20151b No.14696056
Aside from this and Cuphead, were there any worthwhile indies in 2017?
43d460 No.14696075
fd5702 No.14696093
Horizon Zero Dawn. It is not really an indie, but to make such a feminist and anti-racist piece of art in these biggoted times is incredibly brave and deserves credit.
e700c5 No.14696145
>>14696056
Don't forget Owlboy (technically the end of 2016 but it was close enough and got lost up in the election hype)
There was a lot of pretty good shit, I'd have to go find a list
>>14696093
topkek
56f3c0 No.14696161
This is the only one that comes to mind.
c6c9f7 No.14696243
I liked ruiner, battle chasers (even if Joe mad is a prick) and hat in time.
Also fuck anyone who says Celeste, that game is basically Reddit.
5d8010 No.14696250
Not even shitposting. It's not as good as the games that inspired it, but it's better than any RPG made in 2017.
4a0f7c No.14696390
>>14696377
wasn't this pozzed as fuck?
e6afc2 No.14696423
>>14696377 (repeating numericals)
I played through Celeste, it was pretty meh. Gameplay was sort of okay, but the story was absolutely shit. The mountain is a metaphor for overcoming depression (I think) and they are very clear that everyone in the game has there own mental problems. One of the npc's is a dude from Seattle that likes to take selfies all the time, so no future proofing there. Nearly all characters are unlikable, except for cynical grandma. Gameplay, like I said, was passable, because the overall movement feels pretty nice but when you hit a dash reset cube or an enemy charges at you, you get enter this weird state of hitstun that really breaks the pace of the levels. Music was nice, but the whole thing gets pulled down by an inconsistent artstyle. The game itself is 7.4(?) bit but the icons, conversation text and images and the effects are high resolution.
>>14696390
Yup, for the love of God please do like I do; pirate it and do not buy it.
e6afc2 No.14696437
>>14696423
Forgot to mention: the game is really easy and I would not recommend. Play a better platformer.
39e3db No.14696442
>>14696390
It's by the developer of Towerfall: Ascension, who designed a character to intentionally resemble Anita Sarkeesian.
edd0ad No.14696455
>>14696056
東方天空璋 ～ Hidden Star in Four Seasons :^)
57ea4d No.14696682
Broaden games you're following throughout the year so you don't just end up playing the big and popular ones
>Super Cloudbuilt
>Rain World
>Darkwood
>Divinity: Original Sin 2
>What Remains of Edith Finch
>Nex Machina
>Everspace
>West of Loathing
>Little Nightmares
>Ruiner
>Hidden Folks
>Golf Story
>SteamWorld Dig 2
>Pyre
>A Hat in Time
>Thimbleweed Park
>Heat Signature
>Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Hope this helps
746dd1 No.14696762
Another Free DLC update for Hollow Knight was released like three days ago by the way.
Team Cherry is pretty based.
64f043 No.14696813
>>14696145
Owlboy was fucking garbage. Literally the definition of style over substance.
fbad85 No.14696816
>>14696075
Do you think Cuphead and Mugman get embarrassed when they sell their body for sex? Just wondering haha
1185bf No.14696829
>>14696816
what the fuck is with this artstyle. they look like girly niggers
746dd1 No.14696855
>>14696145
Except Owlboy was fucking hipster trash with Zero gameplay or substance.
20151b No.14696858
>>14696855
>>14696813
Is it really that bad? It's been in my backlog for quite a while, the art looks great
c2654f No.14696861
>>14696682
>Nex Machina
>Steamworld Dig 2
>Heat Signature
You are my nigger.
746dd1 No.14696912
>>14696682
I have yet to play West of Loathing
26991c No.14696940
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>14696858
Play it for yourself and find out. The studio's previous game was a decent (if overly simple) action game featuring the music of Savant, so I was interested to see how they approached a more open platformer style.
06145a No.14696953
>>14696816
Why do you have this saved anon?
73b4c7 No.14696980
>>14696056
>Cuphead
>worthwhile
It's shit
20151b No.14696988
>>14696980
>>14696075
why do butthurt sjws still get mad at cuphead?
8bf748 No.14697014
>>14696980
Did you managed to complete the tutorial yet?
