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Indie games are rarely as good as their reviewers make them out to be. So far the best Indie game I've played is Shovel Knight with Undertale probably a distant 2nd. And I'm pretty confident neither would make my Top 100 or even 200 for that matter.

Rocket League, VVVVVV, Salt and Sanctuary, Bastion are notably good games as well but like I said it is hard for them to compete with AAA games that hit their stride. It is not even fair to compare them to be honest. The budget, the team behind them and everything else is on too different a scale to even fairly compare.

Also What Remains of Edith Finch was overrated as hell. It is good for what it is, i.e a 2-3 hour 'game' if you can even call it that. But even comparing it to the likes of Zelda or Persona 5 or the other great games of 2017 is asinine. It is a ridiculous scenario when you think about which game to award GotY to, if you actually played both Breath of the Wild and WROEF. It is like comparing an exquisite three course meal in a world class restaurant to an instant ready to eat mac n' cheese lying in your refrigerator.

And if someone is gonna come here and spout 'gaming is an art' nonsense to justify indie games' quality then please take it somewhere else. I wanna hear none of that this is art pretentious crap.
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