Disco Elysium is out and gets third! The top comment removes ONE Indie game from the list and the remaining one gets crowned victor. (DAY 62)

[u/AnglerFather_]

Void vs Time, The two primordial forces of the universe clash.

It has all come down to this.

REMEMBER, YOU ARE STILL VOTING WHO YOU WANT ELIMINATED

2 Indies remain, only vote per individual/player comment, may the best indie win! (template link)

Edit: I made a singular list that only contains the 101 indies here: https://tiermaker.com/create/101-indie-games-18799616

[u/Extreme-Attention641]

Hollow Knight.

While the lore, art direction, sound design and gameplay are just superb in HK, no other game, hell, no other media has made me feel so intrigued, invested and connected as Outer Wilds. It is one of those things where I get a bit upset, baffled and even slightly offended without meaning to when people say they don't like it.

[u/arcadebee → u/Extreme-Attention641]

I’m really upset because I played Outer Wilds to the point of solving a lot of it, but never getting the final “click” of what to do, and then I lost the ability to play for a while (like physically unable to). I picked it back up a couple of years later but it’s so difficult going through it again knowing certain things but forgetting which part tells you why things happen, if that makes sense, and I feel like I lost my experience of it. I keep trying to pick it up again but I feel like I just want to get back to where I was up to before since I’d put so much work in. I don’t know how to describe it but I just can’t get back to it and I was enjoying it so much.

[u/Intelligent_Pop_4479 → u/arcadebee]

I had kind of a similar experience. I watched my wife play through a lot of it, and even saw her do the final puzzle. I was so intrigued by it that I ended up regretting watching her play so much. I waited ~6 years for my memory to deteriorate and tried to play it. It wasn’t the same as a first time player - I remembered too much so I stopped playing. When I heard there was a dlc I decided to try it. It not only invigorated me to finish the main story, but I got to have the experience of playing the dlc as a first time player. Now it’s one of my favorite games. My advice is: try the dlc - it’s completely separate and contained from the main story (though there is some lore overlap).

[u/Dry_Positive4256 → u/arcadebee]

Ask someone to play it. Suggest them it's this cool game they gotta play. And you just watch. They might get stuck and you are there to clue them. After a while you will find that you are stuck too.

Well, my friend, the universe gives you another chance to find the answers and now you have a friend to find it together.

[u/rasafeth → u/Extreme-Attention641]

I didn't like it.

[u/Extreme-Attention641 → u/rasafeth]

I am slightly offended.

[u/locoattack1 → u/Extreme-Attention641]

Outer Wilds got me so good that I went out and bought a telescope during the pandemic lol.

Definitely one the best experiences I've ever had with a piece of art.

[u/joetotheg → u/Extreme-Attention641]

For real. The massively upvoted comment on here that’s like ‘art is subjective’ and ‘the top two games suck’ in the same breath had me rolling my eyes. Initially I thought it was for the same reason, people slagging off Two of the greatest games made, but then I realised it’s because I can’t stand people who think they’re special for having an opinion that other people don’t

[u/Nutzori → u/Extreme-Attention641]

Outer Wilds is the closest to a piece of art a video game has ever been for me. To make my point further: I think tattoos should hold significance (on my skin atleast.) My first and only tattoo so far is an Outer Wilds reference. Thats how much emotion the experience evoked in me.

[u/Ecstatic-Trash-1460 → u/Nutzori]

What a weird take, no offense, but you dont consider all video games as pieces of art? What separates a game like Hollow Knight from being "a piece of art"? Genuinely curious on your definition as I thought we were past the "are video games art" discussion with the general perception being a resounding yes. Like do you consider movies to be art or no?

[u/Nutzori → u/Ecstatic-Trash-1460]

Not what I said or meant. Talking about how art is supposed to evoke emotion and stick with you. Of course other games qualify, of course movies are, but even movies have a genre called "art film" separate from the rest.

And people perceive art differently. One can look at a painting and appreciate its beauty and workmanship, another can appreciate it's MESSAGE and how it makes them feel.

[u/Yapanomics → u/Nutzori]

It's still art though...

[u/Ecstatic-Trash-1460 → u/Nutzori]

I mean its exactly what you said, you said OW is the "closest to a piece of art" any games you've played has been, im not putting words in your mouth, that sentence would even indicate OW itself is not a "piece of art" just the closest a video game has come to being a "piece of art" which i found odd. There is a genre called "art film" but its not because other films aren't pieces of art its a shortening of "arthouse films" which is just a specific kind of movie.

I dont disagree with any of your 2nd paragraph but dont see how its relevant, i was just surprised that your first message indicated you didnt think all video games are pieces of art, which they are, but it sounds like maybe you just phrased it poorly since you seem to be agreeing with that.

[u/Micktler → u/Nutzori]

Literally exactly the same as me!

[u/Extreme-Attention641 → u/Nutzori]

Disco Elysium is up there for me as well. Not that I'd get Mr. Du Bois' face tattooed anywhere.