[–] Korin 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
I think most indie games get pretentious praise for not even accomplishing much just so that the reviewer can feel like a patron of the arts. Limbo, Fez, Braid, Flower, Journey etc.
I'm probably too blinded by my love for Team Ico games to see it myself, but they're probably loaded with pretentious reviews.
[–] HexTree 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I suppose the campaign was a bit short, so I can agree it was underwhelming in terms of content. But keeping in mind it is a short game, I thought everything was indeed a masterpiece; the artwork, music, the ending, puzzles (except that one unfair puzzle involving the painting), star-puzzles (although I only found 2 of them).
[–] the_madman 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The only two criticisms I really had of Braid were that sometimes the hitboxes seemed a bit vague - which isn't so big a deal when you can reverse time - and the "story-not-story" narrative bollocks it had going through it was overall just terrible.
The actual game itself was novel. Each new challenge felt fresh and kept challenging me in different ways. The levels were well-designed enough that they never needed to present the extra, unnecessary completion fluff as a checklist of chores or as achievements, they could just tell you there was something extra by showing it to you.
I generally think most people put way too much weight on the narrative, art and music of games in general, but in the case of Braid I think a good argument can be made that it's a thoroughly well-designed game.
[–] dualityatme 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Any that end up described as a "Walking Simulator"
[–] RedditCEOEllenPao 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
The fucking Souls series - and I say that as a fan of the games. So many reviewers spend so much time taking potshots at other - just as fun series (TES is a big favorite for DS reviewers to 'jerk against)
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[–] pingas-9000 ago
To be fair it's rare to find a game that manages to balance gameplay, story, and RPG elements as well as the Souls games do.
Elder scrolls is the only other game that gets it somewhat right and even then the story/gameplay in Skyrim was piss poor without mods.
[–] 0x5f3759df 0 points 30 points 30 points (+30|-0) ago
Is it cheating to say Depression Quest (if that qualifies as a game)?
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[–] FSB 1 point 16 points 17 points (+17|-1) ago (edited ago)
You misogynist scumbag! You only attack this wonderful, totally realistic game because it was made by a womyn and not by a member of your patriarchy! When the womyn creating such advanced technology are in power, they will feast on your male tears!
[–] HotRod32 3 points 2 points 5 points (+5|-3) ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_game
A game can be defined as anything with a failure state, or anything with its own rules where the outcome depends on your choices. Whether you think it's "fun" has nothing to do with it. "Choose your own story" games are still games, even if they're not fun, or if they're made by attention whores who make a living by feasting upon the internet's hate against itself.
[–] Omegametroidhunter 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I would say gone home tops it because it got more coverage