Is it still the same to you?
It does because SteamGifts became worse. I stopped giving my games away, because it's not profitable. I prefer to give games to someone I know and actually want the game. And community here is terrible. Rich people are thinking they are so cool giving away games and that everyone should buy AAA games for everyone. Why would I even do that? Also 10 lvl is ridiculous. Spent 5000 dolars to have 0,1% more chance of winning a game xD I had my lvl revoked for no reason (game was full or bundle price when I gifted it, but it still counted later as no value). For me it's just "win another simple game, because nobody gives what I want the most, and when they do, it's so little chance I win anyway".
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I understand your point and SteamGifts have change a lot in recent years, for better or worse. That said, i thing you misunderstand a few thing:
- "I stopped giving my games away, because it's not profitable". Giveaway are not mean to be profitable. No one force you to gift nor promise you reward when you do. Sure, there are giveaway for the purpose of promotions, which turn into benefit in the end, but the main idea behind giveaway still stand: that giveaway originally based on goodwill.
- "Spent 5000 dollars to have 0,1% more chance of winning a game". As far as i know, higher level does not mean better chance to win games. Unless you are one of the people writing the code for the site there is not anyway to prove higher level mean better chance. I mean, look at me, i have lower level than you, i enter half of giveaway as you do and still win nearly as as much as you do. Higher level do mean that you can enter more giveaway, but that does not mean those giveaway are better. Currently there are only 21 giveaway with level from 8 to 10, and most of them are bundle games.
One of the reason SteamGifts have change is that it is a lot harder to gift game now compare to few year ago. Gifting game became restrictive. And good site to get steam key either close (tremor game) or change for the worse (Fanatical, Indiegala).
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This site is not profitable. I won't spend 5000 dollars to have puny chance of winning another 2p game. You don't suppose I came here to be a charity? I came here to win new games for free. Giving was just an addon. But with all those things I feel like it's not worth it. People are douchebags here, contributor level doesn't really add anything, You are getting Your level revoked for no reason and more.
And that's what I literally just said. 21 giveaways on 8-10 levels that are not even worth much.Higher CL doesn't really gives You the advantage. Not the advantage You would expect from wasting 5000 dollars.
Also I enter giveaways I want to. You maybe enter giveaways with just few people entering. i don't even care. Obviously entering Cyberpunk 2077 giveaway has lower chance of winning, right?
Also community here is cancer. I literally just got 3 new blacklists because... I just wrote the comment above. So for no apparent reason. Someone got mad, butt started to hurt and they blacklisted me. I just laugh all the time that happens. Some salty kids blacklisting people, whose opinion they don't like. I never ever cared about that, but this kind of negativity I won't stand. Probably most of those people don't give single game, so I don't even lose anything here. But I won't just accept such attitude. So community for me doesn't exist here.
And for the site... it's just not fair. You either pay more than You earn for few years to get ridiculously low additional chance of winning a game or just won't get at all. And for not doing so and openly saying so You are lynched. I was literally scolded many times that I am selfish etc, just because I won't give my few years earning to random people. Few frickin years earnings.
So basically I have very honest and justified reasons to not give my games here.
Would You give something to someone, who instead of "thank" in "thank you" use f word?
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Talks all kinds of shit about the community feeding him free games, while he makes excuses not to give away anything.
Then can't understand why anyone would blacklist him.
/facepalm
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^^^^^^ This.
Makes comments about how selfish he is, then is incredulous that people wouldn't want him to be part of their GAs.
<double facepalm>
😆🤣
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Yes, troll kid. I am soooo selfish. Giving away games of worth almost 2,5k dollars. Labeling people and literally taking words out of context. You are pathetic. I bet You just blacklisted me. Because people without arguments can't do anything but that. You have nothing to say, so You instead "punish me" with Your puny saltiness :)
EDIT: Also not a double facepalm. I would have to literally make Goku hit me so hard, to make facepalm to fit Your comment :)
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You know, I wasn't going to blacklist you, because I rarely blacklist anyone. I literally have like 8-10 people on there. But after your wildly inaccurate, pedantic, low-EQ name-calling, I think that you just earned a spot on it. Congratulations! You're like blacklist royalty now.
"Troll kid." I really enjoy how you announce yourself when you enter the conversation. It's endearing.
