Humble Weekly Sale - PWYW - Daedalic adventure games - New Beginning, Whispered World, Dark Eye, Journey of a Roach, more

[louiedog]

The Humble Store is doing weekly sales. Games are generally available as (DRM-free) direct downloads for all available open platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android) and keys for Steam as well as soundtracks are included. You may choose to donate a part of your payment to charity.

Please note: Steam games are now redeemed by linking your Steam account with Humble. Games may be gifted by generating a link to be redeemed.

11/7/2013 - Daedalic

PWYW ($1+ for Steam)

• Ednay & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
• A New Beginning - Final Cut
• The Whispered World
• The Chronicles of Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet (DRM-free only)
• The Chronicles of Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (DRM-free only)

$6

• Deponia
• Journey of a Roach
• Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

All games are DRM-free on PC and Mac. All but the Shakespeare are available on Steam for $1+.

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Previous Weeks

Spoiler

3/19/2013 - Bastion

$1+ - Game

• Bastion Steam + DRM Free
• Unlock Bastion on Steam
• Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
• Includes DRM-free downloads

Beat the Average - Bonus Content

• Digital Soundtrack (MP3/FLAC)
• Bastion Digital Art Pack
• Bastion Sheet Music
• Bastion iPhone/Android Ringtones

$25+ - Merchandise

• Bastion Bandana
• Bastion Original Soundtrack CD
• Bastion Postcard
• Transistor Postcard (Supergiant's Next Game!)
• Includes Worldwide Shipping

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3/26/2013 - THQ Games

$1+

• Darksiders w/ soundtrack
• Red Faction: Armageddon w/ soundtrack and Path to War DLC

Beat the Average

• Darksiders II w/ soundtrack
• Red Faction: Guerilla

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4/2/2013 - Tripwire Games Steam keys

$1+

• Red Orchestra w/ soundtrack
• Red Orchestra 2 GOTY edition w/ soundtrack

Beat the Average

• Killing Floor w/ 11 DLC packs* and soundtrack

*Golden Weapons Pack and Robot Special Character Pack DLC are not included.
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4/9/2013 - Blendo Games - Steam keys

$1+

• Atom Zombie Smasher w/ soundtrack
• Flotilla
• Air Forte w/ soundtrack

Beat the Average

• Thirty Flights of Loving w/ soundtrack

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5/22/2013
Pay What You Want for:

• Alan Wake
• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
• bonus content

$1+ gets you Steam keys. These games are Windows only.
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5/30 - Telltale Games
Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam*)

• Puzzle Agent 1 & 2 (w/ soundtrack)
• Sam & Max Devil's Playhouse
• Back to the Future: The Game
• Poker Night at the Inventory
• Hector: Badge of Carnage! (w/ soundtrack)
• Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures

Beat the Average:

• The Walking Dead

*In this week's deal there are two keys. One key unlocks all in the $1 tier and a separate one is for The Walking Dead if you BTA.
There are no Linux versions of these games.

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6/6 - Serious Sam

 
Pay What You Want ($1+ Steam keys)

• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter (Steam only)
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter (Steam only)
• Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
• Serious Sam Double D
• Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack (Android, no Steam)
• Serious Sam Public Test 2 (no Steam)

 
Beat the Average

• Serious Sam 3: BFE Deluxe Edition (Win, Mac & Linux, Steam only, w/ soundtrack, includes both Serious Sam Classic games)
• Serious Sam 2 (Steam only)

All games are on Windows only and come with Steam keys unless otherwise noted.

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6/13 - 11-bit Studios

 
Pay What You Want

• Anomaly Warzone Earth (with Steam key for $1+ payments, no Android)
• Anomaly Warzone Earth: Mobile Campaign
• Sleepwalker's Journey
• Funky Smugglers

 
Beat the Average

• Anomaly Korea
• Bonus Content (3D model print source file and wallpaper)

All games are DRM-free on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android unless otherwise noted. Only Anomaly Warzone Earth is on Steam.

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6/20 - Rochard

Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys):

• Rochard
• Soundtrack
• Hard Times DLC
• Digital Art Book

The game is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux DRM-free.


