Between consoles, PC, mobile and everything in between, there are so many games released today that it's impossible to keep up with everything that's coming out – and it's even harder to keep up with the studios behind them. Even with a gaming public that's grown accustomed to following big developers like Valve and small studios like Double Fine, countless other studios slide under the radar. In the interest of sifting a signal from the noise, the Joystiq crew has selected 20 developers that deserve your attention. These studios are making games you should play, and their future work should be highly anticipated.
Lately, a number of notorious difficult ARPGs have added difficulty options. Is that a good thing or does it ruin the experience?
As long as it is just an option, it is totally okay, but it's also OKAAAAY! To simply ignore that option.
Long as fromsoft never does it. This was only expected since the soulslike genre is so popular now.
Stuff like this really shows that people completely missed the point of that argument. The argument was never that souls likes shouldn't have a difficulty option. The argument was that if someone makes a game, particularly souls likes, that did not want to include difficulty options, that you should just respect that instead of demanding and berating the developers to add them.
I see the lack of difficulty settings as one of the key traits that defines a Soulslike. It’s not just about being challenging. It’s about how the game is built around that challenge, expecting you to learn through failure and grow by mastering its systems. Once you introduce difficulty options, you’re changing that foundation. You’re giving players a way around the intended experience, actually you are killing the whole idea of a "intended experience".
That doesn’t make the game worse, necessarily, but at that point, it’s just not a Soulslike anymore. It's a action RPG.
The new trailer has dropped and looks interesting.
Have to say....the more I see of this game the less impressed i am unfortunately. The reveal trailer had me so interested, but the last 2 looks at the game have been underwhelming.
Looking really good.
For some reason this game is giving me serious Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain vibes.
Definitely interested.
Gun X is available now for Meta Quest, and while it may seem it's a game for gun nuts only, this review reveals there's more to it.
Does this then imply there are 20+ games we "don't know about, but should"?
I had not heard of a few of those games.
I know 12 of them, but the title says I dont, who do I trust?
Only notable:
Drinkbox // Very fun PS Vita games
Gungho // EVERYONE knows about Ragnarok!
Stardock // one of the best Sci-Fi RTS ever
Most of them I know, but the games are horrible and should be ignored.
I think most N4G regulars will know most of these. Great developers here.
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I didn't know that Papo & Yo and Wizorb both came for my hometown. I tend to forget that there are other devs than Ubisoft and Eidos here... Those two giants are given all the attention by the medias.