Cheaper by the Dozen: Free Action Games

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  • Posted Nov 19, 2008

Another Cheaper by the Dozen with Kevin VanOrd introduces us to the wonderful world of free action games.

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99 Comments

  • Jackal_0417

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 6:02 pm PT

    Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. before it got taken over by bots

  • odst_trooper117

    Posted Dec 11, 2009 9:50 am PT

    combat arms!!!!!!!!!

  • mtwmaster

    Posted Dec 10, 2009 1:48 pm PT

    AA3 is a great game. The fact that it's free makes it even better.

  • rulerofgames177

    Posted Nov 13, 2009 8:31 pm PT

    padman is the best

  • The_Wolf22

    Posted Oct 18, 2009 8:26 am PT

    Combat Arms and America's Army 2 FTW!

  • naju890_963

    Posted Sep 10, 2009 2:39 am PT

    Combat Arms Rocks. Execpt when Hackers are playing

  • WizengamotX

    Posted Aug 18, 2009 7:37 pm PT

    America's Army 3 ... mugging friends ... cool.

  • holypro

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 10:44 am PT

    cool pliz make more of these

  • fearNot35432

    Posted Aug 10, 2009 2:53 am PT

    Combat Arms FTW, but they missed S4 league, it was even better than gunz

  • jca1234567890

    Posted Aug 6, 2009 8:20 pm PT

    combat arms is better now that they have a zombie mode like in call of duty

  • nicktarist

    Posted Jul 11, 2009 12:22 pm PT

    Why does noone play Tremulus? It's an incredible game.

  • jorgepimp321

    Posted Jun 23, 2009 10:45 pm PT

    haha, I LOVE THE ENDING, haha

  • Villi

    Posted Jun 21, 2009 8:04 am PT

    Great. i've been looking for a list of free games!! nice!

  • parazitu001

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 1:22 am PT

    free and looks good enough

  • Megaship

    Posted Jun 17, 2009 9:53 pm PT

    Wow, how come I've never heard of any of these games except combat arms. And why does most of them have old looking graphics?

  • flipin_jackass

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 9:11 pm PT

    AA3!

  • athenian29

    Posted May 30, 2009 1:27 pm PT

    @faithless_8ball

    2.8.5, now. 3 soon.

    @cannonball12

    The feature includes the official websites for all the games. Just visit those and go to the "download" sections, or wherever.

  • cannonball12

    Posted May 19, 2009 2:24 am PT

    how do you download games from cheaper by the dozen

  • dl5852930

    Posted May 17, 2009 5:48 pm PT

    Archlord is like a free guild wars but only fun with clan or friends using xfire or teamspeak.

  • faithless_8ball

    Posted Apr 22, 2009 5:21 pm PT

    America's Army 2.8.4

  • AqUaBlaDe123

    Posted Apr 18, 2009 11:19 am PT

    Combat arms is fun but the sniping noobz piss me off

  • majorfoley

    Posted Apr 7, 2009 5:50 pm PT

    sorry but combat arms aint for me all these free games are always hosting in america meaning i always get lag because im in australia and its pretty god dang annoyin

  • parrot_of_adun

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 2:53 am PT

    Hey, for those of you that like Combat Arms, you should try out Operation 7.

    Pretty damn good as far as free online shooters go.

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 3:26 pm PT

    go combat arms!!!

  • lingojac

    Posted Feb 26, 2009 2:54 am PT

    Combat Arms is great when it doesn't turn into a snipe-fest.

  • Shadow_th

    Posted Feb 22, 2009 3:21 am PT

    Don't bother with Combat Arms. The game got potential, but it's plagued with glitchers and hacking of all kinds, I had to look for servers constantly looking for one without people being under the floor shooting at you right after spawning, it's that bad, plus no votekick function only makes things worse. Nexon tries to deal with them with patches and tweaks, but they just delay the problem, eventually people bypass their fixes and kill the fun of the game. Many old time CA old school players already left because of how things got pathetic, I just uninstalled it weeks ago to get some free space. My tip: play Urban Terror. Got the same customization (better system I'd say), big active community, and not ridden with bugs and glitches. Urban Terror is easily missing in this list as well.

  • Phoenix534

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 11:41 am PT

    Combat Arms is amazing

  • bullfrogboy

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 10:28 am PT

    celestial impact would be an amazing game if more people would play it

  • Maniac7159

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 4:59 am PT

    This makes me want to play COD4 online. =P

  • Zorack2005

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 3:39 pm PT

    Gunz is a pretty good game too I had a lot of fun with that a while back.

