Another day, another cheap indie pack.

[Bebpo]

damn, wish I knew that! At least I know now.

[Bebpo]

So Humble is down from 12 games to 8 now with the membership plans change  :'(

This month is solid though depending on what you own already. I already own the best game in the group Everhood, but I was interested in Black Book and Calico on the indie front. Kinda hate the Borderlands series so Borderlands 3 does nothing for me. A few other solid indie games like planet builders and strategy games.

[benjipwns]

Yeah, only eight games is lame. Really seven since one is the Borderlands 3 DLC.

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Dunno how much, it hasn't hit my account yet.

If anyone wants Borderlands 3, I already had it, so I've got a code for it.

[MMaRsu]

Yeah, only eight games is lame. Really seven since one is the Borderlands 3 DLC.

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Dunno how much, it hasn't hit my account yet.

If anyone wants Borderlands 3, I already had it, so I've got a code for it.

Ill gladly take it and pause the month, no interest in anything else really

[who is ted danson?]

Cancelled my choice sub. A pause was going to reset my store discount so no reason not to cancel 

[Bebpo]

There's a humble VR bundle today but I got it and none of the keys are available right now...wat.

[benjipwns]

Thank you for being a Humble Choice member! We recently lowered the price of your annual Choice membership, so we've refunded your original payment method the difference. This won't affect any coupons or active promotions you may have.

You can read more about all of the latest updates to Humble Choice on our blog.

Dunno how much, it hasn't hit my account yet.

This was $2.50.

[MMaRsu]

[Bebpo]

Damnnit, wish I hadn't bought Chicken Police last sale for like $13.

Otherwise this is totally "Leaving/Left Game Pass scraps" since Medan/Desperados were on there and maybe Mass Effect too since EA Play is included. Still I never got around to playing much of Desperados III and I wouldn't mind having Mass Effect.

Didn't that Nickelodeon smash game just come out? Is it F2P or something? Or did it just bomb that hard?

[Bebpo]

Mass Effect being on Origin sucks.

Only 8 games again sucks.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Oh, so in addition to grumbling about the other grumbles I have with All New All Not Improved Choice, I guess Regional Pricing also means Regional Game Selection Fuckery, because I don't have chicken police as an option

[Bebpo]

I installed Origin to redeem this key and I guess I lost my old Origin account and all my old games at some point? I think I must have had to make a new account to link it with Xbox Game Pass for EA Play because it shows I only own 1 game, Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered.

This is why I only use steam lol

I probably bought like 1 game on Origin the whole time so it's no big loss. But yeah I can't keep track of these libraries. My epic account is nothing but free games and Hitman 3.

[benjipwns]

EA giving out Mass Erect and Madden 22 (on Prime) on the same day.

Oh, so in addition to grumbling about the other grumbles I have with All New All Not Improved Choice, I guess Regional Pricing also means Regional Game Selection Fuckery, because I don't have chicken police as an option
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I do not have Chicken Police either.

[Bebpo]

Chicken Police didn't end up in the bundle but was in the leak for some reason.

[Bebpo]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/best-boomer-shooters-bundle

This is a good deal if you never got around to buying any of these and have an interest. Now I gotta see which ones I already own and if it's worth it for me.

*edit* ok, just have Dusk and Project Warlock. Still worth $12 for the rest.

[who is ted danson?]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/best-boomer-shooters-bundle

This is a good deal if you never got around to buying any of these and have an interest. Now I gotta see which ones I already own and if it's worth it for me.

*edit* ok, just have Dusk and Project Warlock. Still worth $12 for the rest.

Yeah this looks great. Pretty much the entire bundle is on my wishlist

[MMaRsu]

2 games are only coupons but I bought it too

[Polident Hive]

Really nice spread on that bundle. Hedon and Project Warlock are Doom. Ion Fury is Duke3D/Blood/Shadow Warrior. Dusk, HROT, Dread Templar are Quake and later. Amid Evil is Hexen but plays like Quake 3.

[benjipwns]

Also happening on Humble:

SCARLET NEXUS
85% Positive on Steam

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
94% Positive on Steam

Severed Steel
93% Positive on Steam

Gears 5
69% Positive on Steam

Celeste
97% Positive on Steam

Cloudpunk
89% Positive on Steam

Tacoma
87% Positive on Steam

Shadow Man Remastered
95% Positive on Steam

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
97% Positive on Steam

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
98% Positive on Steam

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
96% Positive on Steam

HUNTDOWN
95% Positive on Steam

There Is No Game : Wrong Dimension
98% Positive on Steam

Finding Paradise
98% Positive on Steam

And everything Sid Meier for $15: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/sid-meiers-ultimate-collection

https://www.fanatical.com/ has some decent bundles up too

[benjipwns]

Just realized I forgot to adjust the amounts when I bought a couple of these.

