Shadowcat on 14/12/2011 at 09:59
The latest (
http://www.humblebundle.com/) HIB is out:
It's a pretty nice set of games:
* Jamestown
* Bit.Trip Runner
* Super Meat Boy
* Shank (weighing in at a massive 1.7GB)
* NightSky HD
And if you pay above the average you also get:
* Gratuitous Space Battles
* Cave Story+
They seem to be going the full-disclosure route this time regarding the contents (I can't imagine them adding even more to this rather sizeable collection, at any rate). I prefer it this way; I don't know about you guys, but I never go back and pay more money when they reveal extra games, so they'll definitely get more out of me this way.
I feel a little bad on that account about The Binding of Isaac, as that cropped up on the 'Voxatron Debut', which wasn't even a finished game, so I didn't allocate any money at all to the "developers" bucket that time. I just treated it as a reason to donate to charity. Of course, TBOI is only $5, so I should go any buy it from the developers to remedy that state of affairs.
On the charities front, for whatever reason, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is out, and the American Red Cross has replaced it. Child's Play remains. A bit odd to change one but not both.
Jason Moyer on 14/12/2011 at 18:48
Trying to decide if Shank and Cave Story+ are worth $6 as I have everything else.
Sulphur on 14/12/2011 at 19:07
If you've never played Cave Story before, it's worth plenty more than $6.
Of course, it's also been free since forever, but the extra doodads in + are nice.
june gloom on 14/12/2011 at 20:58
I have like 4 versions of Cave Story, not including the free one. It's that fucking good. And I'm that much of a whore.
Zerker on 14/12/2011 at 22:13
Jason Moyer, I bought it for those two games. And I paid $15 :D
I was pretty much in the same boat, except I did not have Gratuitous Space Battles. I tried that yesterday and... wow. That is not for me.
Shadowcat on 15/12/2011 at 09:44
Assuming that Cave Story+ is at least as good as the free version, it really is an extremely enjoyable game. Once you've played it, I don't think you'll feel sorry in the slightest that you gave the developer some money.
reizak on 16/12/2011 at 19:32
As if this wasn't already an amazing bundle, they just added the soundtracks to all the games. Super Meat Boy's in FLAC, even (and NightSky's).
Renzatic on 16/12/2011 at 20:11
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
Assuming that Cave Story+ is at least as good as the free version, it really is an extremely enjoyable game.
No assuming. It's every bit as fun as the original game, only with better graphics and a worse soundtrack (which isn't forced upon you, thankfully. It gives you the option to use the old soundtrack if you want).
Sulphur on 16/12/2011 at 20:57
There's two new soundtracks. One's a 'Remastered' version and there's the 'New' version which is a remix by some guy who did the music for some game called Knytt and another one called Saira.
Facetiousness apart, did I tell you guys about the time I used the original Cave Story's title theme as a wake-up alarm for my room-mate by blasting it into his room from all the way across the hall? I'd make it the ringtone for my phone, but my friends would probably think it was a recording of me molesting a cat.
Okay, I'm still being facetious. The new music has its ups and downs, but the new, rearranged title theme versions are at least one (1) decashitload better.
