I'm uhmurican, and I've only seen maybe a 16th of Trailer Park Boys, but when hearing the names "Cory and Trevor", my mind immediately went there lol is that what yall were referring to? Lmao.. Also, why did they recast Cory??
They also tend to install on Linux (free and open source OSes) natively (no Wine needed) and run smoother than their Windows versions. Dead Cells, Overload, Streets of Rage 4, Everspace, Huntdown, and Endless Sky all spring to mind.
Corporate suits love money, and if something is selling well of course developers are going to make those kinds of games, its much less complicated than your making it out to be, and live services are still the minority of AAA games, right now I'm looking at the 20 most recently released AAA games on ps5 and none of them are live service games and none of them have microtranactions, like 10% of AAA games have MTs
A lot of people who grew up with retro video games now have the technology or the knowledge to make the games they always wanted to play themselves, using new tools and techniques to make old looking games look incredible rather than trying to chase the uncanny valley that is AAA "realism".
I abandoned the AAA gaming space about a year ago never to return. I'm more than happy with retro and indie games (like on the PICO-8). Better to game in moderation and saves a lot of money too!
Indies ARE the furture of gaming. AAA companies will slowly die off as the years role on. The biggest titles of last year and even this year arent AAA games. They are indie and AA games.
@@mechanicalmonk2020 Good work deserves profit, it's just that simple. AAA games want profit just by ticking boxes on a trending features list, and failing at that.
Exactly this. AAA industry is games by committee to create a product. Most indie games (that I can tell) are actually games made by people passionate about gaming, who hope to make money while making what they love. Product vs Art.
Now days AAA companys like EA thinks that they can throw us the same garbage with a lot of microtransactions and DLC and we are going to accept it?. No sir.
I need most of these games. Not the Strafe one or Mother Russia, but everything else. Lol. Also, thanks for the shoutout! I haven’t beaten Inmost either, but I love looking at it and loved playing it.
My god… 😂 I’ve never seen a video one of yours, but the “giggle bites” mess has me all [sensible chuckle] 😅 You’re killin me smalls! Seeing how these perform on a minipc that doesn’t cost $h!t… I’m loving it. I used to be all “how much power can I cram into this itx case!?” Yeah, these days I just want to play some awesome pixelart indie games and maybe file my taxes… maybe. 😅 Seems to be the thing I didn’t know I was missing!
Best gaming channel for me, who in the last couple of months just discovered retro emulation and the anbernic range of handhelds! After first playing video games in around 1982, things in many ways couldn’t be better for us oldies haha! Keep it up, ‘Dweeb!
Thanks for keeping the indie games spirit alive, nostalgia overdose on this one, i rarely see "Mother Russia Bleeds" on lists, that game is beyond amazing. Also, i'm sure that you know it, but Noita is one of the best if not the best indie games ever made.
Holy moly. I didn’t even realize this is the review nitch I needed in my life. You are sooooo right. Keep being you TechDweeb. You are quickly becoming one of my favorite RUclipsrs.
True. I feel bad for the developers who want to make an amazing game but have to answer to the corp that owns them. Must be frustrating to see the problems but unable to do anything about them.