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6/27 - Klei

Pay What You Want ($1+ Steam keys)

• Shank (windows, mac, linux, soundtrack)
• Shank 2 (windows, mac, linux, soundtrack)
• Eets (windows, mac)

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7/4 - Two Tribes Games

Pay What You Want ($1+ Steam keys)

• Toki Tori
• Edge
• 10% off Toki Tori 2+ coupons (2)

Beat the Average

• Rush
• 10% off Toki Tori 2+ coupon
• Bonus content (concept art, digital poster)

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7/11 - Spiderweb Software

Pay What You Want ($1+ Steam keys):

• The Geneforge Saga 
• Avadon: The Black Fortress
• The First Avernum Trilogy + Blades of Avernum - (not on Steam)
• Avernum: The Great Trials Trilogy
• Bonus Game Art and Hint Books

Beat the Average:

• Avernum: Escape from the Pit
• Nethergate: Resurrection 

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7/18/2013 - Jim Guthrie

Pay What You Want for Albums (mp3 and flac)

• Indie Game: The Movie Soundtrack
• Sword & Sworcery LP The Ballad of the Space Babies 
• Now, More Than Ever
• Takes Time
• Takes Time: Instrumentals & Demos
• The Scythian Steppes: Seven #Sworcery Songs Localized for Japan
• A Thousand Songs
• Children of the Clone
• Corporeal - Music from Soundshapes
• Morning Noon Night
• FREE-P

Beat the Average

• Indie Game: The Movie (DRM-free and Steam)
• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Steam and DRM-free PC, Mac, Linux, Android)

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7/25/2013 - Positech Games

Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys)

• Kudos 2 (Windows, Mac, NO STEAM)
• Gratuitous Tank Battles (Windows, Mac, Steam)
• Gratuitous Space Battles  (Windows, Mac, Linux, Steam)

Beat the Average

• Democracy 2 (Windows, Mac, Steam)

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8/1/2013 - 1C Company games

Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys)

• Men of War
• Men of War: Red Tide
• King's Bounty: The Legend (also on Mac)
• King's Bounty: Armored Princess (also on Mac)

Beat the Average*

• Men of War: Assault Squad
• King's Bounty: Crossworlds 

All games this week are on Steam. King's Bounty games are also DRM-free. The Men of War games are Steam only. 

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8/8/2013 - Introversion Games

Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys)

• Uplink
• Darwinia
• Multiwinia
• Defcon
• Source Code Access for the above four games
• Voxel and City Generator tech demos (Windows only)

$20+

• Prison Architect Early Access

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8/15/2013 - Hosted by PewDiePie
Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys)

• Botanicula
• McPixel (also available on Android)
• Thomas Was Alone
• The Showdown Effect (Steam only)

Beat the Average:

• Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Games in this sale are on Windows, Mac, and Linux DRM-free with the exception of The Showdown Effect. All are on Steam if you pay $1 or more.

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8//22/2013 - Paradox Interactive

Pay What You Want ($1 or more for Steam keys)

• Europa Universalis III Complete (+Mac)
• War of the Roses: Kingmaker
• Warlock: Master of the Arcane
• Leviathan: Warships (+Mac)
• Dungeonland (+Mac)
• The Showdown Effect (+Mac)

BTA:

• Crusader Kings II (+Mac & Linux)
• Magicka 

$125
48 Steam games, 20 soundtracks

Spoiler

• Mount & Blade – Windows
• Hearts of Iron II: Complete – Windows
• Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition – Windows
• Europa Universalis: Rome - Vae Victis – Windows
• King Arthur - The Role-Playing Wargame – Windows
• Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come – Windows
• King Arthur - Fallen Champions – Windows
• King Arthur II - The Role-Playing Wargame – Windows
• Europa Universalis III – Windows and Mac
• Hearts of Iron III – Windows and Mac
• East India Company – Windows
• Majesty 2 – Windows
• Majesty: Gold Edition – Windows
• Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West – Windows
• War of the Roses – Windows
• For The Glory – Windows
• Arsenal of Democracy – Windows
• Sword of the Stars Complete Collection – Windows
• Magicka – Windows
• The Kings' Crusade – Windows
• Victoria II – Windows
• Victoria: Revolutions – Windows
• Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition – Windows
• Mount & Blade: Warband – Windows
• Ship Simulator Extremes – Windows
• Commander: Conquest of the Americas – Windows
• Pirates of the Black Cove – Windows
• Cities in Motion – Windows and Mac
• Defenders of Ardania – Windows
• Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game – Windows
• Sengoku – Windows
• Majesty Gold HD – Windows
• Naval War: Arctic Circle – Windows
• Starvoid – Windows
• A Game of Dwarves – Windows
• Gettysburg: Armored Warfare – Windows
• Impire – Windows
• Leviathan: Warships – Windows and Mac
• Warlock - Master of the Arcane – Windows
• Crusader Kings II – Windows, Mac, and Linux
• The Showdown Effect – Windows and Mac
• Crusader Kings Complete – Windows
• Dungeonland – Windows and Mac
• Cities in Motion 2 – Windows and Mac
• March of the Eagles – Windows
• Knights of the Pen and Paper +1 – Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Teleglitch: Die More Edition – Windows, Mac, and Linux
• War of the Vikings Alpha – Windows

All games in first two tiers come with soundtracks and are on Windows. Other platforms available where noted.

