The 17 Best Free PC Games

CommanderFrank

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Looking for a diversion but low on cash? PCWorld has put together 17 of what they consider to be the best of the free games collection out there. Give it a look, it won’t cost you a dime. :cool:

But occasionally—occasionally—we get something...miraculous. We get a free-to-play game that doesn't try to con players out of money or make the design intentionally boring in order to make those purchasable unlocks more exciting.
 
How many of those are pay to win games though? This one stuck out to me

In other words, ships take hours to manufacture and then hours to jump through space.
Or for 99 cents you can have the build/space travel completed instantly??
 
Or for 99 cents you can have the build/space travel completed instantly??
No. Neptune's Pride is quite deliberate in how tasks are paced, and there is no pay 2 win available. Check out Bit-Tech's play series where they took a look at it:
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/08/14/neptune-s-pride-war-diary-1/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/08/21/neptune-s-pride-war-diary-2/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/08/28/neptune-s-pride-war-diary-3/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/09/07/neptune-s-pride-the-last-war-diary/1
 
I'd like to add Loadout. It's a fun fps that is definitely not pay to win.
 
How many of those are pay to win games though?
Surprisingly I think that the only egregious game on this list is War Thunder, but there are a few I'm not to sure about as to the details of how their pay scheme works. SW: ToR is on the list, and I don't consider it to really be a F2P game...
 
World of tanks is an amazing micro transaction game. You can pick it up, put it down, come back to it later, and you don't feel like you've been left behind. Your tanks are still relevant, fun, and exactly where you left them. I would highly recommend it to anyone, but there is skill involved so my advice is play safe and try to learn the nuances of the game. Also, if you die, press ESC to go back to garage to jump into another tank instead of waiting (unless you want to watch the battle outcome, some do).
 
Only have played 3-4 of that list. Then again I ain't losing sleep over it
 
Wow, it's that time again with the list of best free PC games. It doesn't seem like a year from the last one of these lists I read. :eek:
 
What a terrible, lopsided list. At least last year, they had at least 1 racing game, the free Need for Speed game. Nothing sports or racing related in this list. :rolleyes:
 
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