I LOVE indie games, because of your videos I pretty much play botvice everytime I have a short timespan to play and want some immediate action. The only AAA games I want to play nowadays are from the ps3 era (borderlands, bioshock, batman, etctera), probably because it was my last console, so i'm slowly buying those games when there is a sale on my country. Also I got to know more and more indie games after I watched your channel and Clemmy from Best Indie Games youtube channel, my wishlist inflated like a ballon and keeps expanding 🤣🤣
That's why I now play retro and Indie games. Even though I don't have a console or a PC but I can honestly say that Indie and retro games are just fun! No overlapping cinematics, dragged on load times, non sensical huge updates, stupid DLCs, and micro transactions. We can still get immersive experiences on retro and Indie games without frustrating you and saves you some money. 👌
I miss the 360 era so much. It was peak gaming. Gaming needs a revolution. Games utilized gameplay mechanics that have proven to be timeless. Devs were like, It's a game, will get right to the point & focus on doing what u want really well. Modern Console libraries are lacking selection & quality so much. Devs should never stop taking inspiration from previous game gens. Timeless games don't need hyper realistic graphics. Some of the best games have unique art styles. Anytime i say this someone in the comments always says: "umm well we have indie games" but my point is we need these kind of game selection on CONSOLES as well. PC's have steam & tons of access to a unique library of creative projects. Look at the Game Library of the most recent game consoles? Now look at previous generation consoles? There's no competition. It's not even close to the PS2, N64, PS1, Xbox, GameCube, Dreamcast, 360, PS3, etc. If game devs & game companies realize they are wasting such insane amounts of $ & time to make a game that still runs so terribly (no matter if u have the best PC possible. Which proves it's how these games were made. Not the tech hardware needing a upgrade. I bet we haven't even come close to pushing modern hardware to it's limits yet) *So if devs & companies can see the benefit of them taking inspiration from previous game generation designs, they might realize it wouldn't take so long to make a game, it wouldn't cost so much money to make EACH GAME. Give these things a chance to prove they are capable of being timeless. Hopefully we see a resurgence of pure nerdy passion & focus from devs if they are allowed to just focus on smaller passion projects. Especially with today's technological advancements. Previous games should still inspire newer games no matter how far into the future we go. We shouldn't leave those unique aspects of gaming universe in the past. Hopefully the struggles of the modern day triple AAA games will organically shift change back towards a better direction. I just worry about the gaming industry being at a certain point where people who are severely out of touch with the core gaming community are the ones that are making the most decisions and forcing devs to do things they completely don't want to do because they know it's a bad idea.. I wish we didn't have so many game companies get bought out. I miss when a game was a project worked on by a group of passionate people who decided they wanted to create this passion project.. Now it's like a popular underground band getting bought out by a mega Corp and now they have full say in the way they play music and when they play music and what they say in their music.. I hope gaming snaps out of this dark chapter and they find their roots they left in the wake of the Y2K era..
I've always loved pixel art games. There are only a few AAA titles that interested me, such as Gran Turismo or Fallout. The best thing is that all I have to do is spend $100 on a used switch and I have access to all these beautiful pixels.
While they're not for everyone, I'd argue Nintendo is a AAA company and many of their games are very good. Unfortunately companies like Microsoft, Sony, etc. have looked at the success of the Switch and only seen it as a sign that there's still a market for handhelds, rather than seeing how prioritizing enjoyable gameplay experiences leads to success / profit.
When games have budgets, I think a lot of people forget where that money goes, it's for paying for labour (now whether that labour money is going into the pockets of the people actually working on the game is another point, again leadership), people are THE most expensive aspect of any production, so just having loads of money isn't going to improve anything. It's more that it gives companies more time if the company is being managed adequately. So then its a question of leadership. Money is just a resource like anything else and has to be managed accordingly. Just having loads of it isn't going to equal into a better product.
Halls of Torment and Balatro are among my addictions. But I might try some of your other suggestions! I also love survivorslikes and indie games in general.
you're now responsible of the n-th enlargment of my wishlist ahahah Btw this time i pushed the subscribe button! Hope you make even more videos like this one
i rarely comment, but, i have to say, because of you i bought a RX6400, once i get her running, i could not believe in my eyes. it is a good GPU, so, thanks.
Some nice recommendations! And yeah, love me some Balatro. I think with "triple A" games or high budget games, it's mostly some of the western RPGs that can be hit or miss lately. But on the JRPG side, although the story trope can be repetitive at times, the quality of the higher budget series like Final Fantasy, Persona, Xenoblade Chronicles etc, are consistently high. You should give them a shot if you haven't already.
Theres only one thing indie developers have more of than big companies, and thats passion for the game they are making. The only big company where you can still see a bit of passion for their work is nintendo but unfortunately they dont create new IPs like other companies do.
I have been enjoying BallisticNG a lot recently, can't recommend it enough for anyone who likes a fast racing game! Also a lot of Balatro of course. Just bough Halls of Torment to try it on the deck later.