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9/5/2013 - Arcen Games

Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys)

• AI War: Fleet Command + All 5 DLC Packs
• A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2
• Tidalis

$5.80+

• Shattered Haven
• Skyward Collapse + Nihon no Mura DLC

All games are Windows, Mac, and Steam. Soundtracks are included.

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9/12/2013 - Retro Shooters

$1+ for Steam keys

• Serious Sam HD The First Encounter
• Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter
• Shadow Warrior Classic Redux (Mac, Linux)
• Duke Nukem Megaton Edition (Mac, Linux)

$6+

• Hard Reset Extended Edition w/ soundtrack
• System Shock 2 w/ soundtrack (Mac)

All games are on Steam only. Non-Windows platforms are available as noted.


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9/19/2013 - Egosoft's X Series

$1+

• X: Beyond the Frontier
• X-Tension
• X2: The Thread
• X3: Reunion + Bonus Package

 
$6+

• X3: Terran Conflict
• X3: Albion Prelude
• X: Superbox Bonus Material

All games are on Steam only. X3 titles are also on Mac and Linux. Soundtracks are available for X3: Albion Prelude and X Rebirth.



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9/26/2013 - Kalypso Media

$1+

• Tropico 3 Steam Special Edition
• Sine Mora
• Skydrift
• Anna Extended Edition

$6+

• Tropico 4
• Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

All games are Steam only and on Windows. Anna is also available on Mac and Linux.



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10/3/2013 - Nordic Games

$1+

• Red Faction: Armageddon 
• Supreme Commander 
• Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance 
• The Guild 2 
• Neighbors From Hell Compilation

$6+

• Painkiller: Hell & Damnation 
• ArcaniA 
• Darksiders II 
• SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny

All games are on Steam and Windows only with the exception of Neighbors from Hell which is DRM-free but not on Steam.

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10/10/2013 - Focus Home 

$1+

• Cities XL Platinum
• Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition 
• Divinity II: Developer's Cut 
• R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War 
• Game of Thrones 
• Confrontation

$6+

• Wargame: European Escalation
• The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

All games are on Steam and are Windows only with the exception of Wargame which is also on Mac and Linux.

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10/17/2013 - Hothead Games 
$1+

• Deathspank
• Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue
• On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One

$6+

• The Baconing
• On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two

All games are on Steam only. All games are available on Windows with all three Deathspank games also on Mac.

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10/24/2013 - Cipher Prime
Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam)

• Fractal - Win, Mac, Linux, Android, Steam
• Splice - Win, Mac, Linux, Android, Steam
• Pulse - Android

$6+

• Intake (debut) - Win, Mac
• Auditorium - Win, Mac, Steam

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10/31/2013 - Team 17
$1+

• Worms 
• Worms Armageddon 
• Worms Blast 
• Worms Ultimate Mayhem 
• Worms Pinball 
• Worms Crazy Golf 
• Superfrog HD

$6+

• Alien Breed: Impact
• Alien Breed 2: Assault
• Alien Breed 3: Descent
• Worms Revolution Gold (includes all DLC)

All games are on Steam and are Windows only with the exception of Superfrog which is also on Mac and Linux.

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11/7/2013 - Daedalic

PWYW/$1

• Ednay & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
• A New Beginning - Final Cut
• The Whispered World
• The Chronicles of Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet (DRM-free only)
• The Chronicles of Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (DRM-free only)

$6

• Deponia
• Journey of a Roach
• Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

All games are DRM-free on PC and Mac. All but the Shakespeare are available on Steam for $1+.

 

[Showstoppa42]

Since they're always pumping out DLC for that game - is any Magicka Collection ever complete?

It looks like they're done with Magicka DLC. They used to be consistently bringing out new content every month, but there hasn't been any since April now. Compared to the Amazon bundle, the package on Steam really is complete, offering the game and all paid DLC in one package (there's also a package with just the DLC.) With the team having moved on to other projects (including Magicka: Wizard Wars), I don't see them returning this one.

 

[gilby]

Since they're always pumping out DLC for that game - is any Magicka Collection ever complete?

I think the Magicka Collection on Amazon was complete when it was first offered.

 

[Mooby]

$6. Well $5.81.

