isthatallyougot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:32 amI've got both of them in my backlog and I was drawn to them because, as you mentioned, they reminded of Fatal Frame. Did you watch a playthrough of the first or read a synopsis before starting up?
I watched a story recap of the first game in the second, but it’s extremely brief and not very well done so it didn’t really give me too much of an understanding of the events of the first so I’m going to skim a video walkthrough of the game.
isthatallyougot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:32 amI watched that video argyle. Thanks for sharing. That's part of what I love so much about indie gaming. These devs aren't beholden to money-grubbing publishers, and that freedom allows for them to express their game in the form of a passion, rather than being diluted by predominant money/mass-market concerns where sacrifices to a vision are made at the altar of commerce. Of course, as with all gaming categories, there are good and bad games, but there's so much experimentation and creative fire present in that unfettered space that it's worth giving games a shot just to see if what they're doing is something that is really special (to you). At worst, you're usually treated to something very unique, whether it clicks or not.
I just watched the video as well, and I agree with you. I think that it’s obvious that I’m really into indie games based on the sheer amount of them that I buy and play, they’re what make up the bulk of my PS4 game collection. I really like retro style games since they’re what I grew up on, and it’s nice that they’re still being made in the indie scene.
Big budget AAA games haven’t been appealing to me as much lately, I’m not even all that excited for God of War: Ragnarok which comes out soon. It just looks like more of the same to me, and I didn’t like the first game quite as much as a lot of other people did. Part of that is because I’m just not a big fan of Kratos, or big angry dudes in video games in general.
My desire to play as female protagonists in games has grown even more over the years to the point now where they’re basically all that I want to play as, and AA and indie games often have female protagonists because if we’re being real here they seem to be what appeal to female gamers more than the big AAA stuff. And for good reason, because the big AAA stuff is usually aimed at a predominantly male audience primarily teens and dudebros. That’s why Call of Duty and EA Sports games are the biggest sellers year after year.
That’s where the real money is when it comes to gaming, so companies interested in video games more as a business than as a creative art make games that will appeal to the biggest game buying audience which are dudebros who like testosterone fueled co-op and multiplayer action games, shooters and sports games. Thankfully AA and indie game devs exist to provide games to those of us who prefer more creative, original and unique experiences especially single player ones that don’t cater to one specific audience and/or demographic.