So many games, so little time... (and that darn budget too!!!)

44% off Maia sounds good... I have a thing for builders... (I already play way too much Cracktorio(factorio) and Rim World. If its any good it may kill me, especially if Alpha18 for Rim World releases soon and/or the Artillery Train gets out in Factorio around the same time.

Micro Machines sounds interesting... but I am curious... only 19% positive on Steam. I thought it was well regarded here. I'm not much of a racer... but I do remember enjoying the old sprint/super sprint in the arcades way back when.. (about 30 years ago)

Rise to Ruins... A good game... I enjoy it a lot, but haven't played much in the past year. (no surprise, about the time I got Cracktorio :D ) The dev (Rayvolution) even showed up in our forums here earlier today trying to help someone with a bug.

Dawn of War III... sounds really interesting... But, I still haven't even started Dawn of War II... I picked up the entire DoW2 with all the DLC back during the Summer Sale 4 months ago... its still installed on this computer but I haven't seen past the title screen in all that time.

Dirt Rally seems decent... but if I am honest with myself, I will never have the time to play it, too much of a backlog already and the others are more my type of games.

Anybody here playing Maia or Micro Machines regularly? Want to comment and/or review on your experience?

Edit: Hey Liam... have you ever considered a review section on here???

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If you post the error on the official website forums, the dev is usually pretty good at debugging. IIRC, it is a single dev writing the game, but he knows his stuff.

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Quoting: RafiLinux

Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: kibblesI have given HB a fair amount of sales and I gave it to them on principle. Now that IGN is in the mix I will stop buying from them altogether for the same reasons.

Why does it matter to you who sits in the board, if they still operate like before? (genuine question, not meant rhetorical)

For me, I never liked the way IGN did business. I've already asked for HB to delete my account. No response from them, yet. I like to put my money where people do business the way I want them to.

I agree, who controls a company makes a big difference. The problem is that no one expects them to operate as before. Even if humble doesn't change, what if IGN just starts adding links to purchase games... a thought that more than one person has asked since the news of the deal. IMHO, that is clearly crossing the line in matters of trust.

If the reviews lack integrity, you are supporting the company with every purchase you make, regardless of whether or not it was related to any content on IGN's site.

If it was any good, would you buy a Zune? (just an example, I don't think that they still make them) Regardless of whether or not the zune is a monopoly product (it surely isn't) buying one gives profits to microsoft... a company that sells windows 10 telemetry data on its users to 3rd parties and built and maintained a monopoly with shady business practices. Why would you want to support those people?

On the other hand, no longer supporting the humble store will make the long term profits of IGN that much less... possibly convincing themselves or other companies thinking about doing the same thing that it isn't worth it... hopefully showing others that integrity actually matters to consumers.

However, I do not plan on deleting my account either. I do plan on canceling my Humble Monthly when it comes up for renewal, I will be looking for sales on other sites more... but I have so much through HB... (I have bought a ton of games since learning about them with the HiB#2...) I plan to use my account to keep downloading... to use my steam keys. I don't plan on buying more from them...but I plan to use the resources they have to support the items that I have bought from them already. Heck, if they have a 2 day free game special... I plan to get it... I just don't plan on giving them any more money.

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Why there is a chance that a larger company may be able to show the game publishers the value of linux, the cynic in me thinks this will end badly.

Like others, I foresee the store now catering to more big name publishers instead of indies. I hope that i am wrong. Its fine to have both, but I prefer dealing with the smaller titles... the ones that actually care about the product they sell.

Humble Indie Bundle helped indie devs, it helped linux as a gaming platform. It even helped smaller studios with fraud [External Link]. I fear it will end up with everything humble does in the future only being about the profit margin.

Again, I hope that I am wrong.

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As for piracy...

It would be nice to avoid it, but sadly human nature is ugly.

With all the technical people that use linux... and the majority of linux users do have technical backgrounds. It is pretty much biting off the hands that feeds us. And with the amount of public domain and open source programs including games, it is sad that it still happens in this community.

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Quoting: Guest... Torchlight I, and it works through Wine.

There actually is a version that works with Linux natively. However, it is only available through Humble. At this point I am guessing that they did the porting themselves back in the early days of the Humble Indie Bundle.

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Quoting: GuestWhen this connect thing was launched I signed up but to this date nothing I see reported as available IS available. Right now when I check it shows Torchlight 1 & 2 both as unavailable and I can't help but feel like this was all a scam by a reputable site/company to try to encroach on a competitors client base.

I went and tried this as well. It said that Torchlight was "unavailable" but it added Torchlight II fine. When I reloaded the page it listed both as unavailable. However both were in my account. I assume that "unavailable" was their poor choice of words for "you have this in your account already."

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I think I am going to go and grab this game soon. Looking at the steam forums and it appears that the devs are providing regular updates and improvements. Always a good thing to see devs active in the community.

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Quoting: PhlebiacIf you own either of the Torchlight games on Steam, you can currently get them free on GOG:
https://www.gog.com/connect [External Link]

I did this and it works... Interesting though, I bought both from Humble Bundle... Both have linux support on Humble, however only Torchlight II has linux support on Steam and GOG.

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It also gives you 10% off your first month of Humble Monthly if you pay more than $1.

I think every Humble Bundle gives you 10% off the first month of Monthly.

Personally, I am on the fence with Humble Monthly. Its about 6-8 games a month, but only 2 or 3 support linux. Sometimes its a nice month, other months its nearly worthless. However, you can gift the keys of windows only titles, (or linux titles you don't want or own already.) It also gives you 10% off of everything in the Humble store, even if it is on sale.

As for the titles currently on sale... War for the Overlord is a Dungeon Keeper Clone... (Dungeons and Dungeons 2 are also Dungeon Keeper clones, and Dungeons 3 is being released on Friday the 13th this week.)

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