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ChaunceyK: I'm on the HB mailing list, and this is the first time I'm genuinely tempted by it for one of their games. 7 Grand Steps looks really interesting to me! Looks like a board game with elements of CYOA. Add that in to writing a family's historical lineage and obvious replayability (not to mention it's available DRM-free), and I think I'd quite enjoy this game!

I realize there's a free demo available, but has anyone played the full game to give me some opinions?
I personally played the demo not very long ago, but then it was 30-40 minutes long so it's pretty representative of what you'll encounter in the early portion of the game. I personally didn't quite understand the point of it all- you (the player) collect a bunch of coins and pebbles, use the pebbles to move around the board so you won't get eaten by a bunch of crocodiles waiting on the bottom of the screen and you "feed" the coins to your character so that he'd learn some skills. If he encounters a woman on the board and gets married to her (yet another thing I didn't quite understand how it worked) they make children and the children get fed with coins too - also I don't know if that's a common feature of the gameplay or not, but after a point I wasn't getting enough coins and pebbles for whatever reason... As for the historical lineage,well, the children eventually grow up, you choose to play as one of them (only difference between them are the character models and their skills anyways) , and rinse and repeat the stuff I mentioned before -nothing spectacular all in all...At any rate, that part is 90% of the gameplay - I only recall 1-2 scenes of cyoa-like choices in the whole demo, and those seem to choose the "correct" answers randomly too.
My impression from this whole thing was "meh" , especially considering as I saw it being compared to Kodp (that I had already played and quite liked) and that's why I tried it in the 1st place, only to discover it has nothing in common with that game (Kodp, it turns out, is one of its kind!). A final note: another factor that contributed to me being "meh" is that the character models and the board and all that stuff are very, very ugly imo -I don't understand thus what this game is doing in an "Eye Candy" bundle...
P.S.Anyways, you can also check the reviews on steam - some of the negative reviews express the same feelings as myself...
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madth3: The Dream Machine comes as one key for Chapters 1 to 3, and separate keys for each Chapter 4 and 5.
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moonshineshadow: Thanks for this info. Since I already have Chapter 1-3 I was wondering if this was one key or seperate keys :-)
May be too late for that info now, but I just checked and even though the keys are seperate, you have to own Chapter 1 on Steam in order to activate the other chapters. So if you already own it on Steam, no problem, but if you got the DRM-free version from a bundle, you will need to activate the Chapters 1-3 key for yourself, in order to be able to activate and download the other chapters.
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moonshineshadow: Thanks for this info. Since I already have Chapter 1-3 I was wondering if this was one key or seperate keys :-)
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Leroux: May be too late for that info now, but I just checked and even though the keys are seperate, you have to own Chapter 1 on Steam in order to activate the other chapters. So if you already own it on Steam, no problem, but if you got the DRM-free version from a bundle, you will need to activate the Chapters 1-3 key for yourself, in order to be able to activate and download the other chapters.
Luckily that is not a problem since the bundle I got it from had the DRM-free version and a steam key. But thanks for testing it :-)
Tengami looks beautiful and Back to Bed was on my list to play so I'm loving this bundle.
<span class="bold">Humble Weekly Bundle: Leading Ladies 2</span>

PWYW
Trine 2: Complete Story (DRM-Free/Steam)

$1
Lumino City (Steam)
Hack 'n' Slash (Steam)

BTA
A City Sleeps (Steam)
The Marvellous Miss Take (DRM-Free/Steam)

$12
Gravity Ghost (DRM-Free/Steam)
Sunset (DRM-Free/Steam)

All games are compatible with Windows and Mac. Gravity Ghost, Hack 'n' Slash, Sunset, and Trine 2 are also compatible with Linux.
Includes soundtracks for all games, except for The Marvellous Miss Take.
Post edited July 02, 2015 by Grargar
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Grargar: <span class="bold">Humble Weekly Bundle: Leading Ladies 2</span>

PWYW
Trine 2: Complete Story (DRM-Free/Steam)

$1
Lumino City (Steam)
Hack 'n' Slash (Steam)

BTA
A City Sleeps (Steam)
The Marvellous Miss Take (DRM-Free/Steam)

$12
Gravity Ghost (DRM-Free/Steam)
Sunset (DRM-Free/Steam)

All games are compatible with Windows and Mac. Gravity Ghost, Hack 'n' Slash, Sunset, and Trine 2 are also compatible with Linux.
Includes soundtracks for all games, except for The Marvellous Miss Take.
$1 for Lumino City? It better get a really nice promo price next time there's a sale on GOG...