Love the indies, man. When I think of good modern AAAs, my mind defaults to Capcom games like RE7 all the way to up RE4 remake. Nintendo makes great AAA games too, but man, their prices almost never come down. Old AAAs, like from the 6th gen era, are still awesome. Burnout Revenge, Downhill Domination, Tony Hawk's Underground, TimeSplitters, Freekstyle... On my PC, these might as well be modern indie games.
I quit AAA games over 10 years ago, and so far no AAA game has made me feel like I'm missing out. They offer nothing indies can't offer. Even high fidelity graphics isn't an advantage. They don't turn me on, they make maps overly cluttered, and the gameplay is less satisfying, because they need yellow paint to tell you where you can climb, and that sort of stuff that removes the satisfaction of finding stuff out for yourself. One of the main things that lead me to quit AAA gaming back then, was in Skyrim: the only reason I was able to play that game was a mod that removed the vision adaptation effect for when you entered an interior space, which strained my eyes to tears and couldn't be turned off in any other way. I had similar problems with ArmA 1 and 2, but there was no way to turn it off, so I couldn't play them at all. Money wasted. Lots of games had similar problems. That, and the DRMs, and the prices, and the decline in actual quality of the gaming experience that I was noticing, among other things, lead me to just stop caring about AAA entirely. And the more I've seen the AAA scene evolve over the years, the less I miss it.
i haven’t played any of the AAA garbage in years. (except one or two nintendo games) I am very vulnerable with my adhd to all the micro transaction bs. And i haven’t regretted it the last 5 years or longer. Play Indie games, they are beautiful art!
I misheard you saying: "...Iris Sexy Graphics." 🤣 Noticed most of the presented games to play on my SD. Also this reminded me of one game I want to add to the list because its deeply touching: "This War of Mine". Check it out. You wont regret having it in your library. Love ❤️
So I have this hypothesis that nearly all of the numerous problems in the AAA space can be traced back to how much money is spent on making them. AAA budgets have become so enormous, so inflated that, just for example, the developer/publisher simply can not afford for the game to be anything less than a massive financial success upon release, which means that the game must be made to cater to the broadest audience and the "lowest common denominator," to put it politely because if it isn't there won't be a large enough target audience to recoup their costs and turn a profit. We're now reaching a point where AAA games have grown to be so expensive to make that even the strategy of targeting anyone that can hold a controller and breathe isn't enough to remain profitable anymore, which is why so many of them are also jam-packed with shoehorned-in microtransactions and DLC, because every single possible revenue stream must be exploited in order to keep the ship above water. There's tons of other problems that can also be linked to the overgrown budget problem, but this isn't the best format to go into a ton of detail, so I encourage anyone interested in the topic to do some research on how game development and the business practices around it have changed since the 90s/early-00s to now and how it has impacted game development as a whole.
“I hate to say A-toad-a-so, Julien. But A-toad-a-so, I F______ A-toad-a-so!”
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It's all water under the fridge, boys.
You beat me to it lol! I laughed. Corey and Trevor 4 Life
I'm uhmurican, and I've only seen maybe a 16th of Trailer Park Boys, but when hearing the names "Cory and Trevor", my mind immediately went there lol is that what yall were referring to? Lmao..
Also, why did they recast Cory??
This is my first time watching this guy. Does he always make tpb references?
I’m glad other people here are also fans
indie games aren't bogged down by trying to please corporate either 😂
Yet
They also tend to install on Linux (free and open source OSes) natively (no Wine needed) and run smoother than their Windows versions. Dead Cells, Overload, Streets of Rage 4, Everspace, Huntdown, and Endless Sky all spring to mind.
Exactly!
Shareholder Value. A.I.
Equity diverse and scaling innovation. All the buzz words 😂
Corporate suits love money, and if something is selling well of course developers are going to make those kinds of games, its much less complicated than your making it out to be, and live services are still the minority of AAA games, right now I'm looking at the 20 most recently released AAA games on ps5 and none of them are live service games and none of them have microtranactions, like 10% of AAA games have MTs
Retro and Indie games are where it’s at.
Agreed
Facts
AAA now stands for "an awkward attempt" at a game
Indie game not just better but Indie game is what games suppose to be.
