This bundle's on Firaxis! Is it hot in here, or is it just this Firaxis bundle? Whatever it is, with Civ V, Beyond Earth, loads of XCOM, and more, we recommend getting this bundle while it's hot and fresh out of the bundle kitchen!
Pay $1 or more for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Ace Patrol Bundle, and Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete.
Pay more than the average price to also receive Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Starships, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Elite Soldier Pack, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack, XCOM: Enemy Within, and 10% off one month of Humble Monthly.
Pay $15 or more for all of that plus Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Exoplanets Map Pack, and a coupon for 33% off Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide DLC in the Humble Store.
Choose the price. Together, these games usually cost as much as $211. Here at Humble Bundle, though, you choose the price!
Cross-platform and on Steam. All games in this bundle are available on Steam for Windows. Most titles in this bundle are also available on Steam for Mac and Linux. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
NOTE: Keys in this bundle are packaged together by tier and cannot be separated. Redeeming packaged keys on Steam will not produce Steam gifts for items already in your library.
- lialhfour
Top comments
Illusionary
19 Jan 164#20
Very nice indeed - heat from me!
As always, if anyone has any spare keys, from this or elsewhere, donations for my weekly giveaway are always very welcome. :smiley:
mrvengeance to Glix
19 Jan 164#19
Not sure if you know, but Enemy Within isn't a separate game, it just adds to the Enemy Unknown game and makes it much better. Fixes various problems, adds loads more maps (maps got very repetitive in EU), adds in a new chunk of storyline, and just generally adds some really cool stuff (turning solider into mechs, genetically modifying your soldiers, etc).
All in all, I would never play the original EU again. I always play it with the EW expansion as it makes the game so much better. So if you do seriously want to play the game, I would have to recommend playing with the EW expansion.
lialhfour to Evilcell
19 Jan 163#18
I would't be too hopeful..
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TehJumpingJawa
19 Jan 163#4
Meh. I guess I'm unexcited by this bundle because I already own most of it.
That said,
- $1 tier is certainly worth it, even for just one of the games in there.
- 2nd tier isn't that great. Civ5 is missing the vital expansions, Starships is crap, and while Civ4 complete is easily worth $6 it's frequently available for less. Enemy Within is a nice freebie I suppose.
- $15 tier is crap.
All comments (102)
FantasyDeals
19 Jan 163#1
SpudUK
19 Jan 16#2
Damn that was fast.
Some good games in there. Heated!
Though I wonder if I can apply the 10% off the monthly bundle that I've already signed up to...
maizecorn
19 Jan 16#3
Damn, that's a good bundle. Shame I already have Civ 5 and Beyond Earth..
onthatb0mbshell to maizecorn
20 Jan 16#72
TehJumpingJawa
19 Jan 163#4
Meh. I guess I'm unexcited by this bundle because I already own most of it.
That said,
- $1 tier is certainly worth it, even for just one of the games in there.
- 2nd tier isn't that great. Civ5 is missing the vital expansions, Starships is crap, and while Civ4 complete is easily worth $6 it's frequently available for less. Enemy Within is a nice freebie I suppose.
- $15 tier is crap.
reddragon105 to TehJumpingJawa
19 Jan 162#42
Well I'm pleasantly surprised by this bundle! When I got the email about it and it said Civilization and XCOM I thought 'Great, a whole bunch of games that I already have and have been bundled before,' but then it turned out that it has Beyond Earth and Starships, both of which I almost bought in the winter sale. It's just a shame that the keys aren't all separate (why, Humble Bundle, why?!) as I like to trade my spares, and also I bet I'm not eligible for the Monthly discount as they already suckered me into paying for Feb in advance to get Alien: Isolation.
