TAKE. THE. INDIE. PILL

And they had very little influence over the development of the game.

whenever i play an indie game i get reminded why they're indie

I have and there's some great games on there.

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Proof?

you clearly do not get the message if you look at the pic and see "only play indie games".
the message is play good games,rather than the top crust of garbage like halo infinite (more like small and limited) and cod vanguard

>fromsoft
>employees: 332
>indie dev

That doesn't change anything.

Thank god Activision had nothing to do with the indie game Sekiro

Based and indiepilled
>sonic mania
Uhhhh

Indie just means independent. A game dev that self publishes and develops their own game while not being a part of a larger corporation is categorically an indepenent developer. So you're right that they aren't but not for the right reason.

So is the joke whoever made this literally just randomly put games on the top. It's not really funny or clever or anything

>fucking rdr2
>indie game

Yeah OP, you're right, indies are better, but what the FUCK is that image?

Not him. FromSoftware is a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation.

These are all basic bitch indies, is there some autist who dumpster dives for a living and actually finds hidden gems in the tidal wave of steam trash?

Ah yes, the famous indie devs such as Capcom, Bandai Namco or FROMSOFTWARE...

We need to make a distinction between indie shit and indipendent developers, because it's ruining the image of actually good games

>indie game
>it's just a copy of an old game without changing the formula

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Yeah, that's what i'm getting at.

Why is DMC5 there? No indie dev made or worked on that

What are you looking for?

I understand your argument but it is plain stupid to categorize any AA or AAA studio as “indie” just because they have the rare privilege of choosing their publisher for their games

This, but because they're unique, original, soulful, and you can tell there is a passionate dev team (or dev singular) behind it with a cohesive vision, rather than a soulless corporation

I'm the one that made the OP image and yes he is a retard, the idea is that there are good games coming out from indies, AA and AAA devs if you know where to look
only looking to Ubisoft, EA, Activision, Blizzard and letting them form your view of the entire industry is retarded beyond belief
Yea Forums doesn't want to be optimistic about games however, they'd rather just shitpost about them because TORtanics and Crowbcat videos are more fun

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Indie shit troon brainwashed you hard

Almost none of those games are indie.

>The Last Night
Vaporware.

Most indie games are massive improvements on retro games in terms of graphics, animation, sound, AI, control, physics, mechanics, customization, etc.

There are plenty of older games that don't really have a modern equivalent, but there are also many more retro games that have indie games that use similar general ideas and vastly improve on them.

I don't think most people realize that majority of retro games were produced in under a year by a small team.

Indie games that are doing something interesting and not poorly imitating retro shit or just games with an interesting style or mood that aren't the same 10 games everyone recommends.

Some of the best indie games I've played with a focus on gameplay:

20XX
Amplitude
Assault Android Cactus
Atomicrops
Baba Is You
Banner Saga
Bastion
Blazing Chrome
Bleed 1+2
Blue Revolver
Broforce
Crosscode
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Cuphead
Cursed Castilla
Darkest Dungeon
Dead Cells
Dead Nation
Don't Starve
Downwell
Dustforce
FTL
Fight 'N Rage
Frostpunk
Furi
Fury Unleashed
Geometry Wars 3
Hades
Hollow Knight
Hotline Miami 1+2 (especially 2)
Iconoclasts
Into the Breach
Isaac AB+
Jamestown+
Katana Zero
La-Mulana
Monolith
Mother Russia Bleeds
N++
Nex Machina
Noita
OlliOlli 1+2
Outlast 1+2
Rabi Ribi
Race the Sun
Rain World
Resogun
Return of Obra Dinn
Rogue Legacy
Ruiner
Shovel Knight
Sine Mora
Spelunky
Splasher
Stardew Valley
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Steredenn
Streets of Rage 4
Super Cloudbilt
Super House of Dead Ninjas
Super Meat Boy
Super Stardust HD
Synthetik
The End is Nigh
The Messenger
This is the Police
Thumper
Trackmania
Trials Evo/Fusion/Rising
Tricky Towers
Underrail
Valfaris
Velocity 2X

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Where the hell did you get this from? I specifically stated that they both develop and self publish their titles without any external influence or any kind. size is technically irrelevant.

Never played a good indie game

see

No it isnt retard.

Also any indie developer can "choose" their publisher. What you consider as indie devs can all self publish their titles by choice. Indie devs find publishers becuase it make it easier to market their products. I don't really know what you were getting at with this.

yea,i hate many modern trends,games and devs.
but none of that turns me into even 1% of the doomers people here are.
all they want to play is the top crust of AAA trash and wonder why nothing gets better for them.

No it isn't.

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Except from Bastion and Cuphead (that isn't exactly an indie game), it's all shovelwear garbage that isn't worth my time

store.steampowered.com/app/1249170/Mine_Dungeon/
store.steampowered.com/app/1295740/Mine_Dungeon2_Rurumus_trip/

Sonic Mania was funded and it is fully owned by Sega (except maybe for the engine, but if that's the case, that also applies to Unity, Unreal and Godot).

Translation: I've only played Bastion and Cuphead and just handwave the rest away despite having not played them at all

I guess Hades is also good but i didn't play it

Hades is actually one of the most overrated games way overhyped by normies. It's good, but there are tons of better games out there. Shows how little you have played though

this is high quality bait

Lemme ask you this. What HAVEN'T you played on that list?

but the only shovelware in that list is Shovel Knight.

Tactical Nexus
Jump King
Manifold Garden
Rain World
Noita
Not Another Needle Game
Baba is You
Dustforce
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Cyber Hook
NaissanceE

what kind of question is this? I haven't played the games I don't want to play, the point is I already assessed whether I want to play every game on that image

based but rdr 2 sucks.

>Shovelware
Hollow Knight is a 40+ hour adventure with 17 unique maps, and 47 bosses. The game has more bosses than other games have basic enemies.

La-Mulana is another 40+ hour adventure with 22 unique areas, and 9 bosses and 23 mini bosses.

I was going to help you narrow your choices down to the good ones.

Well if you haven't played most of the games on the list, then how do you figure they're all "basic bitch" games? Is it just a nebulous gut feeling you have?

What moron made this image?

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It's still garbage lool

the image contributes more to this board than your garbage posts ever will

>Resident Evil 2
>Red Dead Redemption 2
I'm not singling these out because they're AAA, I'm singling them out because they're dogshit and perfect examples of the ongoing issues in games.

I did and I do more for this board and high quality vidya discussion than you will ever know

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Based OC autist

You're the OoT comparison guy too? Look. You're not wrong about most of what I've seen. But goddamn are your images annoyingly persistent.