579c7d No.14697041
>>14696390
The most pozzed I've played in a long time, but it has good gameplay and the girl is a qt.
>>14696437
>the game is really easy and I would not recommend
Nice joke, anon. The extra stages are tight as fuck and it isn't even RNG or trial and error meme difficulty.
>>14696813
Can confirm.
cf27f9 No.14697048
>>14696988
>>14697014
cuphead is just contra for toddlers. play contra hard corps casuals.
3482fc No.14697059
>>14697048
What are you talking about?
d69941 No.14697062
Wait why are people trying to hate on cuphead when it was a honest to god good game that was crafted by a Chad and his bro in pure passion out of love for old games and 30s animation. That required you to actually learn and be good game the game?
73b4c7 No.14697077
>>14697062
The only good thing about it is visuals and aesthetics. It's genre and level design is boring.
e5b322 No.14697080
>>14697077
>it's not a shooter with mazes like Doom so it's shit
579c7d No.14697083
>>14697062
>Why are people being retarded?
3482fc No.14697089
>>14697077
>It's genre is boring.
What
What does this mean? What the fuck are people even posting in this thread?
036a09 No.14697090
>>14697048
>this game isn't as good as or as similar to the game(s) it takes inspiration from therefore it's shit
>>14697077
>level design
>in a boss rush game
The run and gun levels were an afterthought and even then most of them are easy enough to get through just to get the money you need to get all the worthwhile upgrades
cf27f9 No.14697091
>>14697062
only good thing about it is the visuals. It's otherwise a pretty plain run and gun shooter and doesn't really do anything much better than something timeless like contra hard corps. average for the genre, held up by a good aesthetic. In a few years it'll be as fondly remembered as bastion is. As in, for every way but its game play.
3482fc No.14697112
>>14697091
>It's otherwise a pretty plain run and gun shooter and doesn't really do anything much better than something timeless like contra hard corps
Then what makes Contra Hard Corps timeless?
For god's sake man, list some fucking arguments because you're confusing the shit out of me.
cf27f9 No.14697126
>>14697112
consistently creative level design, a stream of surprises in its design, varied levels, fun characters and superb music. what makes cup head great?
d34580 No.14697144
>>14696056
recently rtt games is where you find actual good gaems i think, but they are rare
036a09 No.14697161
>>14697144
>Masters of Anima
Looks fun, I'll try it out
>Shadow Tactics
Now that game is the shit, I wonder how well it did because I had no idea it even existed until someone mentioned/shilled it on /v/ a few days after release
73b4c7 No.14697163
>>14697080
Doom was also shit and it aged poorly.
>>14697089
A boring bullethell shooter?
c6948b No.14697204
>>14697163
>bullethell
The only bosses that even came close to featuring a bullet curtain were Wally Warbles and the iron giant.
994b73 No.14697243
>>14696377
Was there at least good porn?
ab217d No.14697252
>>14697062
A lot of people on /v/ are colossal contrarians, in case you haven't figured that out yet.
40e593 No.14697253
>>14697144
>>14697161
Shadow Tactics was a real surprise. I think the only thing wrong with it is that it needs even more maps that are even harder. There were plenty of maps for sure, but after you beat all the challenges you really learned to utilize the characters in a way which made me want even further challenges.
3fea47 No.14697263
>>14697252
Contrarians are a hundred times better than people who love everything.
ab217d No.14697269
>>14697126
>what makes cup head great?
Consistently creative level design, a stream of surprises in its design, varied levels, fun characters and superb music.
f89a5b No.14697277
I got Hollow Knight as a bundle with that 1$ Steam Link
And man, I dunno, it just kind of controls like shit. Jumping, attacking just don't feel good at all.
Does it get better later?
