Farcry and other Ubisoft games for Free

Hellbilly

<div class="IPBDescription">With Ad Support.</div>Ubisoft has just released a few games for free and one of them is Farcry. Not bad eh? They do have Ad Support though. When i have downloaded it i will check how intrusive these ads are and if they hinder gameplay at all.

Free Games...

<a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/180410/180000/fileinfo/Far-Cry-Full-Game-%5bFree-Game---Ad-Supported%5d" target="_blank">Farcry</a>

<a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/180411/180000/fileinfo/Prince-of-Persia:-Sands-of-Time-Full-Game-%5bFree-Game---Ad-Supported%5d" target="_blank">Prince Of Persia: Sands of Time</a>

and this seems like a nutcase rabbit game..

<a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/180428/180000/fileinfo/Rayman-Raving-Rabbids-%5bFree-Game---Ad-Supported%5d" target="_blank">Rayman Raving Rabbids</a>

enf0rcer

I'm going to try out sands of time - I'll also comment on ad invasiveness when it's ready. thanks for the heads up.

DiscoZombie

sadly it's 3 games I already own. RRR is a cute Wii party game - can't imagine it would really be worth playing on the PC...

Crispy

Intriguing... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />

Luukas

You can also get C&C Gold for free now!

<a href="http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/default.aspx?id=61#NewsMain" target="_blank">http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/def...?id=61#NewsMain</a>

<a href="http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/tiberium/Anniversary/GDI95.iso" target="_blank">http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/t...rsary/GDI95.iso</a>
<a href="http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/tiberium/Anniversary/NOD95.iso" target="_blank">http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/t...rsary/NOD95.iso</a>
<a href="http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/tiberium/Anniversary/CCGOLD_XP_INSTALL.doc" target="_blank">http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/t..._XP_INSTALL.doc</a>

The servers are slowtastic though, torrent would be nice. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

Hellbilly

Oh yeah i also saw the C&C thing but i forgot to mention it, good call.

SkinnY

Let's not for get <a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/180412/180000/fileinfo/Tom-Clancy" target="_blank">Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon</a>...

TychoCelchuuu

Ah, yes, Ghost Recon. I was trying to remember the other Ubisoft game but Fileplanet didn't put the information anywhere easily seen. Most definitely the best game of the four released. Far Cry was good (although I only played it at a friend's house because once the Trigen showed up it got too scary for me) and I hear Prince of Persia was good (I will of course be trying it out now <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> ) but Ghost Recon is one of the all time classics.

But for some reason clicking the download button only brings me back to the main page. What's up with that?

Hellbilly

Damn, Ghost Recon too?

But yeah, the download link for GR throws you back to the index.

Braveheart

I am going to go post that in the Crysis online forums.

TychoCelchuuu

<!--quoteo(post=1646893:date=Sep 1 2007, 01:30 PM:name=Braveheart)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Braveheart @ Sep 1 2007, 01:30 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1646893"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I am going to go post that in the Crysis online forums.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Okay, have fun with that...?

Has anyone gotten Ghost Recon to work? I installed the Fileplant Download Manager (don't groan, it's actually a very good program) to see if that would do anything but it doesn't.

sherpa

check gamershell.com for GRAW download- but it says it's only for Americans?

TychoCelchuuu

GRAW != Ghost Recon. Completely, utterly different games in a million different ways. It's American only but they basically just ask what country you're from, so select "America" and you're set.

Quaunaut

Okay, after checking out both, the 'invasiveness' doesn't seem too bad(other than a bad choice on when it is done in Far Cry).

Both PoP and FC have ads on the main menu, and options screens.

When loading a game in FC, it starts you off with an ad before it loads(it DOES NOT LOAD DURING THIS. After the ad is over, it does).

When you reach a new level in PoP it shows an ad.

Its not that bad, except in FC when you reach a place where you die a lot. Then you're watching an ad every time you reload your game...aka, ######ing often.

Skyrage

Are there any torrent sites/mirrors? Cause fileplanet is the ultimate crap - just had to restart downloading FC after it died halfway, after being busy for 8 hours straight.

Nil_IQ

<!--quoteo(post=1647008:date=Sep 2 2007, 02:08 AM:name=Skyrage)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Skyrage @ Sep 2 2007, 02:08 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647008"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Are there any torrent sites/mirrors? Cause fileplanet is the ultimate crap - just had to restart downloading FC after it died halfway, after being busy for 8 hours straight.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah, the C&C links aren't working either.

sherpa

www.GamerShell.com

What's Ghost Recon then if I've got confused between Ghost Recon and GRAW?

Skyrage

Bah...to hell with fileplanet I say...

Guess I'll just wait until the games come out on some REAL sites and not that PoS one.

Crispy

It just occurred to me what this is. It's less about "we can make money from game ads by giving away free games with ads in" and more about "how many people would play a game with ads in and what will the general reception be?". It's a trial run for their future releases, which won't be free. If the trial goes well, they'll have more of a green light for ads in games, if it goes badly they'll hold off and let another company take the leap.

It's also a chance to test out their ad system itself. Will it be easily hacked? Are new ads being uploaded to the network efficiently? etc.

I'm curious, what sort of ads are they showing you? Ads for the US Army? Are they country-specific? Are they mostly games related? Are they for Ubisoft games?