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Don't worry, I already blacklisted You, because I'm not going to stand such hatred as Yours. You are obviously a troll. And if You think I care that You do blacklist me... I don't. I don't give a heck about what You do. Because I don't care about life of someone who can pull hatred of this level.
Also You know? Before SG I maybe blacklisted 3 people in my entire life in the whole Internet. It raised quickly here. Because of such people like You for example, who pick on my for no reason with the manipulating narration. Because people like You exist here I'm not giving away my games on SteamGifts. Of course I give games in other places. To people who do deserve it. That can respect others. But I don't respect anyone who uses manipulation as a narration.
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"Manipulation as a narration?" Hilarious. Firstly, you don't need the "a" in that sentence, or else you need to use the word "narrative." Second of all, how did I manipulate you? I did no such thing. You came in here with a selfish attitude about how the site wasn't doing enough for you instead of realizing that the point is what you do for other people. It's about giving. If pointing that out to you is somehow "hatred" (news flash: it's not), then color me guilty. But you're delusional.
As for you blacklisting me...well, it's not going to affect much of anything, since you don't give much. The converse isn't true. Congratulations for coming in here with a whiny attitude, getting called out on it, and then doubling down and, thus, shooting yourself in the foot.
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Guy, You are clearly missing the point here. And missing it on purpose. Like removing the 99% of things, main context, leaving just "he won't give games". Don't be such a jerk, okay? Taking words out of context... I wonder when people learn to not do that.
Also, just look at what kind of games I had given away. Obviously, mostly were it bundled games, but I could sell those bigger games, instead of giving them away, for profit.
And people blacklisting me because they are so biased like You are are just salty kids. And You try to twist the things around. If I am selfish, then prove You are not and spend Your year worth salary on people right now. Or maybe You are just all talk? Arrogant and full of Yourself.
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Thing is, You picked on me. You took my words out of context. You insulted me. Who is the ah here?
Also, who said "everyone else"? Except You, putting the words I never said in my mouth. You know what? Sign up as politician. You would do great with all this hatred and manipulations.
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You led with "I stopped giving my games away, because it's not profitable" and segued into "Rich people are thinking they are so cool giving away games and that everyone should buy AAA games for everyone".
It doesn't matter what padding you place in around that, your low evaluation of steamgifts is because you aren't gaining, and you judged/mocked others as 'rich people' with an inflated sense of self. That becomes the main context to active steamgift participants regardless of what your intentions may have been. Nobody is required to burn their disposable income to give high value games, but those who do are appreciated. While a handful of immature people will call anybody they dislike 'leecher', thats on par with trying to taunt someone for their number of followers or likes on a post, most people just roll their eyes at the weak comeback. The big givers are not beyond criticism here. And yeah, the community does have its hiccups, but I've never known an online community that doesn't have its trolls or ass-hats outside of closed communities that act more like family.
This is of course with my standard disclaimer : Unless the language barrier hit again. If english isn't your primary language, missing lingual subtleties may be in effect here. Phrasing is important in determining the undercurrent of intent, but "rich people are thinking they are so cool- etc" is quite hard to mistake.
It's okay to just fall out of love with a place. It's okay to not want to fire off your spare keys into the crowds of strangers and prefer to retain them for friends and acquaintances you know. It's okay to want to but not have the spare funds to do so (2020, covid, etc). But that doesn't mean it's the fault of a belligerent rich elite, an entitled community, nor the fall of the site you once enjoyed. Peoples interests move on, and the excitement of raffles for raffles just might just be behind you now. That's okay. Just like people who were once hype about bundle sites as a source of exciting games can become disillusioned with time, it doesn't mean the bundle sites are dying. I mean, I get that quality can waver, and change happens, but perspective is a big part of this.
You do you. There's no shame in that. But steamgifts was never about profiting. And if thats not what you meant, then you should consider investing less of your reply time biting at the repliers and more time clarifying what you actually meant, y'know?
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Stop taking words out of context.
You literally use one sentence as if it was whole comment. And I made like 3 or 4 different reasons. People being so nagtive here is the main reason.
Tbh, I took it into consideration that people will manipulate my words. Still didn't care if that will happen. And boom. Here we are. People are literally taking my words out of context, making a bad guy out of me, insulting me, when clearly they are the haters and wrong one here. Because they have literally NO SINGLE REASON to assault me like that.
