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A Free game for the PC

LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Games and Technology
Newish DD service Green Man gaming is giving away a game for completely free. You can pick any game from their service, and get it for free.

Register here. Then add the game you want to your basket, and then apply coupon "1FREE-PROMO-WORLD" and that game will be completely free

Highlights include:
Beat Hazard
Crash Time 3
Cryostasis
Dark Sector
Darwinia
Elven Legacy
Dawn of Magic 2
Grand Ages: Rome
Infernal
Kings Bounty: The Legend
KrissX
Men of War: Red Tide
NecroVisioN: Lost Company
Ninja Blade
Obscure 2
Painkiller [Black Edition]
The Void
Trine
Uplink
VVVVVV
World of Goo
Zombie Driver

It's not a fantastic service. It has a client that is needed for install. It's gimmick is that you can trade games back when you are done with them, but I'm unconvinced.

Still, free is free.

VVVVVV and The Void are both fantastic games that might have passed some people by.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    MEN OF WAR FUCK YES! <_<

    Actually, World of Goo...

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    How can you not own World of Goo yet?

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Thank you LewieP I want the Void I am getting that now

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    LewieP wrote: »
    How can you not own World of Goo yet?

    Unemployment don'tcha know. :P

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Haha, Dark Sector AND Infernal? But man,Ninja Blade, that might be a good next LP...

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    How can you not own World of Goo yet?

    Unemployment don'tcha know. :P

    It's been available for a penny more than once.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I was going to say, Henroid, they've had "set your own price" weekends on the game before dudes

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I don't pay attention because food and bills are a more important thing to worry about. And nobody specifically brings things to my attention. So slag off.

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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Are the games you listed the only ones free, or are they actually the highlights/best ones available? Because I wouldn't mind giving Beyond Divinity a shot.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Heh, ok.

    It's bloody good btw.

    Klash wrote: »
    Are the games you listed the only ones free, or are they actually the highlights/best ones available? Because I wouldn't mind giving Beyond Divinity a shot.

    Every single game on the site can be had for free, those are just the ones that jumped out at me.

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  • DagrabbitDagrabbit Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    You could, in fact, get Pony Luv for free.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Well, it might not cost any money. Doesn't mean it won't take its toll in other ways.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    also goddamn is this site slow, they must be getting hammered

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    THE VOIIIIIIIIIIIID

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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    LewieP wrote: »
    Heh, ok.
    Every single game on the site can be had for free, those are just the ones that jumped out at me.

    Spiffy. I'll have to put this to use after the weekend, as I've reached my monthly limit.

    I kept putting the voucher in over and over, because there wasn't any on-screen confirmation. Apparently their system did not like my repetition, heh.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    MEN OF WAR FUCK YES! <_<

    Actually, World of Goo...

    It's Men of War: Red Tide, which is a substandard standalone expansion. Fun to play through with a friend in coop but otherwise the original Men of War is a much better bet.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, when you get to the Buy screen, put in the voucher, click Add once -- nothing happens -- then click Buy. If it does it right it should skip you over payment and go straight to confirm.

    Though the client crashed when I opened it to download my game. And now my username/pass isn't working.

    edit: there it goes, it's downloading now

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  • SvenSven Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Sweet, free Beat Hazard.

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  • Kristmas KthulhuKristmas Kthulhu Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I would assume that yes, they are getting absurd amount of traffic. But I do love it when people bring these kinds of things to my attention. It's like a single day of Hanukkah in the summer.

    I watched every one of CannibalK9's videos for his The Void LP except the last, and while I don't remember all of it, I think I may know too much about the game to not make it as interesting as if I went into The Void like a newborn babe.

    Are there any opinions on if it's still worth playing like that?

    I think I'm stuck on deciding between The Void, Trine, and VVVVVV.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    ^^^ DBM that was your first thought upon seeing 'The Void' on the list too? hi5s! How's the LP (I only watched the first couple of eps)

    Anyways the game seemed really unique and fun in its playstyle from what he showed off, so I got it

    Edit: I can say with certainty that VVVVVV is really awesome but also really short, The Void seems meatier

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Don't forget King's Bounty and Grand Ages: Rome, two pretty awesome games that are also up there. And really Men of War: Red Tide isn't a bad option. And I heard Brigade E5: New Jagged Union got modded to hell and back to fix its issues. Anyone know if that's true?

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  • Kristmas KthulhuKristmas Kthulhu Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Rent wrote: »
    ^^^ DBM that was your first thought upon seeing 'The Void' on the list too? hi5s! How's the LP (I only watched the first couple of eps)

    Anyways the game seemed really unique and fun in its playstyle from what he showed off, so I got it

    Edit: I can say with certainty that VVVVVV is really awesome but also really short, The Void seems meatier

    That was exactly my first thought upon seeing The Void there. If you've only seen the first few, I would just say buy it (which you obviously have), there's tons of great stuff that you see and learn about later in the game.

    The Let's Play is pretty fantastic, I recommend it highly; although if you're planning on playing the game, you might consider playing through first and then watching up to where you are. Or maybe beating the game and then watching.

    And I was a bit worried about the length of VVVVVV, so I think that's narrowed it down to The Void and Trine. From what I saw of Trine, it looks like tons of fun, and sounds right up my alley of puzzle/platformer.

    Does anyone know how long it lasts, though? I'd really like to capitalize on the amount of time I can waste playing the one free game I can get here.

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  • Cannon GooseCannon Goose I need some GAGS! If only I had my gag book!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    This is awesome! Downloading Painkiller Black Edition because I feel like shooting some things.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Their website seems to be having some.. issues.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Interesting.

    I just spoke to Terry (developer of VVVVVV).

    He says he knew nothing about this promotion beforehand, but that they have promised to pay him in full for all downloaded copies.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Interesting.
    I wonder how many unscrupulous people are going to make multiple accounts.
    Oooh, I nearly got to the checkout that time. Timed out with a gateway error right after I put the code in. :(

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Green Man Gaming have confirmed "all publishers will be paid in full on this promotion".

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That certainly beats the "we will help people steal games on a mass scale through our digital distribution service" alternative.

    edit: they really ought to get their website onto their game distribution servers or something because I literally downloaded 400 megs of The Void in the time it took me to make this post. Holy shiiiit. That even beats Steam.

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  • DagrabbitDagrabbit Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I picked up Cryostasis, since it looked fun, but not for real money. Logging into the download program isn't working, but I'll just try later.

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  • FugaFuga Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Man i don't know whether to get beat hazard or painkiller.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I will check back on this later. Apparently the entire internet loves free games or something. Who knew?

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  • reddogreddog The Mountain Brooklyn, NYRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Rizzi wrote: »
    Their website seems to be having some.. issues.

    Yeah...i'm getting time outs left and right. And I wasn't being bad!...yeah...bad joke.

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  • Nimble CatNimble Cat Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Thanks for the heads up. I think I'm going to pick up VVVVV. There aren't Mac versions on the site, are there? I was able to register, but now the site won't load at all.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I'm fairly certain it is windows only.

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  • EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I can't even load their web site, it just gets a 504 error.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Anyone have experience with Ninja Blade on PC?

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Forever Zefiro wrote: »
    Anyone have experience with Ninja Blade on PC?

    I gather that it is terrible.

    Review here.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Their proprietary software, capsule, is horrible, and the game doesn't appear to work properly. Don't bother.


    I think I'll just buy The Void instead.

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh neat, I can get Trine now.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I'm not sure if I'm going to take advantage of this deal, because it just feels wrong to play a game without having paid the devs for it. D:

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