Kane99 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Has anyone here subbed to the Humble Bundle Choice service? I think it gets you a slew of games you can get each month. I checked their plans, and they have three. The first one is the trove access, and I think it gets you a list of games in that area for $4.99 a month. The Basic plan gets you 3 games a month for $14.99 and the premium plan nets you 12 games (original 9 for $19.99) for a total of $12 a month. Not a bad deal. But does anyone here sub to this service? Is it worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withywarlock Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I've been a Humble shopper for a good many years now, so when Choice was announced I subscribed to be 'grandfather-ed' into the Classic plan, which is no longer available. The idea being that I can pay the same price I used to (~$10/£8 a month) for the most amount of games, which is supposed to be 10 but for the past few months it's been all 12 games, contrary to the "THIS MONTH ONLY!!1!!1one" advertisements they've had. Objectively speaking it is always value for money. You always get more than what you pay for, but it's like any bundle service: it's only worth paying for if you're going to play the games you're paying for. As for what subscription tier you go for it depends on what games you want. You can wait for a sale, or if you're on the Epic Games Launcher, you can wait for them to go free on there, but such things aren't guaranteed. While I do think Humble's quality has gone downhill over the years, even before the popular scapegoat of the IGN acquisition, I'm not so spoiled by the bargains PC gaming has afforded me to think Choice is a bad deal. That said, if I were paying any more than a currently do (and I get the feeling Humble will scrap the Classic plan because it's too good), I'd be re-evaluating how easily I spend money on this subscription. TL;DR - It's as good as the games within, and how much you'd pay to get the ones within. It's a lot better for disclosure than it was when it was Humble Monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I tend to check the site once in a blue moon each month to see what they got to offer regards to games that I want for better cost. But no, I do not sub to the newletter and to get free od games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I thought about it twice then I realized they do release pretty crappy 8 bit and arcade stuff and kind of waste your money in the name of indie. so avoid that decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 1:42 PM, Withywarlock said: I've been a Humble shopper for a good many years now, so when Choice was announced I subscribed to be 'grandfather-ed' into the Classic plan, which is no longer available. The idea being that I can pay the same price I used to (~$10/£8 a month) for the most amount of games, which is supposed to be 10 but for the past few months it's been all 12 games, contrary to the "THIS MONTH ONLY!!1!!1one" advertisements they've had. Objectively speaking it is always value for money. You always get more than what you pay for, but it's like any bundle service: it's only worth paying for if you're going to play the games you're paying for. As for what subscription tier you go for it depends on what games you want. You can wait for a sale, or if you're on the Epic Games Launcher, you can wait for them to go free on there, but such things aren't guaranteed. While I do think Humble's quality has gone downhill over the years, even before the popular scapegoat of the IGN acquisition, I'm not so spoiled by the bargains PC gaming has afforded me to think Choice is a bad deal. That said, if I were paying any more than a currently do (and I get the feeling Humble will scrap the Classic plan because it's too good), I'd be re-evaluating how easily I spend money on this subscription. TL;DR - It's as good as the games within, and how much you'd pay to get the ones within. It's a lot better for disclosure than it was when it was Humble Monthly. You make a lot of great poins. I feel the same way in regards to humble bundle in general. I've purchased a few myself, but I can't ever see myself subscribing to their choice service, because I feel like I would have too much to play and no time to play them all. So for me, it'd probably be pointless. But, I have used codes from humble bundle for giveaways, so that's another option you could use it for if you want. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 A lot of things about humble bundle bugs me as they give out codes and keys which redeem at steam. They need to avoid this dependency and have things in house instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 17 hours ago, skyfire said: I thought about it twice then I realized they do release pretty crappy 8 bit and arcade stuff and kind of waste your money in the name of indie. so avoid that decision. Also true, End of the day they will impress you with a game that makes people to join. Still you still can get hold of games vheap without paying monthly subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I've done it a few times and got some awesome games but most of the bundles always have a couple of games that are extremely mediocre. It's a bit hit and miss in my opinion. Withywarlock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I have been making use of them for a while now and I can recommend them easily to anyone. I'd rate their services at 65% good most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_skeith Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I know some friends who have gotten it, seems like a good deal but I don't do much PC gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor1911 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 What about that. On the home page it's written that they provide 12 games for $12 a month. But when I checked their catalogue (best selling), the price of games are showing price of around 30-60bucks? Do we need to pay even after subscription? 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Razor1911 said: What about that. On the home page it's written that they provide 12 games for $12 a month. But when I checked their catalogue (best selling), the price of games are showing price of around 30-60bucks? Do we need to pay even after subscription? 🙄 Seriously, I hate misleading information especially designed to drag people and then provide another total information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor1911 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 10 hours ago, Heatman said: Seriously, I hate misleading information especially designed to drag people and then provide another total information. I don't think that's misleading, but I guess there's more to their terms and conditions. Probably , the 12 games that you can choose is not every single game. I think they have special catalogue to chose from. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, Razor1911 said: I don't think that's misleading, but I guess there's more to their terms and conditions. Probably , the 12 games that you can choose is not every single game. I think they have special catalogue to chose from. 😆 They just need to be more transparent is what's most important to me. If all the facts are clear, then no one would have any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor1911 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Heatman said: They just need to be more transparent is what's most important to me. If all the facts are clear, then no one would have any issues. Exactly what I was thinking. Their terms should be crisp and clear. Even in their subscribing page, there was not written any terms of the membership. Obviously any new member would fall prey to their membership without even knowing what is really getting provided here. 🙄 Edited August 10, 2021 by Razor1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
