Just picked it up. Looking forward to finding out just how heartless I am.
What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
Just picked it up. Looking forward to finding out just how heartless I am.
What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
The Last of Us got me emotionally invested in Joel and Ellie. First game to ever do that. My chest was tight during the last 20 minutes.What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
I dunno for sure, I rarely get invested in an emotional level in games I feel the base emotions like excitement from action games and fear from scary games but anything that asks me to really empathize with the feelings of characters and situations in the game generally I struggle to do mainly due to my lack of ability to see any of the characters as anything else then digital puppets with obvious strings. This post does make me sound like a bit of a psychopath, I'm honestly not (I think anyway).
If I had to name drop anything, I would go with Spec Ops The Line, Depression Quest and the Walking Dead. None of those games really got to me mid play through but I did have long and hard about some of the messages they were trying to convey afterwards.
How bout you?
What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
Anyone pick up The Blue Flamingo, yet? Seems like a really neat shmup from Might & Delight available at a budget price. The cool thing is that all the models in the game are photographed objects.
I'm definitely gonna pick it up soon, I like the studio a lot. Shelter is really cool and Pid is my favourite game I hate playing, haha.
I was on the verge to cry with The Walking Dead.
I cried while playing The Sea Will Claim Everything, Once upon a spacetime and Ruins.
I raged with Spelunky.
I laughed with Nidhogg.
What is the most emotional state a game has ever gotten you into?
Cross posting this from the Steam thread.
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My Let's Play of JUJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxa1cWeWqSY
Quick Impressions:
This is one hell of a beautiful platformer. Super vibrant and colorful. It's also a really good platformer game in general. There is a neat idea that I wish more platformers supported, which is to make it easier for a co-op partner to play. I'm going to test this feature out when it's no longer a preview, but I want to see how my four year old (who loves Mario games, but dies frequently from chasms and other baddies) responds to this. Alternatively, coop doesn't need to be easy-mode, it can be changed at will and made difficult for both parties.
Bottom Line: Excellent family friendly platformer that isn't low-rent.
It is kinda nuts that JUJU is a Flying Wild Hog joint, that is a hella break from their previous work.
http://bitmonstergames.com/?page_id=1004
In GRAV players will explore massive procedurally generated worlds and have endless adventures in a hostile universe. They will discover planets constructed with a unique variation of oceans, mountains, plains, and canyons.
http://www.goodmoodcreators.com/games.html
Mekazoo is a throwback 2d platformer, with vibrant and full 3d worlds that can be explored and conquered with a kinetically-diverse cast of Mekanimals. Progressivelsy unlock five playable animals through epic Mekanimal boss battles, and traverse insect-infested levels to the tune of the eclectic orignal soundtrack
https://twitter.com/noumenongames
New game from the devs of Nimbus
"A slow paced puzzle game, for and by puzzle game lovers. Very simple, but also very difficult"
https://www.facebook.com/BlinkVideoGame
Blink is a 2D puzzle platformer where you "blink" between two connected worlds. One world is like our own, while the other only exists with eyes closed.
http://www.rakeingrass.com/game_rampage_knights.php
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
You play as a hero trapped by a spell in a magical forest. All paths lead to a nearby ruined castle, where the source of the black magic covering the land is dwelling. Gear up with awesome and ridiculous weapons and spells as you descent into the deep labyrinth to face its sinister master and break the curse.
http://www.indiedb.com/games/codename-ronin
Codename Ronin is a multiplayer based game
Countries and Governments are but a thing of the past. Corporations rule the world now and in order to rule, you need power. On the Corporations hunt for power, Codename Ro.n.i.n. was born, Ro.n.i.n. stands for Robotic Neural Intelligence Nodes. Advancements in the Cybernetic fields have reached to the point where you only need a brain and you can control a Cyborg Shell. Thus the most efficient breed of super soldiers was born.
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=44447.0
An episodic investigation game
There are several murder cases and your detective has to see what is happening in Santa Esperanza. The investigation parts are a mix of a lot of things: Heavy Rain, LA Noire, Sherlock Holmes, ...
http://www.cleverendeavourgames.com/chickenhorse/
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a 2D platformer game where you build the level as you play. The multiplayer mode involves taking turns placing platforms and hazards to build a level, while the single player mode is a puzzle platform game where youre given certain types of blocks (platforms, springs, rope swings, etc.) and have to figure out where to place them in order to reach the goal.
http://site.pixelmetal.com/sombrero...ttp://www.mobmadegames.com/descendants/about/
Descendants is a tactical, turn based, 4X strategy game set in a dynamic and persistent universe. In Descendants, you outfit and command a small fleet of ships that you must use to explore, trade, colonize, fight and negotiate your way across the stars in order to amass influence. Unlike other games in the 4X genre you interact with the universe exclusively with your ships. Colonies you place provide you with resources, unlock new equipment or act as locations where you can conduct trade or refit your ships. As you use your ships to explore the map, you will encounter story-driven missions that provide you with unique rewards. The decisions you make about how to play and which missions to complete will have major and long lasting effects on the universe around you.