SteamGifts is the site for winning the games for free. So it is about gaining.
And whoever wants can give their games too. But it's not an obligation. And If You say it is and say that whoever doesn't do that is the worst scoundrel in the word, because that narration I see in this thread, such hatred I won't bear. And this site is full of it. Therefor I won't give my games to people who just plainly doesn't deserve it. And tbh, I was once considering doing it again. But now? No way. Not with people of such great negativity out there.
And I didn't judged or mocked anyone. I was mocked by those people, who replied there as I did something terrible, like I killed their parents or sth. They treat me like that. Just because I said I don't give games here. This is absurd. I won't stand such hatred. Sorry.
I'm just enough of people like them. And I won't change my mind. Not anymore. Even if I was considering it, this level of hatred is above any of my forgiveness. They could be jerks. But they are extreme jerks, literally picking on my out of the pure hatred. Nope. This means I won't be back in giving games here.
Also their pseudo arguments like "He is selfish" or other bs... funny, as I am giving those games for free somewhere else. Just not here, where people are like that. And I don't gain anything for that. So any of this out of context "You said You do that because it's not profitable" narration makes no sense at all.
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You just missed his point again. It sounds like you are just too angry and not really getting what he said, because he didn't say what you think he said. If you think people are cherry picking your words out of context, then explain what you want to say. if one paragraph is not getting the point across, use 10. You cant blame people for misunderstanding if instead of correcting their viewpoint by clarifying your position, you just get angry and complain.
Edit: For the record.. I always view steamgifts as a giveaway site. not a free game site. Anyone can give away a game, but the chances of you winning a game you want are extremely low. Its only because people give away the games, that other people can have a chance at winning games. I don't think I have entered more than a random giveaway in years, but I still visit this site for the community, not to win free games.
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I took the words with the immediate context they were given, no more and no less.
I offered the caution that perhaps there is a lingual subtlety here that is causing a clash (so you could clarify), but your replies, if anything, seem to point towards the correct context being assumed, as you still seem to feel you're being singled out for dissent and being treated in an overly negative fashion. Yet the negativity I saw in skimming through yesterday is people being negative as a kind of reflection of what they are reading (to a matching degree), and while I cannot speak on behalf of the others I am not insulting you nor deliberately taking you out of context, and my reply is by no stretch of imagination an assault upon your character, so perhaps we could stick to what we have said to each other, and less of the others. Though I'm really not seeing this hatred you claim to be facing? I even took a moment to agree that people who are overly judgemental about small or non-issues are just being petty, so I'm not sure why you seem to feel I'm being adverserial here.
If you cannot clarify or attempt provide the missing context then as Rahul mentioned, you're dooming yourself ot be misinterpretted. Again, I mentioned the lingual subtleties thing specifically because if you're not a primary english speaker (despite your posts being very readable), then its easily possible for a disconnect in tone or context to be exacerbating this. Though what I'm getting from your reply is that you're feeling cornered and persecuted, but I'm really not seeing that in the replies, so all I can suggest is that you take a break from the site to catch your breath and clear your mind. In what I see, your perspective of being attacked is quite exaggerated, whereas your insistance that you're not judging while you keep claiming everyone is being bitterly hateful towards you or acting like a lording elite because of their choice of giveaways is... well it honestly comes across as quite distorted. If not an intrinsic language matter, then I can only suggest taking pause to consider what tone you might be injecting over the replies that isn't there?
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Oh, also... I WAS SOOO FED WITH GOOD STUFF... I won maybe few games worth few bucks each, and if we count bundles, even less. They fed me so much and I am no grateful enough! You are not serious. I can tell. Your trolling is just poor.
PS I am not obliged to give anything back. Especially to the likes of You. I would, if instead such aggressiveness wouldn't exist here. And it was more fair. But You know what? I just buy games. I don't even need this site. And people, who are so full of themselves, like You, won't change it. If community wasn't so arrogant, I would maybe change my mind. But if You pick on me, just because You can't STAND my point. Well... there is nothing we can talk about. Because You don't take this seriously. You are just simple troll.
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Probably like the others who have blacklisted you, I'm simply tired of the constant negativity and vitriol you spew in the very face of this community.
But, you know what? I'm fine with being a "salty kid."
