Sujet : Re: Humble Choice June 2024
De : candycanearter07 (at) *nospam* candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
Groupes : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.actionDate : 05. Jun 2024, 13:40:06
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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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