Online Games Rental

iv-tecman · 28 Mar 2007 at 19:32

Hope this isn't a competitor.

Anyone used a service like this before -

http://www.metaboli.co.uk/

Seems a cheap way to keep a nice stash of PC games online.... Anyone tried this before?

Sleepery · 28 Mar 2007 at 19:41

Not bad for the price of an mmo subscription, haven't tried it mind you.

TheDome · 28 Mar 2007 at 19:41

I have used it before and it works very well and does exactly what it says

the only thing that might be a issue with some folk is that some of the games may not be the most up to date version therefor online can be a issue. That being said though i was able to play all the games online that i tried......

Lolcb · 28 Mar 2007 at 19:58

How does this exactly work?

dave2k2005 · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:05

Lolcb said:
How does this exactly work?

Well, from what I read, you pay a certain price for a games package every month, and as long as you stay on subscription, you can download and play as many games as there are.

tsinc80697 · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:40

can you not pay for 1 month and download as many games as possible and then you have them forever ?

Lolcb · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:41

tsinc80697 said:
can you not pay for 1 month and download as many games as possible and then you have them forever ?

I think it stores on their server rather than ours.

Sleepery · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:52

The way I read it it lets you download as many games as you want, but they're only playable as long as you keep up your sub. I presume it checks with their servers every time you run the game.

iv-tecman · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:54

I think you download them to you HDD, but they are encrypted, so you can only pay to play.

But you can cancel for a few months then I think re-sign back up again... Way I see it, you pay £12 odd to play some games, get bored, cancel. I mean if you get bored of a game what happens anyhow?

you either sell it on, or it gets stuffed on the shelf never to be played again... and some games are once, twice playthough, but I dunno..

i see some games I'd like to play, still thinking about it at the mo..

Lolcb · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:57

im thinkin abt it as well, a couple that i would love to try

Sleepery · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:59

Lolcb said:
im thinkin abt it as well, a couple that i would love to try

There's quite a few in there that I always wanted to try, but not enough to go out and buy them. 's a good idea.

Lolcb · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:07

But the thing, is they look good, but if it happens to be one of those games that you go in for 10 mins and quit, then a bit waste imo.

mosehn · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:33

hmm what happens when some games need a valid key to play online ? do you get a valid key with it or what

iv-tecman · 29 Mar 2007 at 19:00

Well I signed up anyhow. Try it for a month, I've downloaded a few games, the speed is VERY quick, and they are ready to run, you just download and play. Easy.

doesn't work with Firefox but you can get a IE tab plug in that allows it to work with your browser of choice. I quite fancied some of the games on offer. Hitman contracts and hitman blood money, the tomb raider legend, Prince of persia games and Silient hunter all took my fancy, and supreme commander appears to be coming so would cost quite a few £ to buy they tidy lot.

See how it goes, I'll report back.