Fair warning: My job has me working at usual hours so my response time has been very slow. It will continue to be this way for the next few months

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Hello and welcome to the madness!
The challenge is simple: Play and beat any 6 games, starting today, that have been featured in any given Humble Monthly/Choice bundle in one month.

The prize: ELDEN RING

Game length does not matter and I'm not looking for 100% achievement runs. So long as you play and beat 6 games, I'm happy. You can go easy mode and play a bunch of 1h games or go crazy and play 6 +30h games. So long as they were in a monthly at a given point, it is all good.

Just post a comment with either screenshots/ achievements showing that you fulfilled the criteria and I'll add on Steam and give you the link. Feel free to share your thoughts on the games you've played, but it is not required.

FAQ:

Why you doing this?

I hate money. That and I realized I've been subbed to the monthly for over six years (yes it has been that long, I checked) and it occurred to me that I've barely touched the games I've gotten from it, let alone played them. Figured the same would be true for a few others, so I figured this is a good way to change that. A sensible person would probably unsub in this situation, but please refer to the beginning as to why that will not happen.

I've played the first X minutes of a game, can I pick it for the event?

No. You cannot have any play time or achievements prior to the start of the event. The only exception is idle time from farming Steam cards.

Can I play a MP only game?

No. It needs to have an "end" in order for me to count it as beaten, so it needs to have a campaign/story mode.

If a game was sold as a non-Steam copy in a bundle (origin/uplay/drm-free/etc), can I pick it as a choice if I own a Steam copy?

No. The reason being that those who own a Steam copy would have an extra option that would not be available to everyone who bought the same bundle. If the game was originally sold as a non-Steam copy, but Humble later provided steam keys to everyone who bought the bundle, then the game would be allowed.

Why six games?

The first few monthlies had 6/7 games in them so I went with that.

How long are you going to do this?

Until my credit card statements gives me nightmares.

This event "ends" on March 1st when the next HB Choice releases, though the giveaway itself will end the next day. If you manage to finish game number six in between that time, feel free to post, but know that I cannot guarantee that I'll be able to give you the link in time.

Good luck, have fun and stay safe.
Thanks for reading, and good luck to my fellow single peeps this month ;-;.

List of eligible games: https://barter.vg/bundles/3/3/
https://barter.vg/bundles/3/161/
Credit goes to PapaSmok

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Completed; games here

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Done
Thanks a lot for organising this, it's my first time participating and it was a lot of fun and a good excuse to clear some of my backlog :)

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Better late than never:

Game Monthly Status
Youropa November 2020 Beaten
Kona August 2018 Beaten
Do Not Feed the Monkeys May 2019 Beaten
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin July 2019 Completed
ELDERBORN July 2021 Beaten
She Remembered Caterpillars April 2019 Beaten
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Just finished! It wasn't easy as for most of the time I could only use one hand (I have a fractured wrist) but I managed. I played:

Framed Collection: Achievements "Got a light?"
emily is away too: Achievements "Summer '07"
Stories Untold: Achievements "Admission"
Beyond Eyes: Achievements "Closure"
Scanner Sombre: Screenshot
event[0]: Achievements "Delivered on a Promise"

I played the first 4 with just one hand and the other two with a mixture of one hand, two depending on how much pain I was feeling. I can safely say that Scanner Sombre is the Dark Souls of playing with one hand.

I'm glad I could make it! I don't know if I'll be able next month, but I won't keep trying. Thanks again for keeping me motivated to clean my backlog!

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  1. Greak Memories of azur
  2. Warstone TD Winner
  3. Voidigo Entry Denied
  4. Effie The end of an adventure
  5. Frog detective 1 Answered the call
  6. Frog detective 2 Snitch
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Done!
Is it too... late?

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same question here i hope its not :(

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Done!

Thanks! : )

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Game Month Idle time Total playtime Status
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion November 2021 - 3.7 hours Beaten
Turok March 2020 - Unfinished
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Games to play~

Turnip boy commits tax evasion
Grim dawn

Hyper light drifter
as far as the eye

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Here's to another month of backlog-slaying. I was hoping to have built my new computer in time, but unfortunately I accidentally bought DDR4 ram for a DDR5 motherboard, so I'm still waiting for the replacement memory.

