Yes? No? Maybe So?
I have played one game from Alien Shooter franchise when I was younger and it was pretty fun. I don't really see why this bundle is bad.
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What if you never got it for 1c?
Then it has some value, no?
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It has value at both 1c and $2 and arguably at full retail price.
However, the fact that they sold this particular package for a single cent before and is now parading it out again for 200x the price, lessens the current value of it in my opinion.
Oh wow. The badness is on a whole another level.
This was a bad oversimplification/ overgeneralization, and I apologize for the remark.
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But it wasn't HRK that was selling it for 1c... that was a different site entirely.
Anyways...
For me it was worth it as I had none of the games, and didn't start buying bundles till this summer And giving away stuff till this summer
For me, at $2.99 I get seven new games for my library and 7 new GAs to make for other people who didn't get it either. :)
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Your post makes too much sense. Don't confuse people with logic and reason. It's not polite. ;-)
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lol. I apologize if you are tired of me popping up on your dashboard :\
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Oh no, it's a good thing! You put time and effort to let others know of deals that they probably would've never known of. Keep at what you're doing and spread the Steam master race love! Thumbs up with a fist bump
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^^ dawww I appreciate it :D thanks for your positivity <3 May the sun shine brightly and lovingly upon you today!
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O.o copeti, I'm not being sarcastic ... unless you mean Zystus is being sarcastic, in which case you are implying that either he or you are tired of seeing me pop up everywhere o.O
unless I'm just making all of this up >_> my apologies
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I meant Zystus :)
Though I admit I am not 100% sure.
Anyway don't worry. If you feel something is important, post it. Sooner or later someone will say it explicitly, if there's any problem :)
For me it was a good post; I didn't know this page.
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You've pretty much become my number one source of info on bundles at this point xD
Thank you so much for all your hard work :)
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hehe, no problem my dear friend :D happy to be of assistance!
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This is kind of a random note, but I read your profile info on steam and as someone who suffers from both chronic depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, I wish you the very best with your non-profit organisation dream, from the bottom of my heart.
I've been trying to set up a support group for ages, but alas, my country (Portugal) sucks... Will keep trying, though :)
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I am so sad to hear about your struggles with depression and PTSD, but I also think you are such a strong and amazing person! It is terrible to know that financial/economic limitations are stopping you (and I'm sure many others) from achieving their goals, but I'm positive one day, you'll be able to set up that support group of yours :D
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Thank you for your kind words! And I'm not giving up, don't you worry.
Best of luck with your dreams as well, my friend-- they are brave and selfless and we need more people like that in the world :)
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you should never give up :P thank you ! feel free to send a friend request anytime :)
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Just sent you a friend request on steam :)
Don't be surprised if you don't see me around all that much in the next week or so, I'm in the middle of a move so tons of stuff to do xD
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hotrandomkeys
Rachel, I really appreciate all the work you do to inform us about new bundles, but this one... I don't know, it seems fishy. The bundle might be legit, but they do it just to get some attention for their main purpose, sell "random" bundle keys for high prices, for a low or non-existant chance to get a AAA game.
Anyways, thanks for all the other deals you post :)
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Hey Sewaz,
I was debating whether or not it would be a good idea to put this one up ... It does seem a bit fishy.. I mean I have bought a bundle or two from them without a problem... my main issue with them was their "stupid" Guard protection, which I don't think I was informed about until I saw a charge on my bank statements ...
I could take this down ... but ... I want to see what other people say about this site ... if anything, it could bring more awareness to the community in regards to how "safe" this site is.
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I don't like G2A and their practices, but the guard protection is disclosed at checkout (even if it's an opt-out option) - still scummy but not undisclosed.
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I must have overlooked it then when I was paying initially >_> sigh I mean I don't blame them ... I learned from my mistake.
