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curl-6 on 21 April 2015
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KLXVER said:
curl-6 said:

This is why I'm not a fan of the indie explosion.

Lowering the bar of entry so that anyone can be a developer had brought the quality standard for video games crashing through the floor.

In my humble opinion, of course.


Im not a fan of the indie explosion because I enjoy bigger games more. I know there are alot of quality indies, but I rarely bat an eye at any of them. I really like Shovel Knight, but thats pretty much it.

I didnt like Cave Story, but as soon as they upped the budget and released it on the 3DS, I loved it. Really like Mega Man 9 and 10, Contra Rebirth, The Binding Of Isaac Rebirth, Jett Rocket etc... They are more like AA games.

Im really not into many of the artistic games that so many indies are making right now. I love Shovel Knight because it told a fun story and had great gameplay. It didnt desperately try to make me cry or shove some kind of message down my throath. I love platformers, but shit like that really put me off games like Limbo and Ori And The Blind Forest.

Yeah, there are a few indie games I really like, but for the most part I find them pretentious, gimmicky, and amateurish.

I dislike that the industry is becoming more and more polarised into just AAA on one hand and indie on the other, while the middle ground, which is where most good games are found, is disappearing.