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[Aklyon]

I will never get tired of that sexy voice narrating my exploits facing peckers.

Plant it.

[umiman]

I would buy a version of the game that only had the narrator and listen to it on loop forever.

[fenrif]

I thought the narrator was one of the best parts of Bastion. There were some funny moments where he would throw out a line because I took too long to do something, or decided I needed to smash every breakable on the screen.

The music and difficulty system were great too. Being able to make certain aspects of the game harder for more rewards, and being able to change your mind whenever you weren't in a level, was a great idea.

[Lectorog]

EA Indie Bundle 75% off. Both DeathSpank and Shank games, Gatling Gears, and Warp for a bit over $20 US. From what I've seen, they're pretty good games, if not appealing to everyone.

I also learned that, if you pre-purchase Torchlight II, you get the first one free. The first one is $15. So, if you want both, you can kind of get the second for $5.

And for the daily deal, Nation Red is 80% off. $2 is a pretty good price for an arena zombie shooter game.

[Enzo]

EA Indie Bundle

The absolute balls and absurdity of the title precludes me from buying it. Also, since I already own Shank (fun, not amazing) and I'm not a big fan of the Deathspanks.

[Sowelu]

Man, I wish I knew whether I'd like Torchlight 2 or not.

The one person I know who could give me an honest assessment, works at the company.  So there's bias.

(Although he's also the guy who shed some light on why Torchlight 1 was IMO so bland and boring.  "We just opened shop and had to get on the map.  Dev cycle was short on purpose.  Also, we didn't have any money.  Shakespeare got to get paid, yo."

[Lectorog]

Man, I wish I knew whether I'd like Torchlight 2 or not.

I'd think it's like the first, with some improvements. So if you liked the first, you'll probably like the second. That should be obvious, but - as you can see by my previous post - I bring common knowledge to others.

EA Indie Bundle

The absolute balls and absurdity of the title precludes me from buying it.

Yeah, I had to blink a couple of times to make sure I hadn't misread that. I still don't really understand how EA and Indie games go together, but the games in the bundle seem indie enough.

Speaking of indie games, if you haven't even tried Nation Red, you should. It's a nice little game, and I think there's a demo. I played during it's free-play weekend some time ago, and would buy it if I didn't have so many uncompleted games. Plus, it's the price of or less than tomorrow's lunch.

[Tellemurius]

Man, I wish I knew whether I'd like Torchlight 2 or not.

I'd think it's like the first, with some improvements. So if you liked the first, you'll probably like the second. That should be obvious, but - as you can see by my previous post - I bring common knowledge to others.

EA Indie Bundle

The absolute balls and absurdity of the title precludes me from buying it.

Yeah, I had to blink a couple of times to make sure I hadn't misread that. I still don't really understand how EA and Indie games go together, but the games in the bundle seem indie enough.

Speaking of indie games, if you haven't even tried Nation Red, you should. It's a nice little game, and I think there's a demo. I played during it's free-play weekend some time ago, and would buy it if I didn't have so many uncompleted games. Plus, it's the price of or less than tomorrow's lunch.

The question is would the sandwich be better satisfying than the game.

[Sowelu]

Man, I wish I knew whether I'd like Torchlight 2 or not.

I'd think it's like the first, with some improvements. So if you liked the first, you'll probably like the second.

Thing is, the first just plain lacked /content/, and I don't know what their philosophy is going to be there.  The levels felt stale, especially once you got into the infinite dungeon and it felt like there were only four types of environment in the whole game.  Will they focus on quality or quantity?  Because I think they need assloads more quantity to be worthwhile.  Presumably that's an obvious thing for the sequel to fix, but I can't know for sure.

Also, no idea how multiplayer will play, and that's a real big deal to me.

[Knight of Fools]

EA Indie Bundle

The absolute balls and absurdity of the title precludes me from buying it.

Yeah, I had to blink a couple of times to make sure I hadn't misread that. I still don't really understand how EA and Indie games go together, but the games in the bundle seem indie enough.

EA is jumping on the Indie bandwagon, thinking "Small group of devs = Indie!" I think they're missing the point, though I'm not sure if they care. All they see is the huge amount of cash Minecraft made, and they want a slice of that cheesecake.

[IronyOwl]

EA is jumping on the Indie bandwagon, thinking "Small group of devs = Indie!" I think they're missing the point, though I'm not sure if they care. All they see is the huge amount of cash Minecraft made, and they want a slice of that cheesecake.

Or perhaps trying to muscle in on the notion that indie groups are somehow better than big name developers, or just that the word "indie" means something good.

[fenrif]

EA is jumping on the Indie bandwagon, thinking "Small group of devs = Indie!" I think they're missing the point, though I'm not sure if they care. All they see is the huge amount of cash Minecraft made, and they want a slice of that cheesecake.

Or perhaps trying to muscle in on the notion that indie groups are somehow better than big name developers, or just that the word "indie" means something good.

Or that the word "indie" holds any worthwhile meaning at all.

[Sowelu]

Indie games are like artisan bagels.  Many small places don't think about making them, they just think "I'm making bagels".  Customers may prefer that style, and some bagel critics say "These artisan bagels are better than big company bagels".  And then the big companies notice, and put out a factory-produced line of "artisan bagels".  Small companies keep making bagels anyway, and customers keep buying them.  And the small companies say "What does artisan mean?".

[IronyOwl]

Indie games are like artisan bagels.  Many small places don't think about making them, they just think "I'm making bagels".  Customers may prefer that style, and some bagel critics say "These artisan bagels are better than big company bagels".  And then the big companies notice, and put out a factory-produced line of "artisan bagels".  Small companies keep making bagels anyway, and customers keep buying them.  And the small companies say "What does artisan mean?".

I like this explanation. Well done.

[0x517A5D]

EA is jumping on the Indie bandwagon, thinking "Small group of devs = Indie!" I think they're missing the point, though I'm not sure if they care. All they see is the huge amount of cash Minecraft made, and they want a slice of that cheesecake.

Or perhaps trying to muscle in on the notion that indie groups are somehow better than big name developers, or just that the word "indie" means something good.

Or that the word "indie" holds any worthwhile meaning at all.

I think I read somewhere (Rock Paper Shotgun?) that EA's using the definition that independent developer = developer who holds full creative control over their games.

Which, fair enough, is a necessary condition of being 'Indie'.  Is it sufficient?  I dunno.  I don't think Indie developers need to be two guys in a garage.

But when I think of 'What's the opposite of Indie?'  Yeah, EA is second in that list.