We're still a gaming community right guys?
Hoping we can compile a trustworthy-ish list of indie games that are actually worth a damn. I'm maybe a single toe deep into the Indie game world.
What are some of your recommendations?
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Mentioned them in another thread, but here it is for maybe more visibility.
Spiderweb Games keeps his politics at home, and makes a bunch of RPGs that have that old school feel (for better or worse) but is continually remaking stuff to up the standards AND coming up with new games to boot. While I haven't played them all, I can say for certain I've never felt like I've wasted my time with them.
And one of the rare indie devs still selling independently of store fronts. You'll have to dig for the form on the site (manual process, obviously, so it makes sense to deprioritize this) but it's there. No woke middle men.
I've sadly not been able to get into some of Jeff's more recent games. Ever since he started trying to mainstream the mechanics and UI for IPad and mobile the combat and overall campaign design just seems to get more and more dull.
Conversely, I will say that he did put a lot of work into improving his writing. I think the peak of his creative ability was around Avernum 5 or 6. Stellar and awe inspiring scenes, his writing was really picking up, a solid balance on most combat mechanics, and he started taking an earnest step into expanding how he tries to tackle deeper plots and stories.
In Avadon I think he tried almost too hard, and ended up disappointed with the lukewarm reception from fans.
I second Spiderweb, if you can get into their games you will have a lot to play. Easy 100+ hours on several of their games.