And people say "indies" can't look good or whatever that silly argument isCodename Ronin reminding me of Blade Proxy.
Neptune, Have Mercy continuing to impress. GRAV looks majestic.
Oh if anyone was interested in 7DFPS and what the best games out of them were, I made a few posts in the respective thread after having played nearly all of the entries.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=930244&highlight=
And people say "indies" can't look good or whatever that silly argument is
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Computer, Open That Door! - Free (PC, Mac, Linux, Browser)
Oh nice, didn't know he did a review. And yeah, one of the biggest surprises for me from this year since I only heard about it from EGX which was just a few months ago. Definite GOTY contender for me.Marvellous Miss Take
I didn't play this - but Pylon did, so I'll quote a bit from his review:
"Wonderstruck have done a terrific job in all areas with The Marvellous Miss Take. Its the perfect game to bang out a level here or there, and doesnt fare badly in a binge. If youre looking for a fast stealth effort that doesnt have you waiting for the proverbial train to roll by, then you could do far worse than this. One of 2014′s biggest surprises. Dont let it slip by, unless you work in a gallery."
Also I played hets - which I don't have a whole lot to say about right now, but it's probably the best game I've played in the OP so far.
The game appears to have vanished? The download links on the official site all lead into nothing and the web version isn't working for me either
http://www.zaubersee.com/ludum-dare-30/
Blues & Bullets - Xbox One
GOTY 2015
Ah, cool. Nice to see a dev here. Really like the visual aestheticGOTY 2015
Yup, he isHeh, are you working on it?
I have to say, the game is hitting all the right notes for me. Need all the detective games I can get!
http://www.m07games.com/
GunWorld is a love letter to 8-bit action games! It's a meticulously crafted homage to everything great about classic game design and action heroes of the 1980s!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/647411
"The title of Rock Lou's ambitious RPG The Awakening is pretty apt, since the game begins with our amnesiac hero jolting awake in alone in a strange forest with one heckuva headache. What are the odds he's got a big destiny, do you think? With a character customization so deep you can choose your level of squint (though bizarrely not your gender) and battle system that adds some twists to the turn-based formula, The Awakening is a huge and ambitious RPG that is sadly still unpredictably buggy"
Arktrail - Free (Browser)
Autocraft - $9.99 (PC)
Baezult - Free (PC)
CamoTactics - Free alpha (PC, Mac, Linux)
Chipset-0 - Free (Browser)
COLOR - Free demo (PC, Mac, Linux)
Computer, Open That Door! - Free (PC, Mac, Linux, Browser)
Cubot - $2,99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Environmental Station Alpha - Free demo (PC)
Farg - Free beta (PC)
Final Dusk - $4,99 (PC)
Fluid Perspectives - Free (Browser)
Heart & Slash - $24.99 (PC, Mac)
Here And There Along The Echo - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
Hero Keeper - $3,99 (PC)
hets - Free (PC)
Hyper Dance - $1.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Lost in Paradise - $2,99 (on sale for 50% off at $1,50 for 3-4 more days) (PC, Mac, Linux)
Luminoso - $6.49 (PC, Mac)
Majestic Nights - $19.99/$4.99 for Episode 1 (PC, Mac)
Metrocide - $6.99 (PC, Mac)
Nexionode - $6,99 (PC, Mac, iOS, Android)
Nothing Good Can Come Of This - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
Pall - $2,99 (PC)
Pixel Heroes - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
Pregnancy - $2,99 (PC)
Primitives - Free beta (PC)
Project Tigra - Free demo (PC)
Red Goblin: Cursed Forest - $4,99 (50% off during Alpha for $2,50) (PC)
Return of the Obra Dinn - Free demo (PC, Mac)
Rituals - Free alpha demo (PC, Mac)
Secret of Escape - $3.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Sector 13 - Free (Browser)
Shiny Gauntlet - Free demo (PC, Mac)
Spectrum - Free (PC)
Spinlot - Free demo (PC, Browser)
Spooky's House of Jump Scares - Free (PC)
Sproggiwood - $14.99 (PC)
Styx: Master of Shadows - $29.99 (PC)
Super Win The Game - $12.99 (PC, Mac, Lin)
SUPERHYPER - $1 (iOS)
The Hive - $18.99 (PC)
The Legend of Light - Free (Browser)
The Memory of Eldurim - $20 (PC)
Totem's Sound - Free (PC, Mac)
Traumerin - $4,99 (PC)
Tribal & Error - Free demo (PC)
UnReal World - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
Zero G Golf - €2.00 (PC)
For the IOS GOTY thread, I forgot, can we include mobile games? We thinking about the games I've played this year and 80 Days, Monument Valley, and Framed are ones I'd definitely want to include.
