clem84
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Is this based on an old pen&paper game book from the eighties? I remember reading a book with the same name when I was a kid.The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Is this based on an old pen&paper game book from the eighties? I remember reading a book with the same name when I was a kid.The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
I would also remove Torment, it's not out yet and it's not a genre that is fitted for Early Access.
Yup, it's an expanded adaptation of the gamebook, much like Inkle's Sorcery series was for thoseIs this based on an old pen&paper game book from the eighties? I remember reading a book with the same name when I was a kid.
Owlboy and Momodora seem like easy recommendations, then. If you've got a Vita, Severed is amazing. Hyper Light Drifter, too.
Virginia might be out of your comfort zone, but it's a very interesting narrative adventure.
Thumper is just recommended for everyone to try out, and it's challenging as hell.
Pixel art isn't retro. As for the games, one is a tight action platformer with skillful combat and the other is a near-decade-in-the-making metroidvania with dual stick shooter elements, puzzles, and some adventure game DNAI looked at those but couldn't get past the graphics. I'm not into the retro visuals.
The teams, the tools and the tech has all improved, but the depth of gameplay hasn't really followed yet. This resulted in a list of games which are good, but nothing that demands to be in a goty list or seem like games I have seen before.
November
Owlboy
House of the Dying Sun
Dungeon Rats
Small Radios Big Televisions - 11/8
Planet Coaster - 11/17
Islands
Astroneer is slated for December, but considering the indie scene, you never know what might just appear out of the blue this month and next
December
Astroneer
IndeedOne could go so far as to say there's never been a better time to be playing video games.
And those are only select examples, most of the well known ones. There are tons of others I'd probably add if I was including more obscure titlesHaven't heard of most of these games. I need to look into the indie scene.
One could go so far as to say there's never been a better time to be playing video games.
What about Guacamelee if pixel art isn't your thing?I looked at those but couldn't get past the graphics. I'm not into the retro visuals.
People forget about Gunvolt 2 because JP indies are completely ignored
Inside will be played for a long time to come as a masterclass of how to nail dystopic storytelling through gameplay.The Witness was neat and Gunvolt 2 was unreasonably fantastic, but I have to say that's about all the 2016 indies I'll replay ten years from now. Many good games, but so few greats, to my taste.
Still though, the GOTY being an indie game is pretty cool, I suppose.
It certainly is unfortunate that OP's list leaves out the GOTY 2016!
Astroneer is slated for December, but considering the indie scene, you never know what might just appear out of the blue this month and next
December
Astroneer
I think December is a bad time window to release a game, due to the presence of Steam sales. So I don't expect too many remaining surprises.
Man, if we get Miegakure this year, 2016 will have been a gold standard for puzzlers. The Witness, Sausage Roll, Obduction, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Shenzen, and Miegakure?
Oh boy. I might have talked too fast. OH BOY.
Wait, Desync is coming this year? I've been hyped for it for a while. The developers say 2017, though.The gameplay in Desync is somehow better than Bulletstorm and Doom with a fraction of the budget, and it might make 2016 as well.
NooooooWait, Desync is coming this year? I've been hyped for it for a while. The developers say 2017, though.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/390030/
https://twitter.com/foregone_
"Quietly building DESYNC with @adultswimgames. 2017."
Noooooo
I would also suggest The Final Station and Epistory.
TFS is a great atmospheric survival horrorish / train management game. Short but sweet.
Epistory is a typing adventure game with a really lovely art style.