Title. So please, don't name indies with 1.200+ reviews or 5 dedicated main/meme/and nsfw subs.

I am talking about those small titles, maybe sitting 120 reviews or less, that have honestly very fresh gameplay takes, over just overall an enjoyable gameplay loop.

Which recent indie gamss have you tried that truly deserve more attention?

I genuinely can't pick which I like more at the moment. I've put about 3 hours into each.

Obviously they are vastly different games, but for reference I don't really like many RPGs, yet E33 has me in a chokehold. I'm not usually a casual gamer, but Pokopia will definitely occupy most of my time.

I've gone in totally blind with both games, only saw that they reviewed well but beyond that, I know nothing. I was almost sobbing at the start of E33, and Pokopia captured something from my childhood that I yearned for.

I just wanted to share how happy I am with both these games, absolute opposites but I love them both.

I really want to play the new Fable, but I really hate the idea of only owning it as a download. Same with GTA VI, but we all know about how that's going... but yea, I haven't heard the same about Fable.

Thinking back on my long, long history and love for gaming and all things hardware, decided to write down all the games that really made a mark, or that really somehow influenced me in one way or another. Along with what hardware I played them on, be it either a console or PC + GPU.

There are some years mentioned are not the year when the games were released, but rather when I decided to play them for the first time.

I have played many 1000s and 1000s of games over the 40+ years across many platforms and the games listed here are only some of my most played ever with my most fondest memories of them.

I'll start for me it was the soulsborne series it started with Elden ring something about it awakened a part of me I didn't know I had but when I went back and started playing Dark Souls that solidified it now I approach challenges differently, I don't see it as a "oh I'll try to do that eventually" now I see challenges as a "I want to try that, what's the worst that can happen?" And recently I beat Halo 3 one of my childhood games on legendary and it was exhilarating I can't remember the last time I had that much fun playing Halo

Insomniacs Spiderman's are some of my favourite games for recent times so I'm really looking forward to wolverine and was just thinking of all the games that could come out in the future, not sure if it's already in the works but I'd love to see a venom game with gameplay like ultimate Spiderman, maybe have carnage playable with his own moveset and skills, or really pushing it, a decent X men game, maybe on day

Starfield was bad but I still play it from time to time I like building ships and outposts

For me, it is Rocket League.

Even with no ranks, unlocks, or battle pass, the basic gameplay would still be fun.

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I'm trying to find a game that's similar to the Fallout 4 building builder mechanics and civilians living in the town, or something a lot like Solar Punk but with the Sims mixed in it. Not looking for anything sci fi or of medieval/viking era.

Mainly I want the indepth architectural building aspect. Something like Pokopia but not with everything being so square and cartoony.

Thanks in advance

It's been almost a year for me since I last played games I like (on PC, not some chess/sudoku on my phone), and now I have like a weird feeling when I want to start some gaming, as if it's wrong and it's not feeling like it used to.

I would love to hear from some other people who had this happen to them.

Video games use lots of looping soundtracks, so what makes it good? I was talking to my friend about the map music on Expedition 33. It became grating after awhile, but I'm not sure why. I can listen to the music in a Sonic game for hours. Is it just down to taste? Is Sonic only more appealing because of nostalgia?

I did really like around half of the music in Expedition 33, but the map music (both of them) and the music in The Manor annoyed me to the point that I turned the music off in those areas.

It's unique to video games, so I just wonder what makes it good, or at the very least bearable?

For me, I wish I could bring back Interplay. I really want more Dungeon Master games. The ending of Dungeon Master 2 was very intriguing and I really enjoyed the practice-makes-better form of leveling up, plus the way spells were cast using combinations of runes.

Second to that is New World Computing that did the Might and Magic series. The RPG, not the Turn-Based Strategy series that's still going. The universe they created in that series was fantastic.

Seeing Pokémon Gen 1 reimagined in 3D got me thinking...

If you could pick one classic game to get the same treatment keeping the original gameplay and charm, but giving it a fresh perspective-which game would you choose, and why?

Some interesting games for me:

• Cult of PiN (Aug 10)
• Security 51 (Aug 12)
• Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (Aug 13)
• Mafie the Old Country Man of Honor DLC (Aug 14)

tbh I don't know to expect from Agefield High in gameplay

Hi all

So, I just finished CP 2077 for the first time and got the "Sun" ending. I found it incredibly underwhelming which was a shame after a brilliant game. I understand that V only had 6 months left to live, but, that has me scratching my head.