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perhaps I can link you do a reddit discussion regarding some frustrated people who needed help disabling it? https://www.reddit.com/r/g2a/comments/3044d1/how_do_you_deactive_g2a_shield_subcriptionhelp/
Here's a FAQ page about it too: https://www.g2a.com/terms-and-conditions
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G2A Sheild is owned by G2A, not by HRK and HRK uses G2A Payment gateway and by the default. it has a Shield designed to protect buyers that purchase codes from G2A.COM
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Not to mention that we've had to perma-ban quite a few accounts that kept advertising the site after being repeatedly warned not to.
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uh - oh ... I hope I didn't violate a rule or anything .. I definitely don't want to be banned! I apologize.
- would you recommend I close the thread?
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No, you're fine. I love all of the handy tables you have for all the bundles :P
The people I'm talking about were clearly just advertisers for the site, and wouldn't stop posting after repeatedly being told to stop.
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phew! okay good to know XD haha. I would have been devastated to be on the ban-list.
OHHH I see. hm ... perhaps that's why I haven't seen too many bundle threads for HRK. Thanks for the info!!
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And yet you're fine that this uses G2A, a popular unauthorized reseller, as the transaction vendor? That's also where they were getting their games from. It's unfortunate that so many people have been letting G2A/Kinguin/etc. run rampant and on occasion even partnering with them like it's something to brag about. "We've partnered with them to bring you <this many copies> of illegally obtained games!" - Dumbass companies. -.-
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You are right, it's kind of seems fishy and maybe it is. As a personal experience from 17 random keys I got 2 AAA games, Shadow of Mordor and Tomb Raider.
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Weren't those all on Gala for a dollar or something?
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Hm... according to ITAD, Alien Shooter has been bundled 4x by IndieGala ... so I assume the rest have been in the same bundle(s) too.
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Yep, there was a bundle on Gala once WITH NO MINIMUM(1 cent) that had exactly the same games.
I know this because I bought it.Why the heck do I remember that bundle out of the probably over a hundred I bought? That's weird...
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Nothing. Some people just like to act snarky towards the smaller outfits.
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The guy who runs DIG was super friendly towards me every time I've contacted him. He's super nice and quick to help out.
I mean, the site isn't high quality but again, it's a smaller outfit, but he's more regular than say flying bundle, lazy guys, etc...
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So much negativity. Purchased! When checking out, you can deactivate the guard shield thing right there.
For the most part, I'd never buy their Hot Random Key but the bundle seemed like a good deal.
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They must have changed that, I didn't have the option of activating/deactivating it when I used the site. I think? Or maybe I'm just blind. xD
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I just remember when I purchased it this morning, it wasn't too difficult to not pay it... I don't remember what I did... Hrm.
Just checked. I checked out with Paypal
When the screen comes up, it talks about the shield thing
And has a little graphic... You can totally use this in your main post btw.
If you click the "On" on the shield it will change to "Off" on the graphic. See the attached images.
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Hmm ... I don't recall ever seeing that, but it was a while ago so I may be mistaken.
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I used their Make Your Own Bundle thing to get some bundle games I wanted, but without getting the other crap that was in said bundles and I got my keys perfectly fine. So I have no reason to doubt the validity of this bundle, however I was charged the G2A Shield fee without even being made aware that I was given the service. (After which I contacted PayPal, but they said they couldn't do anything despite how much I protested that I was never made aware that I was signed up for the service. Was immensely annoyed.)
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This is the bundle which was sold at IndieGala and you could buy it for as low as 1 cent o.O
Really those reseller guys should be avoided
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Have you got an extra bundle I can buy from you for 1 cent? Where else is it sellng for 1 cent at this moment?
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Same.. The only one I'm missing.. :p And won't buy this weird looking bundle for it either.
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Okay... I did it.. .selected to turn the protection thing off, and paypal didn't say anything about a fee... hope I'm safe lol. Feeling a little worried about it...
Aug 27, 2015 Authorization To G2A.COM Limited Completed ... -$2.99 USD
Related Transactions
Date Type Status Details Amount
Aug 27, 2015 Charge From Credit Card CompletedYour transfer from your credit card to your PayPal account is complete.
