The Basement Collection

10

Great collection of older flash minigames. Nothing too deep, but fun concepts nonetheless, good enough to spend some time. It also includes a lot of stuff about the development of the ideas, like sketches and prototypes. The whole thing is a steal at this price.

lots of cool stuff in here for edmund mcmillen fans, game selection though is a bit rough though
bonus content is great but each game ill score individually as i think that makes the most sense, though its relative to the collection

time fcuk is a puzzle platformer that really started getting on my nerves towards the end, and before that bored me, along with having a horrible bonus mode, 1/5

coil is a very weird game meant to be entirely based on intuition and tell a cryptic story, but its not as bad as some people make it out to be, 2/5

the meat boy prototype is obviously inferior to its full release but i think its still fun enough for what it is and theres a level in it called twin towers, 4/5

spewer is a 2d platformer based around a gimmick of spewing puke everywhere to do stuff like push objects or propel yourself, pretty fun but closer to the end the stages become more annoying and too precise for how uncontrollable the physics are, 3/5

A.V.G.M is a joke game designed to make fun of abusive tactics in games that were starting to crop up around the time of its release that are still seen in mass today. it is objectively the worst game here but given its a joke and how it executes on said joke i think its worth acknowledging, 2/5

triachnid is awful, it has a cool idea of moving the characters limbs around to control them and stick to walls, but it controls horribly and the physics will sometimes make you take damage that feels completely unearned or in rarer cases you just suddenly lose all your health and is super finnicky with it asking you to escort a ball to the end of most stages which will sometimes just unattach itself from you which is very hard to mitigate completely, 1/5

grey matter is a arcade high score type game where you can spend your points to gain buffs, and you get more points if you chain together 3 enemy kills of the same type in a row which gives you a multiplier that can just keep stacking allowing you to pretty easily snowball from the start of the game, but other than that its really fun, 4/5

i forgot to mention aether for a minute, but its pretty short but quite fun especially with the swinging physics, 3/5

It's a nice collection of edmunds older flash games. I will admit it is a little dumb you need to complete and do a lotta things just to unlock the comics or extra games but that's alright. My main issue is the achievements. I tried to 100% this game but I don't even fucking know anymore. The unknown in time fcuk is like the cotton alley in super meat boy. It's unfair and annoying. Having to click over like 40k times just for a achievement in A.V.G.M is fucking stupid. I'd recommend it but if your gonna try to 100% it then I'd just get an autoclicker for A.V.G.M or look up a tutorial for other stuff like Aether.

Love being able to revisit some of my favorite flash games as a kid.

A.V.G.M. makes me sad

Tip: When Edmund McMillen says "It's peanut-butter jelly time!", every gosh diddly darn person on the North-Western continent sits down and has a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

That one Meatboy ending was kinda freaky, chat

they are literally just flash games but it killed some time in class, worth the $2

I'm going to rate all the games in this game WOAH!

Time Fcuk:
3/5
Its okay but it gets boring pretty easily
(CHAPTER 2 = 0.5/5 - Stupidly hard puzzles that require guides, too many rooms, game just overstayed it's welcome, more content wasn't needed)
(UNKNOWN = 0/5 - RNG Fest filled with absolute garbage, decided to use SAM to get specifically this one achievement so I could get Platinum God, I didn't feel like playing hours worth of troll levels)

Spewer:
4/5
One of the best ones in the package but I have to give it a 4 because of Pillow Fort because of obvious reasons and that disappointment rng mess of a final stage.

Coil:
0/5
It isn't even a game, doesn't have a clear objective either. ZZZZZZ

Aether:
1.5/5
It's just boring, all you do is fly around it's pretty meh. The Movement is pretty nice though

Triachnid:
2.5/5
It's good but It wasn't the best in my opinion, it just isn't something I'm into

Meat Boy:
4/5
It's really good but the arrow key controls suck so much ass, I wish you could change it.

Grey Matter:
4/5
Would be a 5 but the movement is so jank and it also uses arrow keys, which is CRAP
I also yelled several times at my monitor while trying to do expert because I suck

A.V.G.M:
0/5
It's a joke game where you just click a light lol, what else do you want me to say.

If you like Edmund games then you should get it, I think it's good (some games just suck), but this is all in MY OPINION! WOAH!

If you're familiar with Edmund's work this is a solid collection of his earlier, less developed games, polished up in a nicely presented collection. Some are even expanded, like Time Fcuk which has a whole extra 2nd chapter. I really like the inclusion of prototype builds and extra art. A good collection if you can get it for cheap.

The Basement Collection is a simple neat experience of previous proyect of the creator of the pack, the thing is that at the time of this review, is UNPLAYABLE. Open the game and you get stuck in the loading screen.

I saw this problem on my laptop (where I didn't play the game before, unlike my PC that is older), and if you check the forums, there are threads as far as 2021 reporting this problem that has not been adressed.

So unless you have an old PC, and really want to try this flash games out, don't buy the game.

GOOD GAME

good collection of old Edmund games
Fcuk Spewer!!!

i like steven

TRIACHNID I LOVE TRIACHNID

Its Box!

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Fuck the Crux level on Spewer

I LOVE EDMUND MCMILLEN!!!

some cool flash games if you like edmund games its coo.l

nothing else in this collection matters except Time Fcuk

Bought the game for Steven.

Nothing changed, I'm still here for Steven.

mama

edmund mc gucky

It's Worth it for the bonus content alone.

great selection of amazing games! very worth the little money it costs - especially on sale

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very good game it has some old flash games made by Edmund McMillen but there's one thing if it had controller support this would be very good

An interesting collection of games, to say the least. The games were fun... for the most part. But as you may be aware my dear reader, I am a completionist. To 100% the game is no easy feat indeed. A select few of the games were challenging, yet completable with dedication. Though... there are two of the games that were beyond what the rest of the collection could muster in terms of a "challenge", that is to say, if you were lucky. One of these two took a great amount of skill to complete, and the other relied simply on the individual at the reins: the community. Community submitted levels were used to create one of the bonus chapters, and to conquer said chapter meant to conquer the 'test' and 'impossible' levels formed by our community. If you are unlucky, or by any case a normal amount of lucky, you would come across a level that calls for certain glitches to be performed in order to complete them. I found myself filled with relief whenever I came across a level that could be deemed "normal". Though puzzling, and very frustrating, I had completed it after such a long time. The Basement Collection is fun; an enjoyable walk through the memories of Edmund McMillen, Adobe Flash, and the history behind their relationship. Though if that 100% medal tantalizes you as it does I, beware... you will sorely regret it.

If you play TBOI, there's Steven, spewer and meat boy.

Even if there games already free on Newgrounds, Time Fcuk carries this collection

edmund makes bangers

Good classic collection game, but I really HATE the Unknown. RNG piece of shet.

good ole mcmillen insanity collection

We're so Newgrounds

amazing game the only flaw was the Unknown didn't work when i won after 9 hours (i will get it)

Nostalgia

Its a cool experience to look at the past projects of a modern indie darling.

NO BASEMENT BUT ITS OK.

grey matter deserves more respect

I love edmund mc million

A collection of great games with McMillen's unique art style.
Frustrating at times, yes; but very fun nonetheless.

its fun yeah, but you can just go on newgrounds and play them for free

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- Barry?
- Adam?
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graduating class of...
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The Krelman opened up again.
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A bee died. Makes an opening. See?
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do you think I should... Barry?
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