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So Ross Scott, the guy behind Freeman's Mind and other Half-Life related machinema, has basically been collecting "I'd like to know more about this game and I'd love to see what becomes of it and play it" over the years. And this list has built up in to something huge.
So he decided well... why not share it, to show people that no, just because the big name developers have basically no creativity these days and are kind tragically stuck up their own backsides, gaming isn't dying, and PC gaming in particular is more alive than ever.
Here's him explaining the concept and rationale behind it:
Just saw that and thought I'd share, cause most of hwat we see these days is negativity about the gaming industry. But in terms of small development, I gotta agree that the gaming industry is better than it's ever been, it's just that you never really HEAR about most of these games. The list is described as "all the games that Ross has found that he thinks he'd enjoy". It's refreshingly honest about its subjectivity. Maybe you'll find something you like in there.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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I am pretty dubious on Bioware these days, and having learned from Aliens: Colonial Marines, I no longer pre-order games. When Anthem came out, I did pay the $5 for Origin all access for a month, rather then plunk down $60 on Anthem.
I thought Anthem was pretty uninteresting and I only played it for about 40 minutes. However, since I had Origin All Access, I decided to try out random games they had, and one of them was one of the games on this list - They Are Billions - and I wound up playing the hell out of that. Very engrossing game.
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lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
I don't know who Big Ross is, or why he thinks his list is so special, but I'd have to agree that you only have to look slightly outside the major AAA release list to find plenty of brilliant games that don't rinse the wallet!
Field of Glory: Empires is the latest one I've bought and I'm loving it. Especially cool is that you can export the battles from the strategy map to the great battle engine in FoGII!
.... I mean, I explained who Ross Scott is in the original post. I didn't call him "Big Ross", either
Essentially he's the guy behind this old and popular series:
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Ouze wrote: I am pretty dubious on Bioware these days, and having learned from Aliens: Colonial Marines, I no longer pre-order games. When Anthem came out, I did pay the $5 for Origin all access for a month, rather then plunk down $60 on Anthem.
I thought Anthem was pretty uninteresting and I only played it for about 40 minutes. However, since I had Origin All Access, I decided to try out random games they had, and one of them was one of the games on this list - They Are Billions - and I wound up playing the hell out of that. Very engrossing game.
Nice. That was one of the games I was eyeing, too.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Frostpunk is on that list, and that is an amazing game if you have not tried it. It's very challenging, but not in a frustrating way.
I also just started playing Generation Zero - this is a game that I long thought looked great, but was getting terrible reviews, so I avoided. I haven't gotten into it enough to say for sure if it's actually good or legitimately bad yet.
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
Manchu wrote: Any X-Com fans tried out Mutant Year Zero?
Yes, the game and its concept/story is a nice change of pace but it suffers from a stealth system that could have used some more work. But it is still a good game, combat flows well and its varierd enough that is dose no grow stale afer a bit of play. The expansion is also worth checking out if you find the main game to your liking.
Manchu wrote: Any X-Com fans tried out Mutant Year Zero?
Haven't played it yet myself, however, I know several people who have, and I've watched some let's plays of early missions. Everything points to it being a game we XCOM fans would enjoy.
