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👇Four Indie games I'm really looking forward to -Sword Hero by @FoW_Games -Project Shadowglass by @dominickjohn -Deadhaus Sonata by @DeadhausGame -Hark The Ghoul by @HarkTheGhoul I really encourage everyone to check them out. There are more, recently discovered, but in a few days I'll be making another big recap post, so stay tuned for that. 😉

@chrisbodegard I survived that 😤

I've read that many people enjoy the following series of events: 1) Attempt to jump down the well 2) Get stopped by Snell 3) Send Snell home for the day while telling him that you, too, are heading to bed 4) Once he's gone, jump down the well 5) Die

Time to find out

I wonder how would they pull that off. Interesting, but definitely not easy to do, given they go into completely different directions.

@LifeisaGameMag 7/10 - Too much desert

Heard this was a GOTY, 9.5/10, mediocre, bloated, super fun, boring, masterpiece🔥 Can’t wait to try it😈

@lotfgame "Here we go again, another apocalypse to deal with"

The veil thins… Umbral reveal soon.

@awaken_realms This looks really interesting, gave me a bit of a "Voices of the Void" vibe, mixed with other games 👀

From the co-creator of Darkwood comes HOARDER, a genre-blending experience that starts as a mundane cleaning simulator and slowly spirals into a submerged nightmare. Declutter the house. Pilot a submarine. Recover what should never be found. Unravel the secrets of your new home… after dark. 🌑 Steam page below! 👇 #hoarder #indiegame #announcement #darkwood

@LeonLenne More the reason to hold critics who do it for a living to higher standards I suppose

Most people don't have enough iq points to aquire this ability.

@Eligius607 @SpawnYaardReply I mean, even if people will ignore it, it will still add a layer of transparency between to the critics scores, no?

@_Saretz @SpawnYaardReply I really like your idea, but don't you think once that metric becomes standard, people will just ignore the personal one? Because it's entirely subjective, you hate Valorant, I hate Fortnite and can't get through batman Arkham asylum. Like, I think critics should just stick to +

Hot Take: 'its not for me' should be a rating in gaming reviews. There is no way everyone likes every kind of game. Imagine someone reviewing Soulslike when they are not into it. Imagine some reviewing JRPG when they are not into it. Maybe Crimson Desert will bring a change 🤷

Those parameters aren't all subjective, in the slightest. If something has never been done before in a game, or it takes a completely new approach to an older concept, then you can score it higher for innovation, for example. If something keeps rehashing the same formula (look at COD games) then you can score it low. How is that subjective? We even have tools for other parameters, you can MEASURE the performances of a game, rather than say the game runs poorly/well "in your opinion". If everyone has the same experience then the general consensus will be that the game runs poorly/well, based on objective data. You can say that some parameters have partial subjective aspects to it, and that's fair, but not all. And if you can avoid saying that "something is bad because it wasn't to your taste", then you are already talking objectively about it, or at least you're trying.

@_Saretz @spl_joshi @WillofScreens @JacoBee___ @SpawnYaardReply Those are all based on subjective parameters your basis of objectivity is based on general consensus ergo the most popular opinion which is the definition of subjectivity

@LifeisaGameMag @SpawnYaardReply Why thank you XD And here I was considering swapping it to my YT logo 😆

@_Saretz @SpawnYaardReply unrelated but that Jack of Blades pfp goes so hard🔥

@LifeisaGameMag @SpawnYaardReply Agreed

@_Saretz @SpawnYaardReply this is the one skill that reviews MUST hone. Being able to slice between good/bad design decisions and things you just don't like

@thewitcher Away from everything and everyone, they all want you to dead anyway 😂

Where would you look to settle down if you lived on the Continent?👀

@spl_joshi @WillofScreens @JacoBee___ @SpawnYaardReply I don't believe the general consensus around Candy Crush to be that it is peak of gaming, at all. "Popularity" (downloads in this case) doesn't equal to quality alone, like I already said there are many parameters to consider.

@_Saretz @WillofScreens @JacoBee___ @SpawnYaardReply That would make Candy Crush the peak of gaming

I did not expect this to blow up that much

@spl_joshi @WillofScreens @JacoBee___ @SpawnYaardReply I would say it's bunch of parameters that all need to be evaluated (technical execution, design, innovation, art direction, etc), but to keep it simple, it's the general consensus, usually. Whether you like it or not, whether it's "good" or "bad" in your eyes.

@WillofScreens @JacoBee___ @_Saretz @SpawnYaardReply What makes something objectively better?

I'd be in favor of a dual score system for "critics", one personal: "how much I enjoyed it". And one more objective in scope:"how well it achieves its goals, despite my taste, and how will most players receive it". Does that imply having a higher degree of understanding of game design and broader audience appeal? Yes. And honestly, I think that should be in the job description already. Does that give "too much" power to "critics"? Perhaps, but if we'd have higher requirements for them, then we could also have a bit more faith in their words, I suppose. For regular users, you could leave it as a single score, to avoid overcomplicating things, but perhaps have it "weight" less on the final score. We have seen time and time again people giving 1/10 scores to games just because they didn't like them, or due to generic "review bombings", after all. Makes sense?

@_Saretz On the grasp thing, the question is does it impact their review score?

@TheAnnaji Finally REALLY got that Mass Effect vibe from it

@_Saretz Me too !

Alright #EXODUSGame you finally have my attention.

@Ryvnhll @Steam Deserved, you guys been putting so much work into it.

Amazing to see Lords of the Fallen secure the no. 1 recommended slot on @Steam Massive thanks to all our lampbearers for your continued support 🙏

@THQNordic There

1 like and we'll announce four games