Gaming Free Games thread

[spotanjo3]

Open Epic Games Launcher, then find them in your library.

Yeah, I realised that and its there now. Thanks!

 

[bbking67]

All the Half-Life games are free on Steam, but there is a catch--they are free for two months only and time-bombed.

Moderator: please accept my apologies if this is not a qualifying post.

https://www.epicbundle.com/bundle/8-half-life-games-for-free

 

[Deleted User]

but there is a catch--they are free for two months only and time-bombed.

did they update them to need a drm? because hl2 and hl1-source should be drm fre eif you just add an extra command line argument to a shortcut
so technically it's free to keep if you know what you're doing

edit:to elaborate, i'm not talking about torrents, i'm talking about them being drm free on steam. it's how i get these games on my older systems running XP, which doesn't support steam
there;s quite a list of drm free games on steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Big_List_of_DRM-Free_Games_on_Steam

 

[ThoD]

did they update them to need a drm? because hl2 and hl1-source should be drm fre eif you just add an extra command line argument to a shortcut
so technically it's free to keep if you know what you're doing

edit:to elaborate, i'm not talking about torrents, i'm talking about them being drm free on steam. it's how i get these games on my older systems running XP, which doesn't support steam
there;s quite a list of drm free games on steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Big_List_of_DRM-Free_Games_on_Steam

They are DRM free still, don't worry about it, LOTS of games are actually if you are looking at older games, all you need to do is change the shortcut from a link to Steam's ID to instead point to the actual .exe file and they work fine!

 

[Mythical]

did they update them to need a drm? because hl2 and hl1-source should be drm fre eif you just add an extra command line argument to a shortcut
so technically it's free to keep if you know what you're doing

edit:to elaborate, i'm not talking about torrents, i'm talking about them being drm free on steam. it's how i get these games on my older systems running XP, which doesn't support steam
there;s quite a list of drm free games on steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Big_List_of_DRM-Free_Games_on_Steam

They are DRM free still, don't worry about it, LOTS of games are actually if you are looking at older games, all you need to do is change the shortcut from a link to Steam's ID to instead point to the actual .exe file and they work fine!

I've been trying to do this with opposing force, half life source, team fortress classic, an blue shift, but they seem to be routed through the original 1st and second game. Any chance you could explain how to do it a bit more? There seems to be no .exes for those games in those locations (opening local files for these games opens half life 1 and 2)

 

[ThoD]

I've been trying to do this with opposing force, half life source, team fortress classic, an blue shift, but they seem to be routed through the original 1st and second game. Any chance you could explain how to do it a bit more? There seems to be no .exes for those games in those locations (opening local files for these games opens half life 1 and 2)

Don't know about the games you've mentioned since I've never tried them, not all of them have .exe in the directories, which is a pain, but a lot others do (mainly non-Valve ones, especially ones from before 2009), if you can't find the executable, then I can't really help you, even I don't know how to do that without a no-DRM patch (just download it from pirating sites and install just that instead of the entire game).

 

[spotanjo3]

Maybe we should make a new thread for free games troubleshooters since this thread is supposed to be for posting the free games released only to avoid the confusion. Just saying.

 

[ThoD]

Maybe we should make a new thread for free games troubleshooters since this thread is supposed to be for posting the free games released only to avoid the confusion. Just saying.

It's fine, some mild discussion is allowed, no need to be too uptight

 

[Deleted User]

I've been trying to do this with opposing force, half life source, team fortress classic, an blue shift, but they seem to be routed through the original 1st and second game. Any chance you could explain how to do it a bit more? There seems to be no .exes for those games in those locations (opening local files for these games opens half life 1 and 2)

put an argument to launch a mod/dlc

iirc for half life 1 it's

-game bshift/gearbox/tfc

for blue shift/opposing force/team fortress classic

for half life 2 it's

-game episodic/ep2

for episode 1 and 2

 

[spotanjo3]

It's fine, some mild discussion is allowed, no need to be too uptight

LOL.. Not too uptight.. Just thought that's all.

 

[ThoD]

LOL.. Not too uptight.. Just thought that's all.

Well, I'm the OP, so...

 

[tirges]

Meanwhile...

Epic is still continuing offering free games weekly (apparently)

Free now until the 30th is The Bridge :
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/download/the-bridge/home

(next week will be Farming Simulator 19)

 

[Mythical]

I just saw my payment history. And dammit I love what I'm seeing
so many legal zeros

 

[I pwned U!]

Meanwhile...

Epic is still continuing offering free games weekly (apparently)

Free now until the 30th is The Bridge :
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/download/the-bridge/home

(next week will be Farming Simulator 19)

Your link did not work for me, but this one does:

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/the-bridge/home

 

[ThoD]

Base version of Farming Simulator 19 is free this time around:
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/farming-simulator-19/home

It's all "meh" games on after the other, not bad by any means, but not good enough to justify installing the DRM again to play them, pity really...

 

[Taleweaver]

Two games on the epic store this week:

Carcassonne
Ticket to ride

Great board games, no doubt. Great virtual implementation as well, though I find it to be easier to play on a mobile device.

You might want to check in next week, though (okay, from 13th february onward). Then it'll be Kingdom come Deliverance and Aztez. Kingdom Come is a tough as nails (but extremely realistic) open world RPG. Aztez is a 2D brawler that seems to borrow Madworld's visuals and guacamelee's fighting style (I might be wrong on that...I've never played it).

 

[ThoD]

Two games on the epic store this week:

Carcassonne
Ticket to ride

Great board games, no doubt. Great virtual implementation as well, though I find it to be easier to play on a mobile device.

You might want to check in next week, though (okay, from 13th february onward). Then it'll be Kingdom come Deliverance and Aztez. Kingdom Come is a tough as nails (but extremely realistic) open world RPG. Aztez is a 2D brawler that seems to borrow Madworld's visuals and guacamelee's fighting style (I might be wrong on that...I've never played it).

Realistic you say? Gulping down loaves of bread and tons of seemingly rotten cheese only for the character to say they are hungry again isn't very realistic

 

[Mythical]

Realistic you say? Gulping down loaves of bread and tons of seemingly rotten cheese only for the character to say they are hungry again isn't very realistic

Knights burn threw a lot of calories lol. Those Armor suits are heavy af and they do a lot lol

 

[Minged]

its nice of epic that they give free games but its theyre of various genres and tastes so idk if i should start collecting them, looks like great idea but in th end i probably wont play any of them

 

[Mythical]

its nice of epic that they give free games but its theyre of various genres and tastes so idk if i should start collecting them, looks like great idea but in th end i probably wont play any of them

I try to collect em all, worst case a friend/my SO plays the ones I don't. or I can flex on my game networth
https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198374306725/?cc=us
I just started pretty recently so I'd say that's a fair amount