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Narrative-focused indie games

This gets tough, I didn't nominate much for BIGE since I have trouble just finding what would be Indie, and maybe you can criticize my choices by not being minor enough, but for now, let's try this.

Properly Rated: Based on its results in B8's 100 Games, I'm gonna have to say Hat in Time. Though if you haven't played it, I massively suggest you do. Most people who have played it can proclaim it as one of the best platformers of this decade, maybe specifying 3D, just to not compete with the Metroidvania market, ahaha~ It's a charming game that really brings out multiple genres in one game. Some 3D Platformers have horror themed levels, but you don't always get a narrative of selling your soul to a devil and then navigating a haunted house that you have to hide from an instant kill threat like a true survival horror game, it's fantastic.

Underrated: One of my immediate thought processes was actually Hyperdimension Neptunia, but not really targetting a single game within the series. Neptunia is a game that basically appeals to the anime market and is made my Idea Factory, which mostly produces Otome games. The Neptunia games really do merge anime and games, and usually get stuck to appealing to people that like both mediums, but in reality, I think it could appeal to much more if people break out of just staring at the cover and thinking it's just another loli game. The Neptunia series is funny, between breaking the fourth wall to never ending references, the game series can appeal to many more gamers than just the people who watch anime on the side. And heck, still many of those gamers don't hear enough of this series. It's the console wars as joked around with a little fanservice and anime tropes, but a humor that fits our current generation with characters like Deadpool roaming freely and a game like my next one.

Overrated: Undertale. Before you close out of this topic, I want to say I don't think this game is unplayable. Don't think I'll yell at you for playing this game like some haters of it. It's just the uncontrollable raving of the game and me playing did not really match up. It has great elements, and I do think Toby Fox deserves praise and people buying this game, but it's not a masterpiece that deserved to win Best Game Ever. Even though it was nice to see a fresh face and not just OoT winning (and I'm a massive Zelda fan, you'll hear me say that over and over again). There's a lot of raving on characters, and their humor didn't stick with me. I disliked a bunch of them, to the point that seeing all this love is why I have this overrated opinion of the game. In addition, I think there's an obnoxious case that you have weapons and armor, weapons only work for Genocide (But inevitably you basically barely use the added bonus for attack, since most things late game will die regardless of your weapon, especially considering a few bosses turn into chumps). Maybe I'm forgetting something, but I felt disappointed in some mechanics, and I find there's better bullet hells out there. Not that I'm any good at the genre, ahaha~

Whew, guess I'm only doing this one in this post.
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I'll just go back to gifs. Not like the winner was gonna click my topic.
https://imgur.com/SXyi7uX