I got Civ V from a previous Humble Bundle originally and that included Gods and Kings and Brave New World, so maybe they'll be the 'more games coming soon'. Are Beyond Earth and Starships really that bad? They both appeal to me because they're sci-fi, and Starships seems to be just the spaceship version of Ace Patrol, which I kind of enjoyed, and people seem to be saying that the Rising Tide expansion for Beyond Earth fixes a lot of problems with it, although it's pricey for an expansion and you shouldn't have to pay extra for things that should have been in the game in the first place.
If you bought through Steam you should be able to get a refund for it and then you can rebuy it from the bundle, if that works out cheaper/better for you.
Yeah, it was CVG's Golden Joystick Awards. They've given out free games for voting in them a few times - it was XCOM in 2014 and actually in 2013 it was a choice of Civ V or Mafia II.
And you should definitely get Enemy Within - it's not so much an expansion, it's a whole load of additional features for EU that greatly enhances the game. You wouldn't want to play EU without it once you've got it, although you could always disable it if you wanted to see what the game was originally like.
Beyond Earth is considered the spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri and some of the same people worked on it so I'd say it sounds like your kind of thing. From looking at the reviews on Steam, though, it seems like it's not worth getting without the expansion as that fixes/adds a lot of things. I really wish Alpha Centauri was on Steam though as I'd love to add that to my library! (It is on GoG, in case you didn't already know.)
Glix
19 Jan 16#5
Enemy Unknown was free at one point wasn't it?
Just Enemy Within I need, have all the rest or not interested. Haven't even started EU yet, so no rush for me. Heat for humble though.
TehJumpingJawa to Glix
19 Jan 16#9
Yeah, if I remember correctly it was given away if you voted in some kind of game awards or something.
mrvengeance to Glix
19 Jan 164#19
Not sure if you know, but Enemy Within isn't a separate game, it just adds to the Enemy Unknown game and makes it much better. Fixes various problems, adds loads more maps (maps got very repetitive in EU), adds in a new chunk of storyline, and just generally adds some really cool stuff (turning solider into mechs, genetically modifying your soldiers, etc).
All in all, I would never play the original EU again. I always play it with the EW expansion as it makes the game so much better. So if you do seriously want to play the game, I would have to recommend playing with the EW expansion.
bones79
19 Jan 16#6
Great bundle, shame I've got most. Heat added
tanked
19 Jan 16#7
dammit - just paid £7.77 for Civilization V Complete Edition 2 days ago. Very hot
DweebDude to tanked
19 Jan 16#17
where from?
jetskichimp
19 Jan 16#8
Already got the blessed lot, so a pass from me, but great value if you have none of them.
Battenberg
19 Jan 162#10
Smashing bundle, much better than the repeats we've been getting recently. Real shame they've put it all into one key I own 90% of the games already but would happily go for the bta tier for those I was missing if I could give the civ 5 + xcom keys to someone.
noiren
19 Jan 16#11
Dammit! I already have everything and just bought Beyond Earth a few days ago >.<
Ohh well, fantastic value regardless, soo many hours of "one more turn" to be had.
Lukester
19 Jan 16#12
Great bundle, shame I own half of it, but might be worth taking a risk to get the other half I need hmm.. :smile:
fishmaster
19 Jan 162#13
64p to ruin your life, you will become fat, you won't care about your family or friends anymore, be wise and buy shares in coca cola as their profits will be rising.
philarmonic
19 Jan 16#14
Xcom are my fave games ever, hot!
InkZ
19 Jan 16#15
I've got everything, just need beyond earth, think I'll wait to see what games are added :smiley:
Evilcell
19 Jan 16#16
I would suspect they would add some Civ5 DLCs in 2 weeks
lialhfour to Evilcell
19 Jan 163#18
I would't be too hopeful..
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Illusionary
19 Jan 164#20
Very nice indeed - heat from me!
As always, if anyone has any spare keys, from this or elsewhere, donations for my weekly giveaway are always very welcome. :smiley:
Duelling Duck
19 Jan 162#21
Rebelstar Raiders ftw!
