I'm quite irritated about Surviving Mars - I got the base game some time ago and potentially interested in the Season Pass. The Surviving Mars: First Colony Edition (i.e. base game + season pass) is cheaper on Humble [External Link] than the Season Pass. Well, keep doing that and don't expect me to hand any more cash over.

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I've had this game on my wishlist for a while. Well, now's the chance to try it out and then decide whether I'm going to buy it afterwards.

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Grabbed the Choices Bundle for this month. I can confirm that Bard's Tale IV comes with Bard's Tale Trilogy as an added bonus. For once a decent bunch of games I wanted, without matching what I already own (too much). This is an example of a month where the bundle really worked out for me. [I don't mind a few Proton titles, particularly when they haven't cost me much.]

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Noting that it is a while (1 year) since this article was written and the game lists as "Windows" only on the Steam store page. It is also at quite a decent discount right now (70% off) [External Link]. I don't suppose this is another Hidden Linux title, i.e. If I bought it now, I'd be able to access a Linux native version?

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I wish all devs would concentrate on making efficient code instead of needless bloat, and features (i.e. data-collecting metrics) that the end-users do not need.

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Picked it up, that is a good discount.

One gripe I feel like mentioning about modern FPS games - For my own personal preference, I used to like titles where the Weapon Graphic did not take up huge amount of screen-estate, and either it was a fairly small and unobtrusive size, or it was not visible at all and you had a cross-hair in the centre of the screen for aiming. Nowadays you get these massive weapon models, that take up 25% of the screen and really spoil the field of view. I wish FPS games would offer the option to turn these graphics off. I like to see the levels and position of the monsters/enemies/approaching fireballs, without a massive blind-spot.

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Grabbed it (middle tier), mainly for DiRT 4, but I might try some of the other titles with Proton.

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Similar to Purple Library Guy, I have quite a number of these titles already, but not much of the DLC, and if this bundle included Season Passes, DLC Upgrades, then I might be tempted to spend.

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I doubt it is going to be abused much. People who don't want to pay for games pick up the game pirated instead. This encourages people to buy the game confident that if they don't like it, then they can return it. Surely this will be helpful for GOG sales.

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I'd say it was pretty common nowadays for plenty of games companies to be at risk financially. In the case of big companies, they can close down non-performing studios (and keep on some of their better staff at other offices). In the case of small companies / indies, well if performance is not good then 'hard times' ahead.

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