Groupees Steampunk 3 and Ion Robots: Reserve or Wait?

Well it's only $2 for both... (I'm sure I'll regret these words tomorrow)

I reserved the last Greenlight bundle for 1.5$, got a bunch of mostly trash ;(, even for 1.5$

Groupees didn't really disappoint yet. I'm afraid however that it might be only 1 game or maybe 2 per bundle and the rest music and ebooks which would suck. And on top there is the theme: steampunk, robots. That screams for repeats.

Thx for the heads up, I went ahead and bought them since the Build-a-Bundle mostly contains a few games I don't own yet and getting all for the price of $1 should be fine and Steampunk 1&2 were actually not that bad, so you probably can't go too wrong :)

I can't say I have a great vibe from them, but it's your money.

Well, they did this for last greenlight bundle and was mostly trash, so I guess this is the only way to get some extra sales when the bundles are weak.

And here it comes the "virtual trading coin" roll.
I will take the risk and cross fingers. Won't expect anything stellar to not get disappointed, so will let on their side to make me smile or facepalm :-)

Just got them both, if I don't like any of the games I will just add them to the rest of the bundle keys I trade with.

They just did this in the last BAB. I bought it, and the games appear to be mostly "junk" (didn't try any yet to confirm).

So...

I'll get these 2 on pre-order as well because it's only a dollar each. But, it might be the last times if there is nothing that interests me in them either. "Mystery Grab Bags" are a gamble, but sometimes you can get something you like in them.

Im waiting personally. Neither of them particularly excite me. I reserved the last one (the Greenlight one) and while Ive not played any of those games, they all look rather shit. I can definitely tell that Ion Storm is in the space one, and Steampunk is not a "style" I really enjoy. If theres something in one of them that I want, I may bite and I may get them anyway for GAs/trades, but as of now I can't be bothered.

And ya, the whole point of the "reserve" thing is that its a gamble, but they are cheap at least to reserve.

Well, Ion Robots has 4 steam games, including Ionball 2

Have any of the characters in the Steampunk background been identified?

Steam punk bundles didn't disappoint before, but I'll wait till maybe someone identifies a few

BANG! Reserved!

Looks like this game is in the bundle - Egg Returns Home

Sounds like a great way to save on shitty games!

I pre-ordered both. We'll see about the contents.

bought both, fingers crossed.

Now Groupees invented the pre-order of sh@t, and it seems people are pre-ordering sh@t...

Hmmmm, I'll wait and see before buying.

Reserve? No thanks, you must be an idiot or crazy enough to pay for things you don't know. It's close to be a "legal scam"... And even though I also don't approve pre-ordering of games, at least you know what game you're buying and what to expect with those. But here, you have nothing. And the "reserve" is a lie, on Groupees there was never a limited number of bundles available to buy before. They're just hiding the fact that most of the games, if not all of them, are bad or just trash, like the "mystery game" that Indie Royale invented to sell more. The mystery game has always been the worst game in each bundle.

A clever buyer always checks first, and pays later.

Jeez, you'd think even a small amount of effort put into a few games would be worth at least a freakin' dollar, even if you don't know what you're getting.

Well I pre-ordered Ion Robots because...robots... but will pass Steampunk for now since I'm not big fan of the theme though might get it if the comics are good.

Um... I don't really think I'd be giving much to charity if I "pre-order" these bundles for 1$ each... 1$ for several games is too ass cheap even for me (when charity is involved at least).

No thanks, probably a bunch of greenlight crap. I'll wait and see.

So are we overall not fans of the new preorder option?