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Lightning Strikes posted...

I'm curious.

Do you hate Journey? Hellblade? Minecraft? Half-Life 2?

What's the issue here?

Haven't played Hellblade. Half-Life 2 is one of my favorite FPS game of all time (Had no idea it was an indie game so thats news to me). Minecraft has always been a fun way to pass time (but I wouldn't call it great or anything)

Journey is the ultimate "gaming is an art" nonsense that only pretentious people will like so yeah I do hate it as it has only about 2 hours of content and you literally cannot die or there is zero sense of accomplishment. If you like Journey then you hate video games or vice versa.

The issue is that indie game fans will hype up whatever indie game that they like, to super omega nuclear levels of hype. Making it seem like it is legit Best Game Ever material when it is usually a 3-5 Hour game with gameplay mechanics as deep as a dried up river in cold winter.

What Remains of Edith Finch was by far the worst offender this year. At least Cuphead had fun gameplay even though it wasn't very deep either.

Stardew Valley is one of the only indie games I feel is worthy of its praise because it is deep and it is very well made (even though it isn't a genre I enjoy I can see how well it is made for its particular genre). Even ones I really liked like Shovel Knight and Braid would be nowhere near my Top 200 games.

So yeah these are my issues with indie games. They are usually not as great as their fans make it seem to be.