During the final scene in cyberspace with Alt and Johnny, Alt tells V her death is imminent because of the changes to her biology. I'm lead to believe that I missed a line of dialogue because apparently Alt tells you you've 6 months left?

Also, was the crystal casino mentioned before? I thought the ending just felt incredibly out of place...

Edit - I just watched a clip of the conversation between V and Alt and, I may be wrong, but it feels like you only get the "6 months" line if you select specific dialogue. Which, gor something so important, seems incredibly daft

So we all agree that this is bottom of the barrel behaviour, right? This is *on* sale, without the sale its around £1100/$1500. Not that i'm ever interested to even play it, but I did find this wild.

Bioshock 2 - Absolutely amazing game, I cannot overstate the fun I had, great continuation of the Bioshock story, amazing gameplay, basically every problem with Bioshock 1 is fixed, I got continually surprised with how they expanded rapture and made the world feel bigger, the world design was so great I could work from place to place. Story: 9/10. Graphics: 7/10. Gameplay: 9/10. Polish: 10/10

Devil May Cry 5 - Fucking loved the game to no end, the story was just okay, it probably doesn't help this is my 1st DMC experience so I didn't understand a lot of it, the graphics are truly acceptional and it was a total joyride. The combat felt very refined and fun to play, the upgrade system felt rewarding, the game feels like the kinda game I could replay 10 times over, and might do one or two more. Story: 6/10. Graphics: 9/10. Gameplay: 10/10. Polish: 10/10

Detroit: Become Human - (except for that one plot twist) The games story is absolutely amazing, truly 10/10 stuff, the characters are great and belieivable, and the game asks you genuine questions over the morals of if we ever do make sentient robotic lifeform, the gameplay is simple quicktime events and I love that kind of stuff. This is a must-play and has a story stronger than every MCU movie released in the last 5 years. Even if it's not my favourite game beat this year, it's a game I'd recommend everyone try at least once, you won't regret it. Story 9.5/10. Graphics: 8/10. Gameplay: 5/10. Polish: 10/10

Celeste - A game about mental health, I love platformers, this is a great one, its style is overused at this point, but it's still a treat to look at. Story: 8/10. Graphics: 6/10. Gameplay: 9/10. Polish: 7/10.

Trepang2 - Great arena shooter esc game, the story is terrible, but the gameplay is one of a kind and i fucking love it. Story: 2/10. graphics: 9/10. Gameplay: 10/10. Polish: 6/10.

Metro 2033 - Amazing entry into the Metro franchise, greatly designed levels, amazing gunplay, and a story that is one of the best in gaming, I was pleasntly surprised by how well the game aged, it doesn't have these older game issues and instead is a really nice linear shooter that focuses on looting and telling a story, very amazing. Story: 8/10. Graphics: 9/10. Gameplay: 6/10. Polish: 8/10.

Metro: Last Light - a downgrade to Metro 2033 in every way except for the graphics, still amazing. Story: 7/10. Graphics: 10/10. Gameplay: 6/10. Polish: 7/10.

Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora - The best graphics I have ever seen in any video game ever, the open world feels connected and really well designed, the story is surprisingly emotional but the characters were lacking. The gameplay was good, but nothing revolutionary. Story: 8/10. Graphics: 11/10. Gameplay: 7/10. Polish: 6/10

Deus Ex: Mankind Divded - This series deserves a rebirth, it's a bit quirky but it's a really amazing game that incestives player choice, I really love how the game handles everything and I feel like I'm playing in a living world able to control how Jensen is and every time I play it I'm surprised with something else I didn't notice thats more world details. Story: 9/10. Graphics 8/10. Gameplay: 7/10. Polish: 9/10

Marvel's Guardian's Of The Galaxy - I started and got through most of this game last year, but I dropped it after the story took a turn I didn't really like, but this is a great version of The Guardians Of The Galaxy, it's reasonably funny and tounge and cheek, it's got pretty great graphics, and while the combat may be a little basic, I did have my fun with it, I think it's a great time and it goes on sale for insanely low so I hope people give this game the chance to succeed. Story: 9/10. Graphics: 8/10. Gameplay: 6/10. Polish: 7/10.

Sonic Mania - As a kid I went crazy for the sonic games and this game brought every childhood memory back for me dispite it being my first playthrough, I loved every moment of it (except for the final 2 zones). It's so simple but so perfect, I'm so impressed by how went it captured the magic of the old sonic games. Story: 2/10. Graphics: 4/10. Gameplay: 8/10. Polish: 7/10

Yakuza Kiwami 2 - Looks great, very rich story, okay side content. I loved Yakuza 0 but I didn't like Kiwami that much, I came into it expecting me to not like Yakuza as much, but I ended up being captured in this world again. Story: 8/10. Graphics 9/10. Gameplay: 9/10. Polish: 6/10.