Vogun
19 Jan 16#22
Hot, bought tier 2. Thanks.
gb1999
19 Jan 16#23
I love that they're including 10% of the monthly bundle! Guess subscriptions have dropped like a stone when people have seen how bad the bundles to date have been
Keith0
19 Jan 16#24
I'm not getting the tier 2 XCOM games added to my steam account. Only the Civ IV/V games are there.. Does anyone know what's going on?
Redscoped
19 Jan 16#25
do you get separate keys for each of the games or just one for the whole bundle. It looks like from the screen shot just one key in which case as I own most of the games we cannot give them away :disappointed:
Abombination
19 Jan 16#26
The keys are bundled together by tier. You claim a Tier 1 game, then you have claimed them all (or wasted the excess keys for games you already own). The same for Tiers 2 & 3. If you only need one game out of each of the 3 tiers, then you will waste all the other keys. If you only need Tier 3 keys, then you don't waste the others.
jomay
19 Jan 16#27
64p? No, 1$ is about 70p!
The Pound lost massively in the last month. I know, I'm nitpicking and it's only 6p. But for others it is a 10% increase! :wink:
citynotutd123 to jomay
19 Jan 16#28
Paypal is converting as 73p for me.
Jonnyblock to jomay
19 Jan 16#29
73p for me!
MattGoo
19 Jan 161#30
Bargain price for anyone who hasn't already got any of these games.
If you're looking for more of challenge whilst waiting for XCOM2 to be released then try out the community Long War mod for XCOM:EU/EW.
Meredith2k5
19 Jan 16#31
Played Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri to death as a kid and loved it, for me it had much more depth than say age of empires, is the top tier bundle worth a go with the beyond earth game/expansion?
Regardless I think this is the first bundle where I neither own or have played any of the games so ill probably take the top tier anyway!
jomay
19 Jan 16#32
Yes, Paypal is charging a fee for conversion, somewhere between 1-3% (I'm too lazy to check). It's really not great if you pay for sth. expensive. In this situation that amounts to an outrageous 2p!
Those are DLCs and, for me, are in the DLC section of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. They're not listed separately.
elbow777
19 Jan 161#35
****...bloke at work today told me I had to play xcom. Came on here 4 hours ago looking for a deal, but no joy. Tracked it down for £5.90 at CDkeys. 25 minutes later this is posted!!
Heat though...thanks op.
zyany
19 Jan 16#36
is tier 3 worth it?
jboy123
19 Jan 16#37
Yeah is tier 3 worth it have none of these
matthewgrichards
19 Jan 16#38
nice information
tanked
19 Jan 16#39
http://www.mmoga.com/ - I'd never heard of them but Trust Pilot reviews seemed fine. It looks like its gone up slightly to £9.38
zidnrfhwvbytk
19 Jan 16#40
Nice but only for someone who don't have Firaxis games at all. Heat thou.
Meredith2k5
19 Jan 16#41
Not had a reply but from looking around for keys elsewhere tier 3 seems a good deal, cheapest I could find elsewhere was $11.78 for beyond earth and the exoplanets expansion. Good chance the cheapest youll find, if not at least the money goes to a good cause. Read a few reviews rating it well and jumped myself, if you like games such as age of empires id imagine this would appeal but haven't played it first hand so I cant say for sure
Illusionary to Meredith2k5
19 Jan 161#43
I wouldn't really say that Age of Empires is a good comparison, to be honest. They're both strategy games, yes, but AoE is real-time and mostly about warfare, whereas Beyond Earth is turn-based and more focused on wider empire-building. There's little better by way of comparison than the earlier Civilization series.
Meredith2k5
19 Jan 16#44
Cant wait to play this now if its anything like Alpha Centauri :laughing: Brought it on the hope it would be. Im suprised anyone remembers it too, makes me wonder with its age how much goes towards the original developers if you buy it from GoG. Disappointing that you no longer get keys as I share mine with friends but I can understand why, months after a bundles release ebay prices mysteriously drop :smirk: Wouldnt be so bad but if you consider the charities and devs should be profiting from this and not traders, Im just glad they didn't go the route of creating there own DRM Fair point, I hadnt played either in many many years to be honest and first thing that came to my head :smiley: Never liked AoE as much because of this, it always felt like a race to the finish.
