Native Jovian Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 So apparently Steam is offering the "potato sack" bundle this weekend. It's a bunch of indie games that are bundled for 50% off. You also get a potato hat for TF2 if you buy it (or just have all 13 games on your steam account already). Games are: 1... 2... 3... KICK IT! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby) AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity Amnesia: The Dark Descent AudioSurf BIT.TRIP BEAT Cogs Defense Grid: The Awakening Killing Floor RUSH Super Meat Boy The Ball The Wonderful End of the World Toki Tori Total price is $38.72 It also lists the "individual price" at $77.37 and the "package price" at $154.87, but I can't figure out what that actually means. I only recognize about two of three of these games (AudioSurf, whose concept doesn't really interest me; Killing Floor, which I played the demo for a while ago and didn't really think much of; and Super Meat Boy, which I've heard is really good but don't actually know anything else about. Anyone know anything about any of these games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Super Meat Boy and Amnesia are both amazing games and worth their original price alone, which is almost the total price of the bundle. Based on that, it sounds like a really good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south pacific islander Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I heard some solid things about Amnesia. guess I am getting a new hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefairy Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hrm.... Well, Super Meat Boy is a viciously hard platformer that minimizes the penalty for dying. Seriously, respawn takes less than a second. The really tight controls and retro-absurd premise are what sold it for me. AaAaAaA is built around base jumping. The gameplay didn't click for me, but I can see what they were trying to do with it. Amnesia is the latest game from a company that understands fear. Not the cheap suddenly-zombies-jump-through-windows stuff, this is the real deal. Playing in the dark with headphones is a must. Bit Trip is a rhythm game with a pretty solid learning curve. Think Pong meets DDR/Guitar Hero. There's only three levels, but what's there is worth the price of admission IMO. The Ball is a first-person puzzler built on the Unreal Engine. You're an archeologist in the 1930s, IIRC, and you get trapped in an ancient Mayan ruin. You find a huge metallic ball while you're down there, and it becomes your primary method of interacting with the game world. Pretty solid game. More combat than Portal, but nothing you can't handle. The Wonderful End of the World is a Katamari clone that uses a puppet instead of a little sticky ball. I remember wanting it when I was dirt poor a couple years ago, but Steam didn't have wishlists then so I forgot about it. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I has not the dollars for this and other things, looks like I've got some odd jobs to do this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerlord Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I'm not sure why you don't like Killing Floor. Killing Floor's pretty fun, but it can get repetitive. Think of Left 4 Dead, but you're fighting waves of enemies as you move around a map... and said map moves in circles, as you have to buy more ammo and new weapons between waves... but the shopkeeper keeps moving. Cogs is a puzzle game, but I found it irritating (I don't remember why) and stopped playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Jovian Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 I'm not sure why you don't like Killing Floor. Because of it can get repetitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmadonRK Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Total price is $38.72 It also lists the "individual price" at $77.37 and the "package price" at $154.87, but I can't figure out what that actually means. I figure all those games together normally cost $154.87, but they're all individually on sale now for 50% off which is $77.37 in total, but the pack is 75% off bringing it down to $38.72. I only recognize about two of three of these games (AudioSurf, whose concept doesn't really interest me; Killing Floor, which I played the demo for a while ago and didn't really think much of; and Super Meat Boy, which I've heard is really good but don't actually know anything else about.Anyone know anything about any of these games? Audiosurf is lots of fun, I keep going back to it, even if it's not a barn-burner that you'll find yourself hooked on for hours at a time. I find myself glad I have it when I feel like playing it. I enjoyed Killing Floor a lot, and still play it on and off. Left4Dead may have had more impressive game mechanics overall, but the sheer volume of weapons and maps gave Killing Floor longevity way past the point I got bored with L4D. Super Meat Boy is amazing. It's fun and challenging and plays like a dream, one of the smoothest platformers around. The Dark World can be frustrating, but it's kind of like the Hard mode of SMB. It's one giant retro/throwback/homage/parody extravaganza, from the characters to the "plot" to the level design. As Clefairy said, it minimizes the penalty for death by respawning you instantly, and the music doesn't stop and restart. It just keeps going, which goes a long way to keeping you engrossed in the game. (That's the one thing platformers tend to do worst, every time the background music stops and resets it digs at you and digs at you until you stop playing and end up hating the music forever.) Oh, and Danny's soundtrack is incredible. Given that I already have those three games, though, I wonder if the rest of the pack is worth spending the cash... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Because of That defines every game ever made today. Are you not a gamer? Every game has about 5 minutes of unique gameplay, the rest is repetition. The exception is Warioware party games or whatnot, but even they loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Well, there's repetition that's fun (like Sin and Punishment, or any Treasure game for that matter), and repetition that feels like a fucking chore (random battles every two steps in an RPG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZealPath Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Super Meat Boy is basically the best game ever if you like platformers and challenge, I am quite the fanatic of that game. I can't say a whole lot about the rest of the pack, aside from Audiosurf being a good distraction every now and then and Amnesia supposedly being the perfect recipe for scaring the shit out of oneself, though despite buying it cheap at Christmas I have yet to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefairy Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Given that I already have those three games, though, I wonder if the rest of the pack is worth spending the cash... For anyone else on the fence due to this, it's worth noting that all the games in the pack support re-gifting, ie, if you already own them you get a voucher to pass along to a friend. Share the games, people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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