seydaman said:
now and between Christmas my mother prohibits me from buying games on the chance that i will receive the games i am hoping for. even thought 99.99% of the time even when i tell them i get something shitty ): so right now i cant go get the hot new releases and im bored shitless. does anyone know of free games that are worth getting into? open to everything besides horror games.
Freeware and flash games, huh?
[HEADING=2]Flash-based[/HEADING]
N - A momentum-based 2D platformer, which I did a review for some time ago. found here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/326.69806.672099].
Madness Interactive - An interesting side-shooter than has an absurd emphasis on difficulty and challenge. It's fun, but requires a lot of patience. And you can cheat, which is always fun.
Fancy Pants Adventure - A very clever set of momentum-based plaformers that are stylish and short, but are episodic, so you get new games once in a while.
flOw - A freeware flash game very similar to the amoeba stage of life in Spore, done more coherently with the music aspect. (Which, oddly enough, was released before Spore.) A simple, desktop game that doesn't take a lot of time or concentration, but is simple and pleasing to play.
Any major site for flash games, like Newgrounds or Armor Games would work as well.
[HEADING=2]Full, Downloadable Freeware games[/HEADING]
Cave Story - A 2-D platformer/shooter designed in Japanese and translated pains-takingly into English. Also something I reviewed, which is here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/326.73902.814688].
Several RPG Maker titles, including "The Philosopher's Stone," "Ahriman's Prophecy," and "A Blurred Line."
Synaesthete - A music/action (that's right) game designed and a winner of an indie gaming competition. Fun, simple, and enjoyable title, although has some trouble on Vista with Intel graphics chips. Shouldn't be a problem unless you're using integrated graphics.
F.E.A.R. Combat - An online multiplayer FPS derived from F.E.A.R. Should you have the full game, then give this a skip, as it's just F.E.A.R., but without the single player. Still, it's pretty fun, and a great time-sink.
Psi-Ops - Presented in Ad-o-Vision, this game was released as freeware after completing a small survey and agreeing to have ads pop up every time you boot and close the game. Otherwise, it's not all that troublesome, and still a fairly entertaining game. Somewhat obsolete since TFU, though.
GTA I and II - Released by Rockstar as freeware, these top-down 2D shooters are still a lot of fun, much like their 3D brethren. They're old, and may have some compatibility problems with Vista, although how much I'm unsure as I've never tried.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - A 2D RTS created back when Windows was double digits instead of letters and seventh installments. Certainly still a fun title, if not a little dated at this point. Otherwise, still a very fun game that you should definitely give a shot if you haven't, especially since it's free now.
Abandonware - Just like the article "Vintage Game Preservation Society [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_177/5502-The-Vintage-Game-Preservation-Society]" suggests, there is a wealth of old-school gaming to be had in abandonware. From FPS, RTS, Sim, Racing, Action, Adventure, RPG, to point-and-click, there are a
lot of titles to find. Good sites to check would be Home of the Underdogs. Hell, you might even play Oregon Trail again.