Anyone know of any free games that don’t suck? i was recently browsing the facepunch thread and knew there had to be more out there, I myself prefer games with violence, mammary glands, RPG elements or a combination of the 3 but don’t not posts stuff just because it doesn’t fall into those categories, I’ll get the ball rolling with the aforementioned thread and a few extras.
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facepunch threads in question containing a venerable ****load of free games:
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=199817
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showpost.php?p=6106727&postcount=1361
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?p=6981119#post6981119
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OR if they’re blocking guests because Garry’s too cheap to buy more bandwidth:
Cave Story
Frets on Fire
Trackmania Nations
Within a Deep Forest
The Ur-Quan Masters/Star Control II
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Soldat
F.E.A.R. Combat
GeneRally
Neverball
Penumbra
Little Fighter 2
Grand Theft Auto 2
Black Shades
Warzone: 2100
Raging Skies
Crack Attack
Tribes
Beneath a Steel Sky
Gunbound
Curator Defense
Clonk Planet
Narbacular Drop
Vantage Master Online
Torus Trooper
Lyle in Cube Sector
Acidbomb
Walaber’s Trampoline
Gate 88
Zombie City Tactics
1213
5 Days a Stranger/7 Days a Skeptic/Trilby’s Notes
NetHack
Tremulous
Scorched Earth 3D
Line Rider
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Cortex Command
WWI Medic
Sonic Robo Blast 2
Knytt
Super Mario XP
Fraxy
La-Mulana
Survival Crisis Z(doesn’t work with vista)
Tyrian 2000
Death worm
Command & Conquer
The Desolate Room
Knytt Stories
Launchball
Toribash 3.0
rRootage
Babo Violent 2
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and now some contributions that i didn’t just steal from another forum:
Anarchy online, one of the few cyberpunk mmo’s out there, it’s a pretty good game though AO does get a lot of calls from 1998, demanding their graphics back so if you’re a graphics whore i guess you may wanna give it a miss.
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Dwarf Fortress and Liberal Crime Squad, we have threads for both so no real explanation is needed.
http://www.bay12games.com/
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Counter-Strike 2D, top-down version of counter-strike with an easy as hell to use level generator.
http://www.cs2d.com/
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Zomband, a rogue-like urban zombie game, run around looking for ammo, weapons, food and water, level up and charge for the bridge to make your escape.
http://www.zooptek.net/siteframe/folder.php?id=27
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Steel Panther: main battle tank, 2D top down military simulator war thingy, awesome game that deals with combat from WW2 to 2020.
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Magic Workstation, card game simulator, actual magic:the gathering cards must be downloaded separately but they provide a link as to where to find them on the website itself, perfect for the cheap bastard who isn’t stupid enough to get a second mortgage just to buy 4 black lotuses.
http://www.magicworkstation.com/
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UFO2000, multiplayer combat-only version of XCOM.
http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net/

genericangstyposter Posted:

ADOM, a fun little roguelike:

http://www.adom.de/adom/download.php3

Maha Posted:

Iter Vehemens Ad Necem

http://ivan.sourceforge.net/

12yoIRL Posted:


To have something relevent to the thread, I’m currently trying out ToME. Far too strong on the direct Tolkien influence, but seems like a good enough game to make up for it. ...As soon as I figure out all the bloody controls.

And now for a coffee fueled rambling about some game i wrote after having been awake for 20 hours after having only 5 hours sleep!
Yahtzee, eat ya heart out!

Red_Machine_D Posted:


From the makers of Counter-Strike 2D:Stranded 2. If you’re into Survival games then you’ll love this(along with Notrium, same idea only it involves an alien planet and it’s a top down 2D game).

the premise behind Stranded 2 is you’re some bloke who’s stuck on an island after your yacht caught fire and exploded because god dammit you where far too rich to let something like violent weather ruin a perfectly good chance to go out to sea, awaking on the shore you have to gather supplies that have washed up ashore from the aforementioned boat and survive long enough to build another, less lightning-rodlike boat or something to escape(to be fair i didn’t get that far into the story), along the way you encounter everything you’d expect to encounter on an island, rocks, trees, bushes and the like which can be harvested for their precious resources which in turn can be manufactured into a number of useful items including a hammer, axe, spear, net, hut, campfire, torch, scythe, treehouse, storage container, tent, slingshot, bow and a bunch of other stuff, all these different sharp pointy/blunt…blunty things would be useless however without something to stick them in and the island is teaming with wildlife, from my adventures i’ve located kiwi birds, giant snails, fish, birds, lions, monkeys, numerous small insects and those bastard crickets, I’ve even word heard there are Velociraptors which you can tame and ride so there’s plenty to do for those who arn’t content with just licking slime off a rock.
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Graphics wise it’s alright verging on kinda bad but when it comes down to it this isn’t the sort of game that requires fancy graphics so really this sentence was a complete waste of time, speaking of wastes of time you’ll find the random island generator and map editor will suck away those precious seconds, minutes and hours faster than a Taiwanese hooker on speed so don’t go worrying that everything is nearing an end and that it really wasn’t worth downloading once you’ve done the storyline, there’s still plenty of kiwi-pounding fun to be had with those 2 handy features.
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Multiplayer is non-existent and it never will exist so don’t bother talking about it, as a consultation it’ll run on Windows bloody Vista though so atleast you know there’s no risk of you mingling with us lepers.