And considering I bought Dead Space, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Crisis 2 Maximum Edition, Dead Space 3, Medal of Honor, Mirror's Edge, Battlefield 3, The Sims 3 (with the expansions High End Loft, Late Night, and Date Night), Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising, and Populous all for $5........... well, it kind of IS. ?

Ditch all those crappy consoles and portables and you've saved $500+ That should pad your PC buying power!

• My Systems
  PS3
  DS
  PSP
  PS2
  GBA
  PC

 

[juanjava]

* My systems:
PC

 

[a_dirty_Shisno]

Ditch all those crappy consoles and portables and you've saved $500+ That should pad your PC buying power!

Sure let me just jump into my time machine. I always have it charged and ready to go for just these very occasions.

|

 

[MysterD]

So, how are War of the Roses: Kingmaker, Warlock: Master of the Arcade, and DungeonLand?

 

[sunasun]

You waiting for another bundle with LIMBO?

already found one

$6. Well $5.81.

And considering I bought Dead Space, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Crisis 2 Maximum Edition, Dead Space 3, Medal of Honor, Mirror's Edge, Battlefield 3, The Sims 3 (with the expansions High End Loft, Late Night, and Date Night), Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising, and Populous all for $5........... well, it kind of IS. ?

Clearly you've never been to Singapore.

I don't know why, but I felt like saying that after reading your comment.

This is true. If it had some/many/most/all of the dlc included then I would be somewhat/maybe/probably/definitely more inclined to buy it.

k / :shock: / /

CAG HAS A JAIL!

So is this the guy who puts you in it?



(Yeah, I just wanted an excuse to use that smiley )

yep, but unlike Pakistani jails, they don't give you any hash. (

 

[juanjava]

So, how are War of the Roses: Kingmaker, Warlock: Master of the Arcade, and DungeonLand?



War of the roses is great, I like the combat system (mount & blade).

Warlock is very fun, nothing deep, but fun enough.

Dungeonland... I've played solo and about half an hour. I don't like the FOV and I don't think I'll be playing it again unless I can convince a couple of friends to join

 

[iSerra]

Does Kingmaker edition of WotR contains the House of York Armor Set and House of Lancaster Armor which were previously sold as DLC?

 

[MrNinjaSquirrel]

Does Kingmaker edition of WotR contains the House of York Armor Set and House of Lancaster Armor which were previously sold as DLC?

from the Steam page:

War of the Roses: Kingmaker includes arsenal and armor updates, three new maps and two additional gameplay modes, including the Assault Mode.

It sounds like it does, going off the fact that neither of those are available to buy on Steam at the moment. This is just me guessing though, so take it as you will.

 

[louiedog]

New Weekly

Arcen Games

Pay What You Want ($1+ for Steam keys)

AI War: Fleet Command + All 5 DLC Packs

A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2

Tidalis

$5.80+

Shattered Haven

Skyward Collapse + Nihon no Mura DLC

All games are Windows, Mac, and Steam. Soundtracks are included.

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

 

[The End]

Looks like the BTA price is locked in at $5.80 again. I guess that's the new policy.

On the one hand, it's disappointing because I'll likely never BTA again at that price (baring something truly spectacular). On the other hand though, no more watching for the lowest price as the bundle goes live, or regretting that I wasn't around when it first launched.

 

[pantsattack]

The average is outright locked now. Humble that sucks. I can't drop six bucks a week on truly oddball games.

I'm with The End. This means I'll beat the average only if it's something I already wanted.

 

[asheskitty]

non-BTA give three steam keys:

• AI War + 4 DLC packs & Tidalis Steam Key
• AI War: Vengeance Steam Key
• A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2 Steam Key

 

[juanjava]

I love AVWW2. Reminds me of Actraiser

 

[Foxhack]

Could someone please tell me if this includes FLAC versions of the soundtracks? Or is this MP3 only?

 

[asheskitty]

Could someone please tell me if this includes FLAC versions of the soundtracks? Or is this MP3 only?

FLAC and MP3 for everything (non-BTA level)

 

[Foxhack]

FLAC and MP3 for everything (non-BTA level)

Thanks.

I skipped the Indie Royale where these games were featured because they didn't include FLAC soundtracks, only MP3s. I don't mind paying a bit more for FLACs.

I do mind this screwy new average thing they have going on. That's just... sleazy.

 

[juanjava]

I'll buy it just to get the AVWW2 soundtrack. I like it

 

[warreni]

I seriously doubt Skyward Collapse is worth $6, and I already own everything else in this bundle. Arcen, you just did an Indie Royale, remember?! In for a penny for soundtracks?

 

[Mooby]

'dis bundle.

