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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 12, 2022 12:40:11 GMT
The Amazon Prime day game deals are live (here at least) for 1 day only. Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy, Some Racing Games (NFS, Grid), Some older star wars games, plus a bunch of indie games.
Not currently a member, but considering it as it'd be worth it just for the mass effect and star wars games.... but then again I won't actually play them, just add them to the pile.
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Post by tonyferrino on Jul 12, 2022 14:30:21 GMT
I'm quite looking forward to trying the new Grid, actually. Seems to have a decent single player mode to meander through when I can't be bothered to play anything taxing.
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Post by malek86 on Jul 12, 2022 18:03:14 GMT
Redeemed them all, but Grid won't show up in my Origin library. Should I just wait a bit, or hit support now?
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Post by deebs on Jul 12, 2022 19:47:10 GMT
They made Body Harvest where you're fighting an alien invasion. Open maps and snatching vehicles make it feel a little like a precursor to GTA 3, but I don't know how much influence it actually had on that. Was the same devs. DMA Design released GTA1, then Body Harvest and then GTA2, and were then bought up by Take Two and became Rockstar North. |
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Post by RadicalRex on Jul 12, 2022 23:11:49 GMT
I know, that's why I brought it up, looking back at my post I guess I could have been clearer about that
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 13, 2022 7:26:54 GMT
Redeemed them all, but Grid won't show up in my Origin library. Should I just wait a bit, or hit support now? Did it show up? I saw a comment saying it didn't show up in their new EA app, but it did show up in the original Origin app.
No idea if that's fixed yet or even related.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 13, 2022 16:26:29 GMT
I think when I finally get on my pc for some gaming I might have a look at ME, I've never played it as it looked shit. My tastes have changed since then so it might just be my next best thing
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 14, 2022 0:20:40 GMT
Personally I played about 2hrs of Mass Effect 1, hated all the characters and never went back to it. But that's probably just me. I suspect if I'd gotten past that initial dislike then it might have turned into something I loved, as on paper it sounded like just my kind of thing.
I'd love a KotoR remaster though. I think one might be in the works.
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Post by deebs on Jul 14, 2022 0:45:39 GMT
I know, that's why I brought it up, looking back at my post I guess I could have been clearer about that Oh right. Well yeah, that's exactly what it was. A GTA3 prototype. |
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Post by dfunked on Jul 14, 2022 6:51:39 GMT
I wouldn't fancy coming to ME1 as a new player now. It felt clunky as fuck even back in the day before they improved on the shooting in the sequels.
@bill_(ButNotBob) - yeah, it's in the works but haven't heard anything for a while. PS exclusive IIRC.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jul 14, 2022 6:57:30 GMT
I was playing the ME remaster recently. The first game holds up reasonably well, it's not the best in terms of action but its absolutely fine.
I just recommend using the Adept or Vanguard as their powers are a lot of fun and frankly overpowered. The more straight shooter classes... Eh, it's fine. But only fine.
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Post by malek86 on Jul 14, 2022 16:48:38 GMT
Redeemed them all, but Grid won't show up in my Origin library. Should I just wait a bit, or hit support now? Did it show up? I saw a comment saying it didn't show up in their new EA app, but it did show up in the original Origin app.
No idea if that's fixed yet or even related.
Yeah, it does show in the Origin app. Guess I'll use that. I know the EA app is still in beta, but you'd think they would at least get account linking working very first thing. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 15, 2022 3:08:59 GMT
New giveaways on Epic. Wonderboy and some idle game that I ignored. Next week doesn't look super exciting either. I'm obviously spoilt now.  |
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Post by shinymiller on Jul 15, 2022 18:09:10 GMT
Anyone want a GOG code for Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate? They were giving it away for free a while ago but it turns out I already had it.
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Post by neilch on Jul 15, 2022 18:14:37 GMT
Anyone want a GOG code for Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate? They were giving it away for free a while ago but it turns out I already had it. Yes please! |
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Post by shinymiller on Jul 15, 2022 18:36:18 GMT
OK have messaged it to you.
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Post by Sarfrin on Jul 15, 2022 22:49:23 GMT
New giveaways on Epic. Wonderboy and some idle game that I ignored. Next week doesn't look super exciting either. I'm obviously spoilt now. There are only so many games I have time not to play. I can't just go adding any old game to that list. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 17, 2022 13:49:08 GMT
Dunno if I should put this here or in the general bargains thread. (thoughts?) Not free, but the Humble Summer Break bundle is a pretty good deal if you have young kids. www.humblebundle.com/games/outright-games-summer-break[edit] oh, and if you want games for kids, you should probably grab the current lego bundle too |
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Post by Cosmopolitan on Jul 18, 2022 13:34:51 GMT
EA made some DLCs for some of its games free, especially Mass Effects and Dragon Ages. You need to log in to either their website or Origin app. I've only tried to "buy" DLCs for Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age Origins. It works, but one has to buy each item separately.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jul 29, 2022 22:43:55 GMT
Lawn Mowing Simulator free on Epic.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 30, 2022 5:04:02 GMT
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Jul 30, 2022 9:46:28 GMT
Multiversus is FTP now if anyone fancies a Super Warner Bros game.
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Post by malek86 on Aug 1, 2022 19:57:28 GMT
The new Twitch Prime games are out. Starcraft Remastered is among them. I wonder if it could be a good entry point for someone who's a total noob at RTS?
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Post by Vandelay on Aug 1, 2022 20:13:28 GMT
Not sure how remastered the Remastered is, but StarCraft is fairly archaic now. It is pretty fiddly and doesn't have any of the niceties of many modern RTSs, such as automation of some of the worker activities and a limit of only being able to select 12 units at a time. Much of those things the fans will hold up as why it is great and leads to the high skill ceiling, which is true, but also makes it not very welcoming.
Having said that the single player is probably not too demanding of reaching those high levels of play and for free you might as well check it out.
Alternatives, well there isn't that much really in the modern world. StarCraft 2 is one of the few that is in a similar style and is certainly more welcoming. Age of Empires 4 is quite enjoyable, although also goes for a very old school approach in basically being AoE2 in a modern engine. Company of Heroes games are really good and regularly very cheap.
Literally just downloading Northgard, which is part of the Steam survival sale, which I hear is good.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Aug 4, 2022 16:38:22 GMT
Unrailed! free on Epic now.
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Post by deebs on Aug 4, 2022 17:15:22 GMT
I suppose I'll add it to the increasingly long list of things I will never install.
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Post by zagibu on Aug 4, 2022 23:13:36 GMT
Psh, modern RTS, when SupCom has still not been surpassed after 15 years?
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Aug 5, 2022 5:01:38 GMT
Literally just downloading Northgard, which is part of the Steam survival sale, which I hear is good. It looks interesting in some ways, but I did get the impression that the production chains and such were comparatively simple. Not sure how much of a focus that is though. StarCraft 2 for me mostly has the issue that while it has been a lot of fun, every time I get back to it I quickly start to feel that I'm wasting my time trying to get better at something where the general level of competition has reached ridiculous heights. Even the clueless people often have good mechanics, as regularly evidenced by Harstem's "Is it imba, or do I suck".
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Post by malek86 on Aug 18, 2022 16:41:43 GMT
Doom 64 free on EGS for Quakecon.
Still waiting for some Quake 2 news... meanwhile, achievements for Quake Champions on console have been spotted. I wonder if that game is even still alive on PC.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 18, 2022 18:45:34 GMT
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