The Indie Bundle Mega Thread

[Unkillable Cat]

<$4 is a good price for LoG, Paper Sorcerer sounds decent, no clue about Desktop Dungeons.

 

[Berekän]

The shittiest game's the most expensive

 

[Angthoron]

Is Desktop Dungeons any good?

It's a casual roguelike. Not too bad, but if you'd want a roguelike, you'll find better ones for free. Some puzzle elements in it as well.

So yeah, not bad. Definitely not the game I'd put at the highest price to that pack though.

 

[Metro]

Is Desktop Dungeons any good?

Not $10 good. It's more a puzzle game than an rpg. You just move around an unrevealed dungeon attacking (by running into) monsters lower level than you so that you can level up and beat the higher level monsters.

 

[Angthoron]

Is Desktop Dungeons any good?

Not $10 good. It's more a puzzle game than an rpg. You just move around an unrevealed dungeon attacking (by running into) monsters lower level than you so that you can level up and beat the higher level monsters.

Yeah, and you restore HP/mana by revealing unexplored tiles, which is one of the elements of the mentioned puzzle.

 

[Damned Registrations]

There's more to it than that though. You also get spells, various potions, equipment and gods to fiddle with in the dungeon, and race/class combinations before you even go in. You get bonus xp for killing enemies that outrank you, which is a benefit you have to weigh against wasting the regen you get from unexplored tiles (since both unexplored tiles and enemies to give xp are finite resources.) The more difficult areas end up being really interesting, trying to figure out ways to eke out a victory, especially if you're, say, a wizard and the boss or most of the enemies are immune to magic, or burn your mana, or counterattack when you use spells on them. You can also sacrifice pretty much anything in your inventory (which includes your spellbooks) for a benefit that varies between races. It's well polished too, with in game bestiary for all the items, enemies, gods, etc. It also has plenty of tutorials, and challenge levels. It also has a lot of dungeons, and they're pretty much all unique. The exact layout is randomized each time, but it's the features of the dungeons that make them interesting. Theres ones where stuff happens when you kill enemies, like spawning zombie copies of whatever you killed, or summoning a boss next to you (in a tight labyrinth so you might get trapped between him and a dead end), ones with special features like a toll bridge cutting off part of the level or a special item that can cripple most of the enemies, ones filled with plants (which are a sort of obstacle that also interacts with some of the gods), another with a gauntlet of boss fights at the end so you can't use the usual tricks like a level catapult or a bunch of tiles to regen between them. I think there's around 20 dungeons? Not counting the first 3-4 tutorial ones or any of the special challenge levels, of which there are another 30 or some shit. The skill cap for the most difficult dungeons is through the roof, I couldn't even come close to doing them. I really enjoyed the game, spent a good 30-40 hours on it prolly before I moved on, and I'll likely go back to it some day.

All that said, it's on steam, where it'll probably get priced down to 2.50$ at some point. No need to dump 10$ on it.

Dredmore, OTOH, I wouldn't spend 50 cents on.

 

[Metro]

Dredmor is the better game, you're just fucking retarded.

 

[Damned Registrations]

I'm sure it's awesome if you enjoy eating paste and find planning and forethought frustrating.

 

[Metro]

Or watch anime? Dredmor is a pretty shallow rogue-like but to say Desktop Dungeons is better is just being intentionally argumentative. Of course that's something you excel at.

 

[Konjad]

Is there a time limit on activation of these keys on an account? I'd like to get that EVE Online, but I want to play it during summer holidays, not during exams

 

[Berekän]

Back when I started I bought it during one steam sale, that one had also 30 days that started the moment you bought it. I didn't know it and when I tried to play it later it I didn't have any time left. I sent an email and they gave me the 30 days without problem

EDIT: It's a code that you have to redeem on the Eve Management page so presumably your 30 days shouldn't start ticking until you decide so.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

A PLEX for Eve Online normally goes for $15, BTW.

 

[Turjan]

A PLEX for Eve Online normally goes for $15, BTW.

Sneaky. Fits this "humble" sale, though.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I bought the Triumph/Larian bundle for $1 to get the Divinity games and the "Dungeons" bundle for another buck to get Paper Sorcerer. I'm not even sure Paper Sorcerer is worth a buck.

They've yet to pull a Double Fine bundle, so there's that to "look forward" to.

 

[Metro]

Thought about Paper Sorc but it doesn't look like anything amazing. I'm sure it'll be that price again during Steam's summer sale. Probably saving Double Fine for the last day.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I'm not even sure Paper Sorcerer is worth a buck.

They've yet to pull a Double Fine bundle, so there's that to "look forward" to.

Paper Sorcerer was one of the CRPG highlights of 2013, IMHO.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

What's bugging me about Paper Sorc are the controls and lack of documentation. Having to click twice to exit some menus, for example, and also that I couldn't find a way to get info on which characters could use which items.

Besides that it's a nice homage/tribute to Wizardry 4.

 

[DalekFlay]

Pay what you want!... for the privilege of paying for a monthly subscription MMO!

 

[markec]

The shittiest game's the most expensive

Which is something Im all for, lets me pay less for good games.

 

[belated]

Anyone played Age of Fear? I remember being interested in it a while ago and here it is in a bundle. The sequel as well.

http://groupees.com/kissmybundle

 

[Angthoron]

Wow. Guncraft, Ravaged and Orc Attack: Flatulent Rebellion as the day's bundle.

 

[Zewp]

Oh, Orc Attack: Flatulent Rebellion is in a bundle only 10 days after release? I wonder why that could be.

 

[WhiteGuts]

Popular demand, no doubt.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Similiar case to Dark Shadows - Army of Evil. Released and moment later founded in 3? bundles iirc.
Except the mentioned orc game is dul and bad while Dark Shadows is shovelware level of Ride 2 hell: Retrobutt and Dung Lords.

So today

Kissmybudnel? What an appropiate name for current situation with bundle swarm.
Soulblighter is decent (first impression based on first 30min) but the font in that game is bigger crime than Ultima7 font. Not only stylized but also extremely small.
Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi in neat FPS with generated rooms and it's better horror than the modern ones.

 

[Astral Rag]

The REALLY creepy bundle:

Will buy for interesting-looking point-and-click adventure Oknytt.

http://vodo.net/creepy

 

[Turjan]

The REALLY creepy bundle:

Will buy for interesting-looking point-and-click adventure Oknytt.

It's a nice adventure, but more whimsical than creepy.

 

[Konjad]

awww... that daily
https://www.humblebundle.com/