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Comic: https://www.deathbulge.com/comics/441
Alt text: Yeah yeah, there's always exceptions, I mean look no further than the game in the 2nd panel, not the most thrilling gameplay, is it?
Cozy Pixel Dating Exposition Building Pastel Farming Dog Quirky Fishing Rogue-lite Crafter
Capitalism ruins another awesome part of our lives.
Indie games aren't capitalism?
Are indie better because of capitalism or despite capitalism? It's despite.
there have always been loads of shitty games, same witb movies/music etc. the bad just gets forgotten with time
I mean⦠if you only have a console (or even worse: only a Smartphone) I get why it looks like that to people. Some people apparently don't even have a PC or laptop anymore.
I'm genuinely upset at how miserable the mobile scene is compared to the rest.
I've got a phone that's orders of magnitude above a TurboGrafx or a Game Gear, but 95% of the games are GACHA crap or so ad bloated as to be unplayable.
Yeah, it's abysmal. I still rock a OnePlus 7 Pro from 2019 with /e/OS, that damn thing can run Crysis (I tried, works with Winlator - lots of compatibility bugs though). The SoCs are so powerful Valve designs a whole stand-alone VR system around it able to play full-blown PC titles. Modern phones got crazy performance.
Good games without all the extorsion money simply can't compete in the attention game though and people won't pay money for something worthwhile if there's a storm of crap "for free". The internet and digital spaces in general got utterly broken by surveillanve capitalism. But, you seeβ¦ it's for β¨the economyβ¨.
Ultrakill, Deltarune and Celeste are my favorite video games, all indie I think.
So true! If you ignore big corpo and their slop, we actually live in a golden age of gaming.
We always have and I've often ignored big corp.
Same thing for movies, music, etc. The people that piss and moan about their media being terrible are the ones that can't be bothered to lift a finger to seek out something better. They only bother with media that falls into their lap, and that's petty much all determined by studios that care more about profits than quality.
I think it's still a bit of a fair critique.
There were always sequels and garbage 30 years ago but someone who maybe only saw a movie a year the chance that it would be a new IP were higher. Studios are allergic to risk so they would prefer a mediocre known quality.
That said you're right there's more media than ever and tones of interesting options in niche areas. That said discoverability is not free. You have to put in a decent amount of effort and even still you might end up watching a niche indie darling that was never for you and come out disappointed.
For someone who only periodically dips into a form of media I think the current landscape is undeniably worse than it was and I understand when they complain about it.
Games that I have enjoyed that are indie:
Its a wild ride I recommend!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/
If you like peggle its a fun little game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1218210/Coromon/
Its like pokemon and amazing pixel art.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082710/Bug_Fables_The_Everlasting_Sapling/
If you liked Mario RPG titles this is a fun one.
What are your picks?
Right now I am hitting endgame in SolarPunk. I fucking love it.
Im the type, if a game hands you a gun, and says go kill the bad guys, Ill pass. It's very clear in this game, it will not be for everyone, I however, have sunk 60 hours into it in the last few weeks. It's for me, and I love it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/Blue_Prince/
A fun puzzle game with lots of layers to it. There's the original, stated goal. But as you work towards it, you discover lore that points you towards other puzzles.
For real, there's so much more variety these days than there was ten or fifteen years ago. I feel like these are the golden days of gaming where everyone can find the exact niche game that they are looking for