Duelling Duck
19 Jan 161#45
Anyone else think X-Com, you know the first one, the one before Terror From the Deep - that it had this real melancholy about it that was incredible. Like when you'd turn up at a farm in the middle of the night and it was so creepy. And at first you'd just get the greys who were pretty poor shots but still good enough to make you feel grim when somebody you'd actually decided to name bit the dust. Then later on you'd get those mind-control guys and the huge saucers that looked like an upturned inflatable padding pools. Mind control man would send one of your guys crazy and his trigger finger would be yammering away sending shots all about the place as he ran in panic... what do you do? Do you just hope he gets his ship to shore and snaps out of it (to avoid my usuals swears) or actually take that awful path where you shoot your own man before that loose cannon takes out a third of your crew? I think most of the atmosphere had to do with the amazingly creepy ambient music and the sound of those scuttling footsteps on metal that you'd hear but didn't see.
I didn't get that so much with the new one.
Babbler
19 Jan 161#46
Saw the trailer for xcom 2 today and thought wow that looks good! Haven't played 1 though so will buy it now. Lol
Illusionary
19 Jan 16#47
Fond memories indeed!
I actually started out with TFTD - I still remember the demo that I got with a PC Zone cover disc - and the whole X-COM series remains amongst my picks of favourite games to this day.
jaydeeuk1
19 Jan 16#48
I was just thinking the other day how we haven't had a decent bundle since 2014. Shame I have civ 5 and xcom, will wait to see what else gets added.
A return to form, hot!
floppydesk
19 Jan 16#49
have mucho HEAT :smiley:
OneZeroNine
20 Jan 16#50
Super hot!!!
Battenberg
20 Jan 16#51
Well that's just nonsense. I would agree that the overall bundle quality has dropped recently but you only have to search "humble bundle" on HUKD to see that there were in fact multiple bundles last year that qualify as 'decent' at the very least.
format
20 Jan 161#52
great deal for xcom + enemy within, i've been playing that a lot more recently after installing "long war" mod. 2 weeks till xcom 2 :smiley:
whoop_de_do_basil
20 Jan 16#53
Worth warning you all that these games are strangely bundled. I got the $15 bundle and they are all staggered into 3 keys making it as difficult as possible to give any games you already have to others.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Ace Patrol Bundle, and Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Redeem on Steam™
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Starships, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Elite Soldier Pack, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack, and XCOM: Enemy Within
Redeem on Steam™
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth and Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Exoplanets Map Pack
Redeem on Steam™
Illusionary to whoop_de_do_basil
20 Jan 16#54
The arrangement of the bundles isn't random :stuck_out_tongue: It's just done by tier.
Redscoped
20 Jan 16#55
Beyond Earth is not the spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri it is bascially just Civ V in space. Really it is like they copied Civ V and just re-skinned the world and models. If you have Civ 5 you really dont need this. Given the extra extension packs for Civ 5 it is a far better game than beyond earth.
HedgyHoggy
20 Jan 16#56
How long until Alien is a tier 1? It will happen....
slipd
20 Jan 161#57
Worth it for XCOM alone! Anyone got any ideas about what the surprise content for next week will be?
Heat OP.
Illusionary to slipd
20 Jan 16#59
The older X-COM games and Civ V DLC, I believe.
lordpt
20 Jan 16#58
Very good pack and for a good cause
dr_raff
20 Jan 16#60
If anyone has a Pirates or Civ 5 key going spare, I'd be unbelievably grateful, or I'd happily swap with something I have lying about! I didn't use most of the last Capcom bundle..
They are the only 2 I haven't got and want to play!
