The way they present it on the site, it has to be a mistake that it’s not the complete edition, because it’s one thing to just say Complete, it’s another to tell you with DLC you’re getting.
stusser
4934
Indeed. Humble needs to fix this. And they need to improve their processes because it seems to keep happening.
Storz
4935
For Just Cause 4, even it listed as Just Cause 4 Reloaded, but if you check your owned DLC area, it appears you should have all 16 DLC listed as owned including expansion pass.
stusser
4936
You’re absolutely right, Storz, thanks. I wonder why the separate Complete Edition SKU still costs an additional $69 when it offers literally nothing?
In for Naheulbeuk, CrownTrick, and Descenders. Shapez has real potential too. The two headliners, meh, I didn’t even like JC2 so I wouldn’t expect to like JC4, and despite my general adoration for all things Paradox I never found a way to like CK2 no matter how hard I tried so I’d honestly planned to skip 3 entirely.
Those of you who like Descenders, can you help me out? I just couldn’t figure out how to jump on the castle things in the tutorial.
I couldn’t get very far in Descenders either (much prefer Lonely Mountains: Downhill). Already have JC4 Complete (gotta stop buying games that end up in bundles!) and honestly don’t have time for something like Crusader Kings III or to learn what those other games are about (how do you even pronounce Naheulbeuk?). Guess I’m saving my money again this month.
Heresy!
Different strokes, I guess. I did have some quibbles about having to rebuy consumables all the time but man I loved its core gameplay loop.
I was like great, another pause, but they just haaaaaaad to put INDUSTRIA there. So now I have a dillema again.
It was just so empty. It had this huge, beautiful world and there was nothing to find and far too little to do. As you say, different strokes. I certainly wanted to like it.
It had a LOT of things to find. But those things didn’t have gameplay implications. You could grapple shute your way up the steep side of a mountain and discover a beautiful little temple with golden ornamentation and a gorgeous view. But there was no gameplay reason to be there. Same with exploring the city. Or the archipelago and the little islands. It was my ultimate chill game. The xbox 360 could play any music from my computer, so I would play some trance or dance tracks and just explore, explore, explore. I loved it.
I love Microsoft Flight Simulator nowadays for the same reason, though I preferred Just Cause 2 slightly because I was much closer to the ground in my explorations. I fly low in Flight Sim, but I still don’t see the same level of detail that was in JC2. But at the same time, Flight Sim makes up for it by having the entire planet.
Right, I’d call that “failing to reward exploration.” But yeah, clearly it’s a matter of taste - personally if I’m going to explore a huge world I like there to be gameplay-relevant stuff to discover. Gotta get those dopamine hits. :)
Thinking about it, it also works for me if there are little story bits to find. What doesn’t work is if it’s just pure aesthetics and nothing else.
Papageno
4944
Re: JC2, I was mostly into it for the gorgeous vistas and for the action, and the silly thrill of blowing stuff up and having the police on the scanner which I’m magically tuned into raise the alarm then get frustrated when they’re hunting me and can’t find me. And in the last couple of games, the wingsuit is also silly fun.
Re: this bundle, the only games that might really interest me, apart from the one headliner that I already have (JC4) are Industria and maybe the retro shooter thing Forgive Me Father.
Crown Trick has some free DLC on steam.
I enjoy Descenders. I’m terrible at it, but it’s the fun kind of terrible. Undecided this month. I’ll fire up CK & Nahwhatever on gamepass and see if I like them enough to buy them.
The email also mentioned a game called Moonscars. It will be launching in two weeks in the choice app.
This, incidentally, is the longest continuous stretch of time I’ve ever been subscribed. I’ve bought June, July, August, and now September. In a typical year I only pick up around three bundles.
I might as well try 4, certainly - I own it now after all. :) Maybe it’ll grab me more than 2 did, who knows? I could certainly use light, dumb fun right now.
Similarly, while I wouldn’t have bought it if not for the bundle, maybe for some reason CK3 will click where CK2 never did. No harm in trying it, it’s free with the stuff I did want after all!
Daagar
4947
If nothing else, it is quite a bit easier on the eyes. The visual improvements are quite welcome.
It’s funny that the last two have been passes for me (my first two ever), and this was almost a pass! Are we two halves of a whole Humble consumer, vinraith?
draxen
4949
New Bundle out that actually looks pretty good for a change.
Army Men RTS
Bioshock The Collection
Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition
CivCity Rome
Duke Nukem Forever Collection
Hidden & Dangerous 2 Courage Under Fire
Hidden & Dangerous Action Pack
MAFIA Definitive Edition
PGA Tour 2K21
Railroad Tycoon 3
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Sid Meier’s Railroads!
The Golf Club 2019
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
XCOM Ultimate Collection
It made me look, but then I realized I had the big games in that bundle already and don’t need the rest. I’ve not bought anything from Humble in a while. I seem to have hit a threshold of games that is hard to push through.
Humble is very good at doing bundles full of good, high profile games but the flip side of that is outside of the Monthly/Choice bundles (and those have become significantly less exciting IMO) they’re nearly always games that a lot of people have had for years already. Certainly I have.
Oh man, CK3 for $8 all by itself is very tempting. I know I won’t get around to playing it for months (maybe longer) though, too much life happening right now and I’m already in the middle of long haul games like Mass Effect Legendary and King Arthur : Knight’s Tale.
Also, if Paradox is willing to put CK3 into the Humble Choice at this point, it’s only a matter of time, and probably not much time at that, before it’s in its own bundle along with whatever DLC is available at that time.
What is the groupthink on Forgive Me Father and Naheulbeuk? I own CrownTrick already, but Industria kinda looks interesting too.
