This one was in my buy list for ages: sci-fi distopia + xcom + drm-free... hell yeah...

Well... exept for the mixed reviews.

But I finally got it last month, and promptly played it for the first time last week and had a blast. Looking into it, one of the features I liked the most was actually introduced on the 2.0 definitive edition, mainly the streamlined movement with all team at once out of combat.

I also can't imagine I would like the previous iteration of the initiative system from what I read, so all good!

:)

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Sweet! Those letters and art sure do remind me of the Julian Galops's XCOM precursor "Laser Squad" I played on ZX Spectrum... the game that hooked me into this genre

Laser Squad / Cogmind with synthwave mashup? Ohh and it has a demo?! :woot:

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Seeding as well. I was so hyped, but then I saw it was taken down due to costs. Now at least its working! Thanks for the news Liam :wink:

EDIT: fixed typos

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Ohh! just in time for "Labour of Love" steam award.

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I'm impressed. Quick walkthrough under 10m and it already has in editor documentation.

They're keeping it locked behind this, in the hopes that when it launches properly there will be some content ready for players.

Good! Good! Hate the first times a steam workshop appears and you have all the hype, but then you find it is barely empty the first months of a game.

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Quoting: CyrilGood thing for the GNOME foundation!
I'm less confident about the Everspace 2 campaign though, ~27K € in ~30 hours it's hard.

I actually think there will be no problem getting funded.

Its the most active (1st place on top 10) campaign right now and looking at the Kicktraq [External Link] page, for the first time that I see, the trending line almost matches the break-even line.

Even the projection is at 50/50 now, while previously it never reached the funding line.

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Quoting: hummer010And if you bought it on Steam Early Access, or were a Kickstarter backer, it's available on GOG Connect!

Thanks about the GOG Connect tip. In the website [External Link] it says 11 days left. So if I buy it in steam maybe I can still have it on both platforms. Sweet. :D

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Hmmm. While Iin principle wouldn't mind an higher cost if the deal is not a blind one, and a cheaper cost for selecting on a fraction of the games available (basically a build a bundle), I must say the shown tiers and their price intrigue me...

These are some of my concerns:

• The classic has 10 games while the high tier premium has 9? Does this mean the old subscribers get everything while the premium have at least one game excluded? Or even the classic won't have all games?


• Do DLC count has games too in this selection?


• If the trove is now the LITE tier, will new games appear more often and old games phase out more quickly to justify membership renewal?


• The basic 3 choice one is 3$ higher than the current bundle???? I know less tiers makes it simple, but it there were 5/8/12/16/20 for lite, 1,3,5,7,9 games with an additional mid tiers would give more options. Specially a lower just one game I choose per month for 8$ would seem a good option.


• Now there there will be more choice, does it mean we will get more repeats?

I've been a fairly regular humble monthly subscriber and the few months I skipped I ended up actually regretting. Typically the AAA games shown upfront never interest me very much (specially online games), but the indie gems like: A Short Hike, Slay the Spire, Distance, Road Redemption, Paratopic, Duskers, Wander Song, Finding Paradise, Minit, Cultist Simulator, Wizard of Legend, Hollow Knight, Hidden Folks, A Hat in Time, Cook Serve Delicious 2, The Pillars of Earth, Moon Hunters, AER Memories of Old, Owlboy, Tacoma actually do.

Looking into it, all I was looking in the service, was a monthly humble indie (not necessarily DRM free) curated bundle... and multi-platform too (Linux + Windows).

If the monthly continued with 1 game for $8, 2 for $10 or 3 for $12 would actually make sense in terms of what I was getting, and it would match my expectations.

The classic at least will work for me, as I will probably still get the 2-3 games I like, without price changes.

But for a new user... it looks indeed a very steep price increase.

EDIT: forgot to mention Linux, now it's there :whistle:

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it's just so incredibly smooth I just forget that aspect of it entirely and end up rushing around. That is, until my health is seriously low, which I today noticed how that entirely changes how I play it. As soon as my health is down, it's like I'm suddenly very gently tapping the movement keys as I pray to the roguelike gods to let me survive just one more floor

Good to know I'm not the only one doing that! :whistle:

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Argh... When I read UT99 mod I thought it was the successor of Infiltration, not this one. :(

No bunny jumping, crawling, night missions with lantern scopes...where every doorway 2 got in and 1 got killed...that was the thing

But good for the Liam, it will be a good Gaming on Linux read as always :wink:

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