# Free PC game and free weekend notification thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513 "2014-11-13T08:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 111
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2205 "2024-05-16T17:05:24Z")
What can you tell me about Dragon Age: Inquisition. RPG or Strategy? Real-Time, Turn Based or either? Single Player or Online play? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2206 "2024-05-16T17:11:12Z")
Third person action RPG, you can pause but it’s nominally in real time during combat. Group based in that you have three NPC companions with you. Single player (if there’s an mp stuff, it’s just a weird add-on but I don’t think there is). There is some slight strategy component in that you wind up with a castle and have to pick upgrades and have a battle map where you can assign people to missions while you’re doing other stuff but what YOU will be doing is fighting as described above, chatting up NPCs, possibly romancing, chasing quest lines and clearing maps of a bajillion icons if you’re into that thing. I recommend not being into that – when the game came out so many people got burnt out in the first region because they just HAD to clear every map icon and it’s not meant to be played that way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2207 "2024-05-16T17:44:34Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Single player (if there’s an mp stuff, it’s just a weird add-on but I don’t think there is). It did have one, and it was indeed a weird add on. I’d be surprised if it was still even accessible at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2208 "2024-05-16T18:14:43Z")
An important consideration for anybody who does play it for the first time: > **[PSA: If You're Playing Dragon Age, Leave The Hinterlands](https://kotaku.com/psa-if-youre-playing-dragon-age-leave-the-hinterlands-1661855879)** > > The new Dragon Age is a great game, as we've already told you. We've already given you some useful tips, too. But there's one more thing worth noting: if you just started the game, don't forget to leave the Hinterlands! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2209 "2024-05-16T21:33:11Z")
I really enjoyed Dragon Age: Inquisition. I still feel the original Dragon Age: Origins was better. But Dragon Age 2 was the weakest of the bunch. Dragon Age: Inquisition was a lot better to me. Better gameplay and story, and it felt more strategy-ish than the second game which felt like a ham-handed action game. (Though still not awful, I played it and beat it and had fun.) ---
**Author:** ![Mnemnosyne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mnemnosyne/32/3347_2.png) [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2210 "2024-05-16T22:47:17Z")
I wonder if this version…works. The version I have on EA’s own store has been completely nonfunctional on my computers (yes, plural!) for years. I managed to play through the game once near release, but I’ve never been able to go back to it because I haven’t ever been able to get it to work again, even on fresh installs and things of that nature. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2211 "2024-05-17T02:54:32Z")
I found this advice for this problem. Seems weird but the user claims it works: > Uninstall the ea launcher and Dragon Age Inquisition. > > Make a new user account on your pc/laptop (Go to Settings \>Accounts\>Family & Other Users\>Add Someone Else to this pc ). > > Then make a new user account. Make sure to give it Admin rights. > > Sign out of the main account & into the new account. > > Install EA Launcher and Dragon Age Inquisition. > > - [SOURCE](https://answers.ea.com/t5/Dragon-Age-Inquisition/DA-I-won-t-launch-in-EA-app/td-p/12332097/page/2) (NOTE: The above is a mashup of two responses to make it more clear.) Further along in the thread above is a fix that suggests using Frosty Mod Manager to launch the game. You can get Frosty Mod Manager [HERE](https://github.com/CadeEvs/FrostyToolsuite/releases) and the DatapathFix Plugin by Dyvinia for Frosty can be found [HERE.](https://github.com/Dyvinia/DatapathFixPlugin/releases) A more detailed description of using Frosty is [HERE.](https://dalishious.tumblr.com/post/710726372130193408/how-to-fix-frosty-mod-manager-to-work-with-the) I have not personally tried any of the fixes above but it may be worth a try. Let us know how it goes if you do try it! ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2212 "2024-05-17T17:47:13Z")
Endless Legend and 100% Orange Juice are currently free to claim on Steam Endless Legend is a fantasy Civ-like 4x game. 100% Orange Juice is a digital board game - I bought it for my daughter a number of years ago and we never quite figured out what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2213 "2024-05-17T18:32:52Z")
I already have Endless Legend (and it is pretty good). Worth noting that the DLC for the game (and there is a lot) is on a deep sale (80% off). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2214 "2024-05-17T22:14:11Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Worth noting that the DLC for the game (and there is a lot) is on a deep sale (80% off). And the bundle is another 10% off that. Game + all DLC for $16: > **[Save 81% on ENDLESS™ Legend Definitive Edition on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/13263/ENDLESS_Legend_Definitive_Edition)** ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2215 "2024-05-18T00:49:02Z")
thanks i had Legends on my wishlists and OJ seems to be one of those “party” types of games with characters from the company’s other games that they were so fond of on the GameCube and Wii back in the day ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2216 "2024-05-22T22:37:57Z")
Dragon Age Inquisition: Game of the Year Edition is free on Epic Games through tomorrow. [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dragon-age-inquisition-game-of-the-year-edition-2f0cbd](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dragon-age-inquisition-game-of-the-year-edition-2f0cbd) I got it. Now all I need is a computer capable of playing it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2217 "2024-05-23T02:24:15Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Dragon Age Inquisition: Game of the Year Edition is free on Epic Games through tomorrow. Discussion of that started back in this post if you missed it and want to see what folks were saying about it: > [@Free PC game and free weekend notification thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2202): > > Epic’s freebie for this week is [Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dragon-age-inquisition-game-of-the-year-edition-2f0cbd) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2218 "2024-05-23T16:06:42Z")
There is a free Dave the Diver Godzilla DLC available. Need to claim before November when it gets pulled; no pressure though. https://store.steampowered.com/widget/2841140 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2219 "2024-05-23T16:11:10Z")
I own the base game and will grab the DLC, but I doubt I’ll get to it. Despite its rave reviews, I found the game to be laborious by the end. I was just pushing to get to the end. I did, but I realized I only liked it, didn’t love it. Very creative and original. But monotonous and laborious and kind of difficult in unfun ways sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2220 "2024-05-23T16:14:07Z")
Yeah–I adored like the first two thirds of the game. Once it got to the second civilization, though, it really bogged down, and I finished it as a chore and was relieved to be done. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2221 "2024-05-23T16:15:18Z")
You got further than me before frustration set in. I found the underwater stuff monotonous and frustrating, but I found running the restaurant very easy and pretty chill. I even had the second location running pretty well by the end. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2222 "2024-05-23T16:16:54Z")
I was just the opposite. I really liked the underwater stuff, but quickly grew weary of the restaurant, and blew off the second restaurant entirely. ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2223 "2024-05-23T16:19:50Z")
Today on Epic: [Farming Simulator 22](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/farming-simulator-22) ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2224 "2024-05-23T16:35:56Z")
That’s a bit surprising to me. I had already purchased it, but having a backup couldn’t hurt. My WAG is they’re hoping to spur DLC sales. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=112)