Hopefully the first of many round up articles. Trying to keep up with indie bundles as they are published is like trying to wrestle an octopus into string bag.
Bundle Stars: The Neo:Retro Bundle
Available until 16/3/14
Price: £2.86
Jets’n'Guns Gold
Entertaining side scroller shooter. Has plenty of weapons, enemies and levels.
Inquisitor Deluxe Edition
DOWN WITH THE UNBELIEVER! Arrest heretics and torture them. Very much an old school RPG.
Ethan: Meteor Hunter
Puzzle platformer with a rat with a long tail. Involves messing with physics, so that’s all good.
Universe Sandbox
Does what it says on the tin, being a sandbox of the universe. Play with planets, smash them together!! Good clean fun.
Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
Although not having time to play, the trailer probably makes it seem more exciting than it is as its voiced by DramaticVoiceOverGuy.
3079 – Block Action RPG FPS
I dislike this game immensely It throws you in at the deep end, and explains nothing. Another voxel game, kinda Minecraft with an RPG put on it.
Realms of Arkania – Complete Classic Trilogy
Based on the pen and paper RPG of the same name. Sounds and looks like it fell though a portal from the mid 90s
3089 – Futuristic Action RPG FPS
By the same people as 3079, but this one is more polished and less annoying.
Worth Getting??
If you like retro flavoured games.
Groupees: Steampunk 2 Bundle
Available until 27/3/14
Bionic Dues
Mechs meet Roguelike. Has a huge amount of depth and detail.
Airship Dragoon
Another turn based tactical game very much inspired by X-Com, but with steam punk.
Syberia I & II
Immersive point & click adventure. Following the LucasArts style of game, it involves mammoths.
Steel and Steam
A JRPG Steampunk adventure, much like the early games of the FF series.
Worth Getting??
This bundle also contains a number of albums and ebooks of the Steampunk genre, in addition to the games, so is actually quite varied and awesome! That’ll be a yes then.
Lazy Guys Studio: Moon Landing Bundle
Available until 2/3/14
Price: $3.99
BEEP
Cute platformer about a ship of drone robots called BEEP. You can’t really die, as a new BEEP is pooped out the mothership when one dies.
Hero of the Kingdom
Short casual point and click story that dreams of being a RPG.
Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood
A FPS that makes me think of CoD breeding with TF2. Stupid and gory!
Orborun
If GlaDOS made a game, this could be it. Puzzle platformer marble(?) sim.
Stonerid
A fiendishly tricky 2D platformer that uses the dimension flip ability seen in the likes of Guacamelee. A "DEATH EVERYWHERE" game.
Inside The Gear
Another physics puzzle game. Simple goal, get wheel on platform. Sounds simple? It isn't. Also like Crazy Machines, but without the balloons.
Snake Blocks
3D puzzle game where if your spacial awareness is poor you are going to be in trouble. Controls are a little tricky, but the concept is sound. Get the snake in the box, round its little snakey friends.
Astro Emporia
Casual game, essentially Galactic Trader Lite.
Worth Getting??
BEEP, HotK and Snake Blocks have recently featured in other bundles. Its not on a “Must Get” list but not too shabby
The Humble Weekly Sale: IndieCade
Available until 20/3/14
Price: $6
And Yet It Moves
Platformer with the interesting mechanic of rotating the world 90 and 180 degrees. Lovely paper macramé style graphics.
The Dream Machine (Chapters 1, 2 and 3)
Point and click. Its all animated by hand, beautiful and surreal. Very short but utterly wonderful.
Luxuria Superbia
Trippy action game, i think. I don't quite know what it wants to be. Its very sexual, in a not sexy way.
Dear Esther
Straddles the line between art and game. The graphics are amazing and very realistic, having spent many years in remote(ish) windswept parts of Scotland I know desolate and windswept. You can almost smell the salt.
The Bridge
Imagine M.C. Escher made a game. Much like AYIM rotation mechanic, although more analogue. Also a time reverse mechanic, much like Braid, when you get smoshed by something or manage to drop something vital from the level..
7 Grand Steps
Is it a board game, sim, turn based strategy game? Little of all. I can't get past the bronze age, people keep dying. Buggers.
Worth Getting??
Yes, if just for Dream Machine. Every game will please you in some way. Well worth it!
Bundle Stars: Crazy Machines Bundle
Available until 12/3/14
Crazy Machines 1, 1.5, 2 (+ DLC)
Puzzle game that has you building bonkers machines with mice in boxes, bowling balls and balloons.
Worth Getting??
If you want a silly crazy puzzle game then you’ll love this.
Groupees: Be Mine 11 Bundle
Available until 20/2/14
Price: $1
Grimm
The Grimm fairytales (the originals) are damn dark to start with, American McGee managed to make them darker.
Infected: The Twin Vaccine
Not set in Oxford, UK, which is a pity because that would be awesome. Creepy point and click adventure, short but still good.
ÆRENA – Clash of Champions (Early Access)
Not being judgemental because of its early access status. Turn based version of LoL from what can be seen. Potental to be rather good.
Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe
Air hockey in space. Shame about fact that it rips off almost every sci-fi IP in the world, and isn't that good.
Redshirt
Facebook in space. Poo.
Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge
A homage to 80s and 90s video games, so feels very retro. Plot is of angry woman searches for troll to rip his bollocks off. So that’s good.
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Flight sim, so I can’t really comment on it.
The Body Changer
3D action adventure. Some interesting mechanics and some intriguing plot.
1953 – KGB Unleashed
Another point and click puzzle adventure, this time set in 1950s Russia in a mysterious bunker.
Worth Getting??
Grimm and I:TTV are the gems in this collection so worth it just for them. Added value with Body Changer and KGB Unleashed.
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