vinraith
3253
Strange Brigade is a really excellent little pulp action shooter with some clever puzzles and excellent level design. However, I already own it, and I don’t see a single other title in this entire selection that motivates me to maintain a subscription this month. Pause it shall be.
Edit: They tried to give me a $4 off coupon but this bundle outside Strange Brigade isn’t even worth $8 to me. I then had to click, I think, six times to get it to finally relent and pause. Am I crazy or have they added yet another layer of confirmations?
Last month was the worst Choice yet, until this month! As I predicted, despite having a reminder I forgot to pause last month, d’oh. I won’t be making the same mistake this time.
I guess they want you to be really sure you’re sure you want to pause. A lot of customers must change their minds at this stage and later complain.
Damn, they only offered me a $2 off coupon! Cheap bastards. But yes, you have to confirm a ridiculous number of times. “Are you sure? Sure? Sure you’re sure? Just to be sure, you’re sure? Surely you’re not sure? Ok, one last chance!”
@wavey, I tried to use that code and it has already been redeemed. Thanks for the offer tho.
Right? Who’s the person that, at the fifth prompt, goes “no, wait, I don’t want to pause after all?”
Kadath
3259
Terrible month. Still not pausing. Expect to see a bunch of my keys in the giveaway thread:)
Not really interested in anything on that list except maybe Generation Zero. It’s a pause month again for me.
Fwiw, I enjoyed Generation Zero in single-player, but I could absolutely recognize the game would be better with a friend to appreciate the atmosphere with.
I tried GenZero and Strange Brigade for 20mins each and really like them even solo. Both completely opposite in tone, but both graphically beautiful and enjoyable to play.
This might lowkey end up one of the best bundles for me.
I almost bought Forager by itself for ~$12 a couple of times, so this month is an easy buy for me. Having Catherine on PC will be nice as well.
I don’t get the appeal of games like Forager. It seems like Busywork: The Game. Graphically it looks ugly too. Looking at the steam page, even the press reviews they have there:
“Forager is surprisingly addictive junk food.”
"Forager simply does away with any pretense. It’s incredibly successful at what it does, and by that judgment I’d recommend it. That said, I was relieved when I finally hit max level and the bonds broke. I Alt-F4ed and uninstalled it. "
I don’t get why anyone would waste time with it. But…I know, tastes and all that.
I don’t get the “ugly” charge at all. As pixel art goes, it’s colorful, crisp, and clear.
Last month was my first pause since monthly/choice began and this will likely be the second. Mildly interested in Gen Zero and Strange Brigade, but not $12 interested.
I clicked my 700 buttons and paused again.
A lot of them are genres I’m not super likely to play. If they are something I might like, I can immediately think of a better game that I’d rather play then the one in the bundle.
SweetJP
3268
I agree! Playing Gen Zero solo is hitting that Arma 3 vibe that works for me so well. Similar to Arma 3, its a little too hard for me to really get invested in when playing alone. Maybe when I actually find a primary weapon instead of plinking at enemies with my pistol I’ll be able to survive longer.
So about 2 clicks into the 6 clicks required to pause my subscription Humble offered me $4 off “my next bill” to stay subscribed. I’m not sure if that would have meant I could get the current bundle for $4 off or if I would be paying the full $12 and getting $4 off of next month’s bundle. I assume it was this month that would have been discounted. I will never know, as I paused anyway.
Even at $8 I simply couldn’t justify adding the 2 or maybe 3 games from this month’s set that I would have possibly played to my backlog when it is already so massive. Strange Brigade, Generation Zero and Forager will undoubtedly appear in future bundles elsewhere, probably paired with other games I will actually play, so I can wait.
My biggest issue now is that I’ve been buying the bundle so long I have a bazillion games to try and adding more doesn’t make a lot of sense. I think it’s still among the best deals in gaming, but probably I’ve aged out of the need for the deal now.
Right there with you. I already have Strange Brigade because I love its 1930s movie serial aesthetic, but I recognize that it’s probably better played co-op.
That was about the only game I would have been interested in there. Maaaybe Swedish Teen Robot Fighting Simulator (again in co-op).
Pause reminder for the monthly. Charges this week.
The all 12 games for 12$ offer ends early. 2 days left
