 26, 2021

weekendgeek said:
Epic's free game today is Control

Control | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play Control at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

www.epicgames.com

Seeing a few repeats; are they running out of free games in the rotation?

Shrek · Dec 26, 2021

It must be costing them a fortune to purchase these games.

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