The Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Humble Bundle has some killer games in it

Just started Rogue Trader, and I'm having an absolute blast. Highly recommended if you don't already have it. I waited a long time so OC could do their normal bug-fixing and I think it was worth it.

For me Owlcat can rot, their pre-order exclusives in each game was a deal breaker, I refuse to buy any of theur games at any price, not even gor free.

A shame as their games are good but their practices are horrible.


Last edited by Avehicle7887 on 14 August 2024 at 8:53 pm UTC

Well already have pathfinder games, just started WOTR first run as half-vampire evil bitch, lol

I put Rogue Trader a bit on freeze to wait for the bugs to clear too, but those first levels alone are gold. In the freaking first dialog scene, your loyalty is already being tested. If that does not set the tone I don't know what would.

I'm not very tuned into the WH40K stories, but was certainly pleased as sci-fi lover in general. One of the first missions had a cool old fallout vibe for example.

I though Roguetrader was only one I don't have from these, but I don't have Neverwinter Nights either. The oldest games I have twice as I have physical copies of the originals.

Still the bundle is bit cheaper than the normal price of the two games in total. I just have too many games to play that I own already...


Last edited by Anza on 14 August 2024 at 10:47 pm UTC

RT and Kingmaker are quite common. Basically feel like initial ideas done well but oddly missing more.

In RT you only explore about 1/3rd of the map before game ends. (you cant go to rest)

It's possible there are huge expansions planned, but its a little disappointing also because anything you do, will be UNDONE by the Empire, keep that in mind when going ANY route that lets them back into the sector.

If I didn't have a majority of the games that this bundle offered, I would've jumped onto the $35 tier and not care about the coupon they're throwing in for Mythforce.

Since I already own some games, i have searched for the prices to check if it is a good bundle for me. I include the data below in case anyone else needs it:
 
| Game                                                  | Price    | Notes               |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------- |
| Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader                        | € 32.49  |                     |
| Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition                        | € 3.90   |                     |
| Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition | € 9.99   |                     |
| Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Season Pass      | € 7.24   |                     |
| Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Season Pass 2    | € 17.39  |                     |
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition         | € 2.99   |                     |
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Season Pass                   | € 18.74  | No longer for sale  |
| Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition                  | € 39.70  | Not higher discount |
| Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition                    | € 2.39   |                     |
| Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition                 | € 1.59   |                     |
| Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition                       | € 2.39   |                     |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------- |
| Total                                                 | € 138.81 |                     |
The prices are the most discounted price found on SteamDB in the last 2 years in Euro.

PS:
If you want to support GamingOnLinux with this bundle, remember to check if it is present in the "Adjust donation" section or at checkout. I tell this because if you use the browser addon uBlock with the "Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool" filter the link will probably be cleaned up (the same will happen with other URL cleaner addons). To avoid this problem in uBlock I added to the "My Filters" tab the following line:
 
@@||humblebundle.com^$removeparam,badfilter
This should disable the "remove parameter" feature in the url for the website humblebundle ( src ).


Last edited by stormtux on 15 August 2024 at 12:23 pm UTC

Not really keen to pay ~£30 to have the Warhammer game included, but ~£11 for all the rest? Yes please!

Seeing that I have all the games apart from Rouge Trader I'll pass on this one. I'll get RT some time but I've back into Balders Gate 3 I'll be busy with that

Perhaps the best bundle in a while.The 9 EUR tier is cool, but these are steam only, i think i prefer getting them there.

Btw. how are Icewind dale and Neverwinter nights?

Btw. how are Icewind dale and Neverwinter nights?

Icewind Dales what Baldur's Gate would be like if you took away most of the story and replaced it with combat.


Neverwinter Nights is mostly about the module editor and multiplayer with a gm. The default modules are mostly classified as weak except the 2nd (? – I'm writing from memory) expansion.

Btw. how are Icewind dale and Neverwinter nights?

Icewind Dales what Baldur's Gate would be like if you took away most of the story and replaced it with combat.

I oddly enjoyed Icewind Dale. I don't know if it was just that the combat encounters were bit more fun than in Planescape Torment. Despite that it's still old fashioned RPG in it's core, so if you don't have any experience in the genre from that time period, it might take a while to adjust.

I oddly enjoyed Icewind Dale.

Why not?

It's not bad, but different. What I failed to mention is that you have to create a complete party in IWD. A huge part of the less story aspect is that there are no predefined companions in the game world that can join the party.

I oddly enjoyed Icewind Dale.

Why not?

It's not bad, but different. What I failed to mention is that you have to create a complete party in IWD. A huge part of the less story aspect is that there are no predefined companions in the game world that can join the party.

I wasn't trying to imply that it's bad. The D&D games in the bundle just happen to be old and they are based on the old D&D ruleset (which they follow quite closely).

As for the Icewind Dales story, I remember being positively surprised. It's not nearly as deep as Planescape Torments story (I have mostly forgotten what happened in Baldurs Gate games), but it still has some interesting characters and at least one twist that I didn't expect.

Spoiler, click me

At one point I though that I did something wrong as everybody turned against me, but after reloading save, I figured out that the conflict was unavoidable.

All of these games are available on GOG. Too bad Humble didn't make the bundle available with the choice of either GOG keys or Steam keys.

Edit: Changed wording for clarity.


Last edited by Caldathras on 18 August 2024 at 4:28 pm UTC