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Sink your teeth into these 10 independent titles, coming to PlayStation in 2014.
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Marvel
could never
pavillion and secret ponchos, sweet snags sony!
pavilion!
Secret ponchos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwjrz4d6M5M
I did not know anything about this!? wow that looks good.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Good to hear on DayZ, have some friends with no PC that would love the hell out of the game. Any word on the others?
7 Days to Die
Rust
or
No Mans Sky
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
That's what I'm thinking. Edmund has been pretty cagey about a release date so hopefully it's not 2015.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Right? When you tell me "Coming 2014", my response is, "So it's out right now?"
At this point at least nail down what three month quarter your game's coming out in.
And, of this list, Secret Ponchos is the only thing that piques my interest, but seeing as how Q1 is rather dry, if it comes out next month or even early March it's guaranteed some PS4 time.
SolidSnakex
Member
Not much. Shahid and XDev (Sony's Euro external dev branch) have both expressed interest in NMS, but that's about it. No platforms have been specifically mentioned for it. And I haven't heard anything about the other two.
Messofanego
Banned
Are those all the PS 4 exclusives? Timed exclusive, 6 mo or 1 mo? I need to know, some of these games are system sellers to me personally.
Rime and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
Secret Ponchos is console exclusive, "and we want to keep it that way" according to the dev, but he'll have a go at Greenlight.
SolidSnakex
Member
Rime and Rapture are both PS4 exclusives while Helldivers will be on the PS3, PS4, and Vita (with crossplay between all three). All of those are full exclusives to PS platforms. Sony Santa Monica is helping out with the development of Rapture and Foster City is helping out with Helldivers.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Glad to see some horror games in the mix. Although Daylight and Outlast look pretty similar (based on trailers I've seen).
Hope Helldivers plays like guardian of light. Enjoyed the hell out of that game and I pLayed alone.
The Witness intrigues me just because it's blow. Hope there is some organic story mixed in with the puzzling.
Hope Helldivers plays like guardian of light. Enjoyed the hell out of that game and I pLayed alone.
The Witness intrigues me just because it's blow. Hope there is some organic story mixed in with the puzzling.
Just plain old typical exclusives as far as I am aware, Sony is either helping with them or just outright paying and publishing for exclusivity for consoles. Rime and EGttR are PS4 only and Helldivers is coming for PS3/4/Vita.
Kenshin001
Member
Nowadays it pretty much applies to any downloadable game put out by a small 3rd party studio. If you use your criteria games like Limbo and Braid are not indies.
Housemarque is an independent studio, or indie studio, so yes Resogun is an Indie game. That doesn't mean it isn't and can't be an exclusive game, as far as I know they have no financial or otherwise support from Sony besides putting it on their platform.
It may have been by an independent studio, but the game's development was still bankrolled and published by SCE.
BloodMoney
Banned
What about Galak-Z?
Kenshin001
Member
They still are an independent studio. They are free to make games for whoever they want.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
In one of he dev videos they make it sound like a latter 2014 title.
I swear I want about every game listed there. Already in for 1 copy of Hyper Light Drifter via Kickstarter.
Wantwantwantwant all of the above, especially Helldivers. I would imagine some of those are going to be IGC items too.
More than any of those listed, and even Rime, I want Assault Andoid Cactus. I know I *could* buy it for my PC, but I want it on the big telly in the living room.
I want it soooooo bad.
More than any of those listed, and even Rime, I want Assault Andoid Cactus. I know I *could* buy it for my PC, but I want it on the big telly in the living room.
I want it soooooo bad.
BloodMoney
Banned
Wow... blown away by Hyper Light Drifter
So it's still an indie game
I'll be getting Octodad, HLM2 and The Witness day 1 on PC. Ooh and Transistor.
In that case Resogun is about as indie as The Wonderful 101.
In that case Resogun is about as indie as The Wonderful 101.
Well then. I understand this could lead to ever so interesting conversation about the definition of "indie developer" but I'll pass. I still don't think Housemarque fully owns Resogun and can do with it what they want. Just like they don't own something like Outland.
More on the topic that is indeed an impressive list. Interested in Hotline Miami 2 and Transistor the most myself.
Would you call Ratchet an indie game?
Fuck it. This isn't the thread for this discussion (W101 was a better example too).
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I definitely view Housemarque as more indie than Platinum. I don't think there is even a discussion here.
I like how some of these threads take a turn and question the validity of an indie. Indies can be funded or self funded. It's not illegal and if games like this might never come out then damn if I'm not happy Sony helped these little guys put a little game on the Vita.
Yea but its a game that people seem to like, think is fun and has been getting glowing reviews, isn't that all that really matters?
Brainiac 8
Member
Pretty awesome.
Between Nintendo and Sony, this is going to be an awesome year for indies on consoles.
Between Nintendo and Sony, this is going to be an awesome year for indies on consoles.
I've never argued about them not being an independent studio. Both are, however neither Resogun nor W101 can reasonably be classified as indie games.
PK Strawstorm
Member
Where is Mercenary Kings? I want my pretty arcade run-n-gun with Paul Robertson bouncy pixels.
Is Guacamelee an indie game?
Portugeezer
Member
If the price is right I will definitely buy those... and they certainly will be.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
W101 came to retail and one was a cheap and awesome and free DD game. They are both videogames though.
Nobody came up with Octodad. It was discovered, like mathematics.
Since it seems to have been largely self- and government-funded I would say it is. You could make an argument for the opposite as well though, this case isn't as clear-cut as Resogun's or TW101's.
This is all an exercise in semantics anyway but Sony guaranteed Drinkbox royalties with which they could go to a bank to get a loan to fund the game.
Housemarque did not have to go through that route and just got the money straight up.
The team sizes are probably very similar, so the only difference is that one has one level on indirection to get funding from Sony. If that is the hinge on which we hang up what is Indie even though in both cases Sony is the security which allows the developer to develop the game.
I think company size is a better barometer for what is Indie. But in the end as I said above, it's all semantics and nobody will agree on what it means. We know this from music.