Ghost of a Tale @ GOG

CDPR Goodie Pack @ GOG

Also, The Witcher 3 'next-gen' update has finally arrived.

The Feast @ GOG & Steam

Also, if you own Quake, go check your GOG library. 'Quake Enhanced' just dropped in there at no cost. It has enhanced visuals and a host of other items have been added. The original Quake is still its own separate game in the library, thankfully.

EPIC-

Bloons TD 6

King of Seas @ GOG

DosFreak wrote on 2022-12-08, 17:40:

Portal RTX and Saints Row IV are up.

I've already played Portal so don't see the point in playing it again when I have so much to play so have fun for those that play it.

I found Portal RTX to have some very buggy visuals. textures flashing and sort of "spiking" where they greatly deform for a second or longer.

Alistar1776 wrote on 2022-12-18, 05:43:

DosFreak wrote on 2022-12-08, 17:40:

Portal RTX and Saints Row IV are up.

I've already played Portal so don't see the point in playing it again when I have so much to play so have fun for those that play it.

I found Portal RTX to have some very buggy visuals. textures flashing and sort of "spiking" where they greatly deform for a second or longer.

Nvidia created this chart for recommended settings for each of their graphics cards, down to the RTX 2060:
https://images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/Solutions/g … e-3840x2160.jpg

Which card are you using? I'm running it on RTX 2060. At their recommended settings, I'm getting ~50 fps. I tried settings up to the 2080 Ti and frames were still around 30 fps.

The key is not to mess with the original Advanced Graphics Menu at all.

EPIC - Sable

clueless1 wrote on 2022-12-18, 11:17:

Nvidia created this chart for recommended settings for each of their graphics cards, down to the RTX 2060: https://images.nvidia […]
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Alistar1776 wrote on 2022-12-18, 05:43:

DosFreak wrote on 2022-12-08, 17:40:

Portal RTX and Saints Row IV are up.

I've already played Portal so don't see the point in playing it again when I have so much to play so have fun for those that play it.

I found Portal RTX to have some very buggy visuals. textures flashing and sort of "spiking" where they greatly deform for a second or longer.

Nvidia created this chart for recommended settings for each of their graphics cards, down to the RTX 2060:
https://images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/Solutions/g … e-3840x2160.jpg

Which card are you using? I'm running it on RTX 2060. At their recommended settings, I'm getting ~50 fps. I tried settings up to the 2080 Ti and frames were still around 30 fps.

The key is not to mess with the original Advanced Graphics Menu at all.

Im on an RTX 3070 TI

Broken Sword: Director's Cut @ GOG

A cute, free game over @ IndieGala (normally $2.99 @ Steam (Edit: Dropped to .59 cents @ Steam until Jan. 5th)) to get you in the holiday spirit.

Snowball

Basically a snowy pinball game and just in time for that massive winter wave moving across the U.S.

Epic:

Wolfenstein The New Order

Basically they are having "15 days of mostly free dupe games"

I guess there will be some for who it is not a dupe.

>to get you in the holiday spirit.

Looks like a nice christmas themed pinball game if you don't mind going through facebook/google to get it.

awgamer wrote on 2022-12-20, 21:14:

>to get you in the holiday spirit.

Looks like a nice christmas themed pinball game if you don't mind going through facebook/google to get it.

Or just make an account @ IndieGala. The game is a DRM-free download as well.

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-12-20, 18:55:

Epic:

Wolfenstein The New Order

Basically they are having "15 days of mostly free dupe games"

I don't trust epic's "free" games. They are games with strings attached, like steam be weary of so called free games on sites other than gog inho.

twiz11 wrote on 2022-12-21, 15:01:

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-12-20, 18:55:

Epic:

Wolfenstein The New Order

Basically they are having "15 days of mostly free dupe games"

I don't trust epic's "free" games. They are games with strings attached, like steam be weary of so called free games on sites other than gog inho.

I don't get why some people hate this, I have several of them and most aren't subscription or F2P-based. Sure, it has some strings attached such as creating an account, possible DRM and the use of launchers (except GOG.com which is optional), but you aren't forced to get them.

Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-21, 15:52:

twiz11 wrote on 2022-12-21, 15:01:

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-12-20, 18:55:

Epic:

Wolfenstein The New Order

Basically, they are having "15 days of mostly free dupe games"

I don't trust epic's "free" games. They are games with strings attached, like steam be weary of so-called free games on sites other than gog into.

I don't get why some people hate this, I have several of them and most aren't subscription or F2P-based. Sure, it has some strings attached such as creating an account, possible DRM, and using launchers (except GOG.com which is optional), but you aren't forced to get them.

I redeem so-called free games on twitch prime or prime gaming, steam, and Xbox but they are only there to get their foot in your door. I installed so many launchers to get freebies that I didn't realize how addictive it was. First, it's Fortnite then Wolfenstein a so-called single-player game, when will the freebies end? Especially with Stadia/Luna I never trusted them as far as I could throw them. I only played free2play titles like Destiny 2. Even when I got my money back from buying so-called stadia games, it would have been better to just pay for the subscription because nothing is free, merely with strings attached. I know Destiny 2 will close at some point in the future as well as fortnite, but to get Wolfenstein for "free" just to get you to install their launcher when other launchers have closed makes it a gimmick. Free games at a loss to get you to invest/buy vbucks/sub for fornite. Xbox Game Pass ultimate is more honorable than free games since you know what your getting and what will be delisted at some point and if you don't pay you don't get access anymore, and make that mistake with xbox live gold locking me out of my free games I gotten with xbl gold now no longer working.

I normally don't post Amiga games, but this is pretty spectacular. Remake of the DOS version of Turrican II for the Amiga AGA.

https://sonicslothgames.itch.io/turrican2aga

twiz11 wrote on 2022-12-21, 16:23:

I redeem so-called free games on twitch prime or prime gaming, steam, and Xbox but they are only there to get their foot in your door. I installed so many launchers to get freebies that I didn't realize how addictive it was. First, it's Fortnite then Wolfenstein a so-called single-player game, when will the freebies end? Especially with Stadia/Luna I never trusted them as far as I could throw them. I only played free2play titles like Destiny 2. Even when I got my money back from buying so-called stadia games, it would have been better to just pay for the subscription because nothing is free, merely with strings attached. I know Destiny 2 will close at some point in the future as well as fortnite, but to get Wolfenstein for "free" just to get you to install their launcher when other launchers have closed makes it a gimmick. Free games at a loss to get you to invest/buy vbucks/sub for fornite. Xbox Game Pass ultimate is more honorable than free games since you know what your getting and what will be delisted at some point and if you don't pay you don't get access anymore, and make that mistake with xbox live gold locking me out of my free games I gotten with xbl gold now no longer working.

Well, I agree that online gaming services has ugly downsides, notably when a game gets discontinued and stop being available forever (or older versions in some cases) and in situations where the Internet connection is lost. I played briefly Fornite, but it never caught my attention for obvious reasons.

Anyway, let's stop discussing this here. This thread is about free games being offered anywhere, not about DRM or online services.