100% agreed
A lot of people who grew up with retro video games now have the technology or the knowledge to make the games they always wanted to play themselves, using new tools and techniques to make old looking games look incredible rather than trying to chase the uncanny valley that is AAA "realism".
I agree, the current game engines are more than powerful enough to make any games with PS1/early PS2 graphics.
I abandoned the AAA gaming space about a year ago never to return. I'm more than happy with retro and indie games (like on the PICO-8). Better to game in moderation and saves a lot of money too!
Indies ARE the furture of gaming. AAA companies will slowly die off as the years role on. The biggest titles of last year and even this year arent AAA games. They are indie and AA games.
The indie scene really excites me -- more so than most "AAA" titles these days. We need more coverage on the gaming sites and channels!
This is the real deal. Indies make games while AAA gaming industry is making products.
So if a game attempts to make a profit then it's by definition not indie, right?
@@mechanicalmonk2020 Good work deserves profit, it's just that simple. AAA games want profit just by ticking boxes on a trending features list, and failing at that.
Exactly this. AAA industry is games by committee to create a product. Most indie games (that I can tell) are actually games made by people passionate about gaming, who hope to make money while making what they love.
Product vs Art.
Products are things you buy so yes indie games are products too
@mechanicalmonk2020 an indie game is just a low budget game made by a small developer
Great video, and I agree with a lot of your choices! Indie games are amazing
One could say Indie games are all stuff and no fluff.
Now days AAA companys like EA thinks that they can throw us the same garbage with a lot of microtransactions and DLC and we are going to accept it?. No sir.
I can buy 5-10 amazing indie games for the price of one bloated unfun AAA game. I'm happy for that tradeoff!
Ea sports has a 35 billion dollar net worth unfortunately not everyone feels the same way as you, seeing as they keep buying the newest games
@@TechDweeb I Say the same here!.
Good videos by the way and keep up the good work!
Sadly, too many sheeple keep supporting the DLC / microtranactions business model.
Unfortunately, most people are gladly accepting it, which is why we are where we are
I've been saying this for a LONG time. Video games are art, and when artists are free to pour their love into their work, it shows. \m/
Well said!
I agree a 100%. Indies and Retro ♥️
More of these please. Indie devs need more love !
Games are works of art, and for that reason, if a game is not made by artists it will not be a work of art. Just that simple.
A developer wouldn't be able to make games without artists, a AAA game is nothing more than a big budget game made by a large developer
I need most of these games. Not the Strafe one or Mother Russia, but everything else. Lol. Also, thanks for the shoutout! I haven’t beaten Inmost either, but I love looking at it and loved playing it.
What makes a good game is heart. Indie games are a labor of love.
I love all the games you showed us today. You're awesome TechDweeb!
Thanks buddy!
thank you for including archvale on your list, im glad you've been enjoying it so far!
My god… 😂 I’ve never seen a video one of yours, but the “giggle bites” mess has me all [sensible chuckle] 😅
You’re killin me smalls! Seeing how these perform on a minipc that doesn’t cost $h!t… I’m loving it. I used to be all “how much power can I cram into this itx case!?” Yeah, these days I just want to play some awesome pixelart indie games and maybe file my taxes… maybe. 😅 Seems to be the thing I didn’t know I was missing!
Added a bunch of these to my backlog, always appreciate more indie recommendations. Thanks Dweeb!
This guy could totally be a voice actor for cartoons or anime.
He's got a perfect voice for the nerdy sidekick, like Sly Cooper's friend Bentley.
Best gaming channel for me, who in the last couple of months just discovered retro emulation and the anbernic range of handhelds! After first playing video games in around 1982, things in many ways couldn’t be better for us oldies haha! Keep it up, ‘Dweeb!
Thanks for keeping the indie games spirit alive, nostalgia overdose on this one, i rarely see "Mother Russia Bleeds" on lists, that game is beyond amazing. Also, i'm sure that you know it, but Noita is one of the best if not the best indie games ever made.
Thanks for the list of games. I found a few games and added them to my wishlist
Indie games that are passion projects tend to feel nostalgic.
Current AAA games are often too complex.
Triple A games are for corporate. Indie and retro games are for the gamer.
indies are already better just by considering the price and size
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite tech channels.