 

[spoderman]

I've gotta stop disappointing myself.. I keep thinking the HB weekly deal will be the X series, but it never is (

 

[sunasun]

I'll bta when Bioshock Infinite is in the bta tier.

 

[seamoss]

...and to think I actually paid $8 for the IR to get the soundtracks (in MP3, and some are in 192 kbps). Oh well, Arcen are a good indie dev, will probably go in for a buck.

 

[tebowdragon15]

I'll bta when Bioshock Infinite is in the bta tier.

yea same blleh sale if this is new policy humble bundle has just screw us all it means less money for everyone then big mistake humble bundle they need same MisterD take over muaah

 

[asheskitty]

I've gotta stop disappointing myself.. I keep thinking the HB weekly deal will be the X series, but it never is (

Stop hoping so hard, you're ruining it for all of us. ^_~ If you buy it, they (HIB) will come.

I'll bta when Bioshock Infinite is in the bta tier.

$5 or GTFO. .,.also I still need to play BS1 & BS2... I've never even launched BS1 and I've owned it since retail ($5)...

 

[secularsage]

I'm in for $1 to get those Steam keys, because I've heard AI War is quite a good game and that A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2 are worth trying. Tidalis looks like something the wife might play since she loves puzzle games. $.25 per game is not a bad deal, especially with soundtracks included. If any of these wind up with trading cards on Steam, I might even break even.

But who are they kidding with the BTA this week? $5.80 to unlock Skyward Collapse and Shattered Haven, two games that are averaging in the 50s on Metacritic? If I were Arcen, I would have put the AI War plus DLCs in the BTA and put those two turkeys in the lower tier.

Fittingly, the average prices are pretty low so far. I don't think gamers are taking the bait on this poorly-conceived BTA nonsense.

 

[sunasun]

Stop hoping so hard, you're ruining it for all of us. ^_~ If you buy it, they (HIB) will come.

$5 or GTFO. .,.also I still need to play BS1 & BS2... I've never even launched BS1 and I've owned it since retail ($5)...

You're right, I'm trying to over pay. $1 tier or gtfo damn I'm so ing cheap.

have steam keys

want moonshine

 

[tfr]

I hope they still give second week bonus games to non-BTA people

 

[ltrain23]

I hope they still give second week bonus games to non-BTA people

This is the weekly sale... no bonuses.

 

[nitrosmob]

I think I might be missing an AI war expansion or 2....I kind of want the beat the average games but they really don't look amazing.....may go in at a dollar.

 

[Shiro Ryuujin]

I'm in for $1 to get those Steam keys, because I've heard AI War is quite a good game and that A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2 are worth trying. Tidalis looks like something the wife might play since she loves puzzle games. $.25 per game is not a bad deal, especially with soundtracks included. If any of these wind up with trading cards on Steam, I might even break even.

But who are they kidding with the BTA this week? $5.80 to unlock Skyward Collapse and Shattered Haven, two games that are averaging in the 50s on Metacritic? If I were Arcen, I would have put the AI War plus DLCs in the BTA and put those two turkeys in the lower tier.

Fittingly, the average prices are pretty low so far. I don't think gamers are taking the bait on this poorly-conceived BTA nonsense.

Valley 1 has trading cards, strange that 2 doesn't.

 

[pasports31]

Any thoughts on the games in this bundle?

 

[inm8num2]

Even for a dollar I'm not feeling it. I have become a true CAG.

 

[Toranth]

Any thoughts on the games in this bundle?

AI War is a very good RTS with a brutal learning curve. The expansions add tons of extra stuff, and should be considered pretty essential.

A Valley Without Wind 1 is ... hard to describe. A semi-open world zoned side-scrolling action platformer RPG?

AVWW2 is more focused, and is frequently compared to Actraiser.

Tidalis is a decent falling-block puzzler - above average for the genre, I'd say but I don't like that genre much to begin with.

Shattered Haven is a story heavy set-piece puzzler in the vein of the old Lolo games.

Skyward Collapse is Arcen's newest game, and it can be described a "Populus with a twist". Like Populus, you control a bodiless supreme being that cannot directly control the people of the world. Unlike Popular, you are not trying to wipe anyone out. In fact, if either of the two sides destroys the other, you lose. The score gates generally require lots of fighting, though, as do the random third-party monsters, so you can't just hole up and defend. A very interesting game, but with very simple graphics. That's where most of the complaints come from - there's little to no animation anywhere.

I'd strongly recommend going in for $1 if anything in the lower tier sounds interesting. For the Beat-the-Fixed-Price tier, I'd suggest checking out the Demos first - I like Skyward a lot, but some people just can't stand the simple graphics for example.

