Think you can do it?
I'm already busy with a few long games, so I'll see if I can do 6 short ones
- 11-11 Memories Retold
- Beyond Eyes
- The Magic Circle
- Maize
- The Norwood Suite
- Scanner Sombre
Comment has been collapsed.
The Magic Circle is awesome! Interestig puzzles, good story and voiceacting, and thoughtful industry-commentary.
Comment has been collapsed.
It's the game I liked the most in the lot, there's just the middle section that can be a bit tedious, I was sometimes running around randomly unsure of what to do
Comment has been collapsed.
Yeah, I had to look up the teleporter part in a walkthrough, I thought it would be more complicated
Comment has been collapsed.
...aand i'm very curious about Scanner Sombre.
it's also the only one tried of that lot, still, found it a must, one of the best gaming experiences for me. care to share a word or two?
thanks, the Tempete!
Comment has been collapsed.
The concept is good but I didn't like it that much, I would have liked the story to be more developped
Comment has been collapsed.
Shit, most I can do is 3. Or 4 if you count the games I've started but not beaten yet (PUSS is incredibly challenging and demoralizing game). I' guessing I can't qualify by beating most games I got from Humble Monthly already, can I?
Comment has been collapsed.
If you've been keeping up with the free games from Twitch prime or Epic Games store, there are a number of Humble Monthly games in those lists you may not have started yet.
Comment has been collapsed.
Let's see if I can get this done. Already planned to play the first 3 anyways:
Comment has been collapsed.
11-11 memories retold is completed, took me longer than expected due to some glitchy achievements. Next on the menu Aaero and A Hat in Time.
Comment has been collapsed.
And Aaero is beaten, what a hard game to beat. But fun.
Comment has been collapsed.
And last one completed. Did not think I would make it in time.
Comment has been collapsed.
And I've done it. I challenged myself to play some short games over the weekend and review them so I just expanded it after seeing this.
Western Press
Scanner Sombre
Tiny Echo
Aaero
Old Man's Journey
Crawl
Some like Crawl and Aaero are obviously "finished" in a sense that you can always keep playing them for higher scores or difficulty.
For the record I haven't really done it for the giveaway so I don't have screenshots. I just wanted to brag I got through six games over two days. :P
Comment has been collapsed.
Nice motivation to finally play some good games. I will try my best. I will start with Hellblade. :)
Thanks. :D
- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - achievements
- Tiny Echo - achievements
- Layers of Fear - achievements
- The Turing Test - achievements
- Seasons after Fall - achievements
- Last Day of June - achievements
Comment has been collapsed.
Hellblade is an interesting game and enjoyed it a lot. If you play with a controller, there is a run button to make her move faster, but it is mapped to something weird like one of the trigger buttons or something. I was about half way through the game before figuring that out :/.
Comment has been collapsed.
I hate controllers! PC Master Race all the way! ;D
Too bad I finished Event[0] almost two weeks ago. Would have been a perfect fit. :P
Comment has been collapsed.
Well, Figment is a disappointment, not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't that, so that's abandoned for now.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 on the other hand was excellent, another one I should have played ages ago. It's a shame there's one achievement that seems to be impossible to get for now though... 😒
Comment has been collapsed.
Man, The Spiral Scouts is one weird game... 🤔 It's pretty funny in places though! 😅
Comment has been collapsed.
After Eliza was recommended by LeonFowl I finally decided to claim it from last month's choice, and I'm glad I did, I really enjoyed it 😊
I got the single achievement, but it's just for completing the solitaire mini game and hasn't got anything to do with finishing the main game so here's a screenshot from a sequence near the end, I hope it will suffice... 🤔
Comment has been collapsed.
This past month I have been playing one of the monthly games almost every night and I think I'm slightly over halfway through it. You are one crazy lobster if you think I can play my way through sis more before the end of the month.
Comment has been collapsed.
Do I have to have games beaten on steam or platform doesn't matter as long as I've provided screenshot?
Comment has been collapsed.
It's a bit of a challenge to find anything that works on my old laptop but I'm game!
