Indie seems to be meaning it's a true game designed for fun. AAA seems to mean cinematic anymore or an FPS.
Heck Audio Surfer is still one of my favorite games! Put a true sequal on PS4 (2 was worse than 1) with spotify support, and it'll be a big deal.
"And everyone's Kickstarter has merit." - Malory Archer
Huh. Maybe it's a generation thing? All I know is, I loved Hotline Miami, Lone Survivor, Don't Starve, and Terraria.
In fact, I spent more time on Terraria than I did on many games this gen...
I agree that there are plenty of bad indie games, but I don't think being indie means it's bad. I can think of quite a few indie games that I really enjoyed.
Flower
Broforce
Double Dragon Neon
Counter Spy
Oli Oli 2
Transistor
Journey
Race the Sun
Just of the top of my head, but you get the point I think. You just need to know what matters to you in a game and look for those qualities.
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I don't have the same expectation of a 60$ game compared to a 5$ one. That might be illogical but I was born in the 80's, gg
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| Volterra_90 said: Yeah. Shovel Knight, The Swapper, Stealth Inc. 2, Brothers, Super Meat Boy, Fast Racing Neo... are such a bad games... I prefer some AAA titles like The Order:1886. THAT's a freaking good game. Money doesn't equal quality, please... |
You picked an AAA game that was poorly reviewed while all my examples are of indie games that are highly rated.
While there are bad AAA games, the ones that are highly rated tend to be good - Uncharted, God of War, The Last of Us, Borderlands, Far Cry 3, Dragon's Dogma, etc, etc...
| AZWification said: I guess Yooka-Laylee is going to suck because it's an indie game! |
To be fair, Kickstarter isn't a great source of good video games.
| bananaking21 said: Bastion is better than most AAA games i played. and its indie. |
Played it for a bit on PC - didn't like the combat mechanics.
| Normchacho said: I agree that there are plenty of bad indie games, but I don't think being indie means it's bad. I can think of quite a few indie games that I really enjoyed. Flower Broforce Double Dragon Neon Counter Spy Oli Oli 2 Transistor Journey Race the Sun Just of the top of my head, but you get the point I think. You just need to know what matters to you in a game and look for those qualities. |
Flower and Journey are definitely not indie. And I don't Counter Spy is either.
the-pi-guy said:
Indie means independent. Flower and Journey are indie games, because the developers aren't owned by anyone.
Vast majority of indie games are poor quality, for several reasons. 1.) For many it's the first game they've made. 2.) Usually aren't held to any standard. There's no one to say "no sorry we can't release this." 3.) Usually very low budget. 4.) Usually even if there's someone with talent on the team, the rest drag him/her down. Game might be well made, but awful visuals, or something. |
Incorrect. Those games aren't indie because they were funded by Sony (and co-developed by Sony Santa Monica).
I think that indie/ digital only games have been bad on Home consoles. Different story for PC.
I vvould much rather buy the 6 month old $10 decent retail game then a 6 month old $10 indie / digital only game.
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