Dirty_Harry_Potter

<!--quoteo(post=1647053:date=Sep 2 2007, 02:37 PM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Crispy @ Sep 2 2007, 02:37 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647053"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It's also a chance to test out their ad system itself. Will it be easily hacked? Are new ads being uploaded to the network efficiently? etc.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><a href="http://www.hdvg.net/pc/play_farcry_without_advertisements_.html" target="_blank">"hacked".</a>

@Skyrage, if you are having troubles with the download stopping, you should try to get the fileplanet download utility - lets you resume downloads, and I think it works akin to torrents, but I'm not sure. Or yeah, just wait until it comes up elsewhere :X

Nil_IQ

Great. Not before, but AFTER I spent a good several hours downloading PoP the damn thing informs me that I have to live in the US to play.

Hellbilly

<!--quoteo(post=1647061:date=Sep 2 2007, 02:53 PM:name=Nil_IQ)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Nil_IQ @ Sep 2 2007, 02:53 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647061"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Great. Not before, but AFTER I spent a good several hours downloading PoP the damn thing informs me that I have to live in the US to play.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<a href="http://www.http-tunnel.com/html/" target="_blank">HTTP Tunnel</a> will let you live in the US. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

TychoCelchuuu

<!--quoteo(post=1647036:date=Sep 2 2007, 05:21 AM:name=sherpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sherpa @ Sep 2 2007, 05:21 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647036"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->www.GamerShell.com

What's Ghost Recon then if I've got confused between Ghost Recon and GRAW?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Ghost Recon is the original game. GRAW is the new one.

Quaunaut

<!--quoteo(post=1647053:date=Sep 2 2007, 05:37 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Crispy @ Sep 2 2007, 05:37 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647053"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It just occurred to me what this is. It's less about "we can make money from game ads by giving away free games with ads in" and more about "how many people would play a game with ads in and what will the general reception be?". It's a trial run for their future releases, which won't be free. If the trial goes well, they'll have more of a green light for ads in games, if it goes badly they'll hold off and let another company take the leap.

It's also a chance to test out their ad system itself. Will it be easily hacked? Are new ads being uploaded to the network efficiently? etc.

I'm curious, what sort of ads are they showing you? Ads for the US Army? Are they country-specific? Are they mostly games related? Are they for Ubisoft games?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Perhaps. But I've never been against ingame ads, as long as they are done right:

During loading screens('cause I don't pay attention here)

On ingame Billboards/Newspapers etc.

And I'm unsure if this is a trial run for that anyhow- I think Ubisoft knows better than to pull ###### like that first. They'd let someone else take the heat.

And currently, the ads are for McDonald's Dollar Menu.

Skyrage

<!--quoteo(post=1647061:date=Sep 2 2007, 09:53 AM:name=Nil_IQ)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Nil_IQ @ Sep 2 2007, 09:53 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647061"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Great. Not before, but AFTER I spent a good several hours downloading PoP the damn thing informs me that I have to live in the US to play.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Eh...does that go for all games? And what's with the U.S only BS anyway?

schkorpio

can't you just change your location in windows regional settings ? surely that would be the only way teh game can tell where you are <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

Jimmeh

<!--quoteo(post=1647102:date=Sep 2 2007, 08:34 PM:name=schkorpio)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(schkorpio @ Sep 2 2007, 08:34 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647102"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->can't you just change your location in windows regional settings ? surely that would be the only way teh game can tell where you are <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Or, this may sound crazy but go with it, it could tell by your IP address! I mean, I know it's a crazy idea but it's possible.

TychoCelchuuu

It just goes by your Ubisoft.com account I believe. Something like that.

Nil_IQ

<!--quoteo(post=1647107:date=Sep 2 2007, 03:08 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Sep 2 2007, 03:08 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1647107"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It just goes by your Ubisoft.com account I believe. Something like that.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I figured as much, although thank you for the link Hellbilly <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

I suspect it has something to do with the ads; I doubt recruitment ads for the U.S army are going to be awfully effective at recruitment among European gamers for instance. That does not make it any less retarded.


... or it could be because Europe hasn't invented the internet yet.

DiscoZombie

I just tried Ghost Recon... I've never played a Tom Clancy game before. Damn, my ass got handed to me. about 5 minutes into the first mission, 5 of my 6 doods was dead. I can see how the game is a cool concept and all, but the command interface is soo clunky. I think next game I'm just going to stick all of my guys in one squad and hope they're smart enough to follow me and shoot stuff. either that or read an FAQ.

on the topic of this thread, I didn't even notice any ads yet... no ads in the tutorial, none so far in the first mission, none on the main menu, and none that I could see during loading, though it loaded so fast maybe I just didn't notice.

DiscoZombie

I'm making my way through Ghost Recon still - very fun game... I'm probably halfway through and haven't seen a single ad. maybe it's because my PC loads the game's outdated graphics so quickly that an ad doesn't even have time to load during the load screens...

I like the concept of Ghost Recon, and I get some satisfying assaults and kills, but it feels like you really can't go through the game without 'cheating' (savescumming - saving and reloading every 2 seconds when one of your dudes dies, which is often). and then when you reload, you know where the bad guys are, so it feels like cheating in that regard too...

anyway, what are some of the best Tom Clancy games? preferably ones that are slightly more forgiving than Ghost Recon =p and are they all squad-based shooters?

heh, look, their free game might actually get me to buy their retail games - their advertising works <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />