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chuckroI mostly bought this because I thought Hero of the Kingdom II would be worth my $1.50.
Hero of the Kingdom II was indeed worth a buck-fifty. Like the first game, it’s a twist on the point-and-click adventure game, melding in resource management and adventuring. The plot is nothing special, but it gets the job done. The mid-game resource curve seems to be a little smoother (you need a ton of money to build a boat, but between clearing out zombies and the king just handing you a pile of gold, it isn’t so arduous), and in general if you're good at finding the hidden crabs, shells, eggs, pearls, and chests then you won't have any problem having enough resources to finish the game. I actually did an all-achievement full-clear, which took about five hours.
Mahluk: Dark Demon - A platformer with an art style best described as “black”. Practically everything is either an evil shadow or engulfed in one. The gameplay is…fine? You can collect coins and unlock moderately better weapons and health upgrades, which aren’t particularly helpful that I noticed? It’s basically just a hard platformer without mercy invincibility or nearly enough checkpoints. Also, the plot barely qualifies as English.
Dino Run DX - A pixelated side-scrolling runner game in which you play a dinosaur attempting to outrun DOOM. You need to avoid obstacles, collect eggs, eat birds and the like as you go. It's the kind of simple game that it needs to grab you to be worth playing for more than ten minutes, and it didn't grab me.
Night Blights - 3D / first person view of a small child roaming the house and feeding monsters / keeping cabinets closed. Hard to see (it’s nighttime and you’re short) and uninspiring, repetitive gameplay.
DARK refused to run even when I replaced missing files manually, and CONSORTIUM apparently couldn’t initialize the graphics or something.
This bundle included The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition; I got the first game in the Odyssey Bundle and plan to play that first. I may or may not decide to play the sequel. It also included Nyan Cat: Lost In Space, which is tons of fun but I already owned.
Overall: Most of this bundle was uninspiring, but the one game I liked was worth the price.
Hero of the Kingdom II was indeed worth a buck-fifty. Like the first game, it’s a twist on the point-and-click adventure game, melding in resource management and adventuring. The plot is nothing special, but it gets the job done. The mid-game resource curve seems to be a little smoother (you need a ton of money to build a boat, but between clearing out zombies and the king just handing you a pile of gold, it isn’t so arduous), and in general if you're good at finding the hidden crabs, shells, eggs, pearls, and chests then you won't have any problem having enough resources to finish the game. I actually did an all-achievement full-clear, which took about five hours.
Mahluk: Dark Demon - A platformer with an art style best described as “black”. Practically everything is either an evil shadow or engulfed in one. The gameplay is…fine? You can collect coins and unlock moderately better weapons and health upgrades, which aren’t particularly helpful that I noticed? It’s basically just a hard platformer without mercy invincibility or nearly enough checkpoints. Also, the plot barely qualifies as English.
Dino Run DX - A pixelated side-scrolling runner game in which you play a dinosaur attempting to outrun DOOM. You need to avoid obstacles, collect eggs, eat birds and the like as you go. It's the kind of simple game that it needs to grab you to be worth playing for more than ten minutes, and it didn't grab me.
Night Blights - 3D / first person view of a small child roaming the house and feeding monsters / keeping cabinets closed. Hard to see (it’s nighttime and you’re short) and uninspiring, repetitive gameplay.
DARK refused to run even when I replaced missing files manually, and CONSORTIUM apparently couldn’t initialize the graphics or something.
This bundle included The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition; I got the first game in the Odyssey Bundle and plan to play that first. I may or may not decide to play the sequel. It also included Nyan Cat: Lost In Space, which is tons of fun but I already owned.
Overall: Most of this bundle was uninspiring, but the one game I liked was worth the price.