I'm installing and trying to see what's work so I'll edit this as I find games that work
Edit: Found my games! Unsurprisingly mostly adventure games
| Game | Monthly | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Old Man's Journey | October 2018 | All Done |
| The Darkside Detective | January 2019 | Achievements |
| Lara Croft Go | April 2018 | Achievements |
| Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You | October 2017 | Achievements |
| Whispers of a Machine | January 2020 | Achievements |
| Late Shift | March 2019 | Achievements |
Comment has been collapsed.
This is a good challenge. I've been playing 2 games for the past months that featured on Humble. 7 days to Die and Conan Exiles. I like the building aspect of 7 days and mining. I enjoy the world of Conan, game is very beautiful, lots of areas to explore and lots of lore. I know they dont apply to your rules just sharing my experience. ^^ Greedfall is a good game released with minimal bugs, hope the winner will enjoy the game.
Cheers~
Comment has been collapsed.
if only my laptop could play in better graphic
and yes i collect those games without playing lol
Comment has been collapsed.
| Game | Proof |
|---|---|
| A Short Hike | achievements |
| Last Day of June | achievements |
| Late Shift | achievements |
| Bleed 2 | achievements |
| Finding Paradise | achievements |
| She Remembered Caterpillars | achievements |
Comment has been collapsed.
You've linked to the games' global achievement stats instead of you own stats, btw... 😉
Comment has been collapsed.
Added.
Also, what did you think of She Remembered Caterpillars? I played it a few years back and I really enjoyed it myself.
Comment has been collapsed.
Thank you! :D She Remembered Caterpillars was great! i don't usually like puzzle games but this one kept my interest all the way through.
Comment has been collapsed.
Interesting challenge, made me have a closer look at which games are in the backlog from the Monthly. And started and completed, after this thread was posted:
Kathy Rain 100%'ed
Paratopic 100%'ed
Last Day of June 100%'ed
She Remembered Caterpillars 100%'ed
Finding Paradise 100%'ed
Q.U.B.E. 2 Base-game completed - both endings, all non-DLC achievements
All quite enjoyable, with some unique gameplay-features. Paratopic seemed somewhat of a school project tho.
Comment has been collapsed.
Added.
What were your thoughts on She Remembered Caterpillars, Kathy Rain and Find Paradise? The first one I played and enjoyed a lot but the other two are on my never ending backlog ;-;.
Comment has been collapsed.
She Remembered Caterpillars is a nice puzzle-game. Certainly quite refreshing with its graphics and unique concept.
Kathy Rain I found to be a sympathetic character, or perhaps a relatable character as she isn't all "superhero like Lara, Gordon, Bruce etc. etc., who each save the world and universe three-times over already before breakfast", and I'd be interested in another game. The story was good, even tho I wouldn't have minded it having stayed within the detective genre, instead of having drifted a bit into mystery. In any case, it put the other game by the dev "Whispers of a Machine" on top of my list of "adventures next to be played".
Finding Paradise has nice storytelling. To me it did drag on a bit too much a bit at one point (as I was pretty sure of a plot-twist already like one hour before it happened), but it made up for it by changing the gameplay in the "end-game".
Comment has been collapsed.
Kathy Rain is a must play if you enjoy point and click adventures, in particular in the style of those published by Wadjet Eye, and the movie-making style of David Lynch.
Good writing, excellent pixel art, voice acting and the puzzle design is also nice enough, no moon logic as far as I can remember.
Comment has been collapsed.
Done ✨
Love the concept, I didn't choose the most difficult games but...
in any case I made some nice discoveries that I probably wouldn't have made right away ;)
The 6 finished games and the achievement page:
ツ
Comment has been collapsed.
Added.
What are your thoughts on Seasons after Fall? I won it here and played it near launch and I loved it. Though I did had issue with one of the puzzles with the cicadas -.- .
Comment has been collapsed.
I loved Seasons after Fall, a lot.
Probably the best of the six games from my point of view.
What kind of issue you got?
I really enjoy Copoka too, very very relaxing =)
Comment has been collapsed.
