mrcrispy83: It's weird for Higurashi to be in a bundle before it's even up on steam. And I kind of doubt that Mangagamer would go drm free on it particularly when they probably have more than ten times the people pirate their stuff than buy it.

And it kind of makes me wonder if it's just the question arcs... and not just this but I wonder how they're going to release it on steam too. For instance I thought they orignally sold the answer arcs individually. it would be awful if they had to go through greenlight again for each individual answer arc. How much they would charge for it too.

jamyskis: Interesting that the first eXceed should be missing, probably by virtue of the fact that it is a real clusterfuck and fundamentally broken.

Also: It's possible that the eXceed games will appear DRM-free, even if they haven't in past Indie Gala bundles. The games are available DRM-free on Desura, so maybe there will at least be a Desura key for them.

mrcrispy83: It's weird for Higurashi to be in a bundle before it's even up on steam. And I kind of doubt that Mangagamer would go drm free on it particularly when they probably have more than ten times the people pirate their stuff than buy it.

And it kind of makes me wonder if it's just the question arcs... and not just this but I wonder how they're going to release it on steam too. For instance I thought they orignally sold the answer arcs individually. it would be awful if they had to go through greenlight again for each individual answer arc. How much they would charge for it too.

beliar: Higurashi is already DRM free on MG website. They removed DRM from some of their games after the overhaul in April - Higurashi was one of those games.

I think this will be just the question arcs as it would be counterproductive to include the whole friggin' 100 hour game in a bundle. And answer arcs are not sold individually anymore. The separate downloads were scrapped even before the overhaul, thus I don't think that will impact the Greenlighting process.

isis12: I've never heard of any of these games but given that I'm totally ignorant of anything coming out of Japan that doesn't mean much. So would anyone be so kind and tell me what's worth getting here and why? I'm already sold on the eXceed games because I'm simple and there seem to be anime girls with wings and bunny ears. I also want to get Hatoful Boyfriend because I've read St. PigeoNation’s Institute is "the most splendid and greatest academy of the pigeon, by the pigeon and for the pigeon." Don't know what that means, but it sounds sweet.
What about the rest though? The Higurashi thing in particular. The video says "gameplay" but after watching almost 8 minutes of it I still have no idea what that game is. If I read the post by spoderman correct there is someone named "ShiftySlug" involved, so that sounds promising.

spoderman: lol ShiftySlug is a groupees admin. When They Cry is a visual novel that inspired a very popular/great anime. I've heard the VN is just as good as the anime. If you have any interest in visual novels, I'd grab it.

spoderman: "they are redoing the steam version a bit, so will take some time before it is up there. after that we shall see"