Dannik Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Ubisoft has apparently released several full retail games for free. The catch? In-game advertising. Reports so far indicate that the ads are on menus, loading screens, etc. and do not directly interfere with gameplay. Current games available are Far Cry, Rayman: Raving Rabbits, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Ghost Recon was available, but appears to be no longer available. While available at a few places, Fileplanet's Free Games page is a good starting point. You do need a Fileplanet account, but you do not need a paid one. Free account is fine. I'm surprised this is the first I've heard of this. If it's as simple as it's described, kudos for Ubisoft for doing the ad-based game model right this time. Edit: Ghost Recon is also available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosBahamut Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 This is one very good thing about in-game ads, the fact that if used correctly older games can become free with little strings attached. (just some ads and sometimes a lengthy download) As for Far Cry, I bought the game a couple years ago and can say it's pretty good. Have yet to beat it though. (was over half-way, then the hard-drive died) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 "Sorry, you must live in the US to play this title." Word to the warned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krise madsen Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Ubisoft deserves applause for this one It used to be that when older games were no longer profitable, you simply couldn't get them (besides illegal copies). Now you can, for free. And if Ubi makes a buck or two off the advertising (I doubt it is a major source of revenue, probably does little more than cover the costs), more power to them. Respectfully krise madsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 O/S of the US, the GR download does not even show on Fileplanet, but it is available at internode. I'll install it and see what happens. http://games.internode.on.net/filelist.php?filedetails=11162 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutlink Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 It is on Fileplanet Rocky http://www.fileplanet.com/180412/180000/fileinfo/Tom-Clancy As a side note, I was just playing Far Cry, and I saw no advertisements at all except at the beginning (and that was just a screen that said "This game was brought to as a courtesy and is supported by in game advertisement"). I didn't get too far in the game, only to the first camp, but I didn't see any advertisements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dporter Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 I guess these are download only games?? Sucks for dial up users. I guess I just need to get a 4gig thumb drive and download them at work. I have fear cry but prince of persia looks like fun for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 As a side note, I was just playing Far Cry, and I saw no advertisements at all except at the beginning (and that was just a screen that said "This game was brought to as a courtesy and is supported by in game advertisement"). I didn't get too far in the game, only to the first camp, but I didn't see any advertisements. I kind of thought it would be like that, to get the ads in game would require recoding of all the maps and considering this is a last gasp attempt to make money from bargain bin games, it's doubtful they would spend any dev hours on it. So it's a good "gift" for anyone silly enough not to already own GR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRP 56 Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Sounds like a good deal for anyone that has missed out on any of those games. UBI gave us a nice present last time with Raven Shield's Iron Wrath. Does Jack Carver walk around with a sandwich board, strapped over his shoulders,full of advertisments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Anger Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Good find Rocky - I am dl'ing it as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 "Sorry, you must live in the US to play this title." Word to the warned. If you don't live in the US, you can create a new UBI account and choose "United States" as your Location, and 12345 for a ZIP code. It worked for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeystick Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 As always I recommend Fileshack. Ghost Recon Far Cry Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT_CrunchyFrog Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I live in the US and have 2 US UBI accounts and for FarCry it still tells me that I need to live in the US to play the game. Maybe California isn't in the US anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PwntUpRage Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I live in the US and have 2 US UBI accounts and for FarCry it still tells me that I need to live in the US to play the game. Maybe California isn't in the US anymore? California became part of Austria about 4 years ago, where have you been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeystick Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I live in the US and have 2 US UBI accounts and for FarCry it still tells me that I need to live in the US to play the game. Maybe California isn't in the US anymore? California became part of Austria about 4 years ago, where have you been? I thought it was Mexico Can I say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommandoCrazy Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 (edited) I live in the US and have 2 US UBI accounts and for FarCry it still tells me that I need to live in the US to play the game. Maybe California isn't in the US anymore? California became part of Austria about 4 years ago, where have you been? I thought it was Mexico Can I say that? CC Edited September 9, 2007 by CommandoCrazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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