11 ms·
Humble Indie Bundle 9 released
- jeremygallant 13y agoFaster Than Light is a great game. Worth more than the average price by itself.
- LeonidasXIV 13y agoAverage price was currently $3.90 which is really really low.
- gtaylor 13y agoIndeed, it's a simple and challenging little sucker, too. But a word of warning: It will make you feel like you're doing well for a while, then curbstomp you with zero warning. There's no saving/loading, and if you die, you start back at square 1. It definitely feels awesome if/when you finally beat it, but be careful with this game if you tend to throw things when angered.
- deletes 13y ago>>then curbstomp you with zero warning<< I'm very glad this happened to me twice in a row. Then I was able to officially uninstall the game and continue with my life. Still a great game.
- afterburner 13y agoYou have to approach it as a roguelike, which does the same thing to you (way more deaths than successes). But I loved it. Played it many many times, but only won it twice I believe. For some of the unlockables I'd recommend looking at a walkthrough; for one of them at least I believe I decided to not pursue it since it would require too much random chance hitting all the right spots in the right order.
- phenol 13y agoYou totally can get good at it, it's a skill like any other. I've won like 40 games out of 200 or so, and I'd say that I win about half of my games I decide to play past the first sector. You just have to have a good feel for progression. Always fight as many ships as possible, and only leave the sector when the rebel fleet is riding your ass. Know which weapons, events, and upgrades are good, and roughly what order in which to get them. I have played over 100 hours of FTL. Help me.
- splawn 13y agoAlso, the using pause button is VERY important in this game if you want to get anywhere.
- WA 13y agoI was often in the situation that I fought every enemy but either didn't have enough cash or the available weapons were pure crap and I couldn't progress much further, because I didn't have the equipment. Since that happened way too often and I hate it if my success depends on dumb luck of weapon "drops", I don't play anymore.
- cocoflunchy 13y agoFEZ! Awesome! I've been waiting for this game for so long.
- Zimahl 13y agoI'm probably the last person on HN who hadn't seen 'Indie Game: The Movie' but an entire third or fourth of it is about the development of Fez by Phil Fish. That said, I wish Fish would make a second Fez and just not say a word about it until it's maybe a month out. He'd still get hype and sell a ton of game without people pissing him off.
- ekianjo 13y agoThe only thing I don't like about FEZ is his creator. And the "Indie Game: The Movie" just reinforced that impression. What a douche.
- barbs 13y agoI don't see where all the hate comes from myself. Mind explaining your position?
- ekianjo 13y agoThe way Phil talks, the way he shits on japanese games （saying they are crap） , and his behavior very much alike to a spoiled brat. I have no sympathy for him and I strongly feel he should be way more humble about himself.
- middus 13y agoYou can buy this for Mark of the Ninja alone - it is gameplay-wise really great and a very artistic game.
- prawks 13y agoOh my god yes, so excited Mark of the Ninja is included.
- kzrdude 13y agoIt's a very, very memorable game, but what do you think about replayability? I can't really bring myself to play it again.
- wmf 13y agoThere are so many games being released that I appreciate a game that I can play through in 10-20 hours and then put aside. Speaking of Mark of the Ninja specifically, I thought new game plus mode was fun because you can use abilities unlocked later in the game in the early levels, and there's a DLC coming soon.
- CrystalCuckoo 13y agoAre you talking about the Special Edition DLC? It's already out: http://store.steampowered.com/app/239570/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/239570/ Hopefully it will be included in the bundle as the week progresses.
- dschep 13y agoMark of the Ninja is an awesome game, well worth whatever you chose to pay for a bundle.
- aray 13y agoAll the games support Linux this time! Really looking forward to playing Fez and FTL.
- Pxtl 13y agoHoly cow, this one is diamonds.
- teamonkey 13y agoYep, the best one yet, IMO. A stunning selection. The only trouble is I already own all of them. :(
- larrik 13y agoAll the games have separate Steam keys, too. Sweet!
- narfquat 13y agoOh cool, Watsi is one of the charities that the funds are being shared with. Gaming for medicine!
- OWaz 13y agoFantastic selection! I love these bundles because the games are always great and the included soundtracks are a pleasure to listen to while coding.
- shmerl 13y agoAt last - Trine 2 is DRM free.
- onosendai 13y agoHuh? I got it back in April from the official site, I believe, and it was DRM-free.
- shmerl 13y agoWas it? May be I missed that. UPDATE: I actually bought it for the Linux version now, and I had no idea it became DRM free earlier. In the past it was DRMed. HB writes however: > Trine 2: Complete Story is making its DRM-free Windows and Mac debut!
- onosendai 13y agoYeah, now that I think back on it, Trine 2 had been out for some time by the time I got it through the Humble Store, which was what Frozenbyte used to sell the game outside of Steam and other DRM'ed distribution channels. And I just got it again, apparently. Not sure what the 'Complete Story' edition is all about, but hey, more content can't be bad.
