Bundles, Bundles everywhere!

Jaco Smit said:
Is the Humble Monthly really worth it?

I looked at it and most months I will give away everything, so $12 to waste. This month (or is it Feb) at least there is XCom2 which is a big AAA title, but most titles in the past few months I am not interested in.

If there was a AAA title every month (that would interest me), I would perhaps feel differently about it.
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I've been very happy with it. My taste in games differ from the mainstream however. There hasn't been a month that didn't have a couple of games from my wishlist... Or actually there was one month that was quite bad in my opinion. Overall I've been so happy that in November I paid for a whole year, basically getting a month free.
 
Jaco Smit said:
Is the Humble Monthly really worth it?

I looked at it and most months I will give away everything, so $12 to waste. This month (or is it Feb) at least there is XCom2 which is a big AAA title, but most titles in the past few months I am not interested in.

If there was a AAA title every month (that would interest me), I would perhaps feel differently about it.
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I subbed just for this (next?) month to get XCOM2, since the price was really good.

After the payment went through I cancelled my sub again so I don't pay for the following month. I'll only sub again if there is a game I really want and the price is good :)
 
Jaco Smit said:
Is the Humble Monthly really worth it?
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Solitude said:
I've been very happy with it.
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I've been a Humble Monthly subscriber since December 2015. Of the 15 months I think I've been disappointed by 2. Sure, a fair number of the games included either don't interest me, or are already in my library (some of which allow me to PayItForward by putting them on SteamGifts for the MyG community), but on the whole I'm pretty sure I've got more than fair value from the $12 monthly sub price.

The February bundle is a good case in point, with at least 4 titles that are, imho, probably worth the $12/R160 sub by themselves:
  • XCOM2, was in my wishlist since its announcement, at R600 was waiting for it to go on a Steam Sale or something. Now I don't have to anymore.
  • ABZU, been in my wishlist for ages, was actually going to pick it up for the XBox at the end of this month.
  • Ryse Son of Rome, bit old now, bit still a terrific game. Is in my library, so this one is going to SteamGifts shortly.
  • Project Highrise, a bit niche in its appeal sure, but if you like strategy and management sims it's a solid game. Also in my library, so another one to gift.
I guess it comes down to whether you feel its a value buy or not. You could do what many others do and just sub for the next months lead game if it's something that interests you, and then hopefully get a few additional surprises when they release the full list. Next month has Total War: Warhammer on offer, another R600 game - if it's a title that you'd like, sub now for March, and then cancel once you have the key.

(Or you could just wait for me to put it up on SteamGifts maybe :D )
 
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Another bundle I'm disappointed I didn't get. Been meaning to get ABZU and Project Highrise for a while now. I already have Ryse and don't care much for XCOM 2, shocking as that may sound. I would've gifted both of those... Guess I'm not much of a gambler.
 
Humble's Freedom Bundle - 1 week only

Humble have just launched a new $30+ bundle... called the Freedom Bundle because 100% of the proceeds are going to The American Civil Liberties Union, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Rescue Committee. (You choose how you'd like to spread your payment.) And while $30 is a fair bit of change for a Humble Bundle, it's chockablock with goodies:

Games:
  • Stardew Valley
  • Subnautica
  • Day of the Tentacle
  • Overgrowth Steam key
  • Nuclear Throne
  • Invisible, Inc.
  • Super Meat Boy
  • Octodad Dadliest Catch
  • World of Goo
  • Mushroom 11
  • No Time to Explain
  • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
  • Super Hexagon
  • VVVVVV
  • Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition
  • The Stanley Parable
  • The Swapper
  • Thirty Flights of Loving
  • Spirits
  • Human Resource Machine
  • ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS
  • 2064: Read Only Memories
  • A Virus Named Tom
  • 7 Grand Steps
  • Mini Metro
  • Retro Game Crunch
  • Tower of Guns
  • Waking Mars
  • Song of the Deep
  • Monster Loves You
  • AI War: Fleet Command
  • Sproggiwood
  • Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora Deluxe
  • Secrets of Raetikon
  • Girls Like Robots
  • Ellipsis
  • Streamline Early Access
  • Ninja Pizza Girl
  • Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
Audio Books:
  • Information Doesn't Want To Be Free - Audiobook (Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, read by Wil Wheaton)
  • Walkaway: Chapter One Preview - Audiobook (Cory Doctorow, read by Wil Wheaton)
eBooks:
  • R in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly)
  • The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game (Writer Garth Ennis, Artist Darick Robertson, Dynamite Entertainment)
  • A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff (Neil Gaiman's out of print collectible book of short fiction, essays, and poems)
  • The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online (No Starch Press)
  • Any Empire (Nate Powell, IDW)
Worth a buy? Yes.
https://www.humblebundle.com/freedom
 
GregRedd said:
Humble have just launched a new $30+ bundle... called the Freedom Bundle because 100% of the proceeds are going to The American Civil Liberties Union, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Rescue Committee. (You choose how you'd like to spread your payment.) And while $30 is a fair bit of change for a Humble Bundle, it's chockablock with goodies
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That's very very tempting, if only I didn't own so many of them already. I'll have to think about it. I might get it just for the Witness and Subnautica.