Don't forget to do that, especially depending on the bundle and the charity involved, the defaults massively favor the middle man (Humble) over the charities! (The "more to charity" option often takes more from the developers to give more to charity than it takes from Humble's share lol) I usually take out of Humble's share for the charity since I pay for Humble Monthly already, I also take out of the "developers" share if it's a big publisher.

Got a Project Warlock key if anybody would like.

[Bebpo]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ultimate-racing-sim-bundle

Good timing as I just got my direct drive Fanatec wheel & pedals yesterday.

[benjipwns]

Bit pricier than normal bundles but a ton of rather noteworthy games in this one. Bunch of comics and stuff too:
https://www.humblebundle.com/stand-with-ukraine-bundle

[Tuckers Law]

Damn is that a lot of games and stuff.

[benjipwns]

Games this month in Choice, all Steam keys:

GHOSTRUNNER
DESTROY ALL HUMANS!
MONSTER SANCTUARY
KILLSQUAD
ROGUE HEROES: RUINS OF TASOS
SUZERAIN
CHICKEN POLICE
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER

Almost bought Suzerain in the GOG sale so I'm cool with this month. Ghostrunner looks pretty cool, hadn't looked into what it was before. Wouldn't have bought Destroy All Humans ever since I played it back on the original Xbox but don't mind getting it.

edit: While I'm here, the Amazon Prime games for this month, Amazon Games app unless mentioned:

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (GOG)
Galaxy of Pen and Paper
Guild of Ascension
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville (Origin)
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

[Bebpo]

Anyone want my chicken police code? Game seemed pretty good and I bought it in the winter sale already.

This month with humble is kinda weak for me without that. The MP stuff doesn't interest me much, so basically Monster Sanctuary and Suzerain which are both cool and worth about $20 combined. Already got Ghostrunner free on other stuff.

The most AAA expensive game is a crappy Naruto game  I'll never touch :'(

[MMaRsu]

Anyone want my chicken police code? Game seemed pretty good and I bought it in the winter sale already.

This month with humble is kinda weak for me without that. The MP stuff doesn't interest me much, so basically Monster Sanctuary and Suzerain which are both cool and worth about $20 combined. Already got Ghostrunner free on other stuff.

The most AAA expensive game is a crappy Naruto game  I'll never touch :'(

Id love it since I had to skip cause I lost mah job and also I own Ghostrunner already

[benjipwns]

Farming Simulator '17 - Platinum Edition
SimAirport
SimCasino
Wrench
Barn Finders
Accident
Construction Simulator (2015) Deluxe Edition
Gravel

[Bebpo]

Was gonna skip this month for the first time on Humble in a few years since I already got that Spongebob game I'm never gonna play on PS+ and I played some Planet Zoo & Genesis Noir on Gamepass and wasn't feeling them.

But I don't have C&C Red Alert playable on any modern thing and I do have nostalgic memories of that game and wouldn't mind playing it again. And If Found seems nice too. I guess maybe I'll get it. Pretty weak month for my tastes.

I wish Humble, especially if they're only doing 8 games now instead of 12 (which is bullshit), wouldn't be 50% PS+/GamePass leftovers each time now. Choice has definitely gone downhill since the change to 8 games and getting rid of tiers.

[Bebpo]

Oh wtf, C&C Remastered isn't even redeemable on steam, origin only.

Humble Choice really sucks now. I'm probably gonna unsub.

[MMaRsu]

Another skip for me as well, I already have C&C

[benjipwns]

Yeah, not a very good month. Though I'm not particularly upset about Origin codes. I think their deal with EA might have been before they came back to Steam.

Amazon's offering this month is similarly weak after what had been a decent string of months:

Dead Space 2 (Origin)

The Curse of Monkey Island
Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
Out of Line
Cat Quest
Mail Mole + 'Xpress Deliveries

At this point in time they should probably give you all three Dead Space games, not the second one randomly.

