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A thread for everyone like me that's wanting free and cheap games!

For example, Bejeweled 3 is free for a limited time in EA's Origin Store. This requires that you have the Origin client, which is kind of like Steam, but clunkier. I remember when the first Bejeweled got big during my first term in college, and we would all play it in class trying to beat each others' high scores, so this is a bit of nostalgia for me.

my highest score on Bejewled on my old phone was about 142000000

Velvet Sundown is currently free on Steam. It's a mystery game relying on text-to-speech commands and multiplayer to solve a case; the game is still in Beta, very much akin to The Ship. Played a bit and, while, we failed in finding the proper evidence to point fingers at the killer, it was a pretty fun time. Warning: As this is still very much a Beta game, expect a few glitches. I've ran into the minor one of a second pause before what I had typed out was spoken by my character. The tutorial is also lacking; you'll learn as you go.

But, yeah, save for that, quite fun. c:

NetHack is an open source turn-based ASCII RPG that has been in development from 1985 to 2003. The game has randomly generated dungeons and an incredible variety of monsters, items and classes. Everything interacts with everything else, in too many ways to mention. If you can think of a way to combine items, the devteam almost certainly has thought of it as well. There are many ways to deal with any situation, but there are also many different dangerous situations. This makes it an incredibly deep and interesting game. It is one of my favourite games of all time.

Claw is a very difficult and very fun abandonware platform game. It requires insane timing at some points, and it was one of the few games I never managed to finish. Frustrating, but fun. Not freeware, but it's in IP hell and will never be sold.

Startopia is a humorous game where you develop an abandoned space station. The station is visited by 9 alien species, all with their own tastes and specialties. These are your workers as well as your costumers. The station is divided into three specialized decks, and your costumers need all three of them. The game is made by former employees of the legendary Bullfrog Games, who left after that developer WAS FUCKING DESTROYED BY EA BASTARDS BASTARDS BASTARDS BASTARDS!

The game is now seven bucks on Steam.

Fall from Heaven II is not a standalone game, but a mod for Civ IV that turns it into a very well realized fantasy world. It combines the strong mechanics of Civilization with the excellent worldbuilding of its designer, Kael. The whole thing is brilliantly done - there are 21 civilizations, all with a unique theme and playstyle. There are golem-building dwarfs, pirates, ultraviolent savages, evil clowns, gods-hating humans and many more. I spent more time playing this mod than normal Civ4. This is also one of my favourite games.

NetHack is an open source turn-based ASCII RPG that has been in development from 1985 to 2003. The game has randomly generated dungeons and an incredible variety of monsters, items and classes. Everything interacts with everything else, in too many ways to mention. If you can think of a way to combine items, the devteam almost certainly has thought of it as well. There are many ways to deal with any situation, but there are also many different dangerous situations. This makes it an incredibly deep and interesting game. It is one of my favourite games of all time.

Isn't nethack simply a Multiplayer Rouge-like?

It's a rogue-like, but it's not multiplayer. The 'Net' part refers to the network of volunteers who created the game.

It's a rogue-like, but it's not multiplayer. The 'Net' part refers to the network of volunteers who created the game.

oh

Paradox Interactive Sale on Steam: October 2-6

Pretty much deep sales on almost their entire catalog, from Majesty to Europa Universalis IV and everything in between. Not sure what I'm going to do with this one...Majesty was an excellent game, and had this awesome twist of not being able to control your units. On the other hand, I need to pick up some DLC for other games...

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/paradoxweekend2014

Not sure why the webpage doesn't show all the sales, but they do all show up in the Steam client.

Magicka is only 2.49 now. It is a coop action-RPG where you and your friends make up a party of up to four wizards. You can combine 8 different elements into many kind of spells. For example, adding fire sets enemies on fire, lightning makes it jump from person to person, arcane adds a beam effect... Part of the fun is that spells can harm your teammates too, so you'll end up accidentally killing each other a lot. Fortunately there's a resurrection spell, so it's no big deal.
You can also cast as much as you want - no fussing with mana, willpower or spell slots. It's pure chaotic fun.

Mount and Blade is free on gog.com for the next 48 hours! This is the first title of the series, but the other titles (Mount and Blade: Warband, Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword, and Mount and Blade: Warband - Napoleonic Wars) are also 60% off, or 75% off when buying all three!

An excellent opportunity to get into this awesome franchise on the cheap.

The Humble Origin Bundle is still going on! For a few dollars you can be a good variety of games...the only downside is that you need Origin for most of the game, but that's probably why EA is doing this...to give people incentive to go to their store/game platform.

Page: https://www.humblebundle.com/

I bought it mostly for Dragon Age II, though I'm curious to see the other games they're going to add...

* Reon wants the bundle dearly

In other news they've also added the weekly bundle centered around strategy games...

Additionally, if it's your thing the book bundle is REALLY good right now, like woah top notch shit right there... But it is specialized interest.

Command and Conquer Generals <3 You should all get the bundle! ALL OF YOU! GO GET IT! NOW!

Reon, it's just $5.

* Reon doesn't fucking have five dollars, least of all five dollars electronically communicable...