14 DAY TRIAL // The Humble Bundle's latest offer is a truly exciting one, packing together a lot of great games from publisher 2K Games, such as the entire BioShock series, the reinvented XCOM and Spec Ops: The Line.
We're already used to the way things are done, pay what you want, redeem the games on Steam, help some charities along the way, but this time around the Humble Bundle is offering some incredible value for the money.
The "Pay What You Want" tier includes The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a weird mixture of action and strategy that has an interesting premise but failed short of expectations, The Darkness II, a shooter with a big focus on the supernatural, and BioShock, the legendary narrative-driven first-person shooter that started the epic saga.
The next tier unlocks BioShock 2, a new adventure set in the underwater utopia of Rapture, this time presented from a uniquely different perspective, allowing players to step into the shoes of the iconic Big Daddy.
Also included are Mafia II, a classic, thrilling mobster adventure, sort of like a Grand Theft Auto set in the 1940s, and Spec Ops: The Line, a shooter that offers an intense take on the horrors of war, presenting everything in a much less glorified manner.
Furthermore, the highest tier includes two of 2K's masterpieces, BioShock Infinite and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
XCOM is a reimagined version of the classic squad-based turn-based tactical shooter and strategy game of the same name from the early '90s. The game surprised both critics and fans of the old games by providing a modern experience that, albeit simplified, still offers solid gameplay and a lot of fun.
Like the first game in the classic strategy series, XCOM starts in the near future, when an alien invasion threatens all on Earth, and all nations band together in an effort to drive the assailants back, through a series of tactical missions interspersed with base management and research.
BioShock Infinite is the last game in the series, offering a rollercoaster experience of thrilling drama, interesting narrative and first-person shooting action, spiced up with the use of the classic plasmids, now dubbed vigors, in the alternate universe the game takes place in.
Players can explore a different path in American history, by following the events set in motion by the ruler of the flying city of Columbia, and uncovering the mysterious details of their own murky past in the process.