TehJumpingJawa to dr_raff
20 Jan 16#65
Pirates! is worth 73p on its own.
Though if i remember correctly, you'll need to do some hacking of ini files to get it running acceptably in 16:9. (By default it only supports 4:3 or 5:4 resolutions)
Justmeeee
20 Jan 16#61
I already have so many games I will never play, nevermind finish them. Life is cruel :disappointed:
fr3dy77_sp33d
20 Jan 16#62
please be aware that they put 1 key for each tier on this therefore you can't gift the key for the game that you already owned to someone else. hope this is not the way they do it for future bundles
Sutty86
20 Jan 16#63
Sounds great really fancy it for civilisation is it worth paying more for civilisation 5 I've never played any
igsey
20 Jan 16#64
Beyond Earth was a real disappointment, and that's coming from somebody that got gifted it free on Steam! I wouldn't waste your time with it, but if you're really desperate to give it a go then this is the cheapest you're going to get it. I think it's pretty telling that they're giving their latest game and all its expansions away for only $15.
Smoking173850 to igsey
20 Jan 16#69
I don't think it comes with all the expansions as u have to pay extra for beyond Earth unless u class a 10% discount code as all expansions
tunrip
20 Jan 16#66
I missed the snakemen with the new one, but definitely still had a bit of that terror factor. God, the chryssalids!! EW adds a special new chryssalid mission and it is fantastically tense and terrifying.
Maybe you're right in some ways still about the original, but then, I'm not 15 anymore :wink:
Smoking173850
20 Jan 16#67
Fantastic price and I just bought the original X coms last month why do I get the feeling they are going to be the free games m.
Heat added
perrynomial
20 Jan 16#68
Sucks that it's only 1 key per level. I want civ 5 and beyond earth, but I don't want the rest of the stuff clogging up my steam library
Smoking173850 to perrynomial
20 Jan 16#70
I can hide the games in steam so they won't clog up and can keep the clean look u are after
tafkas to perrynomial
20 Jan 16#76
> implying that you can "clog up" a digital library
spudbynight
20 Jan 16#71
Fantastic deal. Unfortunately I have everything from Firaxis that I want.
Nuttydev
20 Jan 16#73
Hmm already have Civ V and Xcom, is it worth paying for Enemy Within? I only just started playing Xcom.
Also I agree that it isn't worth getting Beyond Earth, I bought it on release and played 15 hours then went back to Civ V and haven't touched it since. But for £10.60 I guess it won't hurt to try it!
jameshothothot to Nuttydev
24 Jan 16#92
yes! enemy within is a new game and awesome
eiamhere69
20 Jan 16#74
I have a couple of games at every tier, would have maybe considered it, but with the keys being per tier, not worth it to me.
If you don't have any of the games, probably ok
skidillydoo
20 Jan 16#75
absolutely brilliant game, the expansion was great to and Long War has provided endless nights of fun for me, loved this as much as the original and can't wait for thr 5th Feb for Xcom 2... HOT HOT HOT...great deal
cowsmoooo
20 Jan 16#77
Once again HUKD costs me more money than it saves! :stuck_out_tongue:
BigYoSpeck
20 Jan 16#78
XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civ III for $1 is a no brainer if you don't already have them.
If the next tear was with the Civ V expansion packs it also would be a no brainer so it's a shame they're missing. Honestly Civ IV is a kinda redundant offering if Civ V is included (I could never return to playing it).
So hot for the bottom tier deal.
TehJumpingJawa to BigYoSpeck
21 Jan 161#83
Each to his own I guess.
IMO it's civ5 that is the redundant game. Even with all the expansions, it's still inferior to civ4 in so many ways.