- mineo 13y ago(I haven't gotten Trine 2 before, so this may not be correct) The HIB9 includes a Trine 2 Complete Edition ebook, maybe that's what makes the 'Complete Story'?
- helloTree 13y agoIf you are interested in chilled thoughtful gaming and have a faible for SciFi ala Star-Trek and Co. you MUST try FTL. It is one of the best games I have ever played and I do not know another game that is similar. It is easy to learn and hard to master and although it is Single-Player it has an immense replay potential.
- sobering 13y agoThis is great! Bought it but paid less than I should have. Broke at the moment.
- talles 13y agoMark of the Ninja looks amazing, buying when I got home.
- jerf 13y agoI've slowly been transitioning to Linux-only gaming, because the whole reboot-into-Windows just to play is a pretty steep bar. (Steeper than it even sounds in practice, as now, basically, every time I boot into Windows I have to spend about 10 minutes updating the damn thing, because I don't do it often enough; this has become a vicious cycle.) This bundle is great for that, with all the Linux debuts. Linux gaming is still young, but it's picking up surprisingly quickly, really. I describe Netflix streaming as: "If you ask 'Does it have X?', the answer is no. But if you ask, 'Is there something I want to watch?', the answer is yes." Linux gaming is getting there, slowly but surely, at least if you can deal with Indie stuff. (And no hipster intended, but Indie stuff has come a long way in the last couple of years. There's a lot of stuff there that would have been at least A-grade, if not necessarily AAA, only five years ago.)
- green7ea 13y agoI have also been doing more gaming in Linux recently. I only have a windows partition for Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. If blizzard ever gets on board the linux bandwagon, I won't need a windows partition :-D.
- if_by_whisky 13y agoI find that sc2 runs reasonably well in wine.
- Attic 13y agoSC2 works perfectly fine on Gnu/Linux with wine. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20882 http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId... I don't know about LoL but you might want to give SC2 a try on wine if you haven't already.
- barbs 13y agoI found that I got pthread protection problems, but other than that SC2 worked great. No idea how well LoL works under wine, but DotA 2 has a native linux client. Just saying! :P
- danso 13y agoHoly...moly. As a Mac gamer, I've been waiting forever for Mark of the Ninja and Fez. AFAIK, they've not yet been previously released, so is this an exclusive for Humble Bundle? If so, what a huge scoop. If I were those developers, I would've hawked the games on Steam for a couple of weeks...as Mac fans like me would've happily paid full price. edit: The average purchase so far is $4.37...seriously? Given the caliber of games included, and that this is the first bundle (I think) since the Edward Snowden revelations, this is a great excuse to give a large donation to the EFF.
- lucian1900 13y agoI think most people already own most of the games in the bundle (like myself), since they've all been popular, widely available and have had several sales.
- breadbox 13y agoThis is the first game indie game bundle; they've been branching out. (The previous bundle was a bunch of standup comedy videos, actually.) But I completely agree. In fact, in the wake of Snowden, I made a mental note to pay extra attention to the next Humble Bundle charity split. I was planning to send it all directly to the EFF, but now I've realized that I can't just stiff everyone else. In the end, I paid double my usual amount.
- daxelrod 13y ago> This is the first game indie game bundle Are you talking about Humble Bundle? The first few Humble Bundles were all indie games.
- PebblesRox 13y agoI believe they're talking about the post-Snowden bundles.
- mamcx 13y agoI buy because the same. And trine look fantastic.
- milesf 13y agoGotta say I'm really impressed with the Humble Bundles. I buy most of them, and still can't believe how cheap they are, assuming you get in early. Their "unlock more products by paying more than the average" is sheer genius. Most people will pay just a hair over the average, which causes the price to creep up as the bundle gets older. So to get the best deal, you have to buy in early. I don't know of any other bundle products out there (MacHeist, MacLegion, Paddle, etc) that even comes close anymore.
- SEMW 13y ago> So to get the best deal, you have to buy in early. Thanks for the advice. I wouldn't want to give any more to the EFF, Child's Play, or Watsi than I absolutely have to. OK, apologies for the sarcasm, but, well— advice on how to pay as little money as possible, while usually great, strikes me as being in poor taste when the money is going to charity (and/or the indie developers, in whatever proportions you specify).
- ckannan90 13y agoI don't think he was saying you should pay less. I think it was just an observation that people are compelled to pay now rather than put it off later, because they know the price will rise, which in turn will actually cause the price to rise for the next person. I think he was just observing that it's a smart system that both compels more people to put their money down, and slowly raises the price at the same time.