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I am tired with negativity, that's why I don't give away my games here. And You have proven that I made a correct choice here. Because people of such arrogance, hatred, manipulating other people's word just to fit their wrong narration... they definitely not deserve a single cent from me. And You know? Back before I came to SteamGifts I was maybe blacklisting 1 people in entire lifre of the site. But here? I had to blacklist so many people, who are just offending. You are hating me out of the blue, just because I said I don't give my games away. You also literally thorn apart my whole comment to get one thing out of context and You call me an ah? You are really, really pathetic person. People like You are the reason I'm not giving away my games here. I just hate such negativity. That's why I won't give a single game here anymore. I will give my games to people, who I know they want it. Not to people who will take it and will insult me in exchange.
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You are hating me out of the blue, just because I said I don't give my games away.
Entirely incorrect. I don't like you calling this community "cancer" (among other things), then treating it as a free game dispenser for your profitability. Feel free to go on with your insults toward me, but at the very least show a little God damned respect for the other people (aka this community) feeding you free games.
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I am tired with negativity
And that's the most hypcritical thing I've heard in a long time. But thanks for the entertainment.
And definitely do keep blacklisting people, you are hurting literally no one but yourself which is funny
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IKR? I got called the same thing. I love the assumption of "kid" (he's waaaaayyyy off in my case...lol), all the while blaming others without a single ounce of introspection like some pedantic eleven-year-old. Oh, the irony.
He keeps blaming others for being negative when he, very literally, is the most negative thing in this entire thread. Oh, the irony.
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Pretty much everything he's said rings of high irony. But saying the "community is cancer" is where I draw the line, particularly when he makes no bones about entering the giveaways those same people make.
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Ha, yes. I also like that he continually capitalized the word "you" for no apparent reason. It makes me feel like he's uncovered the secrets behind the conspiracy of which we are all clearly taking part. Illuminati confirmed!
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I'm not really sure I want to step in here and revive this discussion, but...
Would You give something to someone, who instead of "thank" in "thank you" use f word?
As far as I can tell, you don't thank people at all when they give you a game. Doing so might be a good start to showing appreciation and building a stronger community. It would certainly bring more positivity to the site. Lead by example, right?
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Another troll taking things out of context?
Have You ever considered reading... the whole comment? At least once in Your lifetime.
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Then provide the missing context, because the other things in your overall reply did not subtract from or really temper against what was quoted. :P
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Well, to be fair, reading the rest of that paragraph won't change anything. I mean, your last sentence...
For me it's just "win another simple game, because nobody gives what I want the most, and when they do, it's so little chance I win anyway".
... is somewhat facepalm-inducing.
If your goal when registering on SG was to "turn a profit"... as in win nicer games than those you give away (i.e. I'm gonna give bundle games and win AAA, pricey, unbundled titles)... yeaaaaah. If you had -and still have- that kind of mindset, of course, you are bound to be disappointed. SteamGifts is absolutely not profitable in that regard. You should never see SteamGifts as an investment.
Whelp, at least you got a few games to idle. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Win games
- Idle games
- Sell cards
- Profit !
On a more serious note, you remind me of another user who is sometimes very vocal about how crappy SteamGifts is... he's been saying that for over a year. But. He. Is. Still. Around.
If SG is that bad in your opinion, why are you still here? Just give bundle leftovers to your friends and forget all about SteamGifts. Problem solved?
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Take your negativity out of here before it spreads.
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Not sure what you mean but Fanatical has loot boxes for all your gambling needs.
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And instead of knowing one headliner game, we don't know any at all.
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Um... Instead of knowing one headliner game, you know all 12 now. I don't see where is the problem. In fact, I think it's a plus that you see the whole bundle beforehand. If you are talking about HM/HC.
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In the context of this thread, the OP is saying they liked the mystery of only knowing one game and not the rest.
What we're saying is if they wanted to keep the mindset, they can pretend that they actually know zero games in next month's bundle. As in currently, you don't know any of December's games and can be considered "gambling" on it (esp if you paid advance months).
Personally I love knowing all games before buying but that was not the point of my comment
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Well, you can always pause a month, and they give you a whole month after games have been revealed to decide whether to buy or to pause.
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The semi-joke wasn't complicated but it seems to have sailed over some heads. My first reply is to be read in sequence with Spacecouncil's comment, don't take it out of context, that's why it's a reply and not a standalone comment.
