• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      This was such a good interactive story. Took me less than a day to go through it, but there are some sections I will never forget. The bathtub and the fish plant created some crazy emotions, I was happy to piece together what was happening, but then I had to see it through without any way to avoid the inevitable.

      (Trying to stay ambiguous for anyone who wants to check out it. You totally should!)

    • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      6·
      4 months ago

      This game singlehandedly destroyed my negative perspective on walking simulators. Legit must-play for everyone. Lewis’ scene still makes me tear up.

    • Olkiss@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      4 months ago

      Maybe. I consider Greedfall as indie game as not really known. I love it. So, maybe, yes. the “small” is little bit too much… 😅

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        I’m sure the others had a bigger budget, but yeah, the first one was hardly anything.

        Of course they only needed to build one room, part of another, and then just change the lighting over and over.

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      I disliked the second one specifically because they gave it a decent budget. The original is genius for how it does so much with so little.

      The third is an oddball. Made-for-TV budget and quality. It’s interesting for fans of the series, but nothing special.

  • Einar@lemmy.zip
    9·
    4 months ago

    Games:

    • To the Moon
    • Gris
    • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
    • This War of Mine
    • Inked: A Tale of Love
    • Papers, Please

    Movies (this list I had to think about for a while…):

    • 50/50 (2011)
    • Amour (2012)
    • The Station Agent (2003)
    • Columbus (2017)
    • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

    Books:

    • The Bookshop
    • The Lives of Others

    Edit: spelling

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
    101·
    4 months ago

    Most indie games will end up better than pretty much every AAA title. The best games I’ve played in the last decade were either indie or AA.

    Roboquest, Pathfinder WotR, Dyson Sphere Program, Outer Wilds, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Rogue Trader, Darktide, Abiotic Factor, Rimworld, Stellaris, DV Rings of Saturn, Hardspace Shipbreaker, Voices of the Void, Expedition 33, Blue Prince, Tiny Glade, Witchfire, Instruments of Destruction, Heart of the Machine, Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon, A Webbing Journey, Planet Crafter, Kenshi, X4, Ultrakill, Schedule 1, the list goes on.

    All amazing games, none of them AAA.

  • RampageDon@lemmy.ca
    8·
    4 months ago

    Thomas was alone. Never have I had such strong feelings for a bunch squares and rectangles

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      1·
      4 months ago

      Oh man. I played the original HL2 mod of that back in the day and the build I played was a bit glitchy. At various points of it, a silhouette of Esther appears in the distance to the point you’re not sure if you’ve seen her, but on one play through, the silhouetted female NPC model didn’t disappear for me and I was able to get up close to it. That was almost as eerie and profound as how the mod was supposed to be.

      The original Stanley Parable was a HL2 mod around the same time as well. I liked that enough to buy the official release later. Not so for Esther.

  • ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    TUNIC
    It’s a good game in general, but

    spoiler

    If you, as a kid, had to decipher an older sibling’s notes in game manual, it hits that nostalgia right on the nose. And then turns it on its head.