By Adam Smith on October 25th, 2012 at 11:00 am.
I felt like I should have paid somebody at least a pound or two when I played Stealth Bastard last year. What began as an experiment in stripping stealth mechanics down to their furtive fundamentals was released as the speedy and stylish offspring of Metal Gear and Super Meat Boy. Next month, anyone who did play the free version and found it pleasing will be able to purchase Stealth Bastard Deluxe from Steam. The price isn’t available yet, but the Deluxification comes in the form of eighty levels, new equipment, a connecting narrative and “lots of new ways to die”. There’s a trailer for the non-deluxe below and that version will remain available even after the Steam release. Discover it here.
I can’t help but wish Curve had gone for the name Super Stealth Bastard, but other than that it’s good to see another shadowy figure creeping into view, even if he’s not exactly a newcomer.
25/10/2012 at 11:03 MuscleHorse says:
Excellent. Now can we have a deluxe edition of Super Crate Box please?
25/10/2012 at 11:05 kerbal says:
Will this run on my ubuntu linux rig on work?
27/10/2012 at 22:44 Charles de Goal says:
I’ve just tried the non-Deluxe version and it works very badly with Wine (no sound, slow graphics, weird error messages about some missing files in E:\Games (!)).
25/10/2012 at 11:06 Drayk says:
i did not give those guys the money they deserved, so i’ll buy this for sure ! Excellent game
25/10/2012 at 11:26 tomeoftom says:
Was an excellent game.
25/10/2012 at 11:44 povu says:
So much glorious stealth news this month.
25/10/2012 at 11:48 Yosharian says:
Looks pretty cool, might pick it up.
25/10/2012 at 12:18 JD Ogre says:
Damn. Too many games to buy in the coming months. STOP RELEASING QUALITY GAMES, PEOPLE!!! :P
25/10/2012 at 12:34 Jason Moyer says:
Beat every level of the original version except the last one (which is a bitch). Absolutely phenomenal game. Possibly my favorite platform game of all time.
25/10/2012 at 12:35 wodin says:
WIll have to be good to beat the Ninja game. This looks like one of those that requires pinpoint timing which in the end can drive me nuts and never o back..the beauty with Ninja is it gives alternative routes..
25/10/2012 at 13:04 mangrove says:
TACTICAL ESPIONAGE ARSEHOLE
I never understood why it was free in the first place. I would have paid for it, and now I will.
25/10/2012 at 13:54 Syra says:
Brilliant game and well worth paying for! I even designed levels :D
25/10/2012 at 13:56 Tiax says:
Damn, I wish Hotline Miami had eighty levels. :’ |
25/10/2012 at 14:00 The Tupper says:
I just wish it worked properly.
25/10/2012 at 17:06 celozzip says:
i can’t believe they released it in that condition. one of the devs had almost 3 hours of play in his profile on release so i assume he would’ve known it barely works.
25/10/2012 at 21:53 The Tupper says:
I don’t like conspiracy theories but it does stink a bit. They had a ‘patch’ immediately ready to hobble the game (removing, amongst other things, the controller facility altogether) upon release, giving the impression that they’re on top of things. Then nothing for days. The game was clearly not ready for release and it beggars belief that they didn’t know.
25/10/2012 at 14:00 MrLebanon says:
im in the office with no volume, i watched the entire trailer humming the 007 theme
25/10/2012 at 14:09 N'Al says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDiZOnzajNU
25/10/2012 at 14:34 G-Lord says:
I’ve had the link to the original in my bookmarks for ages without trying it. I guess I can wait some more days to get right into the deluxe version.
25/10/2012 at 16:41 ThaMarchHare says:
I was thinking after its been out for a while, there should be a humble stealth bundle with this, gunpoint, and some other somewhat stealth related games.
25/10/2012 at 16:48 SkittleDiddler says:
Bethesda should take note: this is how you release a deluxe version of a game while leaving the original intact and available to your customers.
25/10/2012 at 17:06 celozzip says:
super meat ninja? just read it has an editor too, this is gonna go down a treat on steam workshop.
25/10/2012 at 17:49 MrNash says:
Great game, hopefully the creators can pull in a few bucks from getting it on Steam, and with it buy all the pies. Aaallllll the piiiieeeeeezzzzzz!
26/10/2012 at 05:30 jamesgecko says:
Yes! Do want. Probably. I kind of want to play more, but only if there’s a lot of new robots and mechanisms and gimmicks to keep things interesting. “Lots of new ways to die” sounds promising.