Comments | janegray: Indie VS Mainstream? I'd much rather play both!

janegray

Indie VS Mainstream? I'd much rather play both!

Jun 20, 2012 13:45

Speaking as somebody who loved LIMBO, liked Braid, and is very fond of indie games in general...

This is still pretty damn accurate XD

My love for indie games is kind of getting spoiled by obnoxious elitists who'll bitch and whine and generally be total jerks if you *le gasp!* dare to enjoy "lowly" games like Call of Duty. The creator of Braid ( Read more... )

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foxhack June 20 2012, 17:37:33 UTC

I own Call of Duty 4, all I know is I spent half an hour playing it and my teammates did everything. I was just along for the ride.

Compare that to the original, which had me do all the work.

oddityangel June 21 2012, 02:07:18 UTC

The desire to tear down what came before is an annoying trend I've noticed in fans of almost all things (Even fans of magical school girl anime. Puella Magi Madoka Magica produced a bunch of elitists who claim to only like 'dark' and series that deconstruct the genre, seeing no value in the works that influenced in the first place). There's nothing to be gained by denying one's roots, so I don't get the need to distance modern interpretations from their predecessors.

People should just be able to like what they like without being shamed for it. If you think their 'support' of titles you deem mediocre is hurting the industry in the long run it's still their choice and if they genuinely like it, well, they genuinely like it. I liked Dragon Age 2, I don't care if people think my support of the game is prompting Bioware to make more of the same...I'd LIKE more of the same.

Anyway...yes...indie games. I finish Limbo. Felt kind of bad for the spider. I started Amnesia, but it seems to be triggering my simulation sickness.

janegray June 21 2012, 08:24:27 UTC

I could understand the urge to distance modern interpretations from their predecessors if, say, the predecessors in questions are really effing offensive.

Much as I love, say, Haikara-san ga Toru, I refuse to even acknowledge the existence of the epilogue where one of the main characters, a guy in his thirties, gets in a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old and it's presented as sweet and romantic >_>

And didn't you mention that one of the Lupin books was horrifically racist?

So, ok, yeah, if the push behind the urge is HUGE values dissonance, I can understand it ( ... )