by mento
Assignment: an (assuredly assonance-heavy) assembly that assiduously assimilates all my Indie game assessments, to the assumptive assistance of my Giant Bomb associates.
Yes, I realize that sounds like a lot of ass, but I simply figure that after playing so many of these smaller independent games over the past few years - due to blog features and my own worrisome frugality - I might be able to help folks with purchasing decisions the same way I (sorta?) did with the previous PC game and JRPG lists, should a big Steam sale or bundle happen by. I reckon after you pass a hundred games, you're probably an expert. Or is the rule that you have spend 10,000 hours doing something? I bet I'm close enough to that by now too.
For the time being I'm avoiding freeware and browser stuff, or else this thing really will be infinitely big. Also, since I'm not allowed to order any list with over a hundred items on it, you're on your own trying to find a specific game. Chances are, it won't be on there yet: Gabe only knows I've still got plenty left to see (and recommendations are always welcome).
Eh, I'll throw in some five word summaries and a rudimentary rating system too. I'm full of surprises today:
Showing 1-10 of 174 items
"Match-3 Fedora Endless Runner Fedora." Addictive, but not particularly substantial. 2.
"It's-a me! Moon-io! (Puzzle Platformer)." Short but sweet, but not that sweet. 2.
"People liked Contra, right? (Shooter)." Probably a faithful homage to 8-bit run and guns. I didn't really care for it. 1.
"Look at objects, get sad." Interactive tribute to Japanese tsunami victims. Earnest but threadbare. 2.
"Suspenseful horror exploration. Lamprey dudes." Amnesia's probably the benchmark for Indie horror games. Might even out-terrify Fatal Frame and Silent Hill. 3.
"Deductive visual novel. Tsundere waifus?" A visual novel with some intelligent writing, somehow makes reading database entries fun. 3.
"Gravity-turning sketchbook platformer. 'Squoitch'." Neat idea, in practice was a bit too annoying and arbitrary. 1.
"Nostalgic topdown adventure Zelda thing?" Anodyne's curious for a great many reasons, but the core gameplay is solid and pleasingly familiar. 3.
"Disorienting first-person puzzle headscratcher." Antichamber can leave you confused and really sick of cubes, but there's very few games this intelligent out there. 3.
"Underwater SpaceWhipper, musical and beautiful." Deeply atmospheric, one of the earliest big Indie SpaceWhippers and still among the best. 3.