 

[jimmywolf]

AI War is a very good RTS with a brutal learning curve. The expansions add tons of extra stuff, and should be considered pretty essential.

A Valley Without Wind 1 is ... hard to describe. A semi-open world zoned side-scrolling action platformer RPG?

AVWW2 is more focused, and is frequently compared to Actraiser.

Tidalis is a decent falling-block puzzler - above average for the genre, I'd say but I don't like that genre much to begin with.

Shattered Haven is a story heavy set-piece puzzler in the vein of the old Lolo games.

Skyward Collapse is Arcen's newest game, and it can be described a "Populus with a twist". Like Populus, you control a bodiless supreme being that cannot directly control the people of the world. Unlike Popular, you are not trying to wipe anyone out. In fact, if either of the two sides destroys the other, you lose. The score gates generally require lots of fighting, though, as do the random third-party monsters, so you can't just hole up and defend. A very interesting game, but with very simple graphics. That's where most of the complaints come from - there's little to no animation anywhere.

I'd strongly recommend going in for $1 if anything in the lower tier sounds interesting. For the Beat-the-Fixed-Price tier, I'd suggest checking out the Demos first - I like Skyward a lot, but some people just can't stand the simple graphics for example.

thanks for insight good mini review

 

[Tsnake617]

AI War is a very good RTS with a brutal learning curve. The expansions add tons of extra stuff, and should be considered pretty essential.

A Valley Without Wind 1 is ... hard to describe. A semi-open world zoned side-scrolling action platformer RPG?

AVWW2 is more focused, and is frequently compared to Actraiser.

Tidalis is a decent falling-block puzzler - above average for the genre, I'd say but I don't like that genre much to begin with.

Shattered Haven is a story heavy set-piece puzzler in the vein of the old Lolo games.

Skyward Collapse is Arcen's newest game, and it can be described a "Populus with a twist". Like Populus, you control a bodiless supreme being that cannot directly control the people of the world. Unlike Popular, you are not trying to wipe anyone out. In fact, if either of the two sides destroys the other, you lose. The score gates generally require lots of fighting, though, as do the random third-party monsters, so you can't just hole up and defend. A very interesting game, but with very simple graphics. That's where most of the complaints come from - there's little to no animation anywhere.

I'd strongly recommend going in for $1 if anything in the lower tier sounds interesting. For the Beat-the-Fixed-Price tier, I'd suggest checking out the Demos first - I like Skyward a lot, but some people just can't stand the simple graphics for example.

Thanks for taking the time to post this. I was planning to pass on this week's bundle, but Valley Without Wind sounds like something I'd love.

 

[FadeToOne]

thanks for insight good mini review

Yeah I tried out Valley 1 for a few minutes and it was okay... if the 2nd one reminds me more of Actraiser then I have to play it

 

[pasports31]

AI War is a very good RTS with a brutal learning curve. The expansions add tons of extra stuff, and should be considered pretty essential.

A Valley Without Wind 1 is ... hard to describe. A semi-open world zoned side-scrolling action platformer RPG?

AVWW2 is more focused, and is frequently compared to Actraiser.

Tidalis is a decent falling-block puzzler - above average for the genre, I'd say but I don't like that genre much to begin with.

Shattered Haven is a story heavy set-piece puzzler in the vein of the old Lolo games.

Skyward Collapse is Arcen's newest game, and it can be described a "Populus with a twist". Like Populus, you control a bodiless supreme being that cannot directly control the people of the world. Unlike Popular, you are not trying to wipe anyone out. In fact, if either of the two sides destroys the other, you lose. The score gates generally require lots of fighting, though, as do the random third-party monsters, so you can't just hole up and defend. A very interesting game, but with very simple graphics. That's where most of the complaints come from - there's little to no animation anywhere.

I'd strongly recommend going in for $1 if anything in the lower tier sounds interesting. For the Beat-the-Fixed-Price tier, I'd suggest checking out the Demos first - I like Skyward a lot, but some people just can't stand the simple graphics for example.

Thanks - AI War seems, best received, judging by reviews. However, I just picked up Civ 5 and Xcom in the past month, and Tropico 1/2 in another one dollar bundle a few days ago. Not to mention the titles in the paradox sale last week...so I've probably got enough strategy titles for now. I"ll probably do what I always do, though, and pick it up right before the sale ends, because it's "too good a deal not to," right? I just can't help myself with these things, haha. Appreciate the time you took out to go over these for me!

 

[Eldredpe]

AI War is a very good RTS with a brutal learning curve. The expansions add tons of extra stuff, and should be considered pretty essential.