Done, some info for other challengers:
Shortest Playtime: Do Not Feed the Monkeys , My Friend Pedro (both 3h)
Longest Playtime: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (7h)
Best games imo: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Yoku's Island Express
Most Difficult: Road Redemption (It has a rogue-lite system to make it easier each time you fail, but if you suck at these kind of games,you might wanna skip this one)
| Game | Monthly | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 911 Operator | June 2019 | DONE |
| Do Not Feed the Monkeys | May 2019 | DONE |
| Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | July 2019 | DONE |
| My Friend Pedro | February 2020 | DONE |
| Road Redemption | July 2019 | DONE |
| Yoku's Island Express | August 2019 | DONE |
Comment has been collapsed.
Added.
Hellblade is a great game and I'm glad you enjoyed it as well. Road Redemption has been on my backlog for ages (almost 5 years since I got it D:) and I keep telling myself I'm gonna play it soon but never do ;-;.
Comment has been collapsed.
Ok... Looks like a good idea, even if I'm already on PAGYWOSG challenges. ^^' So, I'll give it a try with a selection from the shortest HB Monthly games :
| Game | Achievements | Hours of Playtime | Status | HB Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Short Hike | 8/8 | 4 Hours | Completed | April 2019 | |
| Copoka | 12/12 | 2,4 Hours (*+2 Hours) | Completed | July 2016 | |
| AER Memories of Old | 20/20 | 4,5 Hour (*+2 Hours) | Completed | April 2018 | |
| Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator | 12/32 | 1,4 Hour | Beaten ( All 6 Chapters - Got 1 Ending ) | December 2018 | |
| Kimmy | No Achievements | 1,5 Hour | Finished | January 2017 | |
| Too boring, I give up... :( | |||||
| Last Day of June | 21/21 | 3,9 Hour (*+9 Hours) | Completed | March 2018 | Emily is Away Too Replacement |
- Some of these may I have been previously idled for cards, but still never played.
Comment has been collapsed.
I'll try to finish these, I hope I can make it in time. I've idled some of these but never played.
- Hacknet
- Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
- METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
- Steel Rats
- Almost There: The Platformer
- Evergarden
Comment has been collapsed.
-
Hacknet is beaten, here
-
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is beaten, here
-
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES is beaten, here
-
Steel Rats is beaten, here
-
Almost There: The Platformer is not beaten, I tried real hard but the last episodes are really difficult. Or I am not good enough. If I had a controller, it might be easier perhaps.
-
Evergarden is not beaten, I played a bit but puzzle games are not my type. I got bored after a while so I quit.
Instead of that two finished these:
This was quite a good challenge. Thank you for doing it. These games were just resting in my library for nothing. I needed something to play them I guess. Now, I really enjoyed all of the games I finished. These 6 games are quite fun, I would totally recommend them.
Comment has been collapsed.
| Game name | Achievements | Hours played | Status | HB Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkside detective | 16/30 | 3.9 | Finished | January 2019 Humble Monthly #39 |
| Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition | 13/24 | 9.3 | Finished | July 2016 Humble Monthly #9 |
| AER Memories of Old | 7/20 | 2.4 | Finished | April 2018 Humble Monthly #30 |
| Hard Reset Redux | 79/115 | 7.2 | Finished | November 2018 Humble Monthly #37 |
| Jotun: Valhalla Edition | 8/36 | 4.5 | Finished | January 2017 Humble Monthly #15 |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | 24/143 | 11.5 | Finished | October 2017 Humble Monthly #24 |
Comment has been collapsed.
Excuse me, just a little question. Assuming you keep with this for another month (and assuming it is still about the same)... What if I start a Humble Monthly after this event started, but I don't finish it during the same month (maybe because it was too long), could I finish that game during another month and still counts for that one? Or do I have to finish it during the month I started to play it otherwise it is not eligible? :c.
Comment has been collapsed.
You cannot roll over games from one month to the next, sorry.
Comment has been collapsed.
Not sure if I'm going to take part in the challenge: I'd rather play at my own pace instead of rushing to meet the deadline. Also, I've started playing well over a week before March's launch - would that be OK or seen as cheating?
For the sake of sharing, then: I've been making an effort to play the last Choice I bought, unrelated to this thread; my current status is as follows.
