First Tuesday of the month is now CJ Day!
I am seriously looking forward to your Monthly event way waaaaay more than I am looking forward to the monthly reveal!
Daaaaamn they weren't kidding with the Difficult tag on Ring of Pain. Took me 14 hours to manage to finish a run... and it took many many runs.
I guess I should have taken a look at the reviews for Going Under and I'd never have played it right after. I thought Ring of Pain was hard? Jesus! Who the hell are the sadists who made this game? Haven't they heard of Hardcore Mode? There is no way the average completion time is 8 hours. The final boss took me almost 90 mn and 5 runs to beat! It's ridiculous. Only play it if you are not a completionist or if you are a masochist.
I draaaaaagged myself to the end of State of Mind because I hate to leave a game unfinished but ugh, that's probably one of the worst games I have played in the last couple of years. It was like being stuck on a date and having to sit through a 12 hour long boring movie. One pointless scene after the other. One unlikable character after another. It's only cyberpunk if you extend the definition to just anything featuring a robot.
Worst of all, it's a waste of a perfectly good premise, even though it's just a mashed up copy/paste job of everything from Bladerunner to Matrix, Humans and other games doing a better job of exploring it.
Darksburg was mindless fun but I won't play it again. Feels a bit empty.
All in all, I'm glad I played Do Not Feed the Monkeys, and most of all If Found, this month. The rest ranged from forgettable to mediocre to torturous.
If Found was a great way to finish the event and to start Pride Month. I'm not usually into visual novels because they just feel like reading a long boring novel written by a high school student most of the time. This really surprised me. The art was minimal but very well done and the way it was built as a game really kept you engaged with the story, which was well written. Nice indie.
| Game | Date | Playtime | Achievements | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darksburg | November 2020 | 4.7h / HLTB (3.5h) | 28 / 69 | Beaten (Achievement: We Have Normality) |
| Ring of Pain | October 2021 | 16h / HLTB (14h) | 53 / 110 | Beaten (Achievement: Shadow Spreads) |
| Going Under | June 2021 | 11h / HLTB (8h) | 12 / 23 | Beaten (Achievement: Macaco doctoriensis) |
| Do Not Feed the Monkeys | May 2019 | 8h / HLTB (7h) | 16 / 33 | Beaten (Achievement: You Are (Un)Employed) |
| State of Mind | September 2019 | 13h / HLTB (11h) | 32 / 34 | Beaten (Achievement: Roll credits) |
| If Found... | May 2022 | 3h / HLTB (3h) | 14 / 15 | Finished (Achievement: Starting on a New Page) |
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Thanks for the encouragement to tackle my backlog. Luv u. ♥
| Games | HB | Status | Ending Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lara Croft GO | April 2018 | Completed | Back to reality |
| She Remembered Caterpillars | April 2019 | Completed | Resilient |
| Do Not Feed the Monkeys | May 2019 | Beaten | Macaco doctoriensis |
| Iris and the giant | February 2021 | Beaten | None |
| Going Under | June 2021 | Completed | You Are (Un)Employed |
| Ring of Pain | October 2021 | Beaten | Shadow Spreads |
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Hello and welcome to the madness!
The challenge is simple: Play and beat any 6 games, starting today, that have been featured in any given Humble Monthly/Choice bundle in one month.
The prize: 2x TUNIC
Note: This means I'm giving away two copies of the game and will have 2 winners.
Game length does not matter and I'm not looking for 100% achievement runs. So long as you play and beat 6 games, I'm happy. You can go easy mode and play a bunch of 1h games or go crazy and play 6 +30h games. So long as they were in a monthly at a given point, it is all good.
Just post a comment with either screenshots/ achievements showing that you fulfilled the criteria and I'll add on Steam and give you the link. Feel free to share your thoughts on the games you've played, but it is not required.
FAQ:
Why you doing this?
I hate money. That and I realized I've been subbed to the monthly for over six years (yes it has been that long, I checked) and it occurred to me that I've barely touched the games I've gotten from it, let alone played them. Figured the same would be true for a few others, so I figured this is a good way to change that. A sensible person would probably unsub in this situation, but please refer to the beginning as to why that will not happen.
I've played the first X minutes of a game, can I pick it for the event?
No. You cannot have any play time or achievements prior to the start of the event. The only exception is idle time from farming Steam cards.
Can I play a MP only game?
No. It needs to have an "end" in order for me to count it as beaten, so it needs to have a campaign/story mode.
If a game was sold as a non-Steam copy in a bundle (origin/uplay/drm-free/etc), can I pick it as a choice if I own a Steam copy?
No. The reason being that those who own a Steam copy would have an extra option that would not be available to everyone who bought the same bundle. If the game was originally sold as a non-Steam copy, but Humble later provided steam keys to everyone who bought the bundle, then the game would be allowed.
Why six games?
The first few monthlies had 6/7 games in them so I went with that.
How long are you going to do this?
Until my credit card statements gives me nightmares.
This event "ends" on June 7th when the next HB Choice releases, though the giveaway itself will end the next day. If you manage to finish game number six in between that time, feel free to post, but know that I cannot guarantee that I'll be able to give you the link in time.
Good luck, have fun and stay safe.
Thanks for reading, and don't forget to pack before you leave.
List of eligible games: https://barter.vg/bundles/3/3/
https://barter.vg/bundles/3/161/
Credit goes to PapaSmok
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