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Quoting: g000hAnother thing that strikes me: Surely this shift means that a lot of the Games Choices made available will not be fresh, new titles, but will be Repeats (from earlier bundles).

If they continue with a set of only 10 or so every month, I don't see why this has to be the case. But as someone who has only recently (this year) subscribed, I'd be quite glad to get access to some of the stuff from past months (and non-monthly bundles) I missed out on. Still kicking myself that I didn't pick up Tyranny and PoE for AU$7 a few weeks back.

Just to clarify my point a bit. I've been subscribing to Humble's Subscription for more than 2 years. I already own PoE and Tyranny (as per your example) and if those 2 titles appeared again in a Monthly Sub, and Classic tier gives you 10 games with 0 alternative choices, then I'd get 2 things I wouldn't want (and potentially miss out on 2 new games, of the old scheme).

I'm all for choice, if it is actually there. If the top tier just gives you all 10 games, and you have no choice, then that sucks. Assuming I go ahead with another year's subscription, I could find myself with a load of duplicate games, where the "choices" are filled with older, pre-bundled titles.

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I bought a "yearly" (12 months of credits) about 2 years ago, and have been generally claiming 1 sub every 2 months (and I have 1 "month" credit left). Not exactly sure what is going to be the result of this change, but it isn't ideal for me to "Buy Blind" (pay for another year's worth of credit) or "Cancel my Subscription" and then have to face a big price hike if I want it back.

I had hoped that Humble would have given a deal (e.g. $20 wallet credit) when I was due to renew, but that sweetener is increasingly unlikely.

I'd like to understand what the game tiers are going to make available to subscribers. Is it a case where they will offer 15 games per month and then you choose 10 of them (if you are on the top "Classic" tier). Or is it the case that they offer 10 games per month, and you'd get all of them, even if there are titles in that 10 which are no use to you (e.g. Windows game / already own it / etc.)

If I could be sure that I could pick and choose and avoid purchasing Windows titles or Already Owned, then I'd be a lot more willing to continue the subscription. Anyone know the answer to this?

Another thing that strikes me: Surely this shift means that a lot of the Games Choices made available will not be fresh, new titles, but will be Repeats (from earlier bundles).

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This article mentioned Chrome OS and thinking about that in relation to the gaming sector and Stadia. It would seem to add up that Chrome OS with Stadia will provide most of the operating system features that the typical Windows user would want - gaming and casual computer use. In which case, we could be on the verge of people ditching Windows and MacOS, then switching to Chrome OS devices. Noting that Android started off as the underdog and dominates the mobile market (and where is Microsoft there now?) even putting Apple in the shade. Not saying this will happen immediately, or even at all, but just stating the potential.

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I revisited FTL: Faster Than Light recently for a number of play sessions. The first play session was supposed to be a one-off, but I realised that I hadn't opened up all the spaceships in the game (by completing relevant missions). That set me on a playing spree, where I was using the Mantis' "Basilisk" ship to destroy the Level 8 Rebel Flagship. Once I had done that, I had gained the "Your First Fleet" achievement and got access to the Crystal ships.

Naturally, having the first ever Crystal "Bravais" ship in my collection, I was motivated to play with that. On my second play with the new Bravais, I took down the Rebel Flagship. Still I've got the 2nd Crystal ship to unlock, e.g. By destroying 10 Rock Cruisers in one play-through - pretty unlikely.

I've got to the point with Dicey Dungeons that I've completed most of the early tier missions (e.g. Warrior 1-6, Thief 1-5. Robot 1-5, Inventor 1-4) but then completing any missions beyond that tends to be too frustrating for me. Sure, I'll have a go, get half way through, fail, and then quit the game.

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It looks like this match-3 has some depth to it, with exploration, bases, some strategic management beyond the core game loop. Also, depending on how well the match-3 section is designed by the game designers, it could be more captivating and challenging than other more basic, casual match-3 titles.

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Always nice to have a demo available to give a game a try. Assuming I try a demo, and like the game, then it certainly does a good job of setting me up for eventual purchase.

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I expect I'd enjoy playing this too... but only when the game is running smoothly and relatively bug-free. It seems all too common nowadays for devs to release games which aren't running well. On the Steam page, it doesn't say it is Early Access, so can't really forgive them.

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Just randomly found a video about this on Youtube (October 2019). It does look like the sort of game I'd like. Glad that it is likely to come to Linux eventually.

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Noting there's a great flash deal for original Everspace on Fanatical [External Link] right now.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeUnfortunately at this stage (for me) innoextract fails to extract the freespace game. I'm pretty sure this is because GOG has changed their installer, which is why the setup file is now a newer version than when game-data-packager was written. Not sure how to find the older version of the GOG download..

I've noticed this for a few GOG titles as well (and I presume the problem could be a lot more than "a few", as I haven't been testing everything).

Does anyone (e.g. Shmerl) know an alternative way to use innoextract for extracting GOG Windows titles when the regular innoextract technique seems to fail? For reference, this is what I get when I try to run innoextract on Doom II + Final Doom [External Link]:

/Downloads/doom$ innoextract setup_doom_ii_with_master_levels_1.9_\(28044\).exe 
Warning: Unexpected setup data version: 5.6.2 (unicode)
Warning: Unexpected Auto Boolean value: 19
Warning: Unexpected Auto Boolean value: 20
Warning: Unexpected trailing byte in UTF-16 string.
Warning: Unexpected data while converting from UTF-16LE to UTF-8.
Warning: Unexpected trailing byte in UTF-16 string.
Warning: Unexpected data while converting from UTF-16LE to UTF-8.
Warning: Unexpected data while converting from UTF-16LE to UTF-8.
Warning: Unexpected trailing byte in UTF-16 string.
Warning: Unexpected data while converting from UTF-16LE to UTF-8.
Stream error while parsing setup headers!
 ├─ detected setup version: 5.6.2 (unicode)
 └─ error reason: basic_ios::clear: iostream error
If you are sure the setup file is not corrupted, consider 
filing a bug report at http://innoextract.constexpr.org/issues
Done with 1 error and 10 warnings.

innoextract -v
innoextract 1.7
Extracts installers created by Inno Setup 1.2.10 to 5.6.0

For me, some installers extract fine and others fail. Avoiding the use of WINE to run the actual installer is my preference. Maybe there is a source tarball of innoextract I could build and use that instead?

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