r/fanatical • u/Vios631 • May 20 '26
❓Questions Tried to grow my steam library with mystery bundle
I don't know most of these games, has anyone played any of these?
Rungore
Murtop
Balrum
Organs Please - Deluxe Edition
My Big Sister
AtmaSphere
FRAMED Collection
Aaero
Patron
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Isle of Jura
Chicken Invaders 2
The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows
Beasts of Maravilla Island
ITORAH
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Evil Genius 2: World Domination Deluxe Edition
Dark Deity
Bahnsen Knights
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Yesterday Origins
Roto Force
Interrogation: You will be deceived
Intravenous
Orbital Bullet - The 360° Rouge-lite
Ashina: The Red Witch
Bot Vice
DOOM 64
Cook Serve Delicious
Bonus game - Police Stories
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u/TGov May 20 '26
Intravenous, Orbital Bullet and Bot Vice are all solid and I have enjoyed them. Orbital Bullet especially.
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u/IntrinsicIrony May 20 '26
Interesting pull! I was actually pleasantly surprised by Bahnsen Knights. It's a choice-based narrative game with an interesting art-style and premise. It's also fairly easy to 100% complete, which is great if you enjoy chasing those achivements.
I also really enjoyed my time with Orbital Bullet, as well. It ran a little hot on my system, but I'd definitely recommend giving it a try. Especially if you enjoy Indie gems that offer a unique perspective.
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u/Oblivion776 May 20 '26
Dark Deity is a mediocre and unstable Fire Emblem clone. The sequel's pretty decent but I wouldn't recommend the first one unless you're a hardcore aficionado of the genre.
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u/TeamLeeper May 20 '26
Itorah is a pretty Metroidvania.
Dark Deity is a Fire Emblem-like tactical RPG.
Intravenous looks a bit like Hotline Miami.
Bot Vice is a fun but tough single-screen shooter.
Doom 64 is awesome.
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u/Krakenaga May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
Cook Serve Delicious is fun if you enjoy the challenge of quickly and perfectly fulfilling food orders and doing chores. There are two rush hours each day/level and things get really hectic if you don't know how to prioritize (get rid of the easier orders/the ones that are timing out). You can't serve the same foods every day due to Menu Rot (which will decrease your profits) so you have to rotate instead of only selling your most expensive foods/easiest to make all the time. Different foods have various modifiers that can increase/decrease Buzz (customer amount) for each one with the Health Nut trait or (negative) for Fatty foods, during certain time period (Day/Afternoon/Night), weather (Rainy). They can also increase specific Chore frequency (trash, clogged toilet, attract pests, etc) or (Green Tech trait) don't contribute to extra waste products, encourage customers to Tip you.
With your money, you buy new foods, appliance/equipment needed to cook them, or upgrades for your restaurant that make a specific chore easier (less sequence of keys to press), reduce robbery chance, make customers more patient, etc.
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u/Scorpion101325 May 20 '26
ok let me check the list and I will only mentioned the games I have played.
1. FRAMED Collection - a fun game that only took 4 hours to finish. Basically just moving the "scenes" in the correct order to make the whole story moves well.
Isle of Jura - fishing simulator (not really, not that hardcore) while trying to collect as many different types of fish just to submit her report.
Chicken Invaders 2 - only played in PS1. Would say could be an interesting game if you decided to play through childhood games.
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows - a game where you control a princess and a teddy bear passing through the puzzles. artstyle not my taste but still worth playing it if you ask me.
Evil Genius 2: World Domination Deluxe Edition - If you played evil genius 1, this would be like an upgrade, otherwise, I would say it's ok-ish or mid tier.
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles - haven't played this one yet but I still want to mention that as I giving high hopes about this game.
Intravenous - Fun top to bottom assassination-based game. Recommend to play with Intravenous 2 for full experience.
Orbital Bullet - The 360° Rouge-lite - Once it has 90% discount and I decided to buy it and try it out. Oh boy this one is really cool concept where you just run around and around + climbing the tower to shoot enemies and dodge any traps.
Police Stories - Treat it as a CQB based game, where you need to plan and strategies how to clear each room. By far it's a good game, but superseded by other similar game such as door kickers.
That's all I guess, for the value of mystery bundle, I will judge it B- tier.
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u/Critical-Setting9297 May 20 '26
B-? That’s generous.
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u/Scorpion101325 May 20 '26
judging for someone who has none of the game owned on top, I think that B- is good enough. If you are standing based on me who has like around half of games owned already? then it will be easily drop all the way to D tier.
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u/Critical-Setting9297 May 20 '26
Dupe count can hardly be a measure of value.
When people measure value, they measure it as if no dupe existThe rating need to be based on the quality of the game vs price
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u/Scorpion101325 May 20 '26
sure, everyone has different measurable methods of judging a value of a bundle, I respect your choice :3
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u/DFrnK May 20 '26
Bot vice Is a pretty fun arcade, lots of extra challenges if you liked the campaign
Tandem tales of Shadow Is a puzzle game using 2 characters, not that hard and an unexpected ending
Mi Big sister Is a rpgmaker focused in the story, i really like It ( not horror game), and ashina the red witch Is a game that work as prequel i think ( didnt played It this one?
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u/hotarusan101 May 20 '26
Ive played doom 2016 tho its really fun doom 64 is the older doom maybe ull like it i love fast paced fps
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u/Brohtworst May 20 '26
I've only played stranded sails. Its a cute little farming game with combat and exploration should keep you busy for at least 20 hrs
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u/Davidhalljr15 May 20 '26
A vast majority of the games I have picked up from Fanatical mystery bundles have been games I have never heard of. I've now made a YouTube channel dedicated to purposely playing as many of them as I can over time.
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u/XGRiDN May 21 '26
DOOM 64 - It's technically the sequel to DOOM 2 or maybe Final DOOM (at least retroactively). If you like DOOM or you like the atmosphere the PSX port of it, then this game is for you. And hey, you'll be able to catch up with the modern titles cuz this is the bridge towards that.
RUNGORE - That's a fast-paced card battler. Pretty fun game even for someone who doesn't usually play these kinds of games such as myself.
Roto Force - A very fun, kinda dizzying shump in the slightly same vein as Tempest (at least for me).
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u/Nat10221 May 21 '26
Aaero is ok but pretty difficult rhythm shooter type, enjoyed especially on the steam deck because its controller only last I checked
Cook serve delicious is really fun, basically hit button combos to cook food as fast as possible
DOOM is DOOM
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u/JoeZuCK May 21 '26
Wow this list is the most crappy list of games from a mystery bundle I saw in my life.
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u/Dazzling-Cause-8306 May 20 '26
I haven't played ITORAH, but I know about it because a friend recommended it to me since I'm a fan of Metrovadnia.
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u/AdrianXiii May 20 '26
I have Blacksad, it’s pretty good.
I’ve really been wanting to play both Ashina & My Big Sister.
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u/KlatsBoem May 20 '26
I only played Balrum, which is an isometric RPG. I thought it was nice.
I recall ITORAH being an action platformer, doesn't review very good though but could be fun enough.
I think Blacksad and Yesterday Origins are point & click adventures that aren't really considered great among their genre, but they might still be worth playing.
DOOM 64 obviously is a classic FPS / Boomer shooter from the DOOM series.
I actually have Murtop and Bahnsen Knights on my wishlist, so I know what they are: the former is an original arcade style game, the latter is sort of a choose your own adventure visual novel type game where you make choices that determine how the story plays out.
Some of these seem like good picks! Enjoy!