03fbc9 No.14697286
>>14697277
you get more movement options, but they still play mostly the same. perhaps try another control scheme. I actually preferred a keyboard
ab217d No.14697291
>>14697263
Even better are people who like things based on their actual merit.
fbad85 No.14697303
>>14697277
I thought it was slow at first. I liked the weight, and I felt like all the fuckups were my own fault. You can tell that with the setting, premise, and gameplay they were going for a Dark Souls "your committal in combat matters" thing
After Greenpath (second area) you get an air dash, and the Fungal Wastes has a megaman style wall cling
3482fc No.14697349
>>14697126
>consistently creative level design
It's creative alright, though often far from polished. Take the first stage. It starts as a classic Contra zako rush with randomly spawning zakos everywhere interspersed with tougher snipers, which is also the hardest part of the stage. After that you fight a spinning fire drone which you can defeat with no effort by standing at the right side of the screen and shooting to your left with your laser. After that you get the cyclops mini-boss which after an excruciatingly long technically-not-a-cutscene jumps towards you and is damageable, but by standing directly under him and shooting your laser in his eye you can kill him without having to move at all. After that it's a fucking ez platforming segment for some reason? Then the boss itself is peanuts where you can point-blank him as much as you like while only having to crouch, and his second phase is easily dealt with with a homing weapon and having to slide occasionally when he does that poorly telegraphed melee attack. It's a weird ass stage with no thematic or mechanical coherence, and not really fun to replay through on repeat playthroughs, largely because there is no RNG past the initial zako rush to shake things up and the stage itself is rather easy to execute once you get past some of the trial 'n error tidbits. I have to dance out of boredom until the cyclops decides to show up. Just look at this shit. It looks cool, but if you are going to replay this over and over in the pursuit of an 1cc it's going to bore you to death and you're bound to just skip this one in practice runs.
The motor cycle stage after this one is also nearly identical in its weird structure, where it starts off with a RNG-filled fun zako rush, then you have to kill some guy chasing you on foot while carrying a nuke. Afterwards comes the spider boss, and if you tell me you actually managed to avoid his shots the first time you encountered him, you're bullshitting. Animation telegraphing shouldn't come after the shot. The battleship fight after that is also lulz since you can stand to the right side of the screen if it moves to the right for a safe spot and shoot its core without being shot at. The boss after that looks pretty, though I don't appreciate perspective fuckery in games or bosses constantly making themselves undamageable with no way to avoid or speed up their invuln state.
I don't know why you decide to jerk off Hard Corps when Contra III is superior level design wise since it doesn't constantly forsake challenge for the sake of flashiness. Hard Corps is good fun later on, but it wants to show off the graphical capabilities of the Genesis too often rather than pose a consistent challenge often devoid of RNG to keep things spicy, even though randomly spawning zakos are the bread and butter of Contra (though the homing weapons in Hard Corps are brutally overpowered and since you can always carry a homing weapon with you here any zako rush part of a stage is often rendered redundant).
>a stream of surprises in its design
What does this even mean
>fun characters
What does this even mean, don't spout meaningless descriptors like you're some kind of journalist
>what makes cup head great?
consistently creative level design, a stream of surprises in its design, varied levels, fun characters and superb music
cf27f9 No.14697381
>>14697349
I never said it was balanced. Half of Contra 3 is trash.
>>14697269
I'm flattered, but substantiate it. Cup Head is new, Contra Hard Corps has proven itself two decades ago
3482fc No.14697486
>>14697381
>I never said it was balanced
Are you one of those weirdos who prefer story and graphics over gameplay? In a bloody run 'n gun?
>I'm flattered, but substantiate it
There's barely any asset reuse involved, for one. Each boss is wildly different from others in terms of the platforms involved, projectile/attack behavior, boss weakpoint placement, the general set-up of the fight (visually and mechanically), pink distribution, and the occasional gimmick involved. It actually uses RNG to a great extent to create a consistent and more involving challenge instead of being pure memo or trial 'n error, outside the occasional poor random pink distribution. The bosses in Cuphead challenge your moveset to the fullest extent, so to speak.
2ed249 No.14697494
>>14696390
The only reason it's popular is because they're shilling it like crazy on reddit and it has corporate push. What do you think?
d5bcaa No.14697542
>>14696056
I dunno about Hollow Knight, but Cuphead got money from Microsoft so I don't know whether to really consider it indie.
d5bcaa No.14697552
>>14697381
You're basically dissing it because it's new. Shit argument
26991c No.14697563
>>14697263
>counterculture, an ideology defined by culture, is better than culture
No.
>>14697277
The actual gameplay of moving and jumping leave a bit to be desired. The atmosphere and exploration are the game's true strengths.
>>14697542
That's why the team remortgaged their house, right?
d5bcaa No.14697567
>>14697563
That's why they carried on with the project. They didn't receive the funds initially.