- elliottcarlson 13y agoWhy does every bundle get upvoted to the top every time? I love Humble Bundle, I have bought a majority of the ones they release - but this is no longer news, it's their business model. If they were doing something new (like the introduction of the eBook or comedy bundle) then I can see it being interesting. Now it's no different then if every new AirBNB listing were upvoted to the front page.
- Fishkins 13y agoIt's certainly different from an AirBNB posting in that it can be used by an unlimited number of people in variety of geographic regions, giving it much broader appeal. It's often the way I realize a new bundle is out, which triggers me to go buy it. Of course, the emails humble bundle sends out could also fill that purpose, so it's debatable whether that's a good reason. I guess the only other reason is to see people's opinions of the games. I find that useful, but I could also see that it might be more appropriate for other forums.
- larrik 13y agoThey're rare enough to be notable, and they promote Linux (usually) and charity. Why not?
- brador 13y agoThey're every week.
- jere 13y agoThey have a weekly sale, but the HIB is more rare. They're up to 9 and they started in May 2010, so... every few months rather than weekly. I don't mind that getting upvoted if the games are good. FTL and Fez are real damn good.
- elliottcarlson 13y agoOf the numbered main ones - but the problem is all of them get posted here - the THQ, FrozenByte, Origin etc bundles... They are far more frequent then you think: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=humble+bundle&sortby=create_ts+desc&start=0 https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=humble...
- MarcScott 13y agoI keep buying these and never have time to play any of the games. I guess I'm doing it for altruistic reasons, as I love the whole philosophy behind the business model.
- benjamincburns 13y agoI'm in the same boat, and like you it never stops me from buying the next one. Like you, I'm trying to support the thing as a whole (Humble, the devs, and the charities), but the side benefit is that if I'm ever bored I have a whole cache of really awesome games I can download at a moment's notice.
- nollidge 13y agoTrying to buy with credit card, and get a message from Stripe saying "you passed an empty string for iovation_blackbox", as if that means something to me. EDIT: Nevermind, just had to pause Ghostery. Not sure what script was messing it up.
- ebroder 13y agoSorry about that! Has to do with some anti-fraud tools we've built into Stripe Checkout. Should be fixed now, so you shouldn't see that again, Ghostery or no. Feel free to let me know (evan@stripe.com) if you (or anyone) still sees it.
- voltagex_ 13y agoWorks fine for me with an Australian credit card - didn't see 3D Secure/Mastercard verification though.
- ameen 13y agoGotta say, no one's kidding when they say Stripe's super responsive to respond, unlike a certain "Pal that doesn't pay!".
- jsilence 13y agoAwesome response time! Glad you are coming to my region. Hoping shops will pick up Stripe as a payment method.
- msg 13y agoI too love this bundle. Pretty awesome that the three charities are Watsi, Child's Play, and EFF. The games are all very distinct from each other and top notch. My three favorites: Fez: a perspective-altering puzzle platformer. It's cute, clever, and well designed. FTL: a real-time starship crew management game, where you assign people to stations and target your opponent's systems. You fly through randomly generated galaxies and have random encounters. Super replayability. Mark of the Ninja: a stealth-action ninja platformer with very high production values and multiple paths to victory.
- stevewilber 13y agoFTL has a fantastic soundtrack with a chill, electronic sound. Great coding music.
- ekianjo 13y agoFTL is also described as a Rogue-like game in space.
- michaelx 13y agoIn case FEZ is grey on your Mac, @flibitijibibo already fixed it. The second binary works for me: https://getsatisfaction.com/polytron/topics/humble_bundle_mac_osx_mountain_lion_bugs_everywhere https://getsatisfaction.com/polytron/topics/humble_bundle_ma...
- barbs 13y agoRumour has it that Monaco is one of the games that is yet to be revealed in this bundle. http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/monaco-whats-his-will-be-ours-interview.2241 http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/monaco-whats-his-will-... Monaco's an excellent team-based heist game.
- ekianjo 13y agoIt's not a rumor anymore, Andy has announced it officially on the 24th of July.
- michaelbuddy 13y agoNo other mention of Trine on here yet. That game looks so beautiful. I'm however having trouble understanding the steam key thing. I put my key into steam but my games aren't there to download. Oh well. Downloading Amnesia a Machine for Pigs right now anyway. That wasn't part of this bundle, but happened to release yesterday so I've got games in the queue before having to worry about this bundle just yet.
- dalerus 13y agoI am super impressed with the slider to choose what money goes where. Very cool.
- bnolsen 13y agoI already picked up brutal legends from steam for 5usd a few weeks ago. The sad part is that I can't deal with the camera controls very well while driving.
- axelfreeman 13y agoI bought Alienware X51 with Ubuntu (it's preinstalled in US-Region) and love this indiegames. They (most) work very good. I don't need Windows to gaming. Steam, Humble Bundle and WINE for older games. C&C Red Alert works better with WINE than >Windows XP.