I am reminded that I suck at explanations.
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I still don't really get it, but seems like there's trouble with understanding on my side as well, welp, sorry for bothering ._
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Its the internet, that's one of the big dangers we all face :P
I think the real mistake being made here is that you were making a lighthearted joke, vlad767 and CptWest took it to be a complaint or criticism. Probably because of the negativity that is usually shown on the internet, or by how the discussion became hostile in the other comment chains?
It was only as I was typing that I realised that your remark was following SpaceCouncils tone closer than I thought. While the original humble monthly was fun because of the little peek and the eventual reveal was like the thrill of a gamble, you were basically agreeing with SpaceCouncil and saying that if you adjust your perspective, that element is still there, it's just without an in-built commitment, and the excitement is for a month in advance.
Honestly I don't even know how I missed that on a first pass, it's obvious in hindsight.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your explanation, I think maybe this is just that whole 'brain autocorrect' phenomenon, and maybe you're jinxed to have your posts live in its blind-spot? Or maybe I'm just dense. When this stuff happens, I usually click through peoples profiles and discover they might not be primary english speakers, which explains a lot. In my case, I ask for mercy in that I've only been awake an hour and my mug of tea hasn't quite kicked in yet, so maybe I shouldn't be skim-reading :P
Oh well, normal woes of the internet, haha.
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Exactly, there's even more mystery every month now! :)
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Your last Question and the Vote are strange.
If I click Yes, is it my answer for: "Any of you that feel the same???" or "Is it still the same to you?"?
and yes, I feel like this too.
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if you want to gamble, you can buy mystery keys on various sites
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I used to like the early release and then wonder. hope and gamble on what's coming.
Buy the bundles with your eyes closed. Problem. Solved.
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The bundle scene in general is down a lot. 99% of Fanatical bundles are repeats for me, IndieGala for the most part isn't worth buying from but rarely, Groupees for me is like Humble is for you; and for Humble it's probably close, maybe 95% are repeats (and even if there is a bundle that interests me, most of those, the bta and high tiers are too high). The monthly Choice bundles are about the only thing that's still great about bundles now. I don't get why people complain about the monthly subscription game offerings, yes there have been a game or two here and there that weren't great, but overall it's still a high quality bundle. If your question was, "Is Humble still the same for you overall?" I'd vote no, but since you're asking about the Humble Choice, it's yes, it's just as good to me as it has been.
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I never felt IndieGala was ever that good except for perhaps its very first days, as it took the bundle path of gathering mostly filler games. Though I suppose it's only natural given Humble was the forefather of the bundle culture and tends to get the bigger names, and other bundle sites that came and left all competed for the middle-ground. Fanatical now occupies that middle spot, with a lot of misses but some surprise hits, and like Humble they suppliment their bundle antics by operating a decent store in the meantime.
I think a major thing that people forget, is that there is a finite number of games. The more time passes, the more games will have been bundled, so the harder it gets to have a truly 'fresh' and appealing bundle without repeats, especially given not all devs are willing to let their titles be bundled, at least not without a certain price guarantee. Even then, due to gray markets and resellers, even price tiering doesn't negate the fact that letting a title get bundled will permenantly and often severely reduce its selling power.
Honestly I think we were really spoiled by the 'golden era' of bundles, and it set some really high standards that couldn't reasonably be held forever, but peoples expectations never quite changed away from that. People have a similar outlook towards game sales. After the original 'golden era' of digital seasonal sales on steam with the bait of constant flash deals making everything feel far more exciting, people seem to be stuck feeling that most sales are bad by comparison. The truth is that the seasonal sales are still generally great, it's just that their expectations have altered. The original seasonal sales felt like something trancendental only because it was something we weren't used to. It was our 'first dose' of the great thing. But now, even though it's still great, we've built a tolerance and we need more to feel the same buzz.
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I rarely bought humble bundles due to their starting games usually being boring. Now that it shows the whole bundle i have been more about buying since there are a lot of indies games i'm willing to try.
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Same, I buy them a lot more often now. Usually the unlocked games were generic AAA titles I didn't care about, so there was no incentive or promise of anything I would want.
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No matter how low it went recently, it's still by far the best bundle site, fanatical comes second then there's nothing. Maybe the problem is not HB.
