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During the GOG Spring Sale, they've teamed up with Triplevision Games / Graffiti Games to offer their unique Metroidvania experience free for 48 hours.

"Mable & The Wood is a Metroidvania where you hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses."

It's not just taking the powers of creatures that makes it unique, it's also that you cannot run and jump around like you might expect from the platformer-like style to it. Instead, you have to use your special powers by launching yourself through the air, and then pulling your massive sword back towards you.

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Feature Highlight:

  • Your choices matter - The cult wants you to kill everything, but it's up to you whether or not you listen to them or find your own path and unlock the multiple endings
  • A rich story with a diverse cast of characters who have their own take on this whole 'end of the world' thing
  • Combat is movement and movement is combat - Mable can't lift her magical sword, so she has to use it in unique ways to move through the world
  • A large and varied fantasy world, brought to life with state-of-the-art pixel technology and a beautiful original soundtrack
  • Multiple endings, different routes to take through the world and secrets to discover

Grab Mable & The Wood free on GOG.com.

Also, if you missed it, GOG also have a dedicated list of their free games. There's certainly no shortage of free experiences right now. Do check out our previous article highlighting some on itch.io.

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7 comments

Liam Dawe Mar 20, 2020
Quoting: The_Aquabatalso there are a bunch of games free on gog because of the isolation thing

https://www.gog.com/partner/stay_at_home
It's linked in the article already.
Nezchan Mar 21, 2020
Can't get the game to run. Apparently it relies on an old version of libcrypto (or libssl?) that I don't have.
Avehicle7887 Mar 21, 2020
Quoting: NezchanCan't get the game to run. Apparently it relies on an old version of libcrypto (or libssl?) that I don't have.

It relies on SSL 1.0.0 apparently, got the same issue. Will try to wrap up a quick patch for you :)


EDIT:

This should do the trick, just drop the files in the game's folder (where GOG's own 'start.sh' file is): http://jrugia.com/files/Mable_SSL_1.0.0_Patch.tar.gz

Compiled from libssl source 1.0.0s.


Last edited by Avehicle7887 on 21 March 2020 at 2:43 pm UTC
Nezchan Mar 21, 2020
Quoting: Avehicle7887
Quoting: NezchanCan't get the game to run. Apparently it relies on an old version of libcrypto (or libssl?) that I don't have.

It relies on SSL 1.0.0 apparently, got the same issue. Will try to wrap up a quick patch for you :)


EDIT:

This should do the trick, just drop the files in the game's folder (where GOG's own 'start.sh' file is): http://jrugia.com/files/Mable_SSL_1.0.0_Patch.tar.gz

Compiled from libssl source 1.0.0s.

Many thanks, although I'm getting a file not found error when I try to download.
Avehicle7887 Mar 21, 2020
Quoting: NezchanMany thanks, although I'm getting a file not found error when I try to download.

Should work now, Link fixed.
Nezchan Mar 21, 2020
Quoting: Avehicle7887
Quoting: NezchanMany thanks, although I'm getting a file not found error when I try to download.

Should work now, Link fixed.

Works perfectly. You're the hero we don't deserve.

Now I have to figure out why it's not recognizing my Steam Controller (I have SC Controller running so it should work) but does recognize my USB 360 controller when I plug that in.

EDIT: wtf? Steam controller almost works if I turn SC Controller off. Movement still doesn't work, but several of the buttons do, although they're mapped differently. This is all very strange.


Last edited by Nezchan on 21 March 2020 at 3:18 pm UTC
Mountain Man Mar 25, 2020
I have over two-dozen games in my GoG library, and I think I only paid for like 5 of them. These constant giveaways are insane.
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