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Re: Humble Choice June 2024

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:52 this Tuesday (GMT):
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> Hey! Hey, hey, hey! You know what day it is today? First Tuesday of
> the month, that's what day! Are you excited? I'm excited! Can you tell
> that I'm excited? 'Cause I'm excited! Today's another chance to get 8
> new games! How can't I be excited? Let's go see what games we get!!!!!
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> This month, you get:
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> * Risk of Rain 2
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/632360/Risk_of_Rain_2
>    I've not heard of this game before. Actually, you could 
>    say that of pretty much every game this month. Doesn't 
>    mean they're bad; just unknown. Oooh! Mystery! Anyway, 
>    "Risk of Rain" seems to be a unlikely mix of "Elden Ring" 
>    and "No Man's Sky"; git-gud melee combat combined with 
>    soothing visuals and exploring/surviving an alien world. 
>    I'm not really a fan of roguelikes, but this one seems 
>    polished, so maybe I'll give it a try.

"Risk" of rain? It's been raining all week! :D

(but rly, I need to start avoiding rougelikes I don't like them all that
much lol)

> * Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/736820/Knights_of_Honor_II_Sovereign/
>    A 'grand strategy' game seemingly in the mold of "Crusader 
>    Kings" with perhaps a touch more focus on combat and 
>    conquest. It's arguably not as polished as the Paradox 
>    games* but it still looks fun. Surveys say strategy is 
>    on a decline; let's prove them wrong ;-)

Yeah! (even if i dont personally like strat games!)

> * Lego 2K Drive Awesome Edition
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451810/LEGO_2K_Drive/
>    We need more 'awesome edition' games. 'Complete' 
>    and 'Gold' and 'Game of the Year' are so boring! Anyway, 
>    this is a racer with the usual Lego twist; mix-n-match 
>    pieces to make your car, then hit the track. Conceptually 
>    cool, and generally well executed, it's let down 
>    mostly by the heavy monetizations (somewhat minimized 
>    by the awesome edition) and the 3rd-party account 
>    requirement. So overall a mixed bag; I WANT to play 
>    this game, but I may avoid it just because I don't 
>    want to have to sign up to another service just to 
>    get the game running.

OOF, third party services kill my interest..

> * Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sector
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295500/Warhammer_40000_Battlesector/
>    Yet another Warhammer game. Gee, didn't we just have 
>    a thread about how many Warhammer games there are? Anyway, 
>    this one is tactical turn-based strategy; guide your 
>    little space marines around and shoot heretics, mutants 
>    and aliens. You know, the usual. A solid campaign and 
>    looks-like-fun combat; too bad it's got the usual Games 
>    Workshop MTX where you have to buy a half-dozen DLC to 
>    complete the package.

Well, hopefully the DLC isn't too much money...

> * Miasma Chronicles
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1649010/Miasma_Chronicles/
>    The game description says, "From the makers of 'Mutant 
>    Year Zero'", which isn't the selling point they seem to 
>    think it is. Still, even if the execution of MYZ wasn't 
>    so great, it did have some interesting art and concepts. 
>    "Miasma" seems to be the same, but hopefully its gameplay 
>    (top-down RPG with turn-based combat) is better done. 
>    Anyway, it /looks/ interesting. I need to give it a try.

Doesn't seem my kinda game but the environments look beautiful.

> * Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1920780/Stray_Gods_The_Roleplaying_Musical/
>    With a name like that... I mean, I've no idea if its any 
>    good but I /gotta/ try it! Although calling it a role-
>    playing game seems inaccurate; it seems more akin to 
>    a Telltale-style adventure game (albeit with a lot poorer
>    production values). I guess your enjoyment for a game 
>    like this depends a lot on how much you like showtunes. 
>    But I'm willing to give it a shot!

I love cheesy musical numbers! Unfortunately, it's not on Linux :(

> * A Guidebook to Babel
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1467920/A_Guidebook_of_Babel/
>    An Indie point-n-click adventure game. I can't really 
>    tell much more what the game is really like; apparently 
>    'the butterfly effect' is a core conceit of the game (so 
>    maybe it involves time travel?) and I'm not much a fan 
>    of the visuals. But I'm happy to give an interesting 
>    adventure game a chance to shine.

I love the visuals! Unfortunately, not on Linux again :(

> * Empyrion: Galactic Survival
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/383120/Empyrion__Galactic_Survival/
>    An Indie sandbox survival game; this one too seems to owe 
>    a lot to "No Man's Sky", except its biggest change seems 
>    that to be that it uses more realistic-looking visuals. 
>    Apparently the core game is quite solid (if a bit early-
>    access), but all the development has gone into paid DLC, 
>    so there's a dearth of content and story unless you shell 
>    out. So why play this game over "No Man's Sky", which 
>    -almost ten years on- is still releasing free expansions? 
>    I've no idea.

I kinda suffer in sandbox games, so pass..IDK why I keep trying to play
em lol.

> Is this a good selection this month? I can't tell! A lot of the games
> LOOK interesting, but are they actually as interesting and fun as I
> hope? Most of the issues seem to be publisher-related rather than
> faults with the games themselves. Still, both "Miasma Chronicles" and
> "Knights of Honor II" look very appealing to me; "WH40K Battlesector"
> and "Stray Gods" might be fun, and even "Risk of Rain" and "A
> Guidebook to Bable" seem worthy of a chance. (I'd love to say the same
> about "Lego 2K Drive" but that 3rd party account requirement? No
> thanks). 
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> But this eclectic mix is one of the reasons I quite like HumbleChoice;
> you never know what you're going to get, and it introduces you to a
> lot of new titles you might otherwise overlook. This month is a
> perfect example of this. I think the $12 entry fee is worth the price.
> Maybe you agree, maybe you don't -and maybe it's just the three cans
> of Red Bull in my system- but I'm excited about this month's
> selection. I'm going for it!
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> * side note: Crusader Kings 2 is free-to-play now. This isn't a new
> thing, I don't think, and has nothing to do with HumbleBundle. I just
> wanted to point it out in case you were unaware. If you've wanted to
> give Crusaders King a try, you can nab it gratis at:
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/Crusader_Kings_II/

Not my kinda game.


Thanks Spalls!
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