Thanks for saying so!
Indie games are great! That is until the corporate overlords buy them out and take over. Remember when Minecraft was an indie game?
Strafe has the GREATEST commercial of ALL TIME.
the"you scratched my cd" guy
Chained Echoes, Broforce, Soulstone Survivors. Boom - thats easily 300 hours of pure fun right there!
Now now, Skull and Bones is not triple A, it's the worlds first QUAD A game.
Holy moly. I didn’t even realize this is the review nitch I needed in my life. You are sooooo right. Keep being you TechDweeb. You are quickly becoming one of my favorite RUclipsrs.
These games will be great for my Steam Deck. Thank you 😊
Chained Echoes is incredibly deep and well crafted for a single dev game. Add it to your list if you haven’t played it already.
Awesome video General Dweeb. So many hidden gems in the Indie Game space.
Great list. Added a few to the old wishlist.
Keep sharing the dank indie games with us lol I’m always looking for new fun ones
How did I not know that Total Biscuit (John Bain) passed away... 😥... It's been 8 YEARS! I hope his family is ok, He is truly missed.
He was one of my favourites
Inmost has an excellent soundtrack. I just love the sound in this game.
I looked into Archvale awhile ago and was pulled in with the description of Zelda and Enter the Gungeon. I loved this game.
AAA games aren’t the problem. It’s their corporate overlords and ESG nonsense. It’s kinda sad.
True. I feel bad for the developers who want to make an amazing game but have to answer to the corp that owns them. Must be frustrating to see the problems but unable to do anything about them.
I LOVE indie games, because of your videos I pretty much play botvice everytime I have a short timespan to play and want some immediate action. The only AAA games I want to play nowadays are from the ps3 era (borderlands, bioshock, batman, etctera), probably because it was my last console, so i'm slowly buying those games when there is a sale on my country. Also I got to know more and more indie games after I watched your channel and Clemmy from Best Indie Games youtube channel, my wishlist inflated like a ballon and keeps expanding 🤣🤣
That's why I now play retro and Indie games. Even though I don't have a console or a PC but I can honestly say that Indie and retro games are just fun! No overlapping cinematics, dragged on load times, non sensical huge updates, stupid DLCs, and micro transactions. We can still get immersive experiences on retro and Indie games without frustrating you and saves you some money. 👌
I miss the 360 era so much. It was peak gaming. Gaming needs a revolution. Games utilized gameplay mechanics that have proven to be timeless. Devs were like, It's a game, will get right to the point & focus on doing what u want really well. Modern Console libraries are lacking selection & quality so much. Devs should never stop taking inspiration from previous game gens. Timeless games don't need hyper realistic graphics. Some of the best games have unique art styles. Anytime i say this someone in the comments always says: "umm well we have indie games" but my point is we need these kind of game selection on CONSOLES as well. PC's have steam & tons of access to a unique library of creative projects. Look at the Game Library of the most recent game consoles? Now look at previous generation consoles? There's no competition. It's not even close to the PS2, N64, PS1, Xbox, GameCube, Dreamcast, 360, PS3, etc.
If game devs & game companies realize they are wasting such insane amounts of $ & time to make a game that still runs so terribly (no matter if u have the best PC possible. Which proves it's how these games were made. Not the tech hardware needing a upgrade. I bet we haven't even come close to pushing modern hardware to it's limits yet) *So if devs & companies can see the benefit of them taking inspiration from previous game generation designs, they might realize it wouldn't take so long to make a game, it wouldn't cost so much money to make EACH GAME. Give these things a chance to prove they are capable of being timeless. Hopefully we see a resurgence of pure nerdy passion & focus from devs if they are allowed to just focus on smaller passion projects. Especially with today's technological advancements. Previous games should still inspire newer games no matter how far into the future we go. We shouldn't leave those unique aspects of gaming universe in the past. Hopefully the struggles of the modern day triple AAA games will organically shift change back towards a better direction. I just worry about the gaming industry being at a certain point where people who are severely out of touch with the core gaming community are the ones that are making the most decisions and forcing devs to do things they completely don't want to do because they know it's a bad idea.. I wish we didn't have so many game companies get bought out. I miss when a game was a project worked on by a group of passionate people who decided they wanted to create this passion project.. Now it's like a popular underground band getting bought out by a mega Corp and now they have full say in the way they play music and when they play music and what they say in their music.. I hope gaming snaps out of this dark chapter and they find their roots they left in the wake of the Y2K era..
