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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Humble Choice for August 2024
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 09:10:40 -0700
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On 8/6/2024 12:51 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> Last month I said that the first-Tuesday-of-the-month was rapidly
> becoming my favorite day of the month, and the HumbleChoice's July
> selection made me all the more certain of that statement. But will
> August live up to that assumption? Let's see what they have for us
> this time!
> 
> 
>          * SIFU
>   	   https://store.steampowered.com/app/2138710/Sifu/
>the only
>            downside is that I'm not that much of a fan of
>            brawling games. 

Same, not since my arcade days anyway.

> 
> 	* High On Life
> 	   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583230/High_On_Life/
> 	  The one with the talking gun. Coarse and sophomoric,
> 	  its style belies its solid gameplay, but damn you'd
> 	  better be able to stomach the stupid jokes and visuals.
> 	  It's not half as funny as it thinks it is (well, unless
> 	  you play it while high, in which case you'll probably
> 	  have a blast). But the shootie-shoot-shoot bits are
> 	  well done.

I've been watching this one for awhile.  I'm not sure but it sounds like 
the voice actor for Morty from Rick and Morty is the main character.  I 
find this more distracting than if it were someone I didn't recognize 
though.

I'm glad to hear it's got good gameplay, but I agree the 'humor' turns 
me off.

I'm tempted on this bundle for a change just for this one.

I'd probably pay $20 for this by itself, as I'm not sure enough. If it 
were on GoG I'd pay up to $30 as my son could play it (not sure I want 
him to though) without interfering with my steam login (I still need to 
try setting him up again now that that isn't supposed to happen unless 
you're playing the same game.)

> 
> 	* Gotham Knights
> 	   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1496790/Gotham_Knights/

I never even finished an Arkham game, if it's worse I don't see me 
enjoying it.

> 	* Blacktail
> 	   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532690/BLACKTAIL/

The style doesn't look particularly appealing.  I might like it, but 
can't tell from the trailer.  Questionable, I wouldn't buy it by itself, 
that's for sure.

> 
> 	* Astral Ascent

Meh, I just haven't been into side scrollers for quite a bit. Last one I 
really liked was probably Risk of Rain.

> 
> 	* Diluvian Ultra
> 	   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306970/Diluvian_Ultra/
> 	  The one with the title that makes it sound more
> 	  impressive than it really is. It's a retro-themed
>   	  boomer-shooter, and a fairly generic one at that. Very
> 	  rough around the edges, with the unsatisfying weapons
> 	  especially pulling down the rest of the game. Really,
> 	  it's the sort of game only for die-hard fans of the
> 	  boomer-shooter genre who have to play every possible
> 	  iteration of those games. It's got very little for
> 	  anyone outside that circle.

While I'm not much of a fan there was one or two I liked within the last 
decade.  This one looks pretty cool.  I'm impressed by the trailer's 
visuals with doom like graphics, and the weird cool looking weapons. 
I'd probably pay $5 for this by itself.  This one adds to the pile of 
money I'd pay for the bundle at least.

> 
> 
> 	* Universe For Sale
> 
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627840/Universe_For_Sale/
> 	  The one that is a visual novel. 

Meh.  The "best" one of those that was given away within the last year 
barely interested me.


> 
> 	* This Means Warp
> 	   https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269300/This_Means_Warp/
> 	  The one that is an FTL clone. Except it has a procedurally
> 	  generated universe that you can explore and isn't as good.
> 	  Just play FTL.

*Sigh* I didn't even like FTL, can't see me liking this one.

> I'll admit it; these choices are challenging my 'favorite-day-
> of-the-month' theory. It hasn't overturned it entirely, though;
> although not generally my style, "Sifu" is too good to not grab, and
> "High on Life" and "Blacktail" are worth grabbing even if they aren't
> /great/ games. As I've said, one of the things I /like/ about
> HumbleChoice is how it exposes me to games I normally wouldn't
> purchase because I'd rather put my money to games more suited to my
> tastes. These curated selections make me expand my horizons, and
> that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's definitely worth the pittance
> I spend each month.
> 
> So while August's games aren't making me leap with joy, neither are
> they making me abandon my favorite-day theory. I just hope next month
> it'll be a bit more favoriter, if you know what I mean.

So looks like about a $25 value to me, though realistically it'd have to 
be less as I'm trying not to buy games when I'm already playing one, as 
they tend to get forgotten about that way.

If I understand correctly it's $12 for the games but you have to cancel 
if you don't want to automatically get the next month's games.   Very 
tempting, but I don't like that payment model.

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-Justisaur

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