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Worldwide quarantine sucks, and while we are all inside playing video games to take our minds off of the impending doom of the real world, why not check out some of the indie games you might have otherwise missed out on? Right now Steam is holding a Game Festival for titles that would otherwise have gained some publicity through the various now-cancelled conferences.
MMO Fallout has decided to dedicate some time to these titles. We recommend our viewers check out the Steam Game Festival page and download some demos to play for yourself. There is some cool stuff on display, and most of the demos are short (10-20 minutes) so you don’t have to dedicate a whole lot of time to them.
What do you have to lose? Other than your patience waiting for the full games to release.
Coffee Talk (By Toge Productions)
Coffee Talk is currently available for $12.99. It is a relaxing game about listening to people’s problems, and making them a delicious cup of coffee (or tea, whatever). You can check out the demo footage above, and download it for yourself to see if it is something you’d be interested in.
I really enjoyed the demo and will definitely be picking up this game once my backlog has been lightened up a bit (Animal Crossing and Half Life: Alyx are calling my name). Toge Productions has a ton of other games you can check out as well while you’re looking at Coffee Talk.
Liberated (By Atomic Wolf)
Liberated is cool as hell. A side-scrolling shooter set in a noir, cyberpunk-ish universe told through the format of a moving comic book. Not available until later this year, Liberated is already shaping up to be a really cool game. I found the shooting mechanics to take a little time to get used to, but the comic aesthetic brings me back to the days of playing titles like XIII. I definitely can’t wait for this to come out.
Check out Atomic Wolf’s other title Made Age & This Guy, a steampunk arcade game available for $4.99.
Raji: An Ancient Epic (By Nodding Head Games)
Raji: An Ancient Epic feels a bit like a budget God Of War set in Hindu mythology. You take on the role of Raji, a young woman who has been chosen by the gods as the defender of the human race. You must fight back against invading demons and save your family.
Raji has great combat and gives a lot of information about Hinduism. I can’t wait for the full game to come out this year.
Moncage (By Optillusion)
Moncage shows that gameplay beat graphics every time. I love games like Moncage that challenge your brain and require an extra bit of forethought. The demo is short, but gives a great perspective on where the full game will end up going.
Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (By Interabang Entertainment/Spoony Bard Productions)
(Editor’s disclosure: I backed the physical NES cart of this game back in September. That did not make this game a priority to cover.)
Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl is a retro-inspired beat em up that is not the Chronic Blunt Punch that everyone backed on Fig like four years ago. The overall game feels about as close as you can get to a romhack of Double Dragon, and it is pretty good for that. Players choose between Jay and Silent Bob and travel from room to room beating people up. Controls are tight and responsive, exactly what you want from this type of game.
While Jim and Silly Bill won’t be out for a while, you can pick up other titles by the developers including Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure, Eskimo Bob: Starring Alfonzo, and Super Comboman: Smash Edition.
Superliminal (By Pillow Castle)
Superliminal may give you a nosebleed with how mind-bending this game is. You’ll have to check out the gameplay footage and play it for yourself to really get an idea on how it works (the video has no sound because I’m an idiot) but it takes very simple mechanics and turns them into a crazy system for progressing through the game.
I can’t imagine how the devs at Pillow Castle managed to make this work as smoothly as they did.
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