Humble Choice

Spacedeck · 22 Jan 2022 at 01:56

Just got the email to get the games for £4 with the coupon. I was in two minds about getting them but for this cheap price, I'm not going to say no!

I'll definitely cancel next month though if they don't release anything I want. Sort of happy I don't need to keep pausing every month now.

TheSwede · 1 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Well, this was a bit surprising to see. Borderlands 3 on Humble Choice. Although saying that, the game is 75% off on the Steam sale right now but still, not a bad offering. Of the other 8 I only heard about Paradise Lost so have to check on the other 7. Anyone else knows anything about them ?

RoosterC · 1 Feb 2022 at 19:33

TheSwede said:
Well, this was a bit surprising to see. Borderlands 3 on Humble Choice. Although saying that, the game is 75% off on the Steam sale right now but still, not a bad offering. Of the other 8 I only heard about Paradise Lost so have to check on the other 7. Anyone else knows anything about them ?

Yes, quite the surprise after the last few months of questioning was I going to keep pausing the subscription.

McPhee · 1 Feb 2022 at 23:23

Big discount too; £8.99 for all the games. Guess they've realised the format isn't working.

EDIT: And they've added a new "thing"; Humble Games Collection. "Premium indie games handpicked by the Humble team". This month's selection is Wizard of Legend, Void Bs, Unsighted, Forager, Dodgeball Academia, and all of the previous Vault "DRM Free" titles.

bazzabear · 2 Feb 2022 at 10:04

Now they seem to have changed normal membership to be the same as classic membership (if I understand correctly), is there any real downside to quitting the monthly sub and just re-subbing if there's ever a month of interest?

I haven't actually downloaded a game for ages, but have been loath to unsubscribe because I would lose the benefits of being a classic member (yes, I know this is stupid!)

ic1male · 2 Feb 2022 at 10:54

bazzabear said:
Now they seem to have changed normal membership to be the same as classic membership (if I understand correctly), is there any real downside to quitting the monthly sub and just re-subbing if there's ever a month of interest?

Not really - you just lose access to the games collection and your 20%? store discount.

bazzabear · 2 Feb 2022 at 11:10

Cheers. I think I might cancel then. I've probably played a tiny percentage of the games I've got from it over the years. And I already have BL3 (albeit not the DLC).

Spacedeck · 2 Feb 2022 at 11:10

Depends if by being paused you are more likely to receive an offer to buy the month cheaper. I don't know if this is the case though.

bazzabear · 2 Feb 2022 at 11:13

I did think about pausing - but I'll just keep forgetting to check the choice each month and therefore forget to pause!

Ree · 2 Feb 2022 at 11:21

I skipped and they offered $2 off. I still skipped though as I already own and have completed BL3 and the rest weren't worth the money imo.

bazzabear · 2 Feb 2022 at 12:40

I see I'm actually too late to cancel before the BL3 stuff anyway. Told you I was bad at this!

Spacedeck · 2 Feb 2022 at 12:46

Did you not want last months? If you haven't claimed any of the keys, contact Humble and they may be able to refund you.

BL3 won't be billed until end of this month, if you left it.

bazzabear · 2 Feb 2022 at 20:43

I've cancelled today, so we'll see what happens. I'm not too bothered if I end up with an extra month over my intention - it can be added to the last XX amount I didn't really want too.

uncle_rufus · 3 Feb 2022 at 06:22

Here's why I don't pause...

Some mates of mine were talking yesterday about a game they had all started playing - Not For Broadcast. Sounded really interesting so I looked it up - I already own it?! Oh it was in the September 2021 Choice and I literally just added it and moved on, hadn't really heard of it, wasn't grabbed by my quick skim of it...

Not the first time it's happened either; there are some real gems hidden in these sometimes

Nate75 · 3 Feb 2022 at 08:55

And all this time, money goes to good causes

Flibster · 8 Feb 2022 at 16:13

uncle_rufus said:
Here's why I don't pause...

Some mates of mine were talking yesterday about a game they had all started playing - Not For Broadcast. Sounded really interesting so I looked it up - I already own it?! Oh it was in the September 2021 Choice and I literally just added it and moved on, hadn't really heard of it, wasn't grabbed by my quick skim of it...

Not the first time it's happened either; there are some real gems hidden in these sometimes

Not for Broadcast is a fantastic game. Not played the last chapter that was released very recently, but given how the last 2 chapters and the pandemic bonus material that was released has gone, it'll be great.

ic1male · 1 Mar 2022 at 15:04

Fingers crossed that the leak doing the rounds is true. It’s got Desperados III and Mass Effect Legendary Edition as two of the games for March.

uncle_rufus · 1 Mar 2022 at 15:25

ic1male said:
Fingers crossed that the leak doing the rounds is true. It’s got Desperados III and Mass Effect Legendary Edition as two of the games for March.

That would be great! I had been thinking of picking up Mass Effect

Ree · 1 Mar 2022 at 15:39

Yeah it's in the email they sent me.

Paul_cz · 1 Mar 2022 at 17:48

Selfishly I hope the ME LE is origin version so I don't have to regret buying it on steam for 40 euros (and I still haven't done the replay)