[benjipwns]

Pretty decent looking bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/game-over-t1d-games-with-links-to-diabetes-community

Pay at least $12 for these 12 items

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
VR headset required

We Happy Few

Sam & Max Save the World

Observation

Super Meat Boy Forever

Pine

Bartlow's Dread Machine

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition

Stories Untold

RAD

Super Meat Boy

Saturday Morning RPG

Sam & Max is the remaster.

[benjipwns]

The Oddbox for $2: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/the-oddboxx

Abe’s Oddysee
Abe’s Exoddus
Munch’s Oddysee
Stranger’s Wrath

[benjipwns]

https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/beamdog-rpg-pack

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

$7

[benjipwns]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/pid-22-bundle

Pay at least $10 for these 9 items

Recompile

Arietta of Spirits

Paper Beast - Folded Edition

As Far As The Eye

Out of Space

Sigma Theory

Tiny Lands

Impulsion

Dungeon Rushers

[benjipwns]

Amazon Prime bundle this month:

Far Cry 4 on Ubisoft Connect

Escape from Monkey Island
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship
Calico
Astrologaster
Across the Grooves

[Bebpo]

Since I already have Squadrons and Superhot Mind Control Delete was free if you owned Superhot, this is looking like another weak month from 2022 era Humble Choice. Will look up the indie stuff to see if it's good. Also I'm sure I have Pumpkin Jack from some other bundle.

[Bebpo]

Also considering this is how many months in a row where the big game is some Origin EA game? I guess we should expect this to continue.

And on the indie games, almost every game has middling reviews outside Pumpkin Jack and Call of the Sea. Real shitty month if you already have Squadrons or don't want to use Origin.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Phoenix Point is pretty good after months and months of regular and large patching, No Mans Sky style, but I think its also been bundled pre-"Year One" soft reboot.

Also, Origin Keys are a step below gamepass sloppy seconds

[Bebpo]

Phoenix Point is pretty good after months and months of regular and large patching, No Mans Sky style, but I think its also been bundled pre-"Year One" soft reboot.

That's good. Also reading up on comments, GameDec is supposed to be a solid crpg like Disco Elysium except worse writing with a bit of a wonky translation. Sounds like if you enjoy the genre it's still worth a play. And Siege Survival is solid too.

Honestly Pumpkin Jack seems the best thing in the bundle.

[who is ted danson?]

Also considering this is how many months in a row where the big game is some Origin EA game? I guess we should expect this to continue.

And on the indie games, almost every game has middling reviews outside Pumpkin Jack and Call of the Sea. Real shitty month if you already have Squadrons or don't want to use Origin.

EA must be giving their games away for pennies to Humble etc. Pretty sure I got Squadrons through Twitch Prime several months ago

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Not played it though, lol

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[MMaRsu]

another skip... Already have Squadrons And Superhot (and maybe Phoenix Point too)

[benjipwns]

If anyone wants Squadrons and Superhot, as noted above, already had them. The Squadrons key expires by January 2023.

[benjipwns]

$1 - Tier 1
Bionic Commando
Street Fighter V
STRIDER™

$10 - Tier 2
DMC - Devil May Cry
Dragons Dogma - Dark Arisen
Ultra Street Fighter IV
50% Off purchase of "Street Fighter V: Season 5 CE Upgrade Kit"

$20 - Tier 3
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Devil May Cry 5 + Vergil
Monster Hunter: World
50% Off purchase of "Monster Hunter Rise"

[Nintex]

They removed SFV from the $1 tier but it's still a pretty good deal for all these games.

[Bebpo]

They removed SFV from the $1 tier but it's still a pretty good deal for all these games.

 

Damn, I owned everything in the bundle so wasn't interested, but SFV for $1 seemed like a good deal. Figured it was like the base game and they'd make their money off the DLC seasons, but I guess it was a mistake.

[MMaRsu]

Capcom Bundle with:

Monster Hunter: World. Fight legions of fiendish foes in style in Devil May Cry 5. Pick up Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Street Fighter V,

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/capcom-summer-2022-bundle?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=takeover_spn

[benjipwns]

For Prime Day (though available through July 13th) there's a bunch of "new" games available to add to your account on the Prime Gaming site. I think they're almost all previous monthly ones. Lots of SNK stuff.

[Joe Molotov]

It's too much work to claim free games from yet another service, I'm already exhausted from logging in to get my free Epic games. 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/complete-talisman-collection

If you like this sort of thing, this is a pretty good bundle (also by far the cheapest its ever been).
The digital collection of this stuff is usually at least $50 and that'll be missing a bunch of stuff included here, and the actual physical versions are gonna run you stupid money.

