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Author Topic: The Humble Indie Bundle  (Read 21721 times)

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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #220 on: September 21, 2013, 07:44:07 AM »

Rocketbirds, A Virus Named TOM, Bastion, and LIMBO added as bonuses.  I already have Bastion; anyone want my Steam code?
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #221 on: September 21, 2013, 08:19:58 AM »

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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #222 on: September 21, 2013, 08:21:00 AM »

How did you find Bastion's gameplay? I was trying to read reviews to see what it's similar to, but couldn't quite get a read on that. Is it more jrpg-ish or Zelda-ish? Or something else entirely?

EDIT: LOL, just give it to Ocksi.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #223 on: September 21, 2013, 08:37:52 AM »

The combat and puzzles resemble Zelda but the dungeon design very much does not.  It's pretty linear; levels are chosen by map instead of through an overworld, and while there are branching paths they're pretty simple; nothing like the complexity of even a Zelda 1 dungeon.

The inventory system's a lot more constrained, too; you can only carry two weapons at a time.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #224 on: September 21, 2013, 10:26:40 AM »

Yeah, it seems stripped down - almost a platformer. Which isn't a bad thing.

I might give it a try sometimes, but Ocksi's got dibs on this one.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #225 on: September 21, 2013, 04:51:54 PM »

I've heard people describe Bastion as a "shooter", and that's actually not far wrong. It's pretty fun, whatever it is.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #226 on: September 21, 2013, 05:59:18 PM »

I'd describe Bastion as "Go play it, with your best-quality sound equipment to fully enjoy the narrator's voice".
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #227 on: September 22, 2013, 07:06:26 AM »

Yeah, it seems stripped down - almost a platformer. Which isn't a bad thing.

I might give it a try sometimes, but Ocksi's got dibs on this one.

I have a spare copy as well.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #228 on: September 22, 2013, 08:17:34 AM »

Sure! It sounds like fun, so let me know.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #229 on: October 02, 2013, 02:50:24 AM »

Not a bundle, but:

http://notonsteam.com/

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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #230 on: November 05, 2013, 08:55:45 AM »

Am I a hypocrite for bitching out EA and then jumping on this WB bundle at the very first opportunity?

YUP
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #231 on: November 05, 2013, 03:03:47 PM »

And I thought I was so smart for paying $7.50 for Arkham City last week.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #232 on: November 05, 2013, 03:05:44 PM »

Well, I actually bought the Fear games before, so I think you still have me there.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #233 on: November 05, 2013, 09:00:09 PM »

Pretty glad I held off on AC last week. Now who needs Arkham Asylum? The game is good enough that I tried, but Steam won't let me have two.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #234 on: November 05, 2013, 10:28:10 PM »

I do, actually!
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #235 on: November 05, 2013, 10:57:27 PM »

It's yours. Grab me on TS and we can arrange the hand-off.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #236 on: November 11, 2013, 08:01:37 AM »

After all the weekly promos and miscellany, it certainly took them long enough to just straight up open a the humble store for non-time-limited purchases.

Can't speak for anyone else, but whenever a game was up for sale on Steam, I'd generally check whether a humble purchase widget was available from the dev, so I could give the dev a bigger cut and possibly get a DRM-free copy.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #237 on: November 11, 2013, 08:59:08 AM »

Just a note: apparently devs are getting less of a cut through the humble store than they would from the widgets. The widgets are 95% devs, 5% humble bundle. Through the store it's 75% devs, 10% charity, 15% humble bundle.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #238 on: November 11, 2013, 09:46:13 AM »

Looks like I'll keep hunting down those widgets, then. Thanks for the tip!

Also looks like the widgets don't auto-match the store deals. Blech.

See: http://www.dontstarvegame.com/blog/landing/buynow.html at full price while the humble store has it at 50% off.
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Re: The Humble Indie Bundle
« Reply #239 on: November 11, 2013, 09:56:41 AM »

On the one hand it sucks that they make less money through the store, but really a unified store that is visible will probably bring in enough extra sales that the difference won't matter. I heard that the total sales some people got through the notonsteam sale were kind of disappointing, and that was all widgets on a webpage.
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