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#4571428 - 06/10/21 04:01 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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Originally Posted by Blade_RJ
you buy games to display on steam !


Is that wrong? biggrin

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#4571430 - 06/10/21 04:04 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Seems these days buying a game is a bad thing, just wait for them to be given away.


DBond, funny you mention depressing. When my wife first got sick with her permanent disability, I first tried playing Bioshock 2, and later Fallout New Vegas, but had to quit both shortly thereafter due to being too depressing. They were too much to handle at the time.

#4571431 - 06/10/21 04:06 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
Seems these days buying a game is a bad thing, just wait for them to be given away.


It isn't helping my shelf of shame, I will tell you that.

But I do try to buy the games that I want to support, at full price even, on occasion.

Final Fantasy VII Remake, MechWarrior 5 (Steam, waited for a sale on EGS), and Star Wars Squadrons were the last 3 games I paid full price for.

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#4571434 - 06/10/21 04:31 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman

DBond, funny you mention depressing. When my wife first got sick with her permanent disability, I first tried playing Bioshock 2, and later Fallout New Vegas, but had to quit both shortly thereafter due to being too depressing. They were too much to handle at the time.


Interesting Blastman. I played through both of those and didn't have the same reaction. Was it something inherent in the game, or was it something that didn't allow you to escape the emotion of your wife's struggles?

I knew what I was getting in to with This War of Mine and Frost Punk in a general sense. I know what they are about. But I don't know how I will react. Only one way to find out!

Thinking now of which games I have played that I would classify as depressing. Silent Hill 2 was. Soma too.


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#4571438 - 06/10/21 04:53 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Bioshock 2 was the little girl calling me "Daddy" over and over. My wife had to go live with her parents for 24/7 care and my daughter went with her because I had to go into the office every day. Even though I saw them almost every day, that still made things unbearable, especially late at night, so I quit that game within an hour or two.

Fallout New Vegas was just... bleak and full of death and despair. When your wife at 37 comes down with a permanent, disabling illness, that kind of atmosphere doesn't help things.

#4571440 - 06/10/21 04:55 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Azshal]  
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Originally Posted by Azshal
Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
Seems these days buying a game is a bad thing, just wait for them to be given away.


It isn't helping my shelf of shame, I will tell you that.



I subscribe to the Humble Monthly, so I have a huge steam library that I haven't played. However, having such a huge library has been a boon for finding games for my daughter and I to play together. We've spent way more time doing things than we would have otherwise because of the subscription and backlog.

#4571446 - 06/10/21 05:10 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Thanks for the reply Blastman, I can connect with that and yes in that light it makes sense to react that way.


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#4571545 - 06/11/21 09:13 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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I had a similar problem trying to play This War Of Mine. When I accidentally killed the father of two small children then had to make the decision to take the children & definitely starve someone else or to just leave them. I can play games without that sort of recreational stress smile


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#4571775 - 06/14/21 09:30 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Popped up on GOG today. Hellpoint. Souls-like game set in a dark Sci-Fi universe.
https://www.gog.com/game/hellpoint

#4571778 - 06/14/21 09:48 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Hellpoint--another game on humble monthly that is given away for free within a few weeks. Same was for Control. I hear Hellpoint is good, though, according to a friend.

I'm playing through Bard's Tale IV right now, which is extraordinarily awesome so far...

#4571819 - 06/15/21 11:00 AM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman


Fallout New Vegas was just... bleak and full of death and despair.



True, post-apocalyptic nuclear wastelands tend to have those traits.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4571877 - 06/15/21 07:14 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
Bioshock 2 was the little girl calling me "Daddy" over and over. My wife had to go live with her parents for 24/7 care and my daughter went with her because I had to go into the office every day. Even though I saw them almost every day, that still made things unbearable, especially late at night, so I quit that game within an hour or two.

Fallout New Vegas was just... bleak and full of death and despair. When your wife at 37 comes down with a permanent, disabling illness, that kind of atmosphere doesn't help things.

Sorry to hear about your wife. She is only 37 ?

#4572233 - 06/19/21 09:32 AM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Something called "Absolute Drift" is free on GOG. GOG is beginning to have strings attached to their free games as of late requiring use of your account's email address.

https://www.gog.com/game/absolute_drift


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#4572525 - 06/23/21 07:06 AM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Operation Flashpoint is free on GOG.com

I followed OFP for years before release and couldn't wait to play it. It turned out to be a challenging but amazing war game that remains one of the classics in my opinion.


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#4572538 - 06/23/21 10:36 AM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Coot]  
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Originally Posted by Coot
Operation Flashpoint is free on GOG.com

I followed OFP for years before release and couldn't wait to play it. It turned out to be a challenging but amazing war game that remains one of the classics in my opinion.


How generous of them! Offering a game for free that was released 20 years ago. wink


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#4572545 - 06/23/21 11:24 AM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Was it 20 years? Good grief old_simmer


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#4572563 - 06/23/21 03:35 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Coot]  
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Originally Posted by Coot
Operation Flashpoint is free on GOG.com

I followed OFP for years before release and couldn't wait to play it. It turned out to be a challenging but amazing war game that remains one of the classics in my opinion.

I still enjoy firing it up every once and awhile. I love the nostalgia. The music was top notch.

#4572576 - 06/23/21 04:55 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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Loved that game, bought all the early stuff...

#4572577 - 06/23/21 04:57 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Chucky]  
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Originally Posted by Chucky
Was it 20 years? Good grief old_simmer



It was released in the US in December 2001. It was released in Europe a few months prior.


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#4572596 - 06/23/21 09:03 PM Re: Gaming Sales / Free Games [Re: Master]  
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GOG has loads of stuff on sale at the moment.
For anyone who wants stroll down memory lane you can get digital copies of European Air War, 1942 Pacific Air War, and Fleet Defender for very little.

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