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  • Re: Free on GOG.com - Helium Rain

    From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Wed Sep 6 08:30:33 2023
    On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 8:21:03 AM UTC-7, Zaghadka wrote:
    Helium Rain

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/helium_rain

    Free as of 9/6 @ 15:20 GMT

    Don't know. Don't care. Free. Spacey.


    One review says similar to X series. I played I think it was X4 which
    was decent for a space game.

    Thanks!

    - Justisaur

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 6 10:21:00 2023
    Helium Rain

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/helium_rain

    Free as of 9/6 @ 15:20 GMT

    Don't know. Don't care. Free. Spacey.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 6 12:35:13 2023
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:21:00 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Helium Rain
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/helium_rain
    Free as of 9/6 @ 15:20 GMT

    Don't know. Don't care. Free. Spacey.

    You had me at 'free' ;-)


    It's also free on Steam and Epic. https://store.steampowered.com/app/681330/Helium_Rain/ https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/helium-rain


    Reviews are middling. Apparently it has a lot of good ideas, but
    execution is poor, especially with regards to the end-game where the
    economy starts to break down. It apparently feels like an early access
    game that never quite got the resolution it deserved. Had I paid for
    the game I might have cared more, but as a freebie? Might as well give
    it a chance. If nothing else, it helps The Number(c) ;-)

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 6 11:08:16 2023
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/helium_rain
    Yay! got it, thx Zag!

    rms

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Sep 6 13:56:20 2023
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:35:13 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

    You had me at 'free' ;-)

    Seriously, ditto.

    Thank you Zag.

    And thank you Spalls for Steam and Epic versions.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Wed Sep 6 19:26:17 2023
    Hmm, did they e-mail about it? I didn't get it today?


    Zaghadka <[email protected]> wrote:
    Helium Rain

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/helium_rain

    Free as of 9/6 @ 15:20 GMT

    Don't know. Don't care. Free. Spacey.


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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Wed Sep 6 19:31:47 2023
    Mike S. <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:35:13 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

    You had me at 'free' ;-)

    Seriously, ditto.

    Thank you Zag.

    And thank you Spalls for Steam and Epic versions.

    Ditto and to everyone else who mention freebies! Hey, tomorrow is Epic's
    weekly freebie day again. ;)
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  • From PW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 6 13:34:26 2023
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:21:00 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Helium Rain

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/helium_rain

    Free as of 9/6 @ 15:20 GMT

    Don't know. Don't care. Free. Spacey.

    *--

    Says it is already in my library :-)

    -pw

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 6 22:25:06 2023
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:26:17 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
    wrote:

    Hmm, did they e-mail about it? I didn't get it today?

    They did not email. I have a Discord group that drops free game notices
    in a channel. If they aren't the obvious ones I repost here.

    It's not always useful. Some idiot posted that Beneath a Steel Sky was
    free on GOG yesterday, and I thought, "2003 called and they're asking how
    the freeware release worked out."

    Then there's the folks that post "free-to-play" stuff as "free games,"
    but we discouraged them early on and it mostly stopped.

    There's a lot of indiegala and itch.io stuff that flies through too, but
    I don't repost here because it's mostly total crap.

    If you want me to post everything, I can do that. It comes and goes fast
    though so you have to pounce. The last indiegala game posted dropped as
    free less than two weeks ago and it's already unavailable.

    This one is however:

    https://freebies.indiegala.com/qvabllock

    It dropped as free on 9/1, and is your bonus freebie for reading to the
    bottom of the post.*

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

    *No, there is no bonus for reading the footnote.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu Sep 7 07:38:21 2023
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:31:47 +0000, [email protected] (Ant) wrote:

    Ditto and to everyone else who mention freebies! Hey, tomorrow is Epic's >weekly freebie day again. ;)

    I am actually reading your post on Thursday morning so I just checked.
    The freebies seem to be Cave Story (which I already have in my
    library) and Spell Drifter which is not available just yet. I will
    check back later in the day.... but I may need someone here to remind
    me.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Sep 7 19:32:57 2023
    Zaghadka <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:26:17 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote:

    Hmm, did they e-mail about it? I didn't get it today?

    They did not email. I have a Discord group that drops free game notices
    in a channel. If they aren't the obvious ones I repost here.

    It's not always useful. Some idiot posted that Beneath a Steel Sky was
    free on GOG yesterday, and I thought, "2003 called and they're asking how
    the freeware release worked out."

    Then there's the folks that post "free-to-play" stuff as "free games,"
    but we discouraged them early on and it mostly stopped.

    There's a lot of indiegala and itch.io stuff that flies through too, but
    I don't repost here because it's mostly total crap.

    If you want me to post everything, I can do that. It comes and goes fast though so you have to pounce. The last indiegala game posted dropped as
    free less than two weeks ago and it's already unavailable.

    This one is however:

    https://freebies.indiegala.com/qvabllock

    It dropped as free on 9/1, and is your bonus freebie for reading to the bottom of the post.*

    Yeah, I see a lot of those indie games. Most I just pass over too.
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