Your transfer from your credit card to your PayPal account is complete.
Details $2.99 USD
Aug 27, 2015 Express Checkout Payment Sent Completed Details -$2.99 USD
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The admin of that site used to make a bunch of GA's advertising their website here on SG.
They have been permabanned.
http://www.steamgifts.com/user/Massoud
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HRK isn't a "scam"... they got a full list with the games you can win with their random keys so you can calculate the chance of winning the ones you want. Ofc the odds are in their favor but nobody is forcing you to buy their keys.
Some people here seem to think that HRK has a shield option, well they do not. They sell their keys through G2A and G2A has a shield protection option. Turning this on will make sure that if you obtain an "illegal" key you're protected and their site will provide a new one. During every transaction on G2A there is the option to disable G2A shield. I've bought 10+ keys on G2A without shield protection so far and never had a single problem.
I Recommend:
- Don't buy those random keys, the odds aren't in your favor.
- If you buy keys through G2A buy them from sellers with good reviews and a lot of transactions. Disable shield.
- Use a ref link from a friend
I think all the information I've given is correct, if it's not I apologize in advance. Disabling shield is on your own risk.
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"they got a full list with the games you can win with their random keys so you can calculate the chance of winning"
No, you can't. It's just like opening CS:GO cases for instance. You know the odds are horribly stacked in their favour, and they won't tell you, so you can't see how bad they are.
I used to post in their Steam group to make the odds public, obviously my comments got ignored. They don't tell you anything. For all you know, it's nearly impossible to get anything good. And if you want to get cynical about it, it's even hard to verify that anyone ever got anything good.
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I bought 10 keys from them once and before I did so I contacted their support cause I wanted to know the odds. He told me that you had an even chance to win every game on their list. I bought 10 random keys to try it out and had like 18% of winning a game I wanted. From those 10 keys there actually was one on my list. Maybe the support didn't tell me the truth and I just got extremely lucky, I don't know.
I've noticed that they started selling fixed keys for new games as well combined with some random keys. Ex: diablo III + 4 keys for 17$; Mad Max + 4 keys for 24$. Those are really good deals if you ask me.
I didn't feel cheated, but I won't be buying any more random keys from them.
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That's actually pretty nice to know! If they didn't mind sharing the odds, I wonder why they don't write this piece of information somewhere? Knowing that the chances are even would most likely attract people since you expect them to be worse than that. But you're right that it's hard to know whether this is really true.
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I got 17 random keys from them so far, some of them as only random keys in packs and some of them as the 4 keys given to a fixed game purchase like Mortal Combat. So far I got 2 good one beside bundled games: Shadow of Mordor and Tomb Raider.
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It's already shared: https://www.hotrandomkeys.com/blog/what-are-the-odds/
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You mean it was shared 40 minutes before your post :)
But nice to see an official statement finally!
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It was awesome, I love those games!
And they I was redirected to G2A...
DUCK OFF G2A!!
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What? NO WAY, I'm missing Alien Shooter 2 Conscription and Alien Shooter: Revisited to complete my collection.
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OK, I get why everyone is suspicious and skeptical, so I'm just going to point out my experience:
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All the keys I needed from the bundle activated on Steam just fine.
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Hot Random Keys has better and more complete site functionality than Bundle Stars. Just let that sink in.
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It was very easy to decline signing up for G2A Shield, as someone already pointed out. One click, and that was it.
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I got the bundle because I was missing four of the games, so that made it worthwhile. I look at it as $0.50 for each game I didn't have.
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None of the previous bundles have had seven of the related games like this bundle. One of the others had six games, but it didn't have Alien Hallway.
I'm still in shock over just how decent the HRK site is, especially compared to a big name like Bundle Stars.
HRK might be shady, but at least they have decent site functionality.
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You could buy this bunde on indiegala for a minimum of 1 cent of usd ..... it was called IG stress test and it was to test bitcoin payment method... disgusting.
