The Humble Indie Bundle - Pay what you want for 6 games (incl World of Goo)

This awesome offer now includes "Samorost 2", and there's only 5 hours left to pick up the bundle!
Quick go buy it now!

 

Do you choose which platform to buy for, or can you get several? I'm not too sure how they'd run on the regular MacBook.

 

That's a pretty good deal. Penumbra: Overture was a good little suspense/horror game with a bit of a unique interface where you had to physically manipulate things in the game as if they were real. (grab, hold and rotate the mouse to turn wheels, grab and pull open drawers, etc.) The game didn't feature much in the way of weapons -- much of the time you had to rely on cover and stealth to get through sections until you found something to fight back with, though even then ammo for weapons was pretty limited so you had to watch how you used them. The use of fear as a physical detriment in the game was different too -- maybe not everyone's cuppa tea but pretty cool. I have this and Black Plague already and both are great. Gotta try the third chapter.

Gish is a fun physics game, and everyone knows World of Goo. Never played the others but they look cool. Can't really go wrong paying what you want for them.

 

Played all of those except Aquaria, I remember the trailer for it though. Lugaru is pretty cool (if difficult), but the sequel they're working on looks beyond awesome.

Paid $1. Sounds cheap but I'm so poor right now I actually had to think about even spending that much, and I wanted to buy a gift code for my friend too so it's actually $2.

 

After you pay you can download for any platform.

edit: ah nevermind you already went ahead and got it =D

 

Yeah, should have updated my post

Only tried Gish so far, runs perfectly on my MacBook, temp doesn't even go above 60.

Edit: I'm guessing Penumbra and probably Lugaru aren't worth trying to play without a mouse. Can anyone confirm?

 

And people are pirating this now, god I hate people.

http://kotaku.com/5535744/why-are-people-pirating-a-charity-game

 

I remember world of goo using the same sale system alone, that's when I bought it.
Thanks for pointing out this bundle, purchased!

 

I felt bad enough only giving $2 to charity, but that takes the cake.

 

Heh, Gish is what I tried out first too. Just had a quick session of Lugaru, it's playable without a mouse, but it's set up with a mouse in mind (WASD move, mouse controls 3rd person camera and click to attack).

Everything I've played so far has worked fine on my macbook too, it's the old black model. But then I'm still waiting on Penumbra to finish downloading...

Edit: The irony in the piracy thing for me is that I wouldn't have remembered about the pack in time if I hadn't seen a similar article over on Joystiq...

 

I wonder whether they'll keep the download service active, or they'll eventually take it down to avoid keeping the games available to pirates forever.
I'd like to know that I'll be able to download the games in the future just using my link, without having to save the installation files.
Maybe they should have implemented some sort of authentication system.

 

Aquaria isn't really worth trying to play without a mouse either.

Edit: and Penumbra won't work on my macbook, I can watch all the opening cinematics etc but when it tries to load what I assume is the first level, it crashes. It came up with a warning the first time I opened it that the Shader Effects would be set to "Very Low" due to the weak graphics card, but it seems it's still too weak even for that. Tried setting everything to Low and Off but still no dice. Oh well, 5 out of 6 ain't bad I guess.

 

These things always happen when I don't have a penny to my name. Goddamn.

 

Just discovered that penumbra is actually the first chapter of a trilogy, which is now on sale for $5.
It's a treat for the eyes and the physics engine is impressive, but I'm not really a fan of first person adventure games, and it also seems to be mixed with action, while I prefer "pure" adventures.
Do any of you know if the whole trilogy is so overwhelmingly good to deserve the purchase?

 

It's a triliogy, but only the second game follows the first. The third is a separate entity and can be avoided if you don't get that far into it.

The Penumbra games though focus less on action and more on stealth, cover, exploration and puzzle solving. I'd call it a survival horror, and it is that in the narrowest definition, but it won't have you blasting hordes of zombies; while you do get weapons in the game, they are not priority and they are scattered pretty thinly, as is ammo, so you have to use your wits more than your firepower. There is an incredibly thick and often intense atmosphere to the game, which is really its main strength; the creatures can be frightening and few if any weapons or ammo at any given time forces you to hide and sneak around hoping they don't see you as you try and find your way around -- often in dark passages. Not Doom 3 dark, but just enough to see where you're going and get the crap startled out of you by creatures you didn't see.

One of its unique selling points is "real" physics -- that is, you have to perform the actual actions involved in performing a task. Switching a lever requires you to grab it and pull down; turning a wheel involves grabbing and rotating it; opening a door has you grabbing the handle and pushing or pulling it open -- and of course you can grab and move things.

I don't know that I'd call it an adventure -- it is, of a kind, but it isn't the broad sort where you travel all over the place and go on missions and stuff. It's just you (and once or twice, a mysterious helper), your wits, and a horrifying mystery to unravel.

Frankly, I loved the game. The atmosphere and gameplay really sold it, and I'd say $5 is a steal to draw you into its world. Just don't go in expecting some grand, sprawling quest factory or fast action shooter. This is more Thief than Halo or Oblivion, and even then it's winnowed down to its essentials, stripping you bare of voluminous inventories and tools at the ready. This one makes you work for your survival.

My only gripe about the game is that it uses save points instead of letting you save where you want. I loathe this type of save mechanism, and there's really no earthly excuse for it, but there you have it. The gameplay and atmosphere though was enough for me to forgive it this egregious trespass.

 

Not making games pathetically easy sounds like a decent excuse. People moan about games being 8 hours long these days, it's because their death only sets them back 20 seconds.

 

Easily worth $20, I reckon.

 

i have extra copies who want?!

 

Oh me! Oh mesies! Oh mesies pleasies!