I've always loved pixel art games. There are only a few AAA titles that interested me, such as Gran Turismo or Fallout. The best thing is that all I have to do is spend $100 on a used switch and I have access to all these beautiful pixels.
Fun Gameplay over fancy boring graphics !
Might have to give that racing game a try looks freakin rad!
Did you just coin the term "Survivors-like" ? 😂😂😂 Found your channel today and I'm lovin' it!
INMOST!!! I freaking love this game the story is SOOOO touching. Great taste dood!
While they're not for everyone, I'd argue Nintendo is a AAA company and many of their games are very good. Unfortunately companies like Microsoft, Sony, etc. have looked at the success of the Switch and only seen it as a sign that there's still a market for handhelds, rather than seeing how prioritizing enjoyable gameplay experiences leads to success / profit.
When games have budgets, I think a lot of people forget where that money goes, it's for paying for labour (now whether that labour money is going into the pockets of the people actually working on the game is another point, again leadership), people are THE most expensive aspect of any production, so just having loads of money isn't going to improve anything. It's more that it gives companies more time if the company is being managed adequately. So then its a question of leadership. Money is just a resource like anything else and has to be managed accordingly. Just having loads of it isn't going to equal into a better product.
[Merlyn Wood:]
"Don't call me stupid, that ain't the way my name pronounced" LOL
I don't care anymore about western AAA, but japanese AAA are still great.
I still don't know why this channel doesn't have more subs
What are the list of games from the intro (0:37-1:11)? Especially the food cooking game! (But all of them looked great. I’m really curious)
bigger budget means more chefs in the kitchen
Off topic, but when is the next camping video coming? I really enjoy those!!
I normally don’t review individual games too often but Balatro was so good that I HAD to spread the good poker word.
Keep spreading the good word buddy!
@@TechDweeb 🫡🫡🫡 and thanks for the amazing content, Mr. Dweeb!
Halls of Torment and Balatro are among my addictions. But I might try some of your other suggestions!
I also love survivorslikes and indie games in general.
Saved to my playlist, will definitely get some of these games when I get my hands on steam deck. thanks for the video.
you're now responsible of the n-th enlargment of my wishlist ahahah
Btw this time i pushed the subscribe button! Hope you make even more videos like this one
Usually I’m stupid but it’s a good thing I discovered you today so I clicked the subscribe button so I wouldn’t be stupid today!
Whats the RPG shown @ 0:40?
I want to know what it is too!
i rarely comment, but, i have to say, because of you i bought a RX6400, once i get her running, i could not believe in my eyes. it is a good GPU, so, thanks.
Niiice! Glad you're enjoying it!
Doom t.c. mods are great, too. Check out ashes 2063 & afterglow & the team are working on hard reset.
Blazing chrome reminds me of contra mixed with gun star heroes
Living under a rock is bad??? *sad Patrick noises*
i only subbed because i was called stupid. that alpha male energy is to be respected.
I've been called many things but an alpha male isn't one of them!
Bullshit, good games are not indie, good games are not AAAA, good games are just good and damn how big or small the budget is.
Man said Giggle-bytes
Indie games have love and actually are fun
Some nice recommendations! And yeah, love me some Balatro.
I think with "triple A" games or high budget games, it's mostly some of the western RPGs that can be hit or miss lately. But on the JRPG side, although the story trope can be repetitive at times, the quality of the higher budget series like Final Fantasy, Persona, Xenoblade Chronicles etc, are consistently high. You should give them a shot if you haven't already.
Theres only one thing indie developers have more of than big companies, and thats passion for the game they are making. The only big company where you can still see a bit of passion for their work is nintendo but unfortunately they dont create new IPs like other companies do.
The way the AAA games are heading Im even having second thoughts on buying Gta 6 when it comes out 😂
Loving a lot of these games.. inmost reminds me of teslagrad
Don’t insult my rock! It’s roomie!
