• ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
    31·
    2 hours ago

    Most indie games will end up better than pretty much every AAA title. The best games I’ve played in the last decade were either indie or AA.

    Roboquest, Pathfinder WotR, Dyson Sphere Program, Outer Wilds, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Rogue Trader, Darktide, Abiotic Factor, Rimworld, Stellaris, DV Rings of Saturn, Hardspace Shipbreaker, Voices of the Void, Expedition 33, Blue Prince, Tiny Glade, Witchfire, Instruments of Destruction, Heart of the Machine, Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon, A Webbing Journey, Planet Crafter, Kenshi, X4, Ultrakill, Schedule 1, the list goes on.

    All amazing games, none of them AAA.

  • chunes@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 hours ago

    A game released in 2008 called Iji. At first glance, it seems like a simple platformer, but think again. It’s an amazing blend of platforming and RPG mechanics. The game reacts to the decisions you make resulting in multiple endings.

  • MourningDove@lemmy.zip
    2·
    8 hours ago

    I remember feeling the feels when I first saw Garden State. I don’t know what it is about that film, but this quote:

    Andrew: “You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn’t really your home anymore? All of a sudden even though you have some place where you put your shit, that idea of home is gone.

    Sam: “I still feel at home in my house.”

    Andrew: You’ll see one day when you move out it just sort of happens one day and it’s gone. You feel like you can never get it back. It’s like you feel homesick for a place that doesn’t even exist. Maybe it’s like this rite of passage, you know. You won’t ever have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it’s like a cycle or something. I don’t know, but I miss the idea of it, you know. Maybe that’s all family really is. A group of people that miss the same imaginary place.”

    This hits hard.

  • ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    12 hours ago

    TUNIC
    It’s a good game in general, but

    spoiler

    If you, as a kid, had to decipher an older sibling’s notes in game manual, it hits that nostalgia right on the nose. And then turns it on its head.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
        3·
        16 hours ago

        I’m sure the others had a bigger budget, but yeah, the first one was hardly anything.

        Of course they only needed to build one room, part of another, and then just change the lighting over and over.

    • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      19 hours ago

      This game singlehandedly destroyed my negative perspective on walking simulators. Legit must-play for everyone. Lewis’ scene still makes me tear up.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      5·
      21 hours ago

      This was such a good interactive story. Took me less than a day to go through it, but there are some sections I will never forget. The bathtub and the fish plant created some crazy emotions, I was happy to piece together what was happening, but then I had to see it through without any way to avoid the inevitable.

      (Trying to stay ambiguous for anyone who wants to check out it. You totally should!)

    • Olkiss@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      22 hours ago

      Maybe. I consider Greedfall as indie game as not really known. I love it. So, maybe, yes. the “small” is little bit too much… 😅

  • Einar@lemmy.zip
    5·
    18 hours ago

    Games:

    • To the Moon
    • Gris
    • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
    • This War of Mine
    • Inked: A Tale of Love
    • Papers, Please

    Movies (this list I had to think about for a while…):

    • 50/50 (2011)
    • Amour (2012)
    • The Station Agent (2003)
    • Columbus (2017)
    • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

    Books:

    • The Bookshop
    • The Lives of Others

    Edit: spelling

  • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml
    8·
    20 hours ago

    Some movies… There are just too many!!!

    For great cinema, Brazil is an amazing parody of modern society by Terry Gillian. Stalker is simply a masterpiece but you need to be in that mood to watch it. The Lobster is just… weird and lovely. White Cat, Black Cat is pure chaotic fun.

    For a good laugh Swiss Army Man was an unexpected little gem.

    If you are into horrors Braindead is absolutely disgusting and hilarious, while The Devil’s Rejects is a more disturbing one.

    For sci-fi Cube is a nice and original one, and Dark City is a classic that inspired The Matrix.

    About thriller, for sure The Machinist or Memento.