Yadda yadda. You know the drill; no need for me to go over it again.
Here are the game's being offered on HumbleChoice this month. (links
to Steam are informational only, if you want the games you gotta
acquire them through HumbleChoice first)
* BioMutant
https://store.steampowered.com/app/597820/BIOMUTANT/
It's "Fallout" for Furries (with a side-order of Kung Fu). Kick post-apocalyptic butt, racoon style. Reviews are mixed, with most
giving a thumbs-up on the world and mechanics, but thumbs-down to the
plot and dialog. It seems like the sort of game that's nice to play
for a bit just to see what it's like, but not one you stick around
with to the end.
* Jurassic World Evolution 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244460/Jurassic_World_Evolution_2/
It's "ThemePark" with murderous dinosaurs (and less humor). For all
those who watched the movies and their take-away was, "The logistical
challenge of such a park sound fascinating!" It's a sequel that is a
slight evolutionary improvement over the original, except now it has
more DLC. But the dinosaurs look neat.
* Edge of Eternity
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=Edge+of+Eternity
It's "Final Fantasy" with even less control over the combat and plot.
An Indie-developed JRPG that apes its better known cousins with a
tenth the development budget. Not too bad if you like the genre,
although limited in scope by its origins. It won't make you a believer
if you aren't already a fan of this sort of game, though.
* Hero's Hour
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1656780/Heros_Hour/
It's "Half-Minute Hero" but 12000% more! Top-down retro graphics,
fast-paced combat, procedurally generated world, fantasy setting. Not
very deep (feels, unsurprisingly, a bit like a mobile game) but I
guess it's okay for what it is. Not really my thing, though.
* Rogue Lords
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069690/Rogue_Lords/
It's... um.... you know, I have no fuckin' idea what to compare this
to. Apparently it's a rogue-like and you play the bad-guy. Card
mechanics are apparently used. Meh.
* Demon Turf
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069690/Rogue_Lords/
I dunno... "Spyro the Dragon" except you're a little girl? It's a 3D platformer. Is it good? It gets positive reviews, but the character
design, art, and (oh God make it stop!) voices and music just aren't
my thing.
* Golden Light
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245430/Golden_Light/
Nominally a horror FPS, except... weird. If it's trailer -featuring a playthrough by a screaming youtuber - it's gimmick seems to be "hahah
aren't we so different from everything else" rather than an
interesting setting or mechanics. Again, this might be a good game
(some of the retro-graphic gore have a certain appeal) but the style
just doesn't match what I want out of a game.
* Monster Crown
https://store.steampowered.com/app/830370/Monster_Crown/
It's "Pokemon" but with lots of bugs. A retro-graphic JRPG. Also,
incredibly negative reviews (which, honestly, is a first for a
HumbleChoice game; usually they're mediocre or better). But this game
seems to be a buggy mess and the bits that do work seem blah at best.
So, yeah. It's getting really hard to recommend HumbleChoice. This
month there aren't any games that really scream "You Want This!" and a
number of games I'd actively avoid. Maybe their problem is that
they've already gone through all the good games already? I dunno. Is
it worth the $12 USD to acquire this selection? Even for a sucker like
me, it's a hard sell. I hope things improve because otherwise I might
just give up on them entirely. But if I do that, what will I bitch
about?
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