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iDrinkOJ

On last day bought: the wolf among us, dishonor
Games I wanted but didn't buy: dayz, the forest, gone home, others
Games had fun playing: sleeping dogs. Love this game.

Reply July 1, 2014

SodiumOH

[quote=Hermes]You just described why I hate indie games and their fans. It is a game, not a novel. If you want to experience a story about struggle, friendship, and sacrifice, read a book. I cannot fathom how someone could sit there and be entertained or how the game could make you think about anything in life. Anybody who talks about indie games and their themes is most likely a euphoric, fedora wearing, 400 lb obnoxious atheist who tries to find ways why they are better than everybody else. How do you relate to shapes and their stupid little story? Have you been alone your whole life and then met other weird freaks? That's what the game was about for the short period of time I played it before contemplating whether I should go jump off a bridge or not. Yes, I realize I am being a jerk but it annoys me to know end when people talks about how euphoric these stupid indie games with stupid art made them, and how they were stunned.[/quote]

[b]Gaming is a broad medium[/b] (and it has become a broader in the last few years), not just limited to your shallow thinking of what games are (or should be). I am really shaking my head why you think experiencing a story is limited to just reading a book, or why can't one experience a story in video games. Video games always contained stories, and a lot of them good ones. It can be a (graphic) novel. With that, anything that tells a story can entertain someone, and can make you think about life, because a lot of stories are based on what life is about.

I'm not saying my life story is the story of these characters, nor my friends (freaks), but I like the story for some reason. And other people like it too, among other things.

You're not being a jerk for having an opinion. In a way I'm like you (I don't get why people like Justin Bieber, etc). But I don't get why you should unnecessarily hate on people for liking certain stuff.

That 400 lb. obnoxious atheist who hates religious people because he doesn't get what faith means.

Reply July 1, 2014

Hermes

[quote=SodiumOH]I really liked "Thomas Was Alone"
It wasn't really the puzzles or the gameplay that was interesting about it. The story of these rectangles were interesting.
I will not force you to understand what makes it good (a least good for me), but I liked how the creator gave these rectangles personalities that are similar to what real people can be. The story is actually about struggle, friendship, and sacrifice. And in many ways, the characters and themes are relate-able to real life, that's why many people "connect" with it. I won't say it changed my perspective of life, but it is a nice little tale, nonetheless.[/quote]
You just described why I hate indie games and their fans. It is a game, not a novel. If you want to experience a story about struggle, friendship, and sacrifice, read a book. I cannot fathom how someone could sit there and be entertained or how the game could make you think about anything in life. Anybody who talks about indie games and their themes is most likely a euphoric, fedora wearing, 400 lb obnoxious atheist who tries to find ways why they are better than everybody else. How do you relate to shapes and their stupid little story? Have you been alone your whole life and then met other weird freaks? That's what the game was about for the short period of time I played it before contemplating whether I should go jump off a bridge or not. Yes, I realize I am being a jerk but it annoys me to know end when people talks about how euphoric these stupid indie games with stupid art made them, and how they were stunned.

Reply June 30, 2014

SodiumOH

[quote=Hermes]Nothing at all. I don't play singleplayer games, they are a snoozefest.

I also hate pretty much every indie game due to the stupid art styles they always have. I just can't understand how people like games like "Thomas Was Alone." Like really? You are moving cubes and other 2D shapes around to complete stupidly easy puzzles with a script that does not, infact, make one think deeply. I'm tired of all of these people who play the stupidest indie games then come and obsess over them on the internet saying how deep the games are and how it changed their perspective of life. I could make a game about a piece of half eaten toast getting plastic surgery and then him crying when he looked like an idiot after, and people would make up some stupid meaning or moral of the game.[/quote]

I really liked "Thomas Was Alone"
It wasn't really the puzzles or the gameplay that was interesting about it. The story of these rectangles were interesting.
I will not force you to understand what makes it good (a least good for me), but I liked how the creator gave these rectangles personalities that are similar to what real people can be. The story is actually about struggle, friendship, and sacrifice. And in many ways, the characters and themes are relate-able to real life, that's why many people "connect" with it. I won't say it changed my perspective of life, but it is a nice little tale, nonetheless.

Reply June 30, 2014

Ecyz

Throughout the whole sale:

Bastion
Trine 2
Fable: TLC
The Witcher 2
Divinity: Dragon Commander
Valdis Story
Terraria
E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy (you gained brouzouf)
Castle Crashers
Fairy Bloom Freesia
The Last Remnant

First Steam sale and god was it bad. I'm happy with what I bought though.