2375fc No.14697605
>>14697567
To clarify, they got an exclusivity deal (possibly timed exclusivity) with Microsoft somewhere between the start of the development and the release. It's obvious there was money involved.
7c0b29 No.14697618
>>14697048
>Cuphead
>Contra
>He thinks these are the same thing
At least pic a game similar to it to show that you aren't a retarded casual
>>14697077
>Another casual
a429d8 No.14697627
Best indie, best game of that year.
12cf17 No.14697629
>>14697263
DAMN, son. Nice edge!
7c4003 No.14697638
I am disappointed in all of you.
f5eed5 No.14697643
>>14696813
>>14696855
disagree, story and characters carried it easily
fbad85 No.14697687
>>14697638
Nah fuck you. I'd have mentioned it if it could fucking run.
>Not supported for Win7
>Anons say it runs just fine for them
>okay.jpg
>Buy it
>It doesn't fucking launch
It checks for drivers, says they're there, then fails to detect them.
2375fc No.14697697
>>14697687
I pirated it for Windows 7 just fine. You're just retarded.
And yeah it isn't very good
142d06 No.14697707
Needs more Fight'N Rage. One man from Uruguay made a pretty awesome street brawler where you get to beat up furries so hard they explode into bones.
fdaaec No.14697756
Bleed 2
The End is Nigh
Mr Shifty
Cosmic Star Heroine
Feral Fury
Flinthook
d11139 No.14697790
>>14697756
>Mr Shifty
Very fun
57ea4d No.14697931
>>14697904
Visually beautiful, mechanically okay
1ec20e No.14698059
>>14697904
It's ok, kind of feels like a wasted concept, tho.
b9c875 No.14698088
hello, everyone. i would like to introduce you to my wife-fus… er… should i say… bug-fus?
1ec20e No.14698143
>>14698137
Sell me on this game, what's it about and what's good about it?
13b6dc No.14698151
>>14698143
pirate it like I did and find out for yourself faggot
4539fd No.14698158
>>14698151
Recommendationcucks btfo
13b6dc No.14698316
>>14698143
I'm sorry anon, I'm having a bad day and didn't feel like typing out a bunch of shit. I'm just going to type what I like/dislike about it without trying to form it into a coherent list.
Heat Signature is basically the best space bounty hunter game I've ever played. It's heavily focused on building a characters legacy while you work towards that characters personal goal (for example "Capture the man who killed my brother.") and then retiring when it's finished. That personal goal is basically always a suicide mission though so you'll be going through a lot of characters before you get one that actually finishes their goal and is able to retire. Successfully retiring allows you to pick a piece of gear from that characters inventory to name after them.
As you're building up various characters there is a side narrative where you play hand made levels that basically work like puzzles. For example you might be placed on a ship with nothing but a shield and an explosive and be forced to figure out how to complete your task.
You have a fuck ton of neat gadgets like teleporters of many varieties, time slowing devices, shields that reflect bullets, a device that swaps your position with an enemy, various traps like one that can teleport enemies outside of the ship to suffocate, and plenty of explosives. All of this gear and the ability to pause the action with the spacebar heavily encourages improvisation. You can walk onto a ship with 3 armor piercing pistols, a katana, a wrench, and a position swapper and make that work via pauses.
There are melee and ranged weapons of non lethal and lethal variety. You can go loud or you can go quiet. Different ship types like one that heals wounds so if you get launched out of the ship you're raiding you'll be patched up without much damage. Or one that can smash into the side of ships and kill the crew inside because they got sucked out into space.
The main things I dislike about this game is how predictable the mission structure for the non puzzle missions can get and how heavily the main game relies on procedural generation. I think the game could have been a lot stronger if it was all hand made like the puzzle missions.
I hope you can make sense of all of this and goodnight.
ed6e60 No.14698450
>cuckhead
>worthwhile
WHERE'S NIGGER BAT?!
f5eed5 No.14698457
>>14698450
Isn't that supposed to be Satan?
ed6e60 No.14698468
>>14698457
I don't know what that was supposed to be.
All I know is that SJWs cried, and devs censored their own game.
Literally cucked
12cf17 No.14698474
>>14698316
>this entire post
Suddenly, I am interested in this game.
