Man, if this was an early April Fool's joke, extremely lame.
At least Fashion Police Squad turned out to be true. Dunno if that's enough though.
At least Fashion Police Squad turned out to be true. Dunno if that's enough though.
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Lmao, it's funny, I completely understand why people would be disappointed.
But I'm actually happy it's different, I really wanted Victoria 3 and was gonna buy it last week, glad I held off.
I'm sad about Returnal though, oh well, no reason that can't show up in a future bundle somewhere.
But I'm actually happy it's different, I really wanted Victoria 3 and was gonna buy it last week, glad I held off.
I'm sad about Returnal though, oh well, no reason that can't show up in a future bundle somewhere.
It auto-renews, you have to manually opt out of each month.
Bummer. I really wanted Returnal. Canceled my sub in time though (thought it would automatically bill me for this month, but I guess it doesn't bill you in advance). Not interested in any of the April games, but last month was alright.
It bills you at the end of the month, or whenever you claim a game from it
For those who are still getting this do not sleep on The Excavation of Hob's Barrow. It's a really fantastic point and click adventure. And that's coming from someone who doesn't normally care for point and click adventures
Bummer, but I'll chime in and say that Coromon is a pretty fun game if you're a fan of PokĆ©monāespecially Gen 3, which is what the game especially emulates. Pretty grindy though at points.
That's still a pretty legit bundle
Anyone who likes/is FOMOing over Unicorn Overlord should absolutely want to play Symphony of War
Coromon is good
Callisto Protocol is an excellent toss-in
Victoria, Terraformers, and Humankind are all big games that don't seem to have reviewed spectacularly but are probably worth a shot each if they're your kind of games
Fashion Police Squad and Hobs Barrow both seem right up the alley of their intended audiences
Anyone who likes/is FOMOing over Unicorn Overlord should absolutely want to play Symphony of War
Coromon is good
Callisto Protocol is an excellent toss-in
Victoria, Terraformers, and Humankind are all big games that don't seem to have reviewed spectacularly but are probably worth a shot each if they're your kind of games
Fashion Police Squad and Hobs Barrow both seem right up the alley of their intended audiences
Hmm, I might be in for Callisto Protocol. I just wish they'd still let us play the original difficulty. Seems they over corrected and made it too easy. They should've just let it stay in the game as a option instead of just removing it altogether. Such a shame you can't play the game it was originally intended anymore.
An actual explanation as to what happened from what I can gather
Humble uploads image files containing the lineup to a email host server for when they distribute the emails to newsletter subscribers. Since they follow a traditional format, people just changed the image source to the next month a bit early and then used it to figure out the titles for the source.
Last month (and evidently this month as well), leakers started to directly post the image file as proof of the leak for clout (usually the leaker that posts the leak first gets a lot of reddit karma/twitter likes). This probably caught the attention of Humble, who then decided to upload a fake version of the April titles under the usual format as a way to bait out and confirm the leak source, while uploading the image of the real titles with random character strings attached to the file name, making it impossible to guess.
https://images.cordial.com/102/600x692/April2024_Hero_Existing.png (link to fake file)
https://images.cordial.com/102/600x692/April2024_Hero_Existingfwfaeas.png (link to real file)
Up until this point, Humble never changed the format of image uploads like this, so many of the reliable sources verified that this leak was real because Humble never changed their patterns up until this point. This wasn't an april fools joke but rather Humble managing to successfully identify and kill the main source of humble choice leaks. Very hilarious, especially since the only reason people got to this point in the first place was because people posted the images for clout instead of simply just naming the titles.
Humble uploads image files containing the lineup to a email host server for when they distribute the emails to newsletter subscribers. Since they follow a traditional format, people just changed the image source to the next month a bit early and then used it to figure out the titles for the source.
Last month (and evidently this month as well), leakers started to directly post the image file as proof of the leak for clout (usually the leaker that posts the leak first gets a lot of reddit karma/twitter likes). This probably caught the attention of Humble, who then decided to upload a fake version of the April titles under the usual format as a way to bait out and confirm the leak source, while uploading the image of the real titles with random character strings attached to the file name, making it impossible to guess.
https://images.cordial.com/102/600x692/April2024_Hero_Existing.png (link to fake file)
https://images.cordial.com/102/600x692/April2024_Hero_Existingfwfaeas.png (link to real file)
Up until this point, Humble never changed the format of image uploads like this, so many of the reliable sources verified that this leak was real because Humble never changed their patterns up until this point. This wasn't an april fools joke but rather Humble managing to successfully identify and kill the main source of humble choice leaks. Very hilarious, especially since the only reason people got to this point in the first place was because people posted the images for clout instead of simply just naming the titles.
View: https://x.com/billbil_kun/status/1775205295913853205?s=20
And people will use this one time to doubt them from now on sadly.
The source is burned anyways.
Humble uploading fake leak means they know where leaks came from. (Which was their email image server).
Fake leak had old style predictable name, real was uploaded with random string at end.
Folks that like Unicorn Overlord or Ogre Battle should have some fun with Symphony of War. I was interested in both Terraformers and Humankind too so despite no Returnal, still a solid month for me.
Especially given that we have a theory as to why people got it wrong this time, why should anyone automatically extend the benefit of the doubt to future leaks? They got it wrong and their source is burned, end of story.
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Sorry I'm a humble bundle buyer I don't play games I just collect them
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Damn, I just got (and finished) Callisto Protocol last weekend. A very good game, enjoyed it very much and would have been worth the money alone (though it's too bad it's not the Deluxe Edition). So aside from it there's very little in this Humble Choice that's worth the price to me so I'll skip this month.
My friend who bought Returnal and was sad that it was on sale here is going to be relieved when it is not here and he didn't just spend $40 on a game he coulda gotten for $12.
