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    Free holiday games

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Token CDN, Dec 17, 2020.

  1. Token CDN

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    Man I kept forgetting I had to log into EGS every day someone reminded me this morning just in time to grab Cities...
     
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    Interesting that EGS is giving hints for their mystery games from the background images. Yesterday were saw blades and for today’s game is an axe. Far Cry Primal maybe?
     
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    Todays EGS game: The Long Dark
    https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/the-long-dark/home

    Last chance if you missed any Ubisoft freebies - I missed 1701 History Edition, first time around.
    https://register.ubisoft.com/happyholidays2020-lastchance/en-US

    Never noticed that. I'll need to pay closer attention
     
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    I totally missed oddworld lol forgot to login even after commenting ....

    One thing that I am stoked about is that $10 coupon.. I can pick up Star Wars Squadrons now for $15 after tax.. which is about all that's worth to me since I couldn't care less about the multiplayer.. I guess I also haven't played that Fallen Order game yet either.. hmm..

    EDIT: Oh damn.. never bought Death Stranding either... time to pad out that backlog to three lifetimes instead of two..
     
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    Yeah, definitely Metro 2033 Redux. Only this one is not in sales.

    I was hoping Metro Last Light because already got Metro 2033 for free last time
     
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    Oh, the holiday Steam sale is supposed to start today at 1PM EST as well. Seems late this year...

    I have to say between Cyberpunk, my backlog, EGS $10 coupons, and gamepass for pc I don't know if I'm even going to buy anything..
     
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    Apparently you can use the code WELCOME2021 to get an additional discount on Ubistore.
    I tested yesterday on Trackmania standard. 20% off IIRC.

    GOG has Brigador: Up-Armored Deluxe for free:
    https://www.gog.com/game/brigador_deluxe_edition
     
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    Metro: Last Light Redux
    Free on GOG

    @unlogic you were looking for this
     
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    Thanks and I got it! Luckily I woke early 5AM this morning (I live in Japan).

    I'm new to GOG. When looking at the counter, GOG free games giveaway period is always only 60 minutes?

    Also, after converted USD to Japanese yen and considering sales tax, I noticed that some of the games (Metro Exodus, Deus Ex series) have big difference in retail prices than Steam and EGS. GOG is cheaper. For example Metro Exodus (standard) is $40 at GOG but $60 at Steam and EGS :eek:
     
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    Metro was offered for 48 hours.
    The giveaway period differs from time to time.
     
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    i own all these games and they are not very good no wonder they are giving them away for free....no one will buy them anymore....but free ill take two
     
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    Yah. It'd be nice if the older games were complete with all the DLC.

    Trials and 1701 were the 2 pleasant surprises for me, and I didn't even claim most of the EGS stuff.

    But, free is free, so no complaints from me.
     
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    Only one I wanted was Jurassic World. Didn't want to pay for it but for free I will give it a whorl.
     
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    yeah I just got jurrasic world it looks pretty neat, nice graphics and looks interesting
     
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    I like the music and the real character voice (Ian Malcom) but man I just don't like resource management games. I played way too much of the original sim city in high school drafting class which left me not liking the genre.
     
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    it looks like we get star wars battlefront 2 an actually great game that many dont own for free starting jan 14th
     
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    just a reminder star wars bf2 is free 55 dollar game