Tomi on 7/4/2022 at 12:14
Humble monthly games for April:
* Ghostrunner
* Destroy All Humans!
* Monster Sanctuary
* Killsquad
* Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
* Suzerain
* Chicken Police
* Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
Are any of those worth playing? Ghostrunner seems to have received excellent reviews, but I'm not that keen on superfast non-stop action games. (I'm not sure if Ghostrunner is one though!) Destroy All Humans! looks like it could be fun too, even if I don't expect it to be great in any way. The rest seem worse than the usual Humble fillers at first glance, but hopefully I'm wrong.
WingedKagouti on 7/4/2022 at 17:29
I've heard some positive buzz around Suzerain, but I haven't played it myself.
The Naruto game is one for fans of the series.
Destroy All Humans! is solid if a bit repetitive from what I've read/watched.
No idea about any of the rest.
Tomi on 7/6/2022 at 19:15
After yet another (
https://ibb.co/SB4N5Pt) fairly uninteresting bunch of games in May, this month actually looks really good!
I mean,
really good. While I haven't even heard of half of these games, I think that for the very first time ever
all of them look like they're actually worth playing.
June 2022 games:
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https://i.ibb.co/h7smFWm/junegames.jpg*
SW: Squadrons: I always preferred Wing Commander over X-Wing or Tie Fighter, but I'm really looking forward to trying this at last. It's been too long since I last played a fun space sim.
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Phoenix Point: Is this just another X-Com game or does it actually offer something different? It looks incredibly generic, but I hope it's fun at least.
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Call of the Sea: H.P. Lovecraft must be rolling in his grave every time some mediocre game claims to be inspired by his works, but this one's
supposed to be good! I won't believe it until I see it though.
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Gamedec: A cyberpunk RPG that has gotten fairly average reviews. Could still be good though, even though it seems
very dialogue heavy judging by some videos.
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Pumpkin Jack: A simple but fun looking 3D action platformer. It's apparently very short which is sometimes a good thing.
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Siege Survival: I don't usually play strategy games, but Siege Survival is supposed to have an actual story and it isn't all about combat, so I'm interested.
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I Am Fish: You're a fish in a physics-based game. That's all I know about this game, but it's enough for me to give it a try.
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Superhot: MCD: Maybe I should play the original at first.
Starker on 7/6/2022 at 19:33
Quote Posted by Tomi
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Phoenix Point: Is this just another X-Com game or does it actually offer something different? It looks incredibly generic, but I hope it's fun at least.
It is a modern-ish take on the genre from Julian Gollop, the man who created the first three original X-Com games. As for whether it's good, it was fairly buggy when I tried it over a year ago so I had to put it down, but other than that I liked what I saw quite a bit. But I might be a tad biased as someone who played the original X-Com a lot back in the day and also Kickstarted this game.
henke on 8/6/2022 at 03:06
I liked Call of the Sea, but it's nothing amazing or anything.
And yes you definitely should play Superhot, perhaps the most innovative FPS of the last decade. "Mind Control Delete" was a free upgrade for owners of the original, but it didn't grab me like the original did.
Malf on 8/6/2022 at 09:59
It's been a while since I played it, but while Phoenix Point did some very interesting things (particularly with aiming shots), I found it quickly became massively bogged down in micro-management, becoming a real slog to play.
I keep meaning to try it again after so much DLC has been released.
I've actually got a spare Collector's Edition box at home, as they mistakenly sent me two. When I asked if they wanted the other back, they told me to keep it.
Edit: henke's bang on about Superhot, and I'd go so far as to say it's one of the best games to play in VR if you have a headset.
Thirith on 8/6/2022 at 12:24
The VR version of Superhot just feels so *right*, I found it very difficult to play the non-VR version afterwards, even if it isn't exactly the same game and brings its own things to the table.
SD on 29/8/2022 at 03:05
I don't think the Humble Bundles have been all that great in the last couple of years. However the Career Break bundle caught my eye, because although I've not played any of the games within, an improbable 5 out of 7 of them were on my Steam wishlist.
(
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/career-break-bundle)
Tomi on 9/9/2022 at 06:58
Humble's September games are out!
Inline Image:
https://i.ibb.co/72DWJ39/septemberhumble.jpg* Crusader Kings III
* Just Cause 4: Complete Edition
* The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk
* Forgive Me Father
* Crown Trick
* Descenders
* Industria
* Shapez (+DLC)
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Dunno what to think of this bunch really.
Crusader Kings always seemed interesting to me, but like all Paradox games that I've played (not that many), I bet it takes like months to learn just the basics.
I've never played a
Just Cause game, are they any good? Should I play the previous games first? JC4 was a freebie on Epic Games so I already had this anyway.
Naheulbeuk? Some D&D parody RPG apparently. Probably not for me.
Forgive Me Father is the most interesting one for me. There have been way too many retro shooters lately, but this looks fun.
Crown Trick is a roguelite RPG that may be a bit too "charming" for my taste.
Descenders is extreme downhill biking. Looks like a henke game. Also looks fun, although maybe a bit too arcadey.
I was expecting
Industria to be a strategy game, but turns out that it's an FPS! Gives me strong Bioshock vibes judging by screenshots. Might be worth a try!
And finally
Shapez is the game that I thought Industria would be. Automation/strategy game where you try to manage a factory or something. Not my thing.
Oh and if these September games aren't enough for you, (
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=_ASC&developer=September+Games) check this out! :o
henke on 9/9/2022 at 07:07
Descenders is technically speaking very good on all fronts, but it didn't really grab me. I've only played 2.3h of it. The roguelite campaign structure wasn't very engrossing.
You should definitely play Just Cause 4 if you've never played one tho. Don't worry about the earlier entries, from JC2 onwards they're basically all the same game with some minor gameplay improvements for each entry. At least I assume that's what they are. Barely touched JC3 and haven't played 4, but they look like exactly the same thing. Anyway JC2 was a barrel of fun at the time and I'm sure JC4 is as well.
