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chuckro3DRPG - Style-wise, this wants to be 3D Dot Game Heroes; but in function it's more of a pseudo-roguelike and relies on randomly generated environments, hunger mechanics, crafting and hunting systems, and grind-grind-grinding.
Caveman Craig - A clunky Lemmings-like sidescroller puzzle game, where you need to allocate resources to recruiting other cavemen so you can conquer the opposing tribe.
GravBlocks - A curious take on a match-3 puzzle game, somewhat similar to Wario's Woods in that you can only move blocks once they've landed. The gimmick is that matching "gravblocks" changes the stage's direction of gravity, which allows you to sort them in different directions. The controls aren't great, though, and the ability to switch gravity isn't available enough to make it a useful gimmick.
Snik - This...wasn't what I was hoping for at all. An action-puzzle game that involves trying to maneuver a ball past other balls via mouse clicks. It's very dependent on timing and I found it very, very hard.
Fasaria World Online - Back in the late '90s, there were some primitive online MMOs that you played via a browser and mostly just clicked to make numbers move around. This recreates that experience masterfully, with a zillion different stats and resources that don't seem to do anything, wildly unbalanced difficulty levels, and the main thrust of the game being hours of pointless grinding. Oh, and there's non-real-time interaction with other players, though it wasn't clear if there were any of them.
Hydraulic Empire - On one hand, this Tower Defense game allows you to level up your builder and towers over the course of the campaign, which I appreciate. (Pure puzzle tower defense doesn't do it for me at all.) On the other hand, the graphics are big and clunky, the gameplay didn't grab me, and the steampunk aesthetic isn’t so much my thing.
This bundle also included Exowar and Masked Shooters 2, which didn't even interest me enough to try. Anyone want the keys?
Overall: Nothing here really won me--honestly, I found most of it pretty lousy--which is unfortunate, because I'd had hopes for at least a couple of the titles. Oh, well. Still a fine use of $2.
Caveman Craig - A clunky Lemmings-like sidescroller puzzle game, where you need to allocate resources to recruiting other cavemen so you can conquer the opposing tribe.
GravBlocks - A curious take on a match-3 puzzle game, somewhat similar to Wario's Woods in that you can only move blocks once they've landed. The gimmick is that matching "gravblocks" changes the stage's direction of gravity, which allows you to sort them in different directions. The controls aren't great, though, and the ability to switch gravity isn't available enough to make it a useful gimmick.
Snik - This...wasn't what I was hoping for at all. An action-puzzle game that involves trying to maneuver a ball past other balls via mouse clicks. It's very dependent on timing and I found it very, very hard.
Fasaria World Online - Back in the late '90s, there were some primitive online MMOs that you played via a browser and mostly just clicked to make numbers move around. This recreates that experience masterfully, with a zillion different stats and resources that don't seem to do anything, wildly unbalanced difficulty levels, and the main thrust of the game being hours of pointless grinding. Oh, and there's non-real-time interaction with other players, though it wasn't clear if there were any of them.
Hydraulic Empire - On one hand, this Tower Defense game allows you to level up your builder and towers over the course of the campaign, which I appreciate. (Pure puzzle tower defense doesn't do it for me at all.) On the other hand, the graphics are big and clunky, the gameplay didn't grab me, and the steampunk aesthetic isn’t so much my thing.
This bundle also included Exowar and Masked Shooters 2, which didn't even interest me enough to try. Anyone want the keys?
Overall: Nothing here really won me--honestly, I found most of it pretty lousy--which is unfortunate, because I'd had hopes for at least a couple of the titles. Oh, well. Still a fine use of $2.