If I do get it, expect a crapload of giveaways :D
 
MetalSoup said:
That's very very tempting, if only I didn't own so many of them already. I'll have to think about it. I might get it just for the Witness and Subnautica.

If I do get it, expect a crapload of giveaways :D
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Those are the exact 2 that grabbed my attention. My Library is not nearly as comprehensive as yours, but I'll still have a few to add to the GA list as well. I'll also be able to knock a few off my wishlist.
 
GregRedd said:
Those are the exact 2 that grabbed my attention. My Library is not nearly as comprehensive as yours, but I'll still have a few to add to the GA list as well. I'll also be able to knock a few off my wishlist.
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Subnautica is a really good solo survival game. I love it
 
I bought the bundle, so I will also be doing some GA's once I get home.

There are (at least) about 5 or 6 games in that bundle that I've been wanting to get, so a good purchase for me.
 
I'd like Stardew Valley, subnautica and the Stanley parable. Still unsure if I'll be picking this one up though.

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FarligOpptreden said:
Seems like a lot of games in the bundle are now "sold out", like Subnautica. So there goes my only incentive for getting this bundle.
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That is crap, they should have more keys available or at least get more from the game publishers. I am now glad I didnt bother, especially since I dont NEED anything :P
 
Kwaai said:
I'd like Stardew Valley, subnautica and the Stanley parable. Still unsure if I'll be picking this one up though.
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As [MENTION=297]FarligOpptreden[/MENTION] mentions, 3 of the games are no longer available (one of which you can still get as separate DRM Free download, just not a Steam Key, i.e. not really "a lot"). One of those is, sadly Subnautica. I'm going to have the other two in your list on SteamGift giveaway over the weekend, and I'm pretty sure [MENTION=6280]Blazzok[/MENTION] already has Stardew Valley and some others up over there at the moment.

Personally, I sort of agree that it's a bit kak that some of the games are no longer available, but in the case of this specific bundle I sort of understand it to some degree. The game devs are getting nothing out of this with 100% of the contributions going to the charities. And considering that almost 120,000 bundles have been sold, they've all already been pretty charitable (It's heading to R50-million raised so far. and there's still 5 days left.) I also notice that they might be adding more to it later tonight: "Keep an eye out for more content will be added to this bundle this Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time, but no guarantees".
 
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That is all good and well but then they should ahve capped the sales at the max number that they had. They need to otherwise change the bundle since loosing those keys which are some of the biggest draws, will make more people not buy it
 
GregRedd said:
As [MENTION=297]FarligOpptreden[/MENTION] mentions, 3 of the games are no longer available (one of which you can still get as separate DRM Free download, just not a Steam Key, i.e. not really "a lot"). One of those is, sadly Subnautica. I'm going to have the other two in your list on SteamGift giveaway over the weekend, and I'm pretty sure [MENTION=6280]Blazzok[/MENTION] already has Stardew Valley and some others up over there at the moment.

Personally, I sort of agree that it's a bit kak that some of the games are no longer available, but in the case of this specific bundle I sort of understand it to some degree. The game devs are getting nothing out of this with 100% of the contributions going to the charities. And considering that almost 120,000 bundles have been sold, they've all already been pretty charitable (It's heading to R500-million raised so far. and there's still 5 days left.) I also notice that they might be adding more to it later tonight: "Keep an eye out for more content will be added to this bundle this Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time, but no guarantees".
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Think you put one too many zeros in there. It is ~$4 million so ~R50 million.

Wyvern said:
That is all good and well but then they should ahve capped the sales at the max number that they had. They need to otherwise change the bundle since loosing those keys which are some of the biggest draws, will make more people not buy it
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They did say limited availability on the sale page for the bundle, so it was expected I guess. I think it is fine as is, the rest of the sales people will know they aren't getting those games, so they will purchase the bundle knowing full well what they will and will not get. Can probably look at it as a early purchase bonus or something.

The publishers probably agreed to give a certain number of keys as charity, so it is understandable that they have a limited quantity.

There are still quite a few nice games in the bundle, even without Subnautica and Super Meat Boy.

The Witness, Stardew Valley, Day of the Tentacle, Invisible Inc., World of Goo, Human Resource Machine, Stanley Parable, The Swapper. Those games (if not owned already) also justify the price of the bundle for me.
 
The current one looks good, its got The Witness, I actual want to try that game sometime....might be a good deal to get it now, might get something else I like too.
 
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