Not that anon you were responding to, but I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. I'm going to check this game out. Thank you. I hope that your day gets better.
f5eed5 No.14698478
>>14698468
I don't remember any SJWs at all mentioning this though?
It was never put into any final versions of the game afaik but I don't know everything so maybe you're right
ed6e60 No.14698490
>>14698478
>I'm living under a rock
Just look it up you cockgobbler. I bet you bought it too.
Good job on supporting feminism in video games.
672cff No.14698498
>>14698316
It felt like the weapons and gadgets were too powerful for the enemies you face. You can style all over them and the game gets old weirdly quickly.
f5eed5 No.14698504
>>14698490
No sauces = it never happened; I can't find anything for that anywhere
>I bet you bought it too
lol no
ed6e60 No.14698556
>>14698504
>spoonfeed me
>nigger bat is cut
>nigger octopus is cut
>spider (((merchant))) is cut
>I can't put 1 and 1 together
>ha ha never happened
This is why SJWs are winning.
2bc067 No.14698566
>>14698088
>Iselda
>Lusting towards a married women
f5eed5 No.14698586
>>14698556
again no sauces to go with it means nothing, sorry for demanding some proof
>spoonfeed me
I used a search engine, found nothing about any SJWs bitching about any nigger satan or nigger bat, and nothing about a spider either
ed6e60 No.14698601
>>14698586
Yes goyim they surely removed fully functional and animated bosses from the game because they thought there are already too many bosses in a boss rush game.
0d7f2a No.14698617
>>14698601
every fucking game cuts content out, how do you know they were fully functional and animated?
f5eed5 No.14698621
>>14698601
Where's the proofs?
12cf17 No.14698627
>>>14698586
>the entire internet
>vs. some random faggot cuckchanner's post
Hmmmmm.
c6948b No.14698648
HookTube embed. Click on thumbnail to play.
>>14698601
Does this look like a "fully functional and animated boss" to you? It's a simple two-second animation loop, it's barely above a proof of concept teaser.
0b621b No.14699001
>>14696377
I'm sad to read about how pozzed it was, I literally just completed the game like 2 days ago. I noticed it at first with theo, an extremely unlikable hipster who, if he wasn't black, would have bled soy. That being said the entire story is easily skippable and 100% unneeded. I'm pretty sure after my first instance of running into theo I skipped the dialogue for everything except the instances with dark girl.
The gameplay on the other hand was great, I really enjoyed how it gently taught you new things right up until the very last level in the game, learning those things broke the rest of the game open letting you play it much more fluidly.
I really do think that the person who designed the game part of the game, and the people who designed the "other parts" really didn't agree with each other at all. I remember reading a quote from the person who made the movement or levels or something and, in reference to the game breaking assist mode, absolutely hated having it because he spent so much time balancing the levels to be appropriate for players to not only accomplish, but to learn as they played. But then they add a mode that lets you literally walk on spikes and fly in the air and doesn't even disable achievements. Its pretty fucking stupid. Regardless if you ignore all that and just go into it not thinking about any of that shit, its a pretty good game who's final moments will give you that "This is impossible" And then 20 mins later you beat it good feeling.
e7ee1e No.14699243
>>14697707
Thanks for reminding me of that gane, anon.
e7ee1e No.14699255
>>14698490
>He's been insisting in the same lie since the game launched
>He still has no proof at all
It's okay SanFran dev, just tell me where the Chad touched you.
d93071 No.14699256
>>14698143
It's a very fun game, and got my moneys worth (if you count 1hr/$1) but there's way too little content and most of the content that is there is ridiculously broken. Like with the Offworld Angel pod, almost objectively the best pod, you are pretty much invincible and makes White Knuckle Extractions the best way to save the hostage. Mods would fix this
d21406 No.14699272
>>14699255
>videos and image aren't proof
>SJWing this hard
386cf0 No.14699866
>>14697605
>To clarify, they got an exclusivity deal (possibly timed exclusivity)
If that's the deal I know about you get, a free devkit and up to $10k for timed exclusivity, as in you can launch on any platform you want but it has to come to xbone first and you're not eligible to it if you're already launched on another platform unless you make a new special edition of your game, I don't recall the exact minimum delay but it's rather short a matter of weeks at most.