Hi guys, a while back i tried ace of spades on it's free weekend. When it finished i noticed that i still had the game files in my steam game folder and that if i ran the .exe file i could still play and that i was only unable to play days later when the developers released an update for it. As it's an online multiplayer game it makes sense i wouldn't be able to play. So, now comes the reason of this topic.
Has anyone ever noticed this same opportunity? after a free weekend have you been able to continue playing the game? was it a singleplayer or multiplayer? if you were able to go on playing did you receive anything from steam demanding you stop? do you reckon this would be possible? could they ban you for it? has it happened to you? do you know of someone that happened to be banned for it?

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Depends on how game checks ownership.
Most non-steam games can be in fact played.

On otherhand Torchlight II instantly reverted to demo and thew me out of game the moment free weekend ended :(

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Had this with Black Ops 2, but it wouldn't let me run it at all :P took me to the store page instead.

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+1

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I'm guessing you're referring to Saint's Row IV. What if you just remove all steam files and run the .exe?

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just out of curiosity really, i might try it with saint's row as i've been meaning to try it for a while though and the free weekend is nearly over, also i haven't downloaded it yet=P

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What about using Saints row 4 without internet to never let update this game?
PROFIT $$$

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Bump this ..

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i thought about this too but then i wouldnt be able to play dota so.. ;/

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make another account for dota2, it's free anyway

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Think. SR4 for free!

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I saw only, when you have turn on game you can play after free weekend (PC you can suspend) + click alt+Tab, but in Torchlight 2 it was unable to play due too pop-up frequently 3-5s.

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Closed 10 years ago by Bartimaeus93.