In summary it’s a great freeform survival FPS/RTS/RPG hybrid that’ll go down a treat with anyone who likes hitting small defenseless creatures with hammers

Red_Machine_D Posted:


You know your onto a winner of a review when you begin by installing the game and, in an attempt to make a frankly hilarious insult directed at an entire nation based on their actions a number of years ago end up writing “C:/Program files/NZI GAEMS” as the folder path name, amusing anecdotes aside i’m here to inform you of a most…strange game named Schiffbruch AKA “shipwreck” for those who don’t speak German, it’s basically the slower, harder cousin of Stranded 2, you consist of a dude who crashes his boat or something(didn’t watch the intro) and end up on a randomly generated island with little more than the shirt on your back, movement is done using the mouse and you main objective is to try and escape, your chance of escape is calculated by percentage and you can increase this percentage by doing things like not dying, repositioning stones so they say “SOS”(fat chance of that ever happening though, i just KNOW most of you are gonna write “male reproductive organ” instead) or by using pirate treasure or something, i’m honestly not sure what you do, i’ve played it for exactly 5 minutes before thinking i should review this, in hindsight this was a big mistake but **** like I care i’m on coffee No. 5.
Graphics are one up from a roguelike and that’s about it, again no multiplayer and as far as i know there are no Kiwi birds to smash with a glorified rock on a stick.
In short Schiffbruch is basically Stranded 2 for the Amiga, an alright game that takes up about half a byte, basically it’s worth trying if you like drawing crude male reproductive organes out of rocks.

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genericangstyposter Posted:

I’m partial to ADOM, a fun little roguelike:

http://www.adom.de/adom/download.php3

never could get past the first cave, bloody good fun though.

genericangstyposter Posted:

The Village Dungeon or the Small Cave? Or the Puppy Cave? Or the Infinite Dungeon?

the village dungeon i think, it’s the one you get as a quest from the village elder i think.

genericangstyposter Posted:

http://www.andywlms.com/adom/ This is very helpful.

Thanks for the guide.

Also would anyone be interested in a few games of something? all my other friends who game ****ing suck, i honestly don’t care what it is so long as i go up against someone who has some sort of skill, hell if enough people where willing we could do some sort of forumwarz tournament.

Maha Posted:

Speaking of roguelikes – Iter Vehemens Ad Necem, or IVAN.

http://ivan.sourceforge.net/

I also play Frets On Fire (Guitar Hero emulator, use your keyboard as the guitar) a lot, as I don’t have the god-damned money to buy the real thing. You can download all songs from GH1, 2, 3, and 80’s!

http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net

Ah yes, frets on fire was fun as hell, i really need to get a PS2-to-USB converter for my current GH guitar.

dongs Posted:

genericangstyposter Posted:

I’m partial to ADOM, a fun little roguelike:

http://www.adom.de/adom/download.php3

You guys are sick bastards if you think ADOM is “little”.

Is it big? i wouldn’t really know.

InsertCoins Posted:

Red_Machine_D Posted:

dongs Posted:

genericangstyposter Posted:

I’m partial to ADOM, a fun little roguelike:

http://www.adom.de/adom/download.php3

You guys are sick bastards if you think ADOM is “little”.

Is it big? i wouldn’t really know.

well it’s a small download, but it’s a pretty big task to finish. It’ll take 2-3 days to finish with a winning character, but it will take ages to get a winning character.

Cave Story is awesome go download it if you haven’t played it.

I’m surprised no one has said bittorrent.com every game is free

I think it’s because this place has a very low retard ratio.

Cubear Posted:

but a very high very specialness ratio. (in RPG forum)

That’s to be expected though.

12yoIRL Posted:

Within a Deep Forest, Knytt, and Knytt’s stories are(/were) so ****ing addictive. I’m lucky they’re not difficult to beat in one sitting.

To have something relevent to the thread, I’m currently trying out ToME. Far too strong on the direct Tolkien influence, but seems like a good enough game to make up for it. ...As soon as I figure out all the bloody controls.

Yeah, i remember reading about ToME on the bay12 forums, seems pretty good(i’m a big LotR fan).

Laos it’s really weird seeing one of your posts and NOT thinking “right, how can i work a fat joke into that?”

Maha Posted:

Speaking of roguelikes – Iter Vehemens Ad Necem, or IVAN.

http://ivan.sourceforge.net/

I also play Frets On Fire (Guitar Hero emulator, use your keyboard as the guitar) a lot, as I don’t have the god-damned money to buy the real thing. You can download all songs from GH1, 2, 3, and 80’s!

http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net

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