Game Monthly Status Proof
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Mar. 2016 Finished Guardian Genie
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty May. 2016 Finished Liberator of the Mudokon
Project Wingman Nov. 2021 Finished Crowned
Rustler Jan. 2022 Finished Hail to the King!
Size Matters May. 2021 Finished True Expert
Control Mar. 2021 Finished Take Control
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AUDIBLE GASP ELDEN RING????!!!!!
Well I know what I'll be doing this month!!!

Game Bundle Month Completion Requirement Completed Impressions
Kill it with Fire July 2021 []() No Comment
Remnants of Naezith June 2020 []() No Comment
Retrowave January 2022 []() No Comment
The Textorcist October 2021 []() No Comment
Henry Stickmin January 2022 []() No Comment
The Ambassador Fractured Timelines January 2021 []() No Comment
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Wait... this comes out on the 24th and the giveaway is held on March 1st..... that's like 6 days that I would need to not be playing Elden Ring just for a chance at winning it....
=(
idk if I have the self control for that...

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Game Monthly Achievements/Status
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice June 2020 (game was idle for cards) finished
Gris April 2020 finished
Darksiders Genesis May 2021 Achievement: Moloch finished
Dead Island Definitive Edition November 2018 finished
Resident Evil Revelations November 2018 finished
Fight'N Rage March 2019 finished
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To pick games for this contest you can't have played them previously "You cannot have any play time or achievements prior to the start of the event." You've already got 9 hours on Hellblade.

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it was just for trading cards farming

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so i guess it's ok according to rules above?

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It's ok as long as you didn't get your first achievement until after this thread was made. Farming for cards previously is fine, as long as you didn't actually play it and got ANY achievements, so don't worry about it.

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Oh man, Elden Ring as a potential prize is amazing. I'm so in!

Game HB Month Status Proof (achievement)
Blue Fire August 2021 Complete The Source of Darkness
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse March 2016 Complete Guardian Genie
Besiege November 2015 Complete Conqueror
Void Bastards May 2018 Complete Sorted
Supraland December 2021 Complete Win!
Fury Unleashed May 2021 Complete Moderate Fury Unleashed
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife Death's Gambit March 2020
HITMAN 2 - Standard Edition This is Maintenance (Standard Edition) / Island and Chill (Gold Edition) April 2020
Still There Still There December 2020
Tales of the Neon Sea Case Closed January 2021
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince To Recover a Prince February 2021
Voidigo Entry Denied December 2021
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Time to play some games before Lost Ark comes out^^

Game Monthly Achievements Playtime Status Proof
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Nov 2021 37/37 4,9h Completed Achievement: Turnip Boy (& Taxation with Representation)
Timelie Nov 2021 14/22 5h Beaten Achievement: No Last Eternity
Katana ZERO Oct 2021 4/22 4,5h Beaten Achievement: The End (&will try to get other ones)
Kingdom: New Lands Apr 2017 15/34 11,3h Beaten Achievement: Crowned
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth Jun 2018 23/41 17,7h Beaten Achievement: The End.
Greak: Memories of Azur Dec 2021 17/24 8,6h Beaten Achievement: Memories of Azur
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Haha same thoughts!

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Game Monthly Status/Proof
God's Trigger September 2019 Beaten / Achievement: Apocalypse Untriggered
Epistory: Typing Chronicles September 2016 Completed / Achievement: Lost Desert
Broken Age February 2016 unfinished
Train Valley October 2016 unfinished
Regions of Ruin January 2019 Completed
Steel Rats April 2019 unfinished
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Game Monthly Status
PC Building Simulator January 2021 Playing
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no way i'm missing out this month. covid be damned,

edit: turns out i decided to just buy elden ring and will be missing this month's event. huge kudos for the giveaway though.

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Sounds good! And I can join in this month!

Game HB Month Achievements Status
ELIZA February 2020 screenshot, also 1/1 Complete
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York January 2021 0/14 Unfinished
Effie June 2021 0/26 Unfinished
Drake Hollow August 2021 0/50 Unfinished
Black Future '88 October 2021 0/29 Unfinished
Maneater December 2021 0/44 Unfinished
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Again a great game. Thanks. Let's do this :)

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Nice challenge with a very tempting prize too. I think I´ll try to do this.

