Indie Bundle Backlog Battles #1 - 3079

Firstly, a quick introduction to this new feature from me. Ever since my first PC indie bundle, the 3rd Humble Bundle, I have bought pretty much every major Humble Bundle and Indie Royale bundle, as well as one Indie Gala bundle. How much of them have I played? Well... not a lot, if I'm honest.

And thus the 'Indie Bundle Backlog Battle' was born. I am going to go through every single bundle game I have, play them and review them. Although you won't be able to buy them in the same bundle I have, I'll still be able to recommend the diamonds in the indie rough. If you aren't into indie games or PC games, then this won't be the blog you are looking for. But if you are, please follow me into the first review...

Developer: Phr00t

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/3079game/

From: The Alpha Bundle, Indie Royale

Platform: Desura, GamersGate (Steam possibly in the future)

Price: $8.99

Welcome to 3079, quite possibly one of the weirdest and yet most enjoyable games I have ever played on the PC. As the developer puts it, it's a mix between Minecraft and Fallout, and as someone who hasn't played either of those, I'll take his word for it. A huge sandbox game with giants, swords, rocket launchers and voxel graphics? I'll take an order of that, please.

Speaking of those voxel graphics, MAN this game looks good. The stand on a mountain and look at the view kind of good. The lighting adds greatly to this effect, with day/night cycles often and game changing. In the light you feel that you could take on anyone. At night, however, running often feels like the better option. The soundtrack also often an air of drama to the whole proceedings, with the music often striking up with danger is about.

And believe me, if my 4 hours with the game are anything to go by, drama will be about and death will be regular. Once you've crash-landed on the planet (it's actually a better idea to turn off your jetpack off and fall, otherwise you'll lose all your starting equipment... guess who didn't know this at the time?), your first quest will be to find someone. Once you've found them, your adventure begins! At least, that's what should happen...

Instead I showed why I don't play RPGs and punched the quest giver in the back of the head, which royally pissed him off. Damn that part of my brain that always wonders what happens if I do something twatty in a game. Now, instead of getting regular quests from people, I was having to fight off these people. And giants. WITH MY FISTS.

4 hours later, and multiple giant deaths later, and I still haven't gotten any quests. Erm... oops. However, I have managed to kill some giants underwater, get blown up the one time I found someone who'd talk to me, defeat 3 giants in an epic siege and actually get some weapons. So, what's not to like?

Really, in my 4 hours I haven't even scratched the surface, plus I've likely played the game completely wrong. So, will I go back to the game? Well, seeing as I've not even touched the quests or seen the multiplayer yet, I think the answer to that is a big fat yes.

Who is this game for? Fans of Minecraft, RPGs, mayhem and punching giants who have rocket launchers.

Is it worth the price? Hard to tell, but at the moment I'm leaning towards yes.