Discover the Top Picks from February's 2024 Humble Choice

Our February 2024 Humble Choice just released bringing 8 more games +3 discount codes for games to add to our collections.

(none of this is meant as a judgement on Humble. I just find the numbers fascinating and it's fun to calculate the values)

This month for $17.40 ( all prices in CAD) we find ourselves with an impressive $240.92 worth of games (-$18.40 from last month) if bought on steam and $221.58 (+$60.35 from last month) if bought on Humble. Keep in mind that the value on Humble’s side jumped because 2 games weren’t available on Humble’s store last month.

I’m most excited to play Beacon Pines and Oaken from this month's choice. I played Life is Strange: True Colors with a friend on her stream when it first came out and I got a key for Snowtopia back when it was in early access through Keymailer, otherwise those 2 would have probably been my first picks.

This month's extras bring us 20% off of any of the titles on the right. I’d recommend not picking suicide squad. If I was to get one it would probably be Banishers or Pacific Drive. Both look like great games. Banishers is an action-RPG from the developers of DON’T NOD that brought us the Life is Strange series. And Pacific Drive is a highly anticipated adventure survival game where you travel around a supernatural setting while maintaining an old station wagon.

Life is Strange: True Colors is an award winning adventure game featuring brand new characters and location in the Life is Strange universe that takes place after the events of the original Life is Strange. And while their stories aren’t connected (as far as I know) there’s a familiar face from the original that shows up here.

If you’re looking for a story driven choices matter adventure game with mystery, drama, and a bit of the supernatural, then this is one you won’t want to let slip by.

I’m not normally a fan of horror games so I can’t say too much about Scorn but it’s rated Very Positive on steam. Many of the reviews warn that this game isn't for everyone. It’s not your typical FPS Horror game like we saw with the F.E.A.R. franchise. Scorn does have combat but it’s not focused on it.

The main focus of Scorn appears to be exploration, world building, and storytelling through experience. And then combat is sprinkled throughout.

My first PlayStation console was the PlayStation 3. I got it over halfway through its life cycle. So the Destroy All Humans franchise was something I never experienced growing up. But I did have a friend rant and rave about it all the time. So I have high hopes for the game.

I’ve been getting into Visual Novels as of late so the cozy creepy atmosphere of Beacon Pines is interesting. It looks like it’s got a bunch of mysteries for us to discover and is fairly lowkey and relaxing.

It’s really easy for text based dialogue to drag on and bore the readers. So I feel it's safe to say that for a visual novel to succeed it needs to be well written. So to see overwhelmingly positive reviews for it on steam gives me high hopes.

At first glance I don’t have a lot of interest in There is No Light. I’m not super into souls-like games. But this is also supposed to be an RPG and the reviews for it are very positive. I’m interested to see how it plays.

As a sucker for games that present a darker storyline, Children of Silentown looks great. Darker themed games tend to put players into situations where they begin questioning what’s right or wrong. With things generally falling within a murky gray area or much worse. I’ll never forget many of the moments within the first Life is Strange. They still haunt me.

Turn-based tactics games are arguably just more intricate versions of puzzle games. They have defined sets of rules that sometimes multiple parties interact with that often lead to varying results. It’s a pretty simplified way of saying it but it's harder to explain why they aren't puzzle games then are.

Also a big fan of this genre so something like Oaken is always a game I love to try out.

For a long time I was against the idea of rogue-like games. I like a more casual linear experience with story and adventure and continual progress. So having to start over all the time feels like doing the same thing over and over and is hard to get right.

But ever since Slay the Spire, my opinion on rogue-likes have changed a fair amount and I’m more open to them. So I hope Oaken is able to deliver a memorable experience with its strategy approach to the rogue-like genre.

Of all the games we have access to this month, Snowtopia is the one I'm the most iffy about. I played it a few years ago when it was in early access and had a lot of fun with it. It just felt like it was lacking in features to make it viable as a long term replayable game. And from what I’ve read from its recent reviews, I feel like it still struggles with that. But it’s no longer in early access so I’m excited to at least see how much it’s changed and improved since i played it back in 2021, before any of its big updates came out.

And how did things go from last month?

Not the worst. I finished Hell Pie, played a few runs of Roguebook, and I educated students in my various Two Point Campus universities. But I didn't get into any of the others yet. Still trying to get schedules that line up with my friend to play some Aragami 2 with and hope to do that soon.

What about you? Any games from this month looking enticing? And how did your games go from last month's bundle?