  1. Paradise Lost Completed
  2. Stories Untold Completed
  3. Lacuna Completed
  4. Don´t Escape: 4 Days to Survive Completed
  5. Lightmatter Completed
  6. 198X Completed
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Hi Cjcomplex! This is my first time at the event and I would like to know if there is any impediment to playing Jotun: Valhalla Edition, which has more than 2 hours of gameplay but only because I left farming cards (I never played it). And I would also like to add Life Is Strange to my list. I completed the first episode only (which was free at the time) and now I have the other episodes.

I've read the rules, but I'd like to be absolutely sure it won't be a problem.

x My six games Idle time HB Status
1 Old Man's Journey - October 2018 Beaten
2 FRAMED Collection - September 2021 Completed
3 Minit - April 2019 Completed
4 Jotun: Valhalla Edition 2h34 January 2017 Beaten
5 Silence - November 2017 Beaten
? Life Is Strange* 5h27 February 2018 Waiting approval
6 NAIRI: Tower of Shirin - July 2019 Completed

(*) Played in July 2016, when there was only the first free episode. Episodes 2-4 obtained in February 2018 (HB#28).

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Idling is fine as long as you haven't actually played it and don't have any achievements; on the other hand, since you've likely got achievements in Life is Strange, it won't be accepted.

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Thanks for the answer, PossiblePsycho. But in the case of Life is Strange the game is not valid even though the achievements are from the first episode (which was free)? I only got the final (paid) episodes long after I played this one (just wanting to be really really sure about this since the episodes can be obtained individually as separate games)

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I'm just sharing with what I've understood during my multiple participations in this event because Cjcomplex can take really long to answer, I may be wrong, of course.

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Oh I really appreciate the answer (I just added you to my whitelist because of the answer). It's just that I really think the game is valid since I'm going to play episodes 2-5 that I got because of HB in 2018 (if it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't have bought it), and the first episode, maybe, can be understood as a 'demo', as it's free on Steam. Perhaps...?

In any case, I'll start playing the others, which I know are correct, and then the strange case of Life is Strange can be analyzed in the meantime. : )

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my english Is basic btw

maybe it helps.

episode 1 was free on July 2016 (i have it from there)

and the HB complete edition realice was on February 2018.

this Is a real particular case.... I dont remember seeing something like this before, checked a quick search in the participants for that game before, and all them (including me) play the full game (all episodes)..

but, acording to FAQ, in first question, it wont count for the event by having archivements already played. as PossiblePhyco sayed before.

so... yeahhh... you will need to wait for a oficial answer from CJcomplex.

btw, even if its dosnt mach for this event, I totally recomend to finish that game, it a great game, not gonna spoiler anything, but thing are just starting at the end of episode 1.... very enjoyable game.

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Confusing, huh? 😀 Thanks, Ivannes!

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I'm just sharing with what I've understood during my multiple participations in this event because Cjcomplex can take really long to answer,

Ain't that the truth :/. My rl schedule is changing back to normal starting mid next month, so I'll be a lot more responsive moving forward. This also means you won't be catching me online at 3 am local time, but I doubt that is much of a loss :p.

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First, reply to the main comment here.

Moving forward, if you do not reply to the main comment, there is a very good chance I will miss you. I only caught you now by chance.

And I would also like to add Life Is Strange to my list. I completed the first episode only (which was free at the time) and now I have the other episodes.

As others have said, it is not allowed. I'm not going to start split hairs as what counts as "barely played".