- SHENZHEN I/O ... great open-ended puzzle, clever writing - as usual from Zachtronics. Lots of fun, underway. I'm only playing this whenever I have enough time, because it tends to suck it up like there's no tomorrow. Seriously, I'll try to solve a new problem or optimize one I've done already, and a minute later 1 hour has disappeared into thin air.
- Eliza ... who thought Zachtronics would make a VN? And it's excellent to boot: intimate but with keen societal commentary. This has put Matt Seiji Burns on my radar as a writer to follow. Finished the story once, and meaning to try other endings.
- Night Call ... great art style and music make for an excellent confessional atmosphere, giving the writing a chance to shine. Despite some tense sequences, it is for the most part a cozy place to spend time in, to engage with a diverse cast of characters and listen to their stories - I would keep playing even without the whodunnit, which I'm not feeling terribly interested about. Only the final night left in my first playthrough, we'll see how that goes as I really had no clue who The Judge is supposed to be.
- Book of Demons ... played the demo for a while to decide whether it was worth a choice or not. It's cute, but the movement feels a little too cramped. Tutorials are clunkily written, luckily not the case for 'gossip', as the game calls dialogs, but they are wayyy too long for what little of substance they have to say. All in all it makes me feel like I should be playing a full-fledged Diablolike instead.
Comment has been collapsed.
Added.
Thoughts on Silence and Dropsy? I'm a big fan of P&C and have them both on my backlog.
Comment has been collapsed.
Well all games I played where good but I enjoyed most Silence and The Turing Test, they have a great story, especially Silence, and give you something to think about. Third place goes to Kathy Rain, also quite good p&c. Lara Croft Go was a nice puzzle to pass your time. I least enjoyed HIVESWAP: ACT 1 maybe because it's just the first part of a story and Dropsy because of the retro visuals and because it has no dialogue or text at all you just get emojis to understand where to go or what to do. So to answer your question I surely recommend Silence but it's maybe better to have played The Whispered World before( I haven't yet) to get the full story of it and I don't recommend Dropsy that much.
Comment has been collapsed.
I take the challenge:
| Games | Monthly | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 198x | March 2020 | Finished |
| The Hex | February 2020 | Finished |
| Night Call | February 2020 | Finished |
| Finding Paradise | May 2019 | Finished |
| Eliza | February 2020 | Finished |
| Project Warlock | February 2020 | Finished |
I began Desert Child but I did not liked it at all. Cool aesthetics but super confusing gameplay.
Comment has been collapsed.
I have enough difficulty completing one game (from my win-list) per month. I'm not going to make it to six, no matter how great a game you are giving away. (And it looks like a fantastic game.)
Oh, well... Have fun, everybody! )
Comment has been collapsed.
pretty sure I won't make it, but let's give it a try anyway! xD
| Game | Status |
|---|---|
Evergarden (Nov.2019) |
FINISHED! - 20/21 (main story completed, only 1 left is about score) |
World to the West (Nov.2017) |
FINISHED! - 36/36 |
Tiny Echo (Jun.2017) |
FINISHED! - 6/6 |
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin (Jul.2019) |
FINISHED! - 20/20 |
Yoku's Island Express (Aug.2019) |
FINISHED! - 31/31 |
The Sexy Brutale (Dec.2017) |
FINISHED! - 18/18 |
btw, I noticed I already played and completed quite a bunch of games from monthly bundles during past years..
I didn't expect that! ;D
too bad those do not count.. :P
Comment has been collapsed.
Yes I know it is called Humble Choice now but it is a shitty name so I'll ignore it.
Hello hello and welcome all 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: GreedFall
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 nearly five 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.
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 April 3rd 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. It may be hard to believe, but I don't live here. I live at my real life job since it seems like I never leave that place :/.
Good luck and have fun.
Thanks for reading, here's a cookie.
.
If you are wondering why you don't see a private giveaway running on my profile, my purchase was flagged for manual review on Gamersgate ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I'll make one the moment they realize I'm not evil.All good now :D.List of eligible games: https://barter.vg/bundles/3/3/
Credit goes to PapaSmok
Comment has been collapsed.