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What is your favorite indie game? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Given the big swathe of posts about bad behavior from big companies, I figure we could counterbalance that with some positivity about stuff the smaller guys made that often costs us less too.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

  • Skullgirls - Still the best damn fighting game ever made. I've been grinding for a full decade now, and I'll be entering Combo Breaker 2025 once again this year.

  • Slay the Spire - The game that ruined all other roguelikes for me. What I love about StS is that it never lets you get complacent, never lets you lean on just one good synergy that will carry you the entire run. You always have to keep adapting, and you have to have a well-rounded deck to deal with enemies that are designed to counter players who try to rely on only one thing. And when I eventually got to the point where I'd had my fill of vanilla, there's so much fun stuff from the modding community to play around with. Packmaster is incredible.

  • CrossCode - It's been years since I finished this RPG and its colorful cast still lives rent-free in my head. This is a game that is perfect in every way and adds up to more than the sum of its parts. Fantastic combat, tons of side content, endearing characters, emotionally powerful story, beautiful visuals, amazing soundtrack.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I just beat StS Ascension 20 for the first time this week πŸ’€

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Congrats! It is brutal, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

Man, I struggle with A3. I can't imagine A20.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

More people need to know about (and play) CrossCode.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

CrossCode is all about how it plays! That's why there is a free Steam demo! Go give it a try! Take the best out of two popular genres, find a good balance between them and make a great game. That’s what CrossCode does. You get the puzzles of Zelda-esque dungeons and are rewarded with the great variety of equipment you know and love from RPGs. During the fast-paced battles you will use the tools you find on your journey to reveal and exploit the enemies' weaknesses and at the same time will be able to choose equipment and skills for a more in-depth approach in fighting your enemies.

Yeah, I took a look because of your comment. Sounds like something I should try. The art is certainly appealing to me. Appreciative that more games are putting out demos lately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

I loved cross code....except the puzzles. Im just not s puzzle person.