The base game for Talisman is routinely available for like, a buck, and if youre playing online multiplayer only one player needs to own a piece of DLC for all players to have access to it - I put a bunch of time into this during lockdown

[Bebpo]

New Humble Monthly is another ho-hum month. Deep Rock Galactic is the big hit game of the pack. But I feel like it's been bundled a bunch already and is on sale $10 right now.
At 8 games it'd be nice if at least all 8 games had 80%+ reviews, if not 90%. Necromunda shooter is like 70% and a couple of the other ones are pretty mixed reviews too. Legion TD2 has good reviews if you like Tower Defense I guess (my least favorite genre of gaming).

Banners of Ruin (card deck rpg w/furries)
Yes, You're Grace (Reigns but 2d side-scrolling pixel art?)
Trudograd (Atom RPG2)

Are the decent indie picks of the bundle. If you don't have and actually want Deep Rock, it's a good bundle. Otherwise it's slim pickings again.

[who is ted danson?]

Deep Rock Galactic is also on pc game pass i think

[benjipwns]

LEGO Games: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/at-movies-with-lego

$1 for:
The LEGO® Movie - Videogame
LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes

$10 for above plus:
The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame
LEGO® Disney•Pixar's The Incredibles
LEGO® DC Super-Villains
The LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game
LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2
LEGO® MARVEL's Avengers
LEGO® Jurassic World™

[who is ted danson?]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/focus-entertainment-legends-and-visions

Hood: Outlaws & Legends

Vampyr

Bound by Flame

The Surge

The Surge 2

MudRunner

The Technomancer

[benjipwns]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/summer-sims-bundle

$12
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
Bus Simulator 18
Bus Simulator 18 - MAN Bus Pack 1 DLC
Bus Simulator 18 - MAN Interior Pack 1 DLC
Bus Simulator 18 - Mercedes-Benz Bus Pack 1 DLC
Bus Simulator 18 - Mercedes-Benz Interior Pack 1 DLC
Bus Simulator 18 - Official map extension DLC
Bus Simulator 18 - Setra Bus Pack 1 DLC
Construction Simulator (2015) Deluxe Edition
Drone Swarm
TransOcean: The Shipping Company
Take Off - The Flight Simulator
Fireworks Simulator
Construction Simulator Extended Edition - 10% off Coupon
Bus Simulator '21 - 30% Off Coupon
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers - 20% Off Coupon

The firefighting game supposedly is pretty good, it has 4-player co-op. The police game that has the coupon is built off the same tech and stuff but with cops instead, has even better Steam reviews. The other stuff looks well...

[Bebpo]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/amazing-adventures-bundle

If you're like me and Point n' click adventures are still one of your favorite genre, this is a good bundle. I'd been meaning to play Beyond a Steel Sky either on Apple Arcade sub or cheap steam sale and Quern sounds like an excellent Myst/Riven-like.

Unavowed is one of my favorite adventure games of the post-2000s and Dreamfall Chapters is interesting. Rest of bundle seems pretty filler-ish. Actually Draugen seems like a kinda interesting walking sim Nordic 1920s noir. Vertigo maybe out of curiousity.

Only sticking point is the price at $20. If this was a $10-15 bundle it'd be a steal. Like if this was the monthly Humble Choice at $12 it'd be great.

[Bebpo]

Wow, first great month since they rebranded.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, not only is Hot Wheels a big get since it's good and expensive and recent, and Ascent not being tied to game pass is good, but the indie selection with Mind Scanners, Emily is Away 3, Omno is high quality picks. Plus Plague's Tale if you haven't gotten it free elsewhere.

Probably best gaming bundle for the money Humble in a long, long time.

[Bebpo]

Also I finally took a look at the humble choice launcher library cause they added Chinatown Detective Agency which I was curious about trying and the selection there isn't bad. Sucks it's not steam with achievements and steam deck integration, etc... but there was about 5 games on my steam wishlist on there so will give it a try.

[benjipwns]

Yeah, good month. I'm also geeked about Gas Station Simulator because there's no way I'd ever think I could justify truly paying for that but love getting that kind of stuff in bundles to fuck around with.

Also, this month on Amazon Prime has StarCraft Remastered for Battle.net, first time I think I remember any Blizzard game being involved in one of these. Maybe even the first ActivisionBlizzard game in general?