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So?

Yes! 24 31.17%
 
Not really! 16 20.78%
 
AAA mostly for me! 6 7.79%
 
Somewhat 18 23.38%
 
Mostly AAA 6 7.79%
 
Mostly Indie 2 2.60%
 
hmmmm 0 0%
 
Not sure 2 2.60%
 
see results 3 3.90%
 
Total:77
kupomogli on 10 March 2014

Some indie games are great, but most aren't even good. They're almost never close  to the quality of the purchase price.



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Nate4Drake on 10 March 2014
pokoko said:
I don't really understand the question.

I would hate it if I had to play ONLY small games but I would also hate it if I had to ONLY play big "AAA" titles. It's like someone telling me to pick either snacks OR meals. Fuck that, I want both.


This.  But I don't dislike the idea of playing a lot of AAA games :)    and PS4 will offer a lot.



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radishhead on 10 March 2014

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eFKac on 10 March 2014

They are good to play in between big releases (the good ones ofc) but a console library consisting mostly of indie games would be very weak in my eyes.



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nitekrawler1285 on 10 March 2014

indies touch on retro gameplay themes a lot more than AAA titles do nowadays. I'm getting to the point where I don't really need to play AAA games.They tend to be pretty chores in between major fun sessions. No shooter I've ever played since the genesis era has given me the joy of BroForce.

The dreams of these folks working in the game industry today have long overshot mine.



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the_dengle on 10 March 2014

Indies are like appetizers. Sometimes you're not that hungry and that's all you need, other times you want to get straight to the main course. Furthermore, some indie games are of the cheese and crackers / tomato and mozerella variety, while other are more along the lines of crabcakes and bacon-wrapped scallops.

Am I making any sense here or am I just making everyone hungry?



BloodyRain on 10 March 2014
super_etecoon said:
BloodyRain said:

So, just had the thought when thinking about indie titles. They honestly don't satisfy my gaming needs all that much. I got a couple free for ps plus and played them for a bit then got bored.  The games aren't bad or anything, just doesn't seem to last too long for me. The last indie I really got into was the trine series or tomb raider guardian of light. My gaming preferences are pretty diverse though. Here are some examples. I am enjoying the Wolf Among Us though.

Action Adventure:

The Last of Us

Uncharted Series

Tomb Raider

Bioshock series

Arkham series

Far cry 3

Hotline Miami

Fps:

BF series

cod series

etc (tons lol)

RPG:

Skyrim

Fallout series

Dark/demon souls

Mass Effect series

JRPG:

FF 13

Platformers:

Trine Series

TPS:

Gears series

Hack n slash:

DMC

Racers:

GT series

NFS series

Open World:

Infamous

Prototype

GTA

RDR

Survival Horror:

Outlast

Point and Click:

The Wolf Among Us


Am I the only one that doesn't see this as a "diverse" lineup of games?

It's mostly just a list that I came up with off the top of my head.



Jaywood2010 on 10 March 2014

I like the AAA indies ;P

For real i like the upperclass ones like Battleblock, Castle Crashers, Limbo, Bastion, Journey etc The ones that actually seem to get marketed and backed behind publishers.

Other than that no.




       

super_etecoon on 10 March 2014
BloodyRain said:
super_etecoon said:
BloodyRain said:

So, just had the thought when thinking about indie titles. They honestly don't satisfy my gaming needs all that much. I got a couple free for ps plus and played them for a bit then got bored.  The games aren't bad or anything, just doesn't seem to last too long for me. The last indie I really got into was the trine series or tomb raider guardian of light. My gaming preferences are pretty diverse though. Here are some examples. I am enjoying the Wolf Among Us though.

Action Adventure:

The Last of Us

Uncharted Series

Tomb Raider

Bioshock series

Arkham series

Far cry 3

Hotline Miami

Fps:

BF series

cod series

etc (tons lol)

RPG:

Skyrim

Fallout series

Dark/demon souls

Mass Effect series

JRPG:

FF 13

Platformers:

Trine Series

TPS:

Gears series

Hack n slash:

DMC

Racers:

GT series

NFS series

Open World:

Infamous

Prototype

GTA

RDR

Survival Horror:

Outlast

Point and Click:

The Wolf Among Us


Am I the only one that doesn't see this as a "diverse" lineup of games?

It's mostly just a list that I came up with off the top of my head.

Honestly, I'm sure in your mind that is a diverse list of games.  Unfortunately, the gaming experience has been reduced to these staples in the last decade as the HD consoles have taken over.  That's why more than ever we need the indie games to come along and release fresh ideas where they can afford to make mistakes. 



Korppi on 10 March 2014

I sort of loathe both extreme ends of the spectrum these days. Cheap, half-assed indie games with low replayability for being cheap and half-assed with low replayability, and huge AAA blockbusters for having stupidly bloated budgets and thus having unrealistic sales goals and being scared shitless of experimenting with anything conceptually exciting. Obviously there are exceptions (like Bioshock, Portal and the Arkham games on one end, and Banished, Castle Crashers and The Binding of Isaac on the other), but for me, middle-class games are where it's really at. (of course, games like that pretty much Critically Endangered outside of Steam nowadays.)