A Valley Without Wind 1 is ... hard to describe. A semi-open world zoned side-scrolling action platformer RPG?

AVWW2 is more focused, and is frequently compared to Actraiser.

Tidalis is a decent falling-block puzzler - above average for the genre, I'd say but I don't like that genre much to begin with.

Shattered Haven is a story heavy set-piece puzzler in the vein of the old Lolo games.

Skyward Collapse is Arcen's newest game, and it can be described a "Populus with a twist". Like Populus, you control a bodiless supreme being that cannot directly control the people of the world. Unlike Popular, you are not trying to wipe anyone out. In fact, if either of the two sides destroys the other, you lose. The score gates generally require lots of fighting, though, as do the random third-party monsters, so you can't just hole up and defend. A very interesting game, but with very simple graphics. That's where most of the complaints come from - there's little to no animation anywhere.

I'd strongly recommend going in for $1 if anything in the lower tier sounds interesting. For the Beat-the-Fixed-Price tier, I'd suggest checking out the Demos first - I like Skyward a lot, but some people just can't stand the simple graphics for example.

So, I just played about 90 minutes of Valley Without Wind 1, and really enjoyed it, but thought it seemed like sort of an aimless, neverending black hole of dungeons.

Is the second game more of a thing you can pick up and play through and be done with?

I liked what I played of 1, but with my backlog I gravitate towards things I can finish instead of things I will find 60 hours lost in and still feel like the game is grinding more generated content out my way.

 

[nitrosmob]

Played the demo level of Skyward Collapse...was alright but already felt a bit repetitive and boring. Also extremely simplistic. I really like the idea but was just not having too much fun. I'll go for the 1 dollar level to get the rest of the AI wars expansions i'm missing.

 

[Caine]

After watching the video of Skyward Collapse, I think I can ignore the BTA (what is this now, Beat The ArbitraryPriceWeChose?).  Already have tidalis, not a bad game at all for being a puzzler and AI War, but not all of the DLC.  Although does that really matter when I've got all of 65 minutes played?  

 

[gilby]

After watching the video of Skyward Collapse, I think I can ignore the BTA (what is this now, Beat The ArbitraryPriceWeChose?).

Beat the historical average of all humble bundles sold. Probably smart, to be honest, and probably good to have it in place now, with some minor weeklies, rather than springing it with the next nice awesome bundle.

 

[asheskitty]

Beat the historical average of all humble bundles sold. Probably smart, to be honest, and probably good to have it in place now, with some minor weeklies, rather than springing it with the next nice awesome bundle.

I hate this defense. "historical average of all humble bundles" really has little/no meaning.... ing bronies

It's just some arbitrary number. ...not even appropriately arbitrary for the particular weekly

 

[mrsilkunderwear]

Thanks - AI War seems, best received, judging by reviews. However, I just picked up Civ 5 and Xcom in the past month, and Tropico 1/2 in another one dollar bundle a few days ago. Not to mention the titles in the paradox sale last week...so I've probably got enough strategy titles for now. I"ll probably do what I always do, though, and pick it up right before the sale ends, because it's "too good a deal not to," right? I just can't help myself with these things, haha. Appreciate the time you took out to go over these for me!

Civ5 and Xcom huh? Well we will see ya in a couple of months.

 

[Toranth]

So, I just played about 90 minutes of Valley Without Wind 1, and really enjoyed it, but thought it seemed like sort of an aimless, neverending black hole of dungeons.

Is the second game more of a thing you can pick up and play through and be done with?

I liked what I played of 1, but with my backlog I gravitate towards things I can finish instead of things I will find 60 hours lost in and still feel like the game is grinding more generated content out my way.

AVWW 1 is rather aimless. Yes, there's a goal, as eventually you are supposed to defeat the Big Bad Boss. But you can just wander through dungeons until you feel like doing it. And when you're done, you move on to a new continent (with new terrain, monsters, etc) and do it again. It supports a neat shared world multiplayer system, but as a single player game, it can get repetitive fast.

AVWW 2, on the other hand, is much more tightly focused. There is still an important side action platformer part, but the real game takes place on the strategic map. Deciding where to assign your people, how to manage your resources and morale, what to explore, etc. You are also somewhat turn limited, as the Big Bad Boss will now come after you - if you don't prepare well and cannot distract him, you WILL lose. It has more story as well, with actual named characters in addition to the random NPCs.

Both are designed for significant replay value. New maps, unlocks of new spells, new zones, new enemies, etc, as you rack up playtime. And because of the size/complexity, neither is a quick play.

