Wow, this Monthly turned out much better than expected.
Yeah, these things are always an eye of the beholder type of deal, but I was already in for Conan and Hat in Time, and SS4 and Kona are like a bonus.
Whoa! Tales of Beseria?! That’s awesome! I looked at that multiple times on Steam and never bought it.
The Monthly is still the best damn value in gaming. Hands down.
I am guessing Sniper Elite 4 is vanilla without DLC? No DLC = no sale. Especially when it is missing that Hilter DLC mission (WW2 Hitman).
Correct, it’s without any DLC.
Indeed, a good month.
Glad I passed on The Surge, during the summer sale.
Yeah, even as someone who often says “no biggie” I’m impressed by Forged Battalion, Sudden Strike 4 and The Surge. On the other hand, I absolutely suh-uck at RTS games and never got anywhere in Dark Souls…
Best reveal in a while for me, as I’ve wanted to try both The Surge and Tales.
I think Tales of Berseria° is next month, right?
*whatever that is
Yes, it’s for next month, but it was revealed today (and can be unlocked early if you want to play right away). As for the game itself, I haven’t followed it super closely, but it’s an action-RPG, and someone around here (@rhamorim IIRC) keeps recommending it in the bargain thread.
Yeah, I loved Tales of Berseria. Fantastic characters, cool story, nice gameplay. While it does have some issues - pacing issues, mostly - it’s a great game and the best Tales game I’ve played so far. I thought it was easily worth the full price, so for $12 (with other games too) it’s a fantastic bargain, as far as I’m concerned.
Soma is this month’s DRM free bonus game. Woohoo, I wanted to play that.
Happy I bought august. I’m in for another with Tales. Staxel looks interesting too. Minecraft + Harvest Moon + bugs. They also have an offer to trade in the 3 revealed games for Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I may have reached peak game library saturation, as the last SIX Humble Monthlies have not interested me much at all (I’m on consecutive month #7 of pausing my subscription now). Same goes for this next one with the three reveals. I don’t know if it’s just coincidence or what, but since IGN bought Humble I just haven’t been as impressed with the offerings either in the Monthlies or the now far less frequent regular Humble game Bundles.
I’m with you most months on the monthlies-- the last one that got a “hell yeah” from me was the one with Mafia III and I can’t remember what else. The last one I didn’t pause was the one with Kerbal Space Program.
I might not pause for Sniper Elite 4, though.
As to the regular Humble game Bundles post-IGN, you’re right, they’ve pretty much sucked.
Well Forged Battalion is garbage. Hey guys, could you shoot back at the enemies that are RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU PLEASE? Yeesh.
Gonna try Sudden Strike 4 now.
Yeah I am not a fan of the research tree to unlock units in Forged Battalion.
Selecting say 10 tanks and giving them a move order to a point, they reach that point and then all 10 ram into each other trying to touch the specific point I clicked, heh.
Visually the game does look nice though. :)
That was hilarious. I was also told the campaign maps are the same as the multiplayer/skirmish maps. Talk about lazy.
Sad to see Petroglyph’s decline.
Again, eye of the beholder. The last two Monthlies have been out-freaking-standing for my library and tastes.
I’ve been keen to see if there’s been any reduction in quality. I’ve seen none.
A bit peeved I missed this. I’ve been waiting for it to hit a sub-$20 sale.
How does Sudden Strike compare to Wargame?