Editorial Steam Changes Indie Game Policy. For Better or Worse?

[Manu_PT]

That´s exactly my point. I know there are good games but you will need to tell me wich ones. Or I will need to research big time. They get constantly overshadowed by crappy stuff. There should be better quality control over this stuff. Is a mess right now as it is and this won´t convince any console player.

I don´t want PC gaming to be associated with league of legends/DOTA 2 and shovelware indies. Time to move on with all the better capabilities of our platform.

 

[rtwjunkie]

That´s exactly my point. I know there are good games but you will need to tell me wich ones. Or I will need to research big time. They get constantly overshadowed by crappy stuff. There should be better quality control over this stuff. Is a mess right now as it is and this won´t convince any console player.

I don´t want PC gaming to be associated with league of legends/DOTA 2 and shovelware indies. Time to move on with all the better capabilities of our platform.

I was about to amend my previous post, but saw you had responded. I can get a nice list together for you at home.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/what-are-you-playing.204644/page-128#post-3564662

Steam link is in the posting.

 

[R-T-B]

That´s exactly my point. I know there are good games but you will need to tell me wich ones. Or I will need to research big time. They get constantly overshadowed by crappy stuff. There should be better quality control over this stuff. Is a mess right now as it is and this won´t convince any console player.

I don´t want PC gaming to be associated with league of legends/DOTA 2 and shovelware indies. Time to move on with all the better capabilities of our platform.

It was actually hard writing this article to not "overuse the term 'shovelware'" (As w1zzard put it). It's hard, because the term is so accurate for the problem the industry is encountering, and yet so very unprofessional sounding from a journalistic perspective, lol.

But I agree with you completely.

 

[Prince Valiant]

There are a fair amount of Indie games that do fill that fun, A-role you described. I mentioned one above, and there's a lot more! Unfortunately they get overshadowed by the large amount of Indie crap.

Valley doesn't look like my cup of tea but it does look like a decent game nonetheless. The indie moniker has gotten a bit too broad these days when something making an effort can get lumped in with total junk someone might debate purchasing at $5.

 

[rtwjunkie]

The indie moniker has gotten a bit too broad these days when something making an effort can get lumped in with total junk someone might debate purchasing at $5.

Yep, you are correct. Which is why I really look for my perceived quality margin to be crossed. Then I will find any and all reviews I can. I will even settle for some Steam user reviews, because e I can quickly gloss over the one, good and bad, that had no business writing a review.

Sometimes, like with Valley above, I will just take a chance since the production value looked high. Sometimes I will goo on another TPU member suggestion. I gor Dead Effect 1 and 2 that way after RejZoR kept writing about how much fun he was having and how amazed he was it wasn't a big studio. So yeah, to find the good stuff takes some work, but I feel it's worth it.