Re: Humble Choice for August 2024

On 8/6/2024 12:51 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 Last month I said that the first-Tuesday-of-the-month was rapidly
becoming my favorite day of the month, and the HumbleChoice's July
selection made me all the more certain of that statement. But will
August live up to that assumption? Let's see what they have for us
this time!
           * SIFU
     https://store.steampowered.com/app/2138710/Sifu/
the only
           downside is that I'm not that much of a fan of
           brawling games.

Same, not since my arcade days anyway.

  * High On Life
   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583230/High_On_Life/
  The one with the talking gun. Coarse and sophomoric,
  its style belies its solid gameplay, but damn you'd
  better be able to stomach the stupid jokes and visuals.
  It's not half as funny as it thinks it is (well, unless
  you play it while high, in which case you'll probably
  have a blast). But the shootie-shoot-shoot bits are
  well done.

I've been watching this one for awhile.  I'm not sure but it sounds like the voice actor for Morty from Rick and Morty is the main character.  I find this more distracting than if it were someone I didn't recognize though.
I'm glad to hear it's got good gameplay, but I agree the 'humor' turns me off.
I'm tempted on this bundle for a change just for this one.
I'd probably pay $20 for this by itself, as I'm not sure enough. If it were on GoG I'd pay up to $30 as my son could play it (not sure I want him to though) without interfering with my steam login (I still need to try setting him up again now that that isn't supposed to happen unless you're playing the same game.)

  * Gotham Knights
   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1496790/Gotham_Knights/

I never even finished an Arkham game, if it's worse I don't see me enjoying it.

* Blacktail
   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532690/BLACKTAIL/

The style doesn't look particularly appealing.  I might like it, but can't tell from the trailer.  Questionable, I wouldn't buy it by itself, that's for sure.

  * Astral Ascent

Meh, I just haven't been into side scrollers for quite a bit. Last one I really liked was probably Risk of Rain.

  * Diluvian Ultra
   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306970/Diluvian_Ultra/
  The one with the title that makes it sound more
  impressive than it really is. It's a retro-themed
    boomer-shooter, and a fairly generic one at that. Very
  rough around the edges, with the unsatisfying weapons
  especially pulling down the rest of the game. Really,
  it's the sort of game only for die-hard fans of the
  boomer-shooter genre who have to play every possible
  iteration of those games. It's got very little for
  anyone outside that circle.

While I'm not much of a fan there was one or two I liked within the last decade.  This one looks pretty cool.  I'm impressed by the trailer's visuals with doom like graphics, and the weird cool looking weapons. I'd probably pay $5 for this by itself.  This one adds to the pile of money I'd pay for the bundle at least.

  * Universe For Sale
 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627840/Universe_For_Sale/
  The one that is a visual novel.

Meh.  The "best" one of those that was given away within the last year barely interested me.

  * This Means Warp
   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269300/This_Means_Warp/
  The one that is an FTL clone. Except it has a procedurally
  generated universe that you can explore and isn't as good.
  Just play FTL.

*Sigh* I didn't even like FTL, can't see me liking this one.

I'll admit it; these choices are challenging my 'favorite-day-
of-the-month' theory. It hasn't overturned it entirely, though;
although not generally my style, "Sifu" is too good to not grab, and
"High on Life" and "Blacktail" are worth grabbing even if they aren't
/great/ games. As I've said, one of the things I /like/ about
HumbleChoice is how it exposes me to games I normally wouldn't
purchase because I'd rather put my money to games more suited to my
tastes. These curated selections make me expand my horizons, and
that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's definitely worth the pittance
I spend each month.
 So while August's games aren't making me leap with joy, neither are
they making me abandon my favorite-day theory. I just hope next month
it'll be a bit more favoriter, if you know what I mean.

So looks like about a $25 value to me, though realistically it'd have to be less as I'm trying not to buy games when I'm already playing one, as they tend to get forgotten about that way.
If I understand correctly it's $12 for the games but you have to cancel if you don't want to automatically get the next month's games.   Very tempting, but I don't like that payment model.
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