Nah, IOS doesn't get its own voting/GOTY thread. At least not in the past. Not sure if it'll be different this year. Mobile games tend to be met with distain or indifference outside of the IOS threadsIsnt the ios thread doing something similar itself? We could have an extra category for noteworthy mobile games, lets say 50 PC indies like last year, plus 10 mobile or something. But it would probably be more informative if we split up the voting to PC indies and mobile indies and make two full fledged 50 entry threads if we can stomach the work load. From what I read in your impressions, mobile wouldnt have a big issue gathering a list of 50 great entries, and it would be sort of a disservice to bury it as an afterthought.
Nah, IOS doesn't get its own voting/GOTY thread. At least not in the past. Not sure if it'll be different this year. Mobile games tend to be met with distain or indifference outside of the IOS threads
But no problem. I played enough PC games anyway.
I played the Alpha of this, and while most of these games arent bad, they also lack any kind of actual content. The sandbox nature is a neat change of pace from more traditional experience, but I am pretty sure I could find 10 of these games released in the past year without any actual meat to them, which is a tad annoying at this point. Anyway, good for what it does, but I want more.
Very good puzzle jump&run. Gets quite challenging eventually and some rooms are bit less inventive, but overall I am really impressed by the level design of the individual challenges. Some of those are quite smart with additional secret objectives that will take a few tries to figure out. Retro game design, minimalistic look and sound, tight controls and just the right amount of challenge and evocative level secrets to keep me hooked. Probably not ending on my GOTY list, but very enjoyable.
Kind of a cute concept, but bogged down a lot by boring level design. You are maneuvering a tank, connecting power cables to electric gadgets. The game progress is spiced up a bit through enemies, but the movement feels a tad cumbersome and despite not being "bad", I cant find it much fun.
Simple concept, but quite fun. Move the on screen snake through colors to create a certain color mix for each level. The level layout and several obstacles make this harder and harder with each level, all the while retaining an entertaining playfulness and easyness to every mechanic. Very lighthearted and enjoyable.Color
Cute concept. AI human-murder fantasy with a few cute ideas. Unfortunately, it really is just that, a cute concept of a game idea since there isnt really much difference in the actions you can take or any kind of interesting emergent gameplay. You might have played a similar game to this already before, which makes the novelty wear very thin. (The game worked for me with the in-browser version, even though the dl links are broken)
Very interesting and challenging Metroidvania. No full version yet, but the demo is VERY promising, with a good amount of variety in enemy combat, metroidvania style upgrades, multiple paths and a great athmosphere. Definitely something to check out this month.
Another platforming puzzle game, with a coherent theme/gameplay mechanic combination, which is quite neat to think about. Unfortunately, the game overuses almost all introduced concepts, which makes the game feel a tad tedious to play. The repeating sound loop certainly isnt helping either, but its still a decent game to play.
Kentucky Route Zero Interlude, even more minimalistic than the main episodes and other interludes already are, with a single telephone being your only interaction. A single telephone number even, which opens up a small, basically intereractive story in which you learn about a monument about something we forgot, or what to do if you have a snake on your arm. I can easily see some of those messages being referred back to in the next episode and its quite pleasant to listen to, even if its not a pure game per se. Interesting in any case and gives you a good impression of what to expect of the KRZ episodes stylistically and in tone.
After starting to play this, I was a bit surprised at first that Moobabe seemed to like it. Simple controls and graphics, repetive level design, nauseating camera movements. But then on my...3rd or 4th try (and after deactivating the camera shaking) it suddenly clicked. Its an action roguelike with an upgrade you can choose after completing every level. Upgrading your character with more abilities and power is surprisingly rewarding and carried me through a few rounds of this game. It doesnt have quite the staying power and sheer number of possibilities that Binding of Isaac has, but its a decent sidescrolling action take on the idea. Probably among the best this month indeed.
Toma, mind if I copy the Indie Community Voting format you used last year for the Mobile GOTY thread? I talked to the mods and they said it would be okay, so I'll be working on that