Though tbh I don't play either anymore; Paradox are the masters of strategy now, with the likes of ck2, eu4, vic2 and soon hoi4. Spoilt for choice!
mikem1989
20 Jan 16#79
Got the lot as I've just converted to pc gaming. Cheers op!
montblanc
21 Jan 16#80
I only want Beyond Earth, I already have a lot of the others. It becomes a chore giving away amazing games you already have xD
I normally hate the humble nonsense, but due to XCOM, this one has got some heat from me (even though I already own the Amiga version LOL)
cowsmoooo
21 Jan 16#84
Just think of how much resources those extra lines of text use!
BigYoSpeck
21 Jan 16#85
I loved Civ IV in it's day, and you're right there are many features with even fully expanded Civ V falls short on, but I prefer 1 unit per tile. I hate stacks of doom. Just a shame AI can't really do tactics so it's fairly easy to dominate them.
jaydeeuk1
21 Jan 16#86
I only have the civ 5 base game, but it just feels 'empty' compared to civ4. Does look nice though
Smoking173850
21 Jan 16#87
Just to let people know I was charged £23 through PayPal for the $15 tier so make sure u check what u paid as u could be stung like me. PayPal said they will be giving me back just over £12 so lucky I checked
Erinath to Smoking173850
22 Jan 16#88
Are you sure you didn't accidentally keep it on the preselected $25 payment? I've just gone through PayPal & for the $15 tier I was charged £10.86.
Smoking173850
22 Jan 16#89
It says $15 on the purchases on my humble bundle account :disappointed:
Erinath
22 Jan 16#90
That sucks then, glad PayPal sorted it out for you :smiley:
Smoking173850
22 Jan 16#91
They havent yet still waiting haha
Illusionary
24 Jan 16#93
It's not a new game, but a significant expansion.
Midnight Tboy
24 Jan 16#94
xcom - a game I always wanted to...but never got round to playing (as well as many many others).
Question :
1. So if I'm right from what I've read - Enemy Within actually integrates mixed scattered around into the main single player game.....soooo if have never played the game at all from, you would effectively be better off starting with Enemy Within to get the full length experience, and no point in playing Enemy Unknown standard version?
2. Likewise.....Long War Mod.....is this run as a seperate game....or again another 'alternative' way to start the whole game from the v start? (and still ok for a noob to work through)
Illusionary to Midnight Tboy
24 Jan 161#95
1. Yep, exactly.
2. As a mod, it directly overwrites a number of the game's files, alterting the game experience. I'd recommend not attempting this until you're familiar with the base game (be that EU or EW).
ykhan16
25 Jan 16#96
Hmm not sure how much value this is. Civ V is just average without the expansion packs that really turn it into an amazing game. And dont think the civ beyond earth with the 33% off for the expansion is that great a deal...
ykhan16
25 Jan 16#97
When i first got Civ 5 i played it for a couple of weeks then i just gave up as i wasnt enjoying it as much as I did with Civ 4 which just felt a lot richer. I have though recently come back to Civ 5 after getting the expansions and i'm finding it is a much better experience. Yes there are a few things i miss about civ 4- sprawlingg empires and crazy stacks of doom which were fun, though game breaking.
But the new mechanics (unhappiness, 1 unit per square etc) do now feel right and make sense- I couldnt really go back. I wouldnt rate one game higher than the other. In their complete forms they're both amazing. Civ 5 feels alot more slick and realistic- Civ 4, arguably slightly more fun and with more character.
yok0ross
25 Jan 16#98
if this had Sid Meier's Gettysburg I would be all over it :disappointed:
reddragon105
26 Jan 161#99
New games added - X-COM: Complete Pack plus Civilization V DLC - Gods and Kings: Scrambled Nations Map Pack, and Scrambled Continents Map Pack.
BigYoSpeck to reddragon105
26 Jan 16#100
Shame it's still missing Brave New World given the Complete Edition is only £6.59 on G2A
Still hot for the $1 tier.
reddragon105
26 Jan 16#101
Huge shame - I've already got Civ V plus all of this DLC plus Brave New World from a previous Humble Bundle, and it's hard to justify the cost of the remaining DLC when it works out more expensive than the Complete Edition! So I thought it's about time Humble gave us the rest of the DLC to help us finish our collections.