Looks like a pretty good bundle, especially for the weekly variety.
Has anyone played The Marvellous Miss Take? Is it any good?
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blotunga: Has anyone played The Marvellous Miss Take? Is it any good?
I heard good things about it and plan to play it.
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Grargar: <span class="bold">Humble Weekly Bundle: Leading Ladies 2</span>
$12
Gravity Ghost (DRM-Free/Steam)
Sunset (DRM-Free/Steam)
Really torn on this. Most of the lower tier stuff is Steam-only and Sunset was apparently developed by a bunch of assholes who got massively butthurt over going out of business because nobody cared for their artsy shit.

Any recommendations on whether those two are worth the asking price or not?
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Grargar: <span class="bold">Humble Weekly Bundle: Leading Ladies 2</span>
$12
Gravity Ghost (DRM-Free/Steam)
Sunset (DRM-Free/Steam)
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fronzelneekburm: Really torn on this. Most of the lower tier stuff is Steam-only and Sunset was apparently developed by a bunch of assholes who got massively butthurt over going out of business because nobody cared for their artsy shit.

Any recommendations on whether those two are worth the asking price or not?
Few people have reported that redeeming Gravity Ghost (Steam) adds an extra copy of Gravity Ghost (Steam) as steam gift.
Else in my opinion 1$ tier is fair enough for this bundle.
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Grargar: <span class="bold">Humble Weekly Bundle: Leading Ladies 2</span>
$12
Gravity Ghost (DRM-Free/Steam)
Sunset (DRM-Free/Steam)
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fronzelneekburm: Really torn on this. Most of the lower tier stuff is Steam-only and Sunset was apparently developed by a bunch of assholes who got massively butthurt over going out of business because nobody cared for their artsy shit.

Any recommendations on whether those two are worth the asking price or not?
With respect to the Tale of Tale's online drama, I would just try to ignore that stuff and decide on the game for what it is. Tale of Tales made some bad business decisions, are not very good at public relations, and come across as a little whiny but I don't think they deserve the amount of vitriol and backlash directed at them of late. Internet hate mob mentality at its worst.

Sunset topically and conceptually looks right up my alley, but I have my doubts with respect to the gameplay and execution -- thus probably a game I would put off until it hits deep discount.
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amrit9037: Few people have reported that redeeming Gravity Ghost (Steam) adds an extra copy of Gravity Ghost (Steam) as steam gift.
Else in my opinion 1$ tier is fair enough for this bundle.
Actually, when it got released the dev wanted people to share "the joy of playing games" with their relatives so that's why there was an extra key originally. Of course, things got ugly when mass of people started to just resell the extra key on G2A & co at discount....
<span class="bold">Humble Weekly Bundle: Bohemia Interactive 2</span>

$1
Arma 2
Take on Helicopters Bundle
UFO: Afterlight
Alpha Prime
Arma: Gold Edition
Fish Fillets 2
Original War

BTA
Arma Tactics
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Arma 2: British Armed Forces
Arma 2: Private Military Company
Arma 2: DayZ Mod ("Created by Dean Hall")
Arma 2: Army of the Czech Republic

$20
Take on Mars (Early Access)
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

$100
Bohemia Interactive Collection

All games are Steam and Windows-only, except for Arma Tactics, which also has versions for Mac, Linux and Android. In what is probably a first for weekly bundles, there will be another added game for the $1, BTA and the $20 tiers added on Monday. The Bohemia Interactive Collection comes in a single Steam key that contains all the following games/DLCs:

Alpha Prime
Alternativa
Arma 2
Arma 2: Army of the Czech Republic
Arma 2: British Armed Forces
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Arma 2: Private Military Company
Arma 3
Arma Tactics
Arma: Cold War Assault
Arma: Gold Edition
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
DayZ - ("Created by Dean Hall”"")
Fish Fillets 2
Memento Mori
Memento Mori 2
Original War
Pat & Mat
Pound of Ground
Take On Helicopters
Take On Helicopters: Hinds
Take On Mars (Early Access)
UFO: Afterlight
Arma 2: DayZ Mod (“Created by Dean Hall”)
Arma 3 Zeus
Take on Helicopters Rearmed
Take on Noisecontrollers
Arma 3: Karts
Arma 3: Helicopters
Arma 3: Marksmen
Post edited July 13, 2015 by Grargar
Lame! They had the same bundle last year. :D
Are these separate keys?