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Fanatical is far worse than it was. Most of bundles are now lootchests, so i don't care. And the others are the same bundles over and over again. I don't even know when i was there last time. Just stopped caring because of all that crap.
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Could feed the animals, I collect squirrel friends over bundles now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83VXWV6f80s
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Only realised this moments ago, but for anybody complaining about IGN - during their time, HB stopped using gambling-like bundles (not totally gambling, since any monthly's worth was far above $12, but OP mentioned the thrill of not knowing the results after putting in the money, even describing it as gamble, so when other people see it as gambling, there could be something to it), and went for full transparency + choose what you want monthly edition.
If you're not impressed by that in era of agressive microtransactions, lootboxes and premium currencies preying on players of all ages prone to falling into gambling addiction, then perhaps stop and think about it again. It's the very definition of "lead by example" in industry infested with exploiting addiction + "don't make people miserable for your profit". And I feel that's respectable.
Also, while I like and use Fantical, it's them that started doing gambling bundles instead.
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Honestly, Humble remains the gold standard of bundles, which is fitting given they were essentially the group that created the concept of the modern digital bundle.
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Same over here, I've bought like tons of humble bundles, starting from their second bundle! All of them for the first years, and a lot on the later years.
Now, for over a year I've bought about 3 or 4 bundles from them. Not really interested at all, cause the bundles were so much better in the years before.
Same goes for all the other bundle sites though. When the first good ones started closing down, i. e. GoGoBundle, it was the beginning of the downfall of bundles.
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Change is inevitable. Over the past couple of years, Humble has changed, the bundle scene in general has changed, Steamgifts has changed, and you've changed.
The key is adapting to the changes and making the best of the present, instead of trying to hang on to the past.
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i still look forward to (and bought, so far) every humble monthly bundle. some are obviously better than others. their 'weekly' bundles are hit or miss though. i think people just love to complain is all. sure, some of it is warranted, but when the rover simulator news was leaked, people were already saying they were gonna pause for that month.. i don't understand.. it was obviously one of the low-tier games. and it turned out november had a great bundle despite the rover sim game. i think some people are addicted to being negative.
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I buy all the monthly bundles and nearly all of the weekly bundles. There's almost always something I'd like.
Otherwise, we're on a giveaway site -- worst case scenario, they end up in giveaways.
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If you're asking if I feel the same way you do, then the answer is No. Poll is confusing. lol.
Sounds like you just liked the gambling side of it. I don't like the gambling aspect.
In a way, it's still the same minus the gambling aspect. People don't know what's going to be released until the first Friday of the month, so they still have something to look forward to. The only difference is that now they can choose if they want the bundle based on the entirety of what you're getting. I love this.
The quality of the games offered hasn't changed. People moan about it and say that it has, but it really hasn't. Taste is subjective and some bundles that are loved by the biggest moans are probably not my cup of tea. You can't please all of the people all of the time... that's impossible.
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If you're asking if I feel the same way you do, then the answer is No. Poll is confusing. lol.
Damn you're right. Now I'm confused because I'm not sure what's the real question xD. I interpreted the question, "Is it still the same to you?", as "is humble the same as before?". But it may be asking if I feel the same as OP.
I guess the 3rd option is the correct answer then xD
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I prefer the new model now, at least I know that I will not be getting each month's games if I do not like them, unlike with Monthly that used a gambling system and I was stuck with getting games that I wasn't into ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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I prefer the new way. I used to only buy a monthly if I liked the early reveal, and because of that I missed out on a few great bundles, and got snookered into a few not-so-great bundles.
Now, I know what I'm getting beforehand, so I won't miss a game I'm interested in, nor buy a bundle because it's got one game I'm half-interested in
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Exactly! With full information, you now can evaluate the value of the whole bundle, and have most of the month to do so, rather than basing the decision on 1-3 games and hoping for the best. I remember months where I bought the bundle based on the headliner, then was disappointed that the rest of the bundle didn't interest me at all, and one month where I passed because of the headliner and then discovered that the rest of the bundle was great.
Now, you can see all the games and make accurate decisions with no gambling - it's win-win.
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It's classical stupid complaining.