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And those of use who didn't get it for a cent, we shouldn't get it at all?
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Yes , because the games completely sucks and they aren't even worth 1 cent.
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You're entitled to your opinion on the games. The Steam community thinks differently.
If they aren't your style, cool. :)
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Your point?
Deus Ex was released in 2000. Still a great game. :)
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It has great game mechanics , but in 2015 most of the features are outdated. Deus ex also is not a good comparason to these indies.... these indies are poorly designed , deus ex was done perfectly at the time , but now they both are outdated.
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Well got those from the Indiegala Bundle for 1 cent so this is a big ripp-off if you ask me.
Also I don't like the site cause I got (and still get) alot of spam after I registered at their site. Wish I could undo it.
And their random keys are scam if you ask me.
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Alien Shooter Revisited was not in the Indie Gala Stress Test bundle so it is slightly different. I bought it separately 3 months back on the IG Store for $0.99 to complete the set.
Edit: Only played Hallway so far and I liked it actually. It's very basic, one of those corridor games where you destroy the AI base before they destroy yours, and you create different fighters to go attack theirs. Lots of that kind of game around, often on phones, Battlepillars is another similar one. Ended up with all the achievements with Alien Hallway.
I probably wouldn't touch this if I didn't have them all anyway because of G2A and because they usually just appear to be selling keys from other bundles at a profit on HRK.
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I played all of the Alien / Zombie Shooter games off steam long time ago and I have to say they're best games of the genre along with the Shadowgrounds games. There's only one negative thing about them and that is that they're too short.
Too bad I don't have credit card / paypal as I'd love to replay all of them again. Maybe I'll look for cheap traders.
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I played all of the Alien / Zombie Shooter games off steam long time ago and I have to say they're best games of the genre along with the Shadowgrounds games.
Hmm, I think I like the Alien Breed Trilogy better than all of those. I recently picked it up for around $2.
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I only tried Alien Breed Impact at my friends place and I didn't like it. If I remember right the controls and camera "control" were quite awkward.
Also the game wasn't anywhere near as action packed like say Alien/Zombie shooters where you constantly fight hordes of aliens/zombies. Alien Breed Impact just felt like a game where you're supposed to do repetitive boring objectives and back-track all the time with very little action in between.
Does that actually changes later on in the game?
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Good games, everyone should have them already from earlier bundles.
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everyone who can buy bundles should have them already from earlier bundles.*
Fixed it for you.
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Ha! Thank you. The arrogance that pervades gamer culture is hilarious sometimes.
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Unless they didn't start buying bundles until this summer.
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Aliens vs Zombies Bundle
Click here.
Pay $1.99 to get this bundle of 7 Steam Keys
Pay $2.99 to get 2 bundles, for a total of 14 Steam Keys.
No trading cards here, folks.
Games include:
Personal note: When you sign up, G2A will give you one month free of their "G2A Shield Protection" after you pay. I recommend you DISABLE this before the month ends, otherwise you will see a $1.50 MONTHLY charge for their service. I didn't even know about this "service" until my bank statement came. I tried to ask for a refund, but support said they were unable to reverse the charge, which made me angry >_>. Just a heads up if you aren't aware and are planning to use hotrandomkeys!
Disable here: https://pay.g2a.com/panel/shieldStatus
Helpful Tip: user Keohookalani says:
"When the screen comes up, it talks about the shield thing
And has a little graphic... You can totally use this in your main post btw.
If you click the "On" on the shield it will change to "Off" on the graphic. See the attached images [below]."
note- I don't think this option shows up on your mobile phone (what I used to pay)
This site, as some users have noted, appears fishy and a scam. I am not posting this bundle to encourage you to buy this bundle, but to raise awareness about the safety of this bundle site and to hopefully inform you of others' experiences. Yes, perhaps I am not going about this the best way by advertising one of their bundles, but with all the feedback so far, I'm thankful for all the honest responses!
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