There's a new Humble Weekly Sale up. This time with games from 1C Company.
Pay what you want for:
King's Bounty: The Legend (Windows/Mac) (DRM-free/Steam)
King's Bounty: Armored Princess (Windows/Mac) (DRM-free/Steam)
Men of War (Windows) (Steam)
Men of War: Red Tide (Windows) (Steam)
Beat the average for:
King's Bounty: Crossworlds (Windows) (DRM-free/Steam)
Men of War: Assault Squad GOTY (Windows) (Steam)
Not true! Yatagarasu is in there, which immediately caught my eye. It has been getting a lot of press because it's a 2D fighting game with very high production values made by ex-SNK devs.
Oh all right, fine. Here's the list. Remember it's a build-a-bundle, so you need at least two of these.
CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~ (yes, that's actually how it's spelt)
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
Croixleur
Ether Vapor Remaster
War of the Human Tanks
Yatagarusa
Yousei
...and the bonuses that are already unlocked:
Jisei
Kansei
Pester
War of the Human Tanks OST
What's remarkable about this bundle is that it really seems to be going out of its way to tell you as little about the games as possible. Plots? Sure. Gameplay? Nope. I don't even know what half the bonus games play like. I'm guessing they're visual novels, but are they? I honestly don't know.
Yatagarasu really shouldn't be in a doujin pack. It's by industry professionals and is sold in typical channels, it's not part of the Comiket(and similar conventions)-based doujin game-making culture.
Croixleur on the other hand totally belongs here, I didn't even know it had a US release(and frankly I find it odd to see that it did). If you ever looked into Japanese Comiket game culture at all, Croixleur probably came up as one of the more polished doujin titles(but it's still, very much, a doujin title).
I've not heard of Ether Vapor Remaster before, but it seems to be a 2D shooter with an Einhander-esque camera gimmick. I would've thought it was some sort of commercial release of a shooter I wasn't aware of if it wasn't for the unprofessional anime character art they use in the cutscenes, which is what really gives it away as a doujin game.
Everything else has really poor production values and probably isn't worth looking into at all, and the latter two only if you're really interested in what the doujin space in Japan is putting out.
Dashing sent me a link to this, which explains that Yousei is the third in a series of visual novels (Jisei and Kansei being the first two), while Cafe 0 is also a VN.
I REALLY feel like they should have made that clearer. The descriptions only give you the basic premise of the game, and the videos for the bonus games tell you absolutely nothing about the gameplay. How am I supposed to want your games if I don't know what they are? Honestly, Japan...
Pre-order Prison Architect within the first 24 hours of this weekly sale for just $19.99 or more! Afterwards, you can still pre-order the game with a purchase of $24.99 or more.
Unless it says something else elsewhere on the page.
Also, I personally think one of the most appealing things about this bundle is one of the bonuses: Uplink, Darwinia, Multiwinia, and DEFCON Source Code Access
Yeah, I remember but I didn't do the maths. They've changed it to 37% now. The price is also up to $25 now instead of $24.99. Isn't that a bit early? I thought the deal went up at 20:00 CET last night, but if so, it's been less than 18 hours.
Once again Humble Bundle reiterate their stance that, if you're big enough, the strict DRM-free and multiplatform restrictions they force on the little guys simply don't matter.
[Highlight]Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Crysis 2: Maximum Edition
Dead Space[/Highlight]
Dead Space 3
[Highlight]Medal of Honor
Mirror's Edge[/Highlight]
You're killing me here, EA. $4.55 got me a bunch of OK to pretty good games, and Dead Space 3, but I will never be able to play some of them because you refuse to play nice with Steam, or allow me to opt out of Origin's data-mining policies. Well, at least you had the good sense to put Crysis 2 back on Steam. Maybe this is leading into a big announcement of them putting full and complete games back on Steam, and anyone who already bought the bundle gets free Steam codes for all of the stuff that isn't on Steam right now. And then maybe I can get around the city on a flying pig, because I'm clearly fooling myself into thinking EA cares about their customers and what they want.
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- Antipole
- Chester
- Dead Pixels
- LaserCat
- Little Racers STREET
- Orbitron: Revolution
- Smooth Operators: Call Center Chaos
- Spyleaks
All on Desura (except Dead Pixels, which is also on Steam). Pretty sure they're PC only, but I could be wrong.
Also - we're all Masters of Strategy, right? Well if not, you can fix that for £2.34 (or equivalent).
- Earth 2016
- Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire
- Patrician IV: Steam Edition
- Restaurant Empire 2
- Tropico 3: Steam Edition
All on Windows, all on Steam.
Miner Warfare
Doom & Destiny
Oniken
Space Pirates And Zombies
Trainz Simulator 12
Exceed - Gun Bullet Children
Aura: Fate Of The Ages
Exceed 2nd - Vampire Rex
Painkiller: Recurring Evil
Sacraboar
TS 12 - Aerotrain & Coronation Scott DLCs
- Democracy 2 (beat the average for this one)
- Gratuitous Space Battles
- Gratuitous Tank Battles
- Kudos 2
Can't be bothered to check/list platforms, since these games are all extremely 'meh'.
