The Indie Bundle Mega Thread

Some herping and derping on the HSL forum:
http://chat.hackslashloot.com/generalchat-6585-chat/What-a-terrible-game-33195.html

Summary: OP lists some of the things wrong with the game, such as being based entirely on luck. Cue "Yeah, well, that's like your opinion and not fact, man" and "WELL ROGUELIKE" as though that excuses the design.
Also look at that terrible forum. OP is always first, then the posts are listed in descending post date so the newest post is at the top and oldest is at the bottom. What the hell.

Still loading the game up here and there for a quick play but it really is pretty bad. Guy could've done so much better with it. It's a "Turn brian off and click a lot" roguelike instead of "Leave brian half functioning and go on a short adventure" roguelike, which is more along the lines of Doom RL which has some strategy, different builds, and different tactics.

 

A dark turn of events! What could this mean for Cow? Will our multi headed hero swear off indie bundles at last? Will the Double Bovine break free of his gaming obsession? Tune in next time for more deals and more thrills

Also I was warming to devil whiskey until I heard how bad to the bone old school it was, without stats on the items screen and shitbunches of random encounters. I must shamefully withdraw my wallet from this engagement.

 

Hmm, dunno, if it's anything like Mordor or Demise I think I have to buy it. Quite enjoyed those two despite the obvious flaws they had.

 

Told you it was a shitty game. It's just way too simplistic to be entertaining past ten minutes. The problem with the mechanics is that... there are no mechanics. It's no better than a free-to-play flash/browser game. In fact, there are far better free-to-play flash/browser games.

 

BROS WAIT IS DEVIL WHISKEY WORYTH ANYTHING!!!??

 

It's sort of a spiritual successor to Bard's Tale... though I've never played so I can't comment on its quality.

 

It is well done game and worth the purchase if like the type. If you don't, then...

 

Thanks, getting it then. Was at some point really looking forward to DW, then forgot about it.

 

Humble Indie Bundle 7 and HIB7 'Beat the average' added to Steam registry. Expect it in a couple of days. Friend of mine said something like pirates found a Legend of Grimrock torrent on Humble's site but that could be because it is sold via the Humble Store on Grimrock's website. Otherwise that would be a nice kick in the ass to everyone who bought it a week ago.

 

Yeah. I bought Grimrock from the Humble Store, and torrenting is one of the options so it's probably just that. Even if it isn't I won't feel that bad about spending $12 on Grimrock 'cause fuck it I'm loving the piss out of it.

Looks like a new Indie Royale should probably be showing up any time now, too.

 

It is here.

http://www.indieroyale.com

 

bros I hear unstoppable gorg's only good point is the retro shtick so have a care

as for tobe's vertical adventure

oh fuck no

 

Depths of Peril is good for what it is though

 

how indie royale sells any bundles is beyond me

the first bundle has gemini rue i think but everything else has been garbage

 

I'm somewhat interested in Depths of Peril, on the fence on Gorg... rest look like crap. I really hate how they keep shoving these bullet shooters down our throats. For $5, I'm sure I can get Depths/Gorg later if I really want. I'll wait and see what Humble has to offer.

 

Eh. I've already got Depths of Peril, but I might go for it for Gorg. I kinda wanted that. And that platformer's description is horrifying but the video for it looks alright, plus then I can scream kawaii ne~ like I've always wanted.

Comrade Metro, if you decide to skip the bundle shoot me a PM and I'll give you my Depths of Peril key.

 

Yeah I'll have to take you up on that. In keeping with the Gorg theme, Wander McMooch strikes again!

 

Fraggle Rock.

 

Song now stuck in my head...RAGE!!
Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.

 

This should come as no surprise, but I checked out Tobe and it was really quite shit. Controls like ass, you really want a degree of precision for a platformer and Tobe doesn't have that at all. There's also the LOL YOU PLAY A HIP GAMER KAWAII NE~ aspect which asses it up even more. Spent 12 minutes looking at it and I'm not sure I'll spend any more.

Basically just spent $5 for Gorg I guess, which since I'm such a sucker for tower defense I'm not too bothered by. It was on sale a while back on Steam and I was tempted then and resisted. My wait probably saved me all of 30 cents and got Metro DoP, but what the hell.

 

Bless your generosity enabling me to be a cheapskate.

 

Gorg has a demo on Steam, tried it some time ago. I'm a great tower defense lover, but I really didn't like Gorg mechanics.
Said that, the whole theme is done hilariously well.

 

I tried the demo, too, like the theme but the mechanics didn't amaze me. That said someone on the Cheap Ass Gamer board gave me a key for free so... yay me. Tried Depths of Peril for a couple hours tonight. The concept is okay but... I don't think the faction-on-faction warfare lends itself too well to the ARPG genre. Definitely experiencing bundle saturation. The last few Humble ones have been shit (especially the Android ones), Indie Gala has never been that good but the Meridian4 filled one was terrible. Royale has always been mediocre in my opinion. I've never seen one that had more than two games tops appeal to me and there's so much overlap these days I've been fortunate enough to be gifted keys to the three or four games that have interested me... even then I don't spend a lot of time playing them. Think I played Nuclear Dawn a grand total of 20ish minutes.

Even in general my gaming wishlist is pretty small. The only 'big ticket' titles I'll eventually grab at $20ish are Skyrim, Risen 2, Witcher 2, and Amalur. Next tier is stuff like Rage and SS3 and Portal 2 around $7-$10ish. After that it's like a dozen indie games all $10 or less that I'm just waiting to be in a bundle or 75% off sale.

 

And the Humble Bundle just went live... it's a preorder of Botanicula that comes with Machinarium and Samorost 2. If you beat the current ~$9ish average you get Windowsil and some movie named Kooky. Moreover you need to pay at least $5 to get a Steam key. Yeah... easily their worst bundle yet.