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[Ozyton]

Apparently Startopia is 1 dollar on Steam
There's some other pretty neat deals too but Startopia is the one that stood out to me on that list

[SalmonGod]

Just impulse bought Superflight for $1.50.  Normally $3.  It's a nice little indie gem.  Very simple game, but great execution.  The sense of motion and scale in the environments is really nice.  The gameplay is novel, solid, satisfying, and can be picked up in seconds, although it will take a few minutes before you start to get comfortable with the nuance of motion required to pull off more difficult routes.  The procedurally generated maps make this fun to play for longer than you'd expect.

[choppy]

Freeman Guerrilla Warfare is 27% off ($11) on https://chrono.gg for the next 16 or so hours.

[umiman]

Hollow Knight is currently on sale for -34% on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

Apparently it's really really good? I just bought it.

[Retropunch]

Hollow Knight is currently on sale for -34% on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

Apparently it's really really good? I just bought it.

I bought it ages ago after how much everyone was going on about it. It's got a great art style and atmosphere, but I found the gameplay a bit meh. It's like a very stripped down cross between Dark Souls and an old school platformer, but abit too slow to be an old school platformer, and too basic to be a Dark Souls-like.

That being said, it's apparently MASSIVE. So if you're into exploration/'I wonder what's round the next corner' it's supposed to be great. I'll definitely give it another go at some point, but it wasn't something that grabbed me first time round.

[ChairmanPoo]

Battle Brothers is 50% off.

So far I'm loving it. Seems far more procedural (good) than what I was given to understand. Also it doesnt seem that abandoned (as I was given to undrstand as well)  they do add new stuff from time to time.

Would be nice to get playable necromancers if I may say (maybe as a separate campaign?)

[heydude6]

Hollow Knight is currently on sale for -34% on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

Apparently it's really really good? I just bought it.

I bought it ages ago after how much everyone was going on about it. It's got a great art style and atmosphere, but I found the gameplay a bit meh. It's like a very stripped down cross between Dark Souls and an old school platformer, but abit too slow to be an old school platformer, and too basic to be a Dark Souls-like.

Thank you! I thought I was the only one! My biggest problem with the game is that you have no idea what you’re doing most of the time. In dark souls, you’d at least be told to ring the bells of awakening or kill the lords of cinder, but here you’re just a murderhobo.

People say the game is like dark souls but the only thing it has in common with it is the atmosphere and I guess the story (haven’t gotten that far unfortunately). Gameplay is nothing like it (except a bloodstain mechanic), and as a result playing the game feels like eating a chicken flavoured piece of celery. Sure, they may taste the same, but it still doesn’t feel right.

The soundtrack is good, but I don’t think it’s used effectively. The game constantly plays sad and melancholy music which gets  repetitive. They change tracks frequently and they do sound different, but they all evoke the exact same feelings and emotions, so it’s like there’s no change at all. Not every location has to evoke sadness and melancholy! If you want to see an example of a well varied soundtrack, compare the carnival and forest themes in Nier:Automata to the crossroads and forest themes in hollow night.

If there is one thing the game does well though, it’s boss fights. I only fought the first two, but they stand out in comparison to the rest of the game. The fights are a good challenge and the battle themes are a great break from the otherwise monotonous soundtrack.

[nenjin]

It's the art style that's made me hold off. "Grimcute" isn't my cup of tea.

[AlStar]

Hollow Knight

I thought it was brilliantly well done game - graphics, sound, music, gameplay; they all really worked together.

My only real complaint was one of the optional levels (the White Place), where they decided to replace the natural aesthetic that had been working so well throughout the game for... saw blades. A funny comment I saw on YouTube:

King: I'm gonna redecorate.
Bugs: splendid idea milord, what do you have in mind?
King: I was thinking... saws.
Bugs: Saws, milord?
King: Circle saws, fucking everywhere. Make it so
Bugs: ... Saws?
King: ... MAKE IT SO. AND PUT THEM ON RAILS.
Bugs: Very well, milord.

Now, that said, I don't think that the game's necessarily for everyone, and the music does tend towards the bleak end of the spectrum - you are exploring the bones of what was once a thriving civilization, after all. But there are some just amazingly beautiful parts:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1upT4cUuLM

The boss fights are also really well done - difficult without becoming controller-throwing hard. Unless you want them to be, since you can re-fight most of the bosses with their difficulty turned up to 11.

[MantisMan]

How does the new Humble Monthly Bundle look to everyone?

https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly/p/march_2018_monthly

The early unlocks this month are Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, GOD EATER 2: Rage Burst, and Mafia III + Mafia III: Sign of the Times.

I subscribed to last month because of Dark Souls 3, but I'm not so sure about this month. I've heard that God Eater 2 is a more actiony Monster Hunter with a surprisingly deep bullet crafting system, and I've heard that Mafia 3 is a good story-driven open world game.

[hector13]

Mafia III's combat is god-awful though. Interesting enough story I guess...

[Persus13]

I've had Humble Monthly for a little over a year now, and this is the first month I've skipped, mainly because Mafia III and the newest Deus Ex would be too much for my computer to handle and their reception was that they were okay, but not amazing sequels.

[Niveras]

If anyone happens to see Wurm Unlimited at a major discount, please post in the thread or otherwise let me know.

I unfortunately missed its $1 sale as part of the humble bundle a few months back. I imagine it is not likely to get that cheap again for a long time, but I might be willing to put in ~$15 [$LOCALCURRENCY] (so probably ~$10 USD) to try it out.

[Nelia Hawk]

tropico 5 is in a new humble bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/jumbo-bundle-11?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_1

[Radsoc]

They're handing out F1 2015 for free atm too.

Tropico 5 is not that bad. A bit more challenging than some other titles. But I think they have simplified some things too much. I completed the main campaign and that of espionage, which are pretty witty, especially the last mission .

Orwell, that's included there is an interesting game as well.