Submitted 3 hours ago by Azrael@lemmy.ca to games@lemmy.world
After the “Dave the Diver” nomination for Best indie Game at the Game Awards, I’ve been struggling to draw a clear line here.
I feel like, yes, Dave the Diver feels very Indie to “me” but it’s hard to say that of the studio itself.
Is the “Indie feel” something bigger studios might look to imitate in the future?
I might get behind something like that.
To further muddy the water we had Baldur’s Gate 3, which was made by an independent studio with AAA budget.
Little Bit Planet
So GOOD!!! You are right…
An EA published game series for the first 2 entries, but Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 1 and 2. Still on entry 1, so I’d like to avoid spoilers, but they definitely feel indie compared to every single triple AAA game that’s come out in the past well over a decade due to the passion you can tell had to be out in for the game to have sold well.
Also learned the 4th game wasn’t even available on PS2 because of its’ 2015 launch, so if I ever get around to finishing the first 3, I gotta get it on PC because there ain’t no way I’m buying a copy for switch.
Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps?
Made by a smaller studio but published by Microsoft
Abso-fricking-lutely!
A super old one, but Grow Home from Ubisoft was a really cute little game that felt like nothing else from them.
Yeah! I can see that! Unravel comes to mind too (Out of nowhere)
Chimera Squad and Hi-Fi Rush jump to mind — is that the sort of thing you have in mind?
Yeah! Exactly like those!
Fe. It’s a small game by a small studio but was published by EA of all people.
All of the Ubi-art games were great, Rayman Legends, Valiant Hearts and Child of Light, all fantastic games. And then Ubisoft said they would only make open world games. Idiots.
Forgot about Child of Light! Striking visuals on it, too!
Huh, I didn’t realize it was made by Nexon.
Dave the Diver
indiegameculture.com/…/geoff-keighley-talks-dave-…
The game may look indie, but a subsidiary of Nexon, a massive game studio in Korea, developed it.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 41 minutes ago
Grow and Grow Up by a studio owned by Ubisoft. Cool little games though.