Obviously, there are differences, and even in game quality sometimes, but there was some good games too. Also, You know. It's not just up to them to chose the games. If I understand that correctly, developer/publisher is in charge of keys. So, it's not just "Oh, Humble wants to add this game". They have to make a deal with game dev/pub for that.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of War
Them's Fightin' Herds
Dirt Rally 2.0
Frostpunk
Okami HD
Planet Coaster
Hitman 2
Vampyr
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Tropico 6
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Just a few great games they have been giving. You can't say they are bad. You can not be fan, but You have to admit they are good games and many people will be happy with them.
Also getting 12 games instead of 8 for the very same price? It's win-win to me. I get 50% more. i know regular amount is 10 (whoever doesn't have Classic plan, well... they wasted it themselves), but it's still 2 games more than I was given before.
Ans it's just matter of time to get some of the great games. For example I knew Shadow of the Tomb Raider will come to Humble. As well as Shadow of War. I, unfortunatelly bought Vampyr on Steam Sale, just before they gave the Vampyr in Humble too. Even though I was guessing they will do that. Many good games are given for the price of less than 1 bucks. Because that's the price I pay per game thanks to Humble Bundle. If You say this is bad deal... well... You are wrong. Even if You don't like the keys, You can sell them, give them away... and You still will get profit.
Or maybe You want it to cost 5bucks per month without annual sub and all the keys were newest AAA games? Because I surely have no idea what is this hate about.
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I think it's telling just how many great games have been in Humble Choice bundles over the past year that I look at your list and think, "But wait, you forgot to include all these other great games!"
When people complain about the Humble bundles, I shake my head in wonder. Sure, some months are disappointing, just as it was before, but other months have 2-4 games off my wishlist - like January, which had Shadow of War, Dirt Rally 2, Grip, and Whispers of a Machine, and that's not even looking at games I wasn't interested in like Two Point Hospital. Except now I can see the whole bundle and see whether it is disappointing or whether it has a bunch of games I actually want.
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Do you have a better alternative in mind for buying bundles?
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For me the thrill of discovery is still there, just a month early. And it's super helpful actually because I have already paused a few months, which saves money for other things. Where in the past I hung on to some of the blind monthlies in the hopes that better games would be revealed, only to be disappointed. Now instead, I'll take the money I save and buy some games from elsewhere that I actually want.
And yes bundles and subsequently this site have changed a lot, simply because we always knew it was not going to be a sustainable business model for any developers, especially with those traders farming keys for a profit. So yes bundle sites have less jaw dropping specials now, but at the same time I also find part of the reason for that is that I own so many games already. Doesn't mean I'm ungrateful for the good bundles that do come around, and for the many, many humble monthlies that have knocked it out of the park for me in terms of the value I get.
So in short, I still look forward to the unveiling, and honestly i'm grateful that any bad bundles can easily be avoided before my anticipation is doused with the reality I wasted money on games I don't want.
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HB games are becoming a bit shitty, and the new point system in SF is so useless now that even if there is a new bundle shared here, you won't have any point to enjoy it.
It was way better when it was raining points when people were sharing the games from the bundle. Now you wait more than 2h for one AAA game with 0.001% chance to win.
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean here...
How is the point system useless?
Now you wait more than 2h for one AAA game with 0.001% chance to win.
What?
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6 points per 15min. 24 points per hour. AAA game = 50 points. You need 2h15min for one game.
Before you had points when GA where created...the more GA, the more point (you are on this website since 6 years, so you know). It was raining during new bundle, now it's so slow that it's not really worse giving GA.
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I see... To be honest, I never cared about the point system on SG, I've always had more than enough. I don't even remember the last time I spent them all. So you'd like to get points faster... but you also say that HB games are getting shittier. That sounds a bit contradictory to me. If HB bundles are becoming crappier, that means there will be less games you find interesting and thus, less GA's to enter. You don't really more points then.
Well... no one is forcing you to create giveaways. If you do that because you hope to win the most desirable games from the HB bundles... you should simply purchase those bundles yourself. That way, you are sure to get the game(s) you want. :)
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I haven't bought a humble bundle since IGN changed the way it used to work. I even lost the need or will, to visit their site, since.
Don't know, I used to be addicted to Humble, until a few years ago. Just realized now, that I don't even visit them at all. Haven't spent money for over year, on Humble. Their model is just not interring any more. I used to like the early release and then wonder. hope and gamble on what's coming.
I used to follow how many bundles they sold, now I don't even know....even don't care what is sold. Don't even visit the site for months.
Any of you that feel the same???
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