I've also got all the XCOM stuff already so this bundle has only been worth it for me for the top tier, although apparently Beyond Earth only gets good once you add the Rising Tide expansion so I guess I'll have to get that too! I'd also like Starships but the mixed reviews are preventing me from pulling the trigger on activating the second tier key for myself, considering all the other games will go to waste.
camaj
2 Feb 16#102
If anyone is reading this you've got until 7pm tonight, 2nd Feb, to get this bundle. If, like me, you're not sure whether it's worth paying more for the second (or third) tiers and your trying to make a decision before the deal ends, you should know that you can apparently increase your purchase any time in the 30 days after the bundle ends. My plan is to buy the $1 tier and then if I enjoy Civ 3 enough I'll buy the next tier. I haven't done this yet but the upgrade link is there so it seems possible.
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Opening post
Pay $1 or more for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Ace Patrol Bundle, and Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete.
Pay more than the average price to also receive Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Starships, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Elite Soldier Pack, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack, XCOM: Enemy Within, and 10% off one month of Humble Monthly.
Pay $15 or more for all of that plus Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Exoplanets Map Pack, and a coupon for 33% off Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide DLC in the Humble Store.
Choose the price. Together, these games usually cost as much as $211. Here at Humble Bundle, though, you choose the price!
Cross-platform and on Steam. All games in this bundle are available on Steam for Windows. Most titles in this bundle are also available on Steam for Mac and Linux. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
NOTE: Keys in this bundle are packaged together by tier and cannot be separated. Redeeming packaged keys on Steam will not produce Steam gifts for items already in your library.
- lialhfour
Top comments
As always, if anyone has any spare keys, from this or elsewhere, donations for my weekly giveaway are always very welcome. :smiley:
All in all, I would never play the original EU again. I always play it with the EW expansion as it makes the game so much better. So if you do seriously want to play the game, I would have to recommend playing with the EW expansion.
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That said,
- $1 tier is certainly worth it, even for just one of the games in there.
- 2nd tier isn't that great. Civ5 is missing the vital expansions, Starships is crap, and while Civ4 complete is easily worth $6 it's frequently available for less. Enemy Within is a nice freebie I suppose.
- $15 tier is crap.
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Some good games in there. Heated!
Though I wonder if I can apply the 10% off the monthly bundle that I've already signed up to...
That said,
- $1 tier is certainly worth it, even for just one of the games in there.
- 2nd tier isn't that great. Civ5 is missing the vital expansions, Starships is crap, and while Civ4 complete is easily worth $6 it's frequently available for less. Enemy Within is a nice freebie I suppose.
- $15 tier is crap.
I got Civ V from a previous Humble Bundle originally and that included Gods and Kings and Brave New World, so maybe they'll be the 'more games coming soon'. Are Beyond Earth and Starships really that bad? They both appeal to me because they're sci-fi, and Starships seems to be just the spaceship version of Ace Patrol, which I kind of enjoyed, and people seem to be saying that the Rising Tide expansion for Beyond Earth fixes a lot of problems with it, although it's pricey for an expansion and you shouldn't have to pay extra for things that should have been in the game in the first place.
If you bought through Steam you should be able to get a refund for it and then you can rebuy it from the bundle, if that works out cheaper/better for you.
Yeah, it was CVG's Golden Joystick Awards. They've given out free games for voting in them a few times - it was XCOM in 2014 and actually in 2013 it was a choice of Civ V or Mafia II.
And you should definitely get Enemy Within - it's not so much an expansion, it's a whole load of additional features for EU that greatly enhances the game. You wouldn't want to play EU without it once you've got it, although you could always disable it if you wanted to see what the game was originally like.