  • XxSubZeroAK47xX

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 11:04 am PT

    The Ending Was Funny.
    Combat Arms is great

  • AqUaBlaDe123

    Posted Jan 3, 2009 7:01 pm PT

    I love combat Arms

  • Jericho9696

    Posted Dec 28, 2008 4:54 am PT

    Hmmmmmmm.........
    I choose to just steal them from your friend.
    I rather buy good games then this free games.

  • frantic190

    Posted Dec 23, 2008 2:56 pm PT

    Been playing AA since it was released, great game!

  • Wikipedian

    Posted Dec 22, 2008 9:23 am PT

    Combat Arms is great

  • MegaxJak1

    Posted Dec 15, 2008 10:56 pm PT

    I tried Alien Arena,not so nice.
    Next,I'm gonna try Combat Arms

  • krull543

    Posted Dec 8, 2008 8:39 am PT

    That was fun.

  • andyp_m

    Posted Dec 3, 2008 1:37 pm PT

    An old free game I've been playing lately is Continuum (aka Sub Space). It's a multi-player 2D space shooter that's pretty fun.

  • freakmean16

    Posted Dec 3, 2008 6:36 am PT

    I played Alien arena and warsow, and a lot of fee games, theyre really cool to play, in fact yo dony know why they put such amazing games for free!!!!, I love free stuff!!!

  • Kevin-V GameSpot staff member

    Posted Dec 1, 2008 5:59 pm PT

    Guys, if a game isn't on this list it doesn't mean it wasn't worthy. This series is about 12 games in a particular category (in this case, online action games) that span a variety of gameplay styles. Don't assume that other games aren't worthwhile or that we aren't aware of them (trust me, I am quite familiar with many many other free online action games, including the classic Enemy Territory). Rather, we tried to run the gamut, including DM-oriented sci-fi FPSs, tactical space action, cartoony shooting, team-based terraforming, Mech combat, stylish wallrunning, and a lot more. Hopefully, everyone can find something that suits them from this eclectic list.

  • maxmac

    Posted Dec 1, 2008 3:22 am PT

    and where are the 2 best imo free fps Enemy Territory and warsow ? If the autor just missed them he realy is blind

  • Madrak_Arakeen

    Posted Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm PT

    I'm currently hooked on Savage. Better hope you don't have a lot of packet drops though. That tends to glitch things up a little. That aside, as long as you have a commander that knows what he's doing, and you play as a team, it's an excellent venue.

  • GeigerdolylWodd

    Posted Nov 30, 2008 7:57 pm PT

    "The cheese is aways free in the middle of a mousetrap" some guy from Ripoff Report.com

    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GWYX_en___US239&q=GUNZ+DUELS+VIRUS%3f

  • miless

    Posted Nov 30, 2008 12:01 am PT

    I used to play most of those games - Alien Arena ; Nexuiz (i loved the grappling hook-thingy ). Tremilous and WOP didnt really grab me but I was really psyched on Gunz up until they made that tedious web browser launcher.But WTF gamespot you forgot Warsow and Urban Terror - so insulting seeing that I still have UrT on my hard drive and play it from time to time,and I used to spend a couple of hours a day in Warsow servers

  • spidy333

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 10:15 pm PT

    cool ending...

  • cyduck97

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 9:47 am PT

    not only vulgar but look at those schnozzes, 'cough' butterface 'cough

  • cyduck97

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 9:46 am PT

    sorry, not only vulgar but some huge schnozzes, 'cough'butterface'cough

  • cyduck97

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 9:43 am PT

    i dont understand why they included world of padman. i downloaded it but i came to the realization when i looked at the menus that this is for 13 year olds looking for a way to look at "hot" girls. but ente must not know the differance between pretty and just plain vulgar. seriously gamespot, youre better than that

  • tntnavid

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 3:24 am PT

    I like the second way of getting games free

  • thtguy12443

    Posted Nov 28, 2008 10:37 pm PT

    I have Combat Arms and let me tell you, it is definitely one of the greatest free MMO-FPS games I have played. And when you play this it makes you wonder, "Why did Nexon makes this free?" Sure the rental of guns and gear get a little annoying sometimes, but it doesn't matter. It looks great, there are a lot of people,and it is just plain addicting.

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