Please more indie game recommendations. Thank yoooou.
Been saying this for a while. Future of gaming and movies is (in the past but also) indie.
Nice list of games. Hope to see my game on your channel some day :)
awesome video as always :)
couldn't find this PC in amazon CA, would you have any suggestion to fellow Canadians?
I'm a big fan of the 5700u mini PCs in terms of price:performance. This brand makes a good product - amzn.to/3vEavln
100% agreed ,Indie are much Fun to play
Great topic!!
My favorite retro indie is CrossCode. Big Secret of Mana vibes, but plays like a super modern version.
I've been subscribed for years now. Bow to my superior smartitude!
I know you only shown it in the B-Roll, but Dave the Diver isn't an indie game. It's developed by MintRocket, which is a studio owned by Nexon.
Fair point
Oh I'm stupid...stupid like a fox! LOL
More indie games recommendation, please.
Mother Russia Bleeds is a banger! Played the crap out of it with a lot of friends. They first say "nah" but then they end up buying it themselves
I have been enjoying BallisticNG a lot recently, can't recommend it enough for anyone who likes a fast racing game!
Also a lot of Balatro of course. Just bough Halls of Torment to try it on the deck later.
I subscribed. You had me at “stupid” 😂
Love the indies, man. When I think of good modern AAAs, my mind defaults to Capcom games like RE7 all the way to up RE4 remake. Nintendo makes great AAA games too, but man, their prices almost never come down. Old AAAs, like from the 6th gen era, are still awesome. Burnout Revenge, Downhill Domination, Tony Hawk's Underground, TimeSplitters, Freekstyle... On my PC, these might as well be modern indie games.
Well said
I quit AAA games over 10 years ago, and so far no AAA game has made me feel like I'm missing out. They offer nothing indies can't offer. Even high fidelity graphics isn't an advantage. They don't turn me on, they make maps overly cluttered, and the gameplay is less satisfying, because they need yellow paint to tell you where you can climb, and that sort of stuff that removes the satisfaction of finding stuff out for yourself.
One of the main things that lead me to quit AAA gaming back then, was in Skyrim: the only reason I was able to play that game was a mod that removed the vision adaptation effect for when you entered an interior space, which strained my eyes to tears and couldn't be turned off in any other way.
I had similar problems with ArmA 1 and 2, but there was no way to turn it off, so I couldn't play them at all. Money wasted. Lots of games had similar problems.
That, and the DRMs, and the prices, and the decline in actual quality of the gaming experience that I was noticing, among other things, lead me to just stop caring about AAA entirely. And the more I've seen the AAA scene evolve over the years, the less I miss it.
Another day with the Tech King 👑
i haven’t played any of the AAA garbage in years. (except one or two nintendo games) I am very vulnerable with my adhd to all the micro transaction bs. And i haven’t regretted it the last 5 years or longer. Play Indie games, they are beautiful art!
I misheard you saying: "...Iris Sexy Graphics." 🤣
Noticed most of the presented games to play on my SD. Also this reminded me of one game I want to add to the list because its deeply touching: "This War of Mine".
Check it out. You wont regret having it in your library. Love ❤️
Well they are that too
So I have this hypothesis that nearly all of the numerous problems in the AAA space can be traced back to how much money is spent on making them. AAA budgets have become so enormous, so inflated that, just for example, the developer/publisher simply can not afford for the game to be anything less than a massive financial success upon release, which means that the game must be made to cater to the broadest audience and the "lowest common denominator," to put it politely because if it isn't there won't be a large enough target audience to recoup their costs and turn a profit. We're now reaching a point where AAA games have grown to be so expensive to make that even the strategy of targeting anyone that can hold a controller and breathe isn't enough to remain profitable anymore, which is why so many of them are also jam-packed with shoehorned-in microtransactions and DLC, because every single possible revenue stream must be exploited in order to keep the ship above water. There's tons of other problems that can also be linked to the overgrown budget problem, but this isn't the best format to go into a ton of detail, so I encourage anyone interested in the topic to do some research on how game development and the business practices around it have changed since the 90s/early-00s to now and how it has impacted game development as a whole.