Inde AA and Major Publisher AAA.. or Sagat vs Ryu

David Shaw
3 April · Edited


It's the hip thing these days to have a few inde games under your belt but If you are a AAA title only guy, I personally think thats okay too, coz you do what you enjoy!.. however I do enjoy inde games and have a few inde titles in my steam list myself, I have two categories, Inde and Inde AA.. the AA are the ones I felt were the best titles, and that's what I'd like to share in case you missed them. .. but rem with inde titles always youtube them first. word to the wise there.


'Nightsky'. It's a chill out puzzle game. atmospheric. level driven.

'The Stanley Parable'. anti-story within a story that never ends that's actually an anti-story.. that might be a story. narration driven.

'Splice'. DNA puzzle game. level driven.

'Kairo'. I'm new to Kairo..but I think the idea is excellent. exploration driven.


Couple of semi-indes too


Black Mesa. a remake of Half Life. available on Desura. ..just wow! .. I'm not HL fan, for Valve I'm a Portal guy, but this is 100% prime steak for free guys.


..did you also know Sniper Ghost series is ..inde?


Digressing slightly.. there has been offenders in the past.. EA.. who used to claim all physical media as their own, yes including the stuff you bought from them.. you were 'renting'. Ubisoft.. ooft! I don't know what your religious preferences are guys.. but I'm a believer and I don't expect to pay £40 to be insulted. y'see its not a game makers job to ridicule me or my beliefs no matter what they personally think of them.. why? because they make you pay for the game first, not decide whether you want to pay after.


To note though, since Origin.. EA have become much more friendly to the community.. they are giving away Dead Space right now for free on Origin.

And Ubisoft have yet to apologize


So why shouldn't people look elsewhere. and shake the foundations of every self serving company? every company *COUGH* CAPCOM *COUGH* that doesn't do any dev work and skates it to starving low level dev team for buttons. IP skating is a community crime of which Capcom, now pumps out as standard.. that they don't invest any money in their IP..how on EARTH they expect to grow their dying franchise portfolio, is beyond me.


So even if you love AAA, which I do too.. there are more reasons than you might think for checking out inde games..


Dava