Played the demo level of Skyward Collapse...was alright but already felt a bit repetitive and boring. Also extremely simplistic. I really like the idea but was just not having too much fun. I'll go for the 1 dollar level to get the rest of the AI wars expansions i'm missing.

Skyward Collapse is pretty simple in concept. I find that the fun comes from the combination of bizarre abilities, Woes, and scoring goals. If you are playing for an ideal strategy, then yeah, it can quickly get boring. On the developer's forums, there have been a couple of different people that came up with instant- or easy-win techniques. General response from the players has been "Booo!" and the devs will try to fix any such strategies so they are no longer 'best'.

But you are correct; Skyward is a simplistic game in it's rules. Take a few actions for Faction #1, take a few actions for Faction #2, back to Faction #1, repeat, meanwhile the AI controlled units move. That's it. But those actions... that can make the game oh-so-complicated.

 

[gilby]

I hate this defense. "historical average of all humble bundles" really has little/no meaning.... ing bronies

It's just some arbitrary number. ...not even appropriately arbitrary for the particular weekly

Arbitrary to switch to it, perhaps, but it certainly is a clearly defined number. It looks like it's the new way Humble will be doing things.

And, again, it's probably smart. It means I would have paid an extra $1.30 or so for the Origin bundle and similar amounts extra for a handful of previous bundles. To be honest, I would have paid the extra for the bundles I was willing to BTA on. I have to assume I'm not unique there. This will probably end up with Humble getting some higher amounts from me and some other gamers. I'll grumble about it, but I'll probably pay it.

 

[MrNinjaSquirrel]

Arbitrary to switch to it, perhaps, but it certainly is a clearly defined number. It looks like it's the new way Humble will be doing things.

And, again, it's probably smart. It means I would have paid an extra $1.30 or so for the Origin bundle and similar amounts extra for a handful of previous bundles. To be honest, I would have paid the extra for the bundles I was willing to BTA on. I have to assume I'm not unique there. This will probably end up with Humble getting some higher amounts from me and some other gamers. I'll grumble about it, but I'll probably pay it.

I typically end up paying $5 when I BTA, and I don't have any problem throwing an extra $0.80 or so if that's how it will be from now on, since all things considered it's a small price to pay for what we've been getting. I prefer the standard BTA format better, but I'm not bitter about the change, assuming the average doesn't continue to rise from here on out which seems unlikely.

Now I just want the weeklies to pick back up in quality

 

[asheskitty]

Arbitrary to switch to it, perhaps, but it certainly is a clearly defined number.

Why? What does that number have to do with *this* bundle? Is this the desirability of this BTA-bundle equal to the average of all Humble BTA-bundles?

Using numerology would be another way to arrive at a "clearly defined number". So would summing up last week's lotto jackpot numbers, or number of drone strikes last month, but none of these have any direct* relation to what the BTA price of the current bundle.

*Chaos Theory aside.

<stares at the leaves at the bottom of her teacup to divine next week's HwB lineup>

 

[warreni]

Arbitrary to switch to it, perhaps, but it certainly is a clearly defined number. It looks like it's the new way Humble will be doing things.

And, again, it's probably smart. It means I would have paid an extra $1.30 or so for the Origin bundle and similar amounts extra for a handful of previous bundles. To be honest, I would have paid the extra for the bundles I was willing to BTA on. I have to assume I'm not unique there. This will probably end up with Humble getting some higher amounts from me and some other gamers. I'll grumble about it, but I'll probably pay it.

I typically end up paying $5 when I BTA, and I don't have any problem throwing an extra $0.80 or so if that's how it will be from now on, since all things considered it's a small price to pay for what we've been getting. I prefer the standard BTA format better, but I'm not bitter about the change, assuming the average doesn't continue to rise from here on out which seems unlikely.

Now I just want the weeklies to pick back up in quality

I think you guys are also missing the bigger picture. If this is really an average of all sales and new bundles start having this "just $0.80" difference, the BTA price is likely to start climbing so that the normal BTA could be upwards of $10 within a year or so. Is that a trend you'd support?

Personally I agree with Ashes that this is curiously arbitrary. I also think everyone should stop calling things BTA that clearly are not. People tend to have a higher opinion of HIB than Indie Gala, but that's a classic IG move ("BTA means whatever we want it to").

FWIW, there's nothing inherently wrong with the quality of this bundle. It's just that Skyward Collapse is the only Arcen game that's never been previously bundled. Most folks have at least two or three of these from earlier bundles and paid much less for them. Arcen was selling AVWW 2 for sub-$4 during the summer sale and that came bundled with AVWW 1, but they think cheap-asses are going to cough up almost $6 for their newest game?!