Free Games Thread

[lexluthermiester]

What's with the GOG giveaway? I thought they were supposed to offer a free game each day up to the end of the month, but I can't see any indication of it on the website anymore.

I don't see it either.. Wonder what happened..

You can find the advent calendar on the Winter Sale page. Today's (15) gift isn't enabled yet.

Ah, yes, there it is. They moved it..

GOG.COM

Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.

www.gog.com

 

[Mac the Geek]

That's from days ago. I didn't see their offer on the 13th, yesterday, or today.


Ah I see! So it's not necessarily a game each day, that's why it's not on the main page. Interesting.

Clicking on the icon for the 13th downloaded a wallpaper pack, and the 14th is a 20% discount code for Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Reforged.

The December 15 gift is a 90% coupon for four Thief titles.

 

[Ruru]

The December 15 gift is a 90% coupon for four Thief titles.

What a time to be broke. Oh well, I have them on Steam...

 

[AusWolf]

The December 15 gift is a 90% coupon for four Thief titles.

Not much of a gift if it's not free, imo.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not much of a gift if it's not free, imo.

The coupon is free and that's the gift.

 

[AusWolf]

The coupon is free and that's the gift.

But it's worthless unless you spend money. A gift is something you can use out-of-the-box for free, imo.

 

[lexluthermiester]

But it's worthless unless you spend money. A gift is something you can use out-of-the-box for free, imo.

I get gift cards from time to time(mostly BestBuy) and I'm always adding my own money in during a purchase. This doesn't make the gift card any less a gift. Discount coupons are no different. But to each their own. I already own the Thief series so it's useless to me, but if I didn't, I would consider it very useful and a nice gesture from GOG.

 

[AusWolf]

I get gift cards from time to time(mostly BestBuy) and I'm always adding my own money in during a purchase. This doesn't make the gift card any less a gift.

But you don't have to add your own money, you do it as your own choice, which I think is a big difference.

Discount coupons are no different. But to each their own. I already own the Thief series so it useless to me, but if I didn't, I would consider it very useful and a nice gesture from GOG.

Yep, each to their own.

I see it as a scummy business tactic to force you into spending money. They could have applied a limited time 90% discount on the game for everyone, but no, they had to gift-wrap it as a unique present, just for you, just today. I think it's disgusting.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I see it as a scummy business tactic

Scummy? How is a 90% discount scummy? What am I missing here? I'm not seeing the problem...

to force you into spending money.

No one is forcing anyone. If someone doesn't want it, they don't have to use it. The gift is the 90% discount, not the game.

 

[AusWolf]

Scummy?

Yep. Why not just apply a 90% discount on the game? Why the whole charade with the gift thing? What about people who didn't notice the giveaway and paid full price (during the time of the giveaway)?

No one is forcing anyone. If someone doesn't want it, they don't have to use it. The gift is the 90% discount, not the game.

Like you said, each to their own. I will never see any discount as a gift, because you have to spend money to use it. That's the exact opposite of a gift, imo.

 

[lexluthermiester]

This where we need to agree to disagree. I just can't understand why a 90% discount is scummy or can't be a gift.

For the record, in my shop, as a Christmas bonus I "gift" my employees a 75% discount for upto $750 of any product(s) that's in the shop. Is that scummy? Is it any less a kick-ass deal for them because it's not 100%? Is it not a VERY generous gift on my part to them?

 

[AusWolf]

This where we need to agree to disagree. I just can't understand why a 90% discount is scummy or can't be a gift.

If there's a 90% discount on the game for everyone, then it's fair, there's nothing scummy about that. But if it depends on clicking on a gift box in a hidden corner of the website, then it's unfair. What about people who don't know about the giveaway? Are they okay to pay full price?

I don't like Epic Games, but I have to take their side on this one. When they do a giveaway, then it's free for everyone - you don't have to find the icon of a box on the bottom of their website to get it.

For the record, in my shop, as a Christmas bonus I "gift" my employees a 75% discount for upto $750 of any product(s) that's in the shop. Is that scummy? Is it any less a kick-ass deal for them because it's not 100%? Is it not a VERY generous gift on my part to them?

I'd say that depends. If you sell a wide range of stuff that they need, then fair enough. If the company I work for did a similar thing, even with a 99% discount, it'd still be useless to me, as I need absolutely nothing of what we sell (not that I'm in danger of that, though - I work for the only company on this planet that gives you jack shit for Christmas).

Not to mention you're forcing them to pay the other 25%. If you really want to be generous, then give them a 100% discount, but with a lower value, imo.