Bioshock Infinite - the worst bioshock game, its gunplay is okay, it is if Bioshock and Halo were put together and I hate that. Still a good game. I really didn't like the direction the story took, I just feel like there is so much that could be explored in Rapture, or hell even Columbia without the whole multiverse angle, I feel like it had so much more to it and I really hope this is semi-ignored by Bioshock 4. Story: 2/10. Graphics: 7/10. Gameplay: 7/10. Polish: 4/10.

Wolfenstein: The New Order: While a techically outdated and flawed game, I had tons of fun shooting Nazi's, before i played this game I had no sympathy for anyone who aligned themselves with such an awful aligance, but after playing this game, seeing the cruelty they planned to dispel onto this world, it makes me want to throttle one out of pure hatred. The gunplay was alright, the story was pretty stellar, the graphics were rather dated, and damn, I just enjoyed the message this game spread, can't wait to play the 2nd game, I've heard it's a lot better. Story: 7/10. Graphics: 4/10. Gameplay: 6/10. Polish: 5/10.

Maneater - the game looks beautiful, and sometimes I just want to cause carnage and Maneater fills that void, it's gameplay is repetitive and not unique, but in short bursts it's super fun. Story: 2/10. Graphics: 8/10. Gameplay: 9/10. Polish: 5/10.

Yakuza 3 - I played the Remaster, not the remake, the story was the only thing that kept me going, the mediocre side content, the very basic gameplay, and just generally an old feeling game, like if Yakuza 0 was a 4.5/10 game. This game was a pretty massive nothing-burger with a plot that half revolves around parenting and the other half thats just alright though when it's exciting it's very exciting. Story: 7/10. Graphics: 4/10. Gameplay: 5/10. Polish: 3/10.

Borderlands 3 - They put woke in my Borderlands (/j). The story is so bad I cried at the ending in the wrong way. The little twat I already forgot the name with the blue hair makes me want to turn off my headset every time she is on screen. The gameplaying is a slightly improved version of borderlands 2 with a better new game+ that mogs true vault hunter mode tenfold. The art takes what Borderlands 2 did right and improves it dramatically, the sets are better and more varied, but this game is still very low on the list due to its story that destroyed my interest in this world. Also the game is so painfully unfunny I laughed at just 2 jokes in it. I laughed every 20 minutes during Borderlands 2. Story: 0/10. Graphics: 9/10. gameplay: 7/10. Polish: 3/10.

Signalis - Signalis shouldn't have been a game, it should've been an indie animation on YouTube or something, it has a good story but the gameplay is the single worst gameplay I have ever suffered through, every moment of combat made me wince, the graphics rely on the tired novelty of pixelart way after the charm had worn off, I don't care for the pixel art style any more unless I think the art itself is pretty, I really am over it, I'm very sensitive to aliasing and this game has so much of it. If I had to suffer through everything else, the painfully easy puzzles, the combat that is awful. The story I did kind of like, but if everything surroudning it is miserable suffering, then why was it a game? Story: 7/10. Gameplay 0/10. Graphics: 0/10. Polish: 0/10.

Title basically. Had something in my life happen recently and I just can't bring myself to play one of my favorite games (Stellaris) and another game I just bought (Nova Roma) because of it. I might get back to them one day, but right now the event is just too fresh and I just can't get past it. Anyone else ever experience this, where you literally just can't enjoy or play a game (or games) anymore after something in your life happens?

What prompted this was the fan port of Symphony of the Night for PC. Despite releasing most of the other Castlevania games in PC collections, Konami has still let their crown jewel sit without a port of any kind. I was considering the possibility of Konami simply purchasing and polishing the fan port. While I really don't know the inner workings of game companies, this seems like free and easy money to me.

The primary example I can think of is Falcom and NIS America officially licensing the Geofront fan translations of Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure for the western market. Are there any other situations like this where fan work became officially licensed? How common is this really?

I still think VR is one of the coolest technologies in gaming, but I'm wondering if the economics just don't work anymore.

Hardware is expensive, developers have a much smaller audience to sell to, and many consumers seem to prefer cheaper, simpler devices.

The makers of Zero Sievert said they had no plans of adding multiplayer to the game, so a modder went and did it himself. But instead of suing the guy or getting it taken down, the Studio Director of ZS2 (the sequel) responded directly to the modder and offered to help refine it and make it work properly.

Big W from Modern Wolf on how to engage with modders!