Beyond Earth is considered the spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri and some of the same people worked on it so I'd say it sounds like your kind of thing. From looking at the reviews on Steam, though, it seems like it's not worth getting without the expansion as that fixes/adds a lot of things. I really wish Alpha Centauri was on Steam though as I'd love to add that to my library! (It is on GoG, in case you didn't already know.)
Just Enemy Within I need, have all the rest or not interested. Haven't even started EU yet, so no rush for me. Heat for humble though.
All in all, I would never play the original EU again. I always play it with the EW expansion as it makes the game so much better. So if you do seriously want to play the game, I would have to recommend playing with the EW expansion.
Ohh well, fantastic value regardless, soo many hours of "one more turn" to be had.
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The Pound lost massively in the last month. I know, I'm nitpicking and it's only 6p. But for others it is a 10% increase! :wink:
If you're looking for more of challenge whilst waiting for XCOM2 to be released then try out the community Long War mod for XCOM:EU/EW.
Regardless I think this is the first bundle where I neither own or have played any of the games so ill probably take the top tier anyway!
1$ = 0.7068£ at the moment, so a Halifax Clarity card that charges 0% would save you ~2p here.
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/?amt=1&from=GBP&to=USD&submit=Convert#from=GBP;to=USD;amt=0.7068
Heat though...thanks op.
Fair point, I hadnt played either in many many years to be honest and first thing that came to my head :smiley: Never liked AoE as much because of this, it always felt like a race to the finish.
I didn't get that so much with the new one.
I actually started out with TFTD - I still remember the demo that I got with a PC Zone cover disc - and the whole X-COM series remains amongst my picks of favourite games to this day.
A return to form, hot!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Ace Patrol Bundle, and Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Starships, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Elite Soldier Pack, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack, and XCOM: Enemy Within
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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth and Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Exoplanets Map Pack
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Heat OP.
They are the only 2 I haven't got and want to play!
Though if i remember correctly, you'll need to do some hacking of ini files to get it running acceptably in 16:9. (By default it only supports 4:3 or 5:4 resolutions)
Maybe you're right in some ways still about the original, but then, I'm not 15 anymore :wink:
Heat added
Also I agree that it isn't worth getting Beyond Earth, I bought it on release and played 15 hours then went back to Civ V and haven't touched it since. But for £10.60 I guess it won't hurt to try it!
If you don't have any of the games, probably ok
If the next tear was with the Civ V expansion packs it also would be a no brainer so it's a shame they're missing. Honestly Civ IV is a kinda redundant offering if Civ V is included (I could never return to playing it).
So hot for the bottom tier deal.
IMO it's civ5 that is the redundant game. Even with all the expansions, it's still inferior to civ4 in so many ways.
Though tbh I don't play either anymore; Paradox are the masters of strategy now, with the likes of ck2, eu4, vic2 and soon hoi4. Spoilt for choice!
Question :
1. So if I'm right from what I've read - Enemy Within actually integrates mixed scattered around into the main single player game.....soooo if have never played the game at all from, you would effectively be better off starting with Enemy Within to get the full length experience, and no point in playing Enemy Unknown standard version?
2. Likewise.....Long War Mod.....is this run as a seperate game....or again another 'alternative' way to start the whole game from the v start? (and still ok for a noob to work through)
2. As a mod, it directly overwrites a number of the game's files, alterting the game experience. I'd recommend not attempting this until you're familiar with the base game (be that EU or EW).
But the new mechanics (unhappiness, 1 unit per square etc) do now feel right and make sense- I couldnt really go back. I wouldnt rate one game higher than the other. In their complete forms they're both amazing. Civ 5 feels alot more slick and realistic- Civ 4, arguably slightly more fun and with more character.
Still hot for the $1 tier.
I've also got all the XCOM stuff already so this bundle has only been worth it for me for the top tier, although apparently Beyond Earth only gets good once you add the Rising Tide expansion so I guess I'll have to get that too! I'd also like Starships but the mixed reviews are preventing me from pulling the trigger on activating the second tier key for myself, considering all the other games will go to waste.