shinymcshine Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Subnautica, Slay the Spire, For the King, Dicey Dungeons, Into the Breach, Golf Story..... plus loads more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 How often? All the time. Favourites? Hollow Knight, Outer Wilds, Hades, Transistor, Fez, Hypnospace Outlaw, Eastshade, Disco Elysium, Sunless Sea, Divinity Original Sin, FTL, Into the Breach, Super Hexagon, Thimbleweed Park, Undertale, Return of the Obra Dinn, Rakuen, Kentucky Route Zero, A Short Hike. And on and on. Indie games are great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I've taken to indie games more in recent years than I used to. Binding of Isaac was the moment that put them on my radar. Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Cuphead and very recently, Astalon: Tears of the Earth. I'm sure there are one or two more but, I'm drawing a blank beyond those for the moment. I find that, more than any other reason, as a complete game. They are better value for money than big budget titles. Shovel Knight for example, you have a ton of content. Most of which came after the original release and was given to you for free, if you bought it in the initial window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Indie games are the absolute best. Much better than AAA stuff in general IMO. Plus they’re usually a more complete experience as OCH points out. This will take some real thinking about but immediate favourites off the top of my head: Katana Zero Hollow Knight Blasphemous Rocket League (pre epic) Dead Cells Bloodstained Edith Finch Gone Home Are they saying last 2 gens including this so far or as in 360 - One? If it’s 360 included the list gets ridiculously long too: Super Meat Boy (#1) Splosion Man Trials HD Brothers Im going to have look through my history as there’s fucking loads I’d count as favourites I’ve just got a shite memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Tbh, I mostly dodge indie games cause more often than not when they get bigged up I check them out and discover it's a roguelike, or a castlevania style game. The latter I don't enjoy and the former feels like homework, so i ignore them (if i end up playing a RL I use cheats just to get through it) Which means I miss out on lots of awesome games I'm sure, but I don't like 2D platforming or 'run' based games and I don't always trust that an indie game doesn't have these elements (Inscryption having it surprised me). That said, Outer Wilds was very good so that's my pick. I didn't know Disco was indie either so that's my other pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 30 minutes ago, mfnick said: Trials Fusion Trials Rising Idk if indie. I’m not even happy with the term tbh, but that’s a dev of 150+ people and owned by Ubisoft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Man, Into The Breach is tiny perfection. Would Rocket League count? Owned by EGS now, but came from a relatively unknown studio. Dungeon Defenders, Creeper World's, Valheim, Full Metal Furries, FTL, Super Meat Boy, Spelunky, Tiny & Big, Shatter. These are just some of the ones I can name from the top of my head. Would Deep Rock Galactic count, it's not like it's by a AAA Studio, but my god is that game good. So many good games outside the shit people cream over because it's done by one of the bigger devs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 If we're using the casual description of the term 'indie' (non AAA games, not necessarily self published), then Pathologic 2 is my pick. (In fact I think the devs got dropped from their publisher, so if they ever complete the other parts then it will be a proper indie game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, mmmark said: Idk if indie. I’m not even happy with the term tbh, but that’s a dev of 150+ people and owned by Ubisoft. I realised after posting to be honest. Will edit. I know what you mean about the term too, aren’t CDPR technically indie? But it’s not really in the spirit to include them. 7 minutes ago, Sly Reflex said: Would Rocket League count? Surely! It came out before Epic bought them so, even if you just specify pre-epic it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Rocket League really is ridiculous when you think about it. It amazes me and infuriates me in equal measures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 crimzon clover, mecha ritz, score rush, into the breach, super meat boy, beat saber, the witness (not sure if that one counts?), blue revolver, art of rally, inertial drift, cave story. loads of great indie games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 There’s some bloody incredible indie games. Shovel Knight, Cuphead, Blasphemous, I’d chuck Hades in there as well. I don’t always love them, some can be quite meh. But there’s some great ones out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 20 hours ago, mfnick said: Much better than AAA stuff in general IMO. Oooo that's on hell of a hot take and one I 100% disagree with. For me, I don't play many 'Indie' games but the ones that standout over the years for me are: What Remains of Edith Finch Hollow Knight (even though I never finished it) Cuphead Inside Limbo Rocket League Dead by Daylight Hotline Miami To The Moon Super Meat Boy Pony Island The Hex Amnesia SOMA Gorogoa Rime Life is Strange Deltarune Donut County Unpacking It Takes Two Ori Ori 2 Will say as well, I'm not sure some of these will count as they have backing from big Publishers But yeah, the name has kind of lost a lot of its meaning now for me as well, they're just games really, albeit smaller games than the AAA space. Usually for me, I get little time to play the AAA backlog I've got so I'll only switch a smaller game on (usually on Game Pass tbf) to play in between bigger titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 That’s why it’s “IMO”. I find most AAA stuff now is a bit of a chore to play, full of pointless busy work and mostly follow the same tropes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I don't think anyone's mentioned Doki Doki Literature Club yet so I'll throw that in. Also Finding Paradise as To The Moon has already been mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragpuss Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Oxenfree was a fun indie game that i really enjoyed, it has a sequel coming out this year i think. Also i don't know if anyone remembers a digital only PS3 game called White Night but that was great, it was all in black and white and was a ghost/detective story set in a creepy old 1920s style house where stepping into the black parts meant you couldn't see a thing unless you lit a candle or the lightning outside was ocassionally lighting the room, it was very atmospheric and enjoyable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I liked indie games more when there were fewer of them. Back in the XBLA days where they did the summer promotions, or there was a new 1 or 2 indie games every Wednesday. Back when it was manageable to keep up with them. With the PS4 era I kind of fell off indies because there were just so many I can't keep up with them anymore. Now I just wait for the ones people are raving about and try those. It's why Metacritic and things are really helpful because it can spotlight the best or most notable indie games. It's basically a strong filter function. I'd be lost without the help. I've talked before about how cluttered all the store fronts are with crap. It's become what the joke about the Apple store used to be. I don't even know what I'm looking at most of the time. When people say reviews and aggregate sites aren't useful or relevant, this is one of those areas where actually they're essential. The increase in the amount of games + just how much bigger games have got leaving less time (Even indie games can be giant now) it's a combination that's made me fall off the indie scene quite hard. I also don't necessarily think indie games are better than AAA. Just because something isn't mainstream or openly corporate is not automatically better. That's some try hard, stick it to the man shit. AAA games are still overall fuller and more satisfying experiences to me. But the advantages I think indie games do have is that they are distinct, palatable and focused which I think all my favourite indie games are. Focus on a couple of things, and don't do it for too long. If there's something AAA could definitely do with learning from indie games is that sometimes less is more. Some of my favourite indie games are Journey Braid Mark of the Ninja Monument Valley Transistor Outer Wilds What Remains of Edith Finch Super Stardust HD Super Meat Boy OlliOlli Cuphead And my absolute favourite Ori and the Blind Forest. That game is magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Microsoft published Ori & the Blind Forest? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 You're right. But it's a smaller game with typical indie sensibilities so close enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 no, it's published by the 2nd biggest company in the world, Microsoft. It's not an indie game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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