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Elden Ring?! Now I feel motivated to finish some games from my backlog.

title bundle achievements playtime status
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number October 2016 23/29 21.4h finished
Darksiders Genesis May 2021 28/30 37.3h finished
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice June 2020 14/14 11.5h completed
Hyper Light Drifter July 2017 13/23 22.1h finished
198X March 2020 10/14 2.6h finished
Retrowave January 2022 38/44 10.1h finished

Hotline Miami 2 was good. If you like the first game, you'll probably like this one too. It has more story, which is nice, but it also has enemies sniping you from off-screen, which is frustrating. 8/10
Darksiders Genesis was alright. Really liked the aesthetics. Also liked Liam O'Brien's voice acting. Controls were pretty bad though, doing the more difficult puzzles with the controller was infuriating. 7/10
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was an amazing experience. The story is engaging, I liked how I was slowly introduced to Senua's past (also norse mythology) throughout the game. The voices in her/your head showing the way, explaining what's happening, or just getting on your nerves was also a neat idea. Combat was sometimes a bit frustrating though. 9/10
Hyper Light Drifter was fine. It looks really nice. Exploring the map was fun. Also the beginning and the end had some Neon Genesis Evangelion vibes - which was a bit weird, but I liked it. What I didn't like was the combat (it felt slow, sometimes unresponsive), and the collectibles (there's so many, it's overwhelming). 7/10
198X was okay. Five arcade games with a pinch of nostalgia. Runaway was the best (sadly, not as good as Out Run in Yakuza 0), the rest was just frustrating. 6/10
Retrowave was the last one, after 198X I was trying to play a bit more retro racing game. It was worse. You're just going straight ahead, there's not a bend in the road. You can't see too far, so cars are just popping in your view - and most maps are dark. Also, it's VERY grindy. (Most reviews are praising the music... Who plays video games to listen to music? There's YouTube for that.) 4/10

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Yay! Here we go again!
And I already have my games picked this month but I'm not going to list them right away so I don't jinx myself :P because the last time I did that, I didn't have time to play half of the games I picked.
So here we go.

Lacuna was my favorite play this month. I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did.
Orwell was ok although not as good as the first chapter.
Tomb Shooter on the other end: total letdown. I enjoyed maybe an hour total of the whole gameplay. I probably wouldn't have finished it at all if it wasn't for the event.

Game Date Playtime Achievements Status
The Henry Stickmin Collection January 2022 6.5 / HLTB (7h) 76 / 82 Finished (Achievement: The Story Ends)
Lacuna December 2021 6.2h / HLTB (5h) 18 / 25 Beaten (Achievement: Will It Have Mattered?)
Bad North January 2020 9.5h / HLTB (9h) 8 / 11 Beaten (Achievement: A New Home)
Event[0] April 2017 3.7h / HLTB (2.5h) 9 / 12 Beaten (Achievement: Together, Forever)
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength September 2021 14h / HLTB (9h) 19 / 19 Completed (Achievement: Incited. Screenshot)
Tomb Raider January 2018 24h / HLTB (20h) 23 / 50 Finished (Achievement: A Survivor Is Born)
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Game Monthly Achievements/Status
The Wild Eight February 2021 Beaten , Screenshot
Katana Zero October 2021 Beaten (game was idle for cards)
Gris April 2020 Beaten
Darksiders Genesis May 2021 Beaten Achievement: Moloch
Little Nightmares September 2018 Beaten Achievment: The Lady's Quarters
Dead Island Definitive Edition November 2018 Beaten Screenshot 1 2 3 (game was idle for cards)
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i am in Texas and i do not have central heating, so lets see how many Humble Monthly-provided point and clicks i can get through during this hellish period (cackles)

still there - complete! - cheevo page for Proof
little misfortune - complete! - cheevo page for Proof
frog detective 2: case of invisible wizard - complete! - cheevo page for Proof
stories untold - complete! - cheevo page for Proof
calico - complete! - cheevo page for Proof
milky way prince- the vampire star - beaten, gotten one of the 3 endings- cheevo page for Proof *NOTE: Fresh Start is the cheevo that popped for the ending.

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First time joining in! Going easy on myself. I farmed cards on most of them i think (still running archi rn) so theres already hours.
Great event I have to say, finally I have a push to start playing my old games, a big thanks!

Game Monthly Completed
Hotshot Racing March 2021 Beaten / Finished grand prix on normal
Fling To The Finish December 2021 No
Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star June 2021 No
As Far As The Eye August 2021 No
Voidigo December 2021 No
Superliminal August 2021 No
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Ooohhh, Elden Ring does look really cool. I have some games I can play, but I also have a bunch of other games I've been wanting to play haha. Finally got to install my MH:W at the end of last month. :P

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