- Aztaka
- Ben There, Dan That! / Time Gentlemen, Please!
- Pickers
- Reef Shot
- Rune Classic
- They Breathe
- Vox
...that's a frankly pathetic selection. There's barely two good picks in the whole lot.
The "Humble" Deep Silver Bundle
Windows-Only
Steam-Only
$1+ for:
Saint's Row the Third
Saint's Row 2
Risen 2
Sacred 2 Gold
BTA(I thought this was a flat $4.54 before, but it's changing so I guess it's BTA):
Saint's Row the Third: The Full Package
Dead Island
$25+
Dead Island: Riptide
The bundle also comes with:
MP3 soundtracks for Saint's Row 2 and Risen 2
MP3 and FLAC soundtracks for Saint's Row the Third.
(Might still buy though for sacred 2 and Saints Row DLC)
EDIT: Oh, sorry, apparently it does, it just took a bit for it to update on the store pages for me.
Pay what you want for:
King's Bounty: The Legend (Windows/Mac) (DRM-free/Steam)
King's Bounty: Armored Princess (Windows/Mac) (DRM-free/Steam)
Men of War (Windows) (Steam)
Men of War: Red Tide (Windows) (Steam)
Beat the average for:
King's Bounty: Crossworlds (Windows) (DRM-free/Steam)
Men of War: Assault Squad GOTY (Windows) (Steam)
The Starry Nights Bundle
...no thanks.
Or rather, let's not, since no-one's heard of ANY of the games involved and they all look 'meh'.
CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~ (yes, that's actually how it's spelt)
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
Croixleur
Ether Vapor Remaster
War of the Human Tanks
Yatagarusa
Yousei
...and the bonuses that are already unlocked:
Jisei
Kansei
Pester
War of the Human Tanks OST
What's remarkable about this bundle is that it really seems to be going out of its way to tell you as little about the games as possible. Plots? Sure. Gameplay? Nope. I don't even know what half the bonus games play like. I'm guessing they're visual novels, but are they? I honestly don't know.
Croixleur on the other hand totally belongs here, I didn't even know it had a US release(and frankly I find it odd to see that it did). If you ever looked into Japanese Comiket game culture at all, Croixleur probably came up as one of the more polished doujin titles(but it's still, very much, a doujin title).
I've not heard of Ether Vapor Remaster before, but it seems to be a 2D shooter with an Einhander-esque camera gimmick. I would've thought it was some sort of commercial release of a shooter I wasn't aware of if it wasn't for the unprofessional anime character art they use in the cutscenes, which is what really gives it away as a doujin game.
Everything else has really poor production values and probably isn't worth looking into at all, and the latter two only if you're really interested in what the doujin space in Japan is putting out.
- Avencast: Rise of the Mage
- Scratches
- Vigil: Blood Bitterness
All on Steam, all for 79p or equivalent.
Me neither. And I'd be generally interested if they are.
Even though I might have filled my visual novel quota for the year.
I REALLY feel like they should have made that clearer. The descriptions only give you the basic premise of the game, and the videos for the bonus games tell you absolutely nothing about the gameplay. How am I supposed to want your games if I don't know what they are? Honestly, Japan...
Pay what you want for:
- Darwinia
- Defcon
- Multiwinia
- Uplink
Soundtracks and Tech Demos
...or beat $19.99 to get Early Access to Prison Architect.
according to the bundle page it will be 30$ in 24 hours. So decide now.
Actually it's $24.99 according to the bundle page.
Unless it says something else elsewhere on the page.
Also, I personally think one of the most appealing things about this bundle is one of the bonuses: Uplink, Darwinia, Multiwinia, and DEFCON Source Code Access
It said 33% off for the first 24 hours when I last checked. So that would have made it 30$.
- AirBuccaneers
- Chaser
- Dogfight 1942
- Genesis Rising
- Men of War: Condemned Heroes
- Numen: Contest of Heroes
- [Highlight]Pid[/Highlight]
- Really Big Sky
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior
- [Highlight]Tower Wars[/Highlight]
All on Steam, all on Win (except the highlighted ones, which are also on Mac).
I'd recommend this one - some great titles in there.
Indeed! LOL.
(for those who haven't seen it, go to humblebundle.com)
Apparently, you do get Battlefield and Sims soundtracks though.
[Highlight]Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Crysis 2: Maximum Edition
Dead Space[/Highlight]
Dead Space 3
[Highlight]Medal of Honor
Mirror's Edge[/Highlight]
...and for beating the average, I also got:
Battlefield 3 (& OST)
The Sims 3 + Starter Pack (& OST)
All are on Origin, but [Highlight]the highlighted ones[/Highlight] are on Steam as well.
(Maybe Battlefield 3 too if I somehow magically get HDD space)
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