We've had a few killer games recently

One thing all these games share: not being made by one of the big companies like EA, Activision-Blizzard-King, or Ubisoft.

Hell, one of these was made by one dude, and another was made by the guys who made Magicka and was expected to have a player population of around 10k.

Yeah. A few companies made good games. Doesn't mean most companies aren't making dogshit games that everyone keeps gobbling up and shelling money for

In the same time period, we've gotten Skull And Bones, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, and Diablo IV skins that cost more than the base game.

It can simultaneously be true that the big companies are churning out cash grabs while other companies are making awesome games.

Didn't Helldivers 2 ship with a kernel level spyware? I wouldn't put it on this list.

I agree, except I'm hesitant to include hell divers because of the kernel level anticheat. I don't need to give a video game of all things access to my kernel. But the general idea is right, I am playing so many fire video games all made by indie devs right now.

The key difference is Originality.

Yeah when people say that, they're talking abt AAA. 2/3 of these are indie games.People are sick of corposlop. Indie games are the only games we have left, with some exceptions.

Can someone sales pitch help divers and the other one?

I’ve noticed a thriving hell diver community here and I need to decide if I want in

There's also tons of REALLY good games that are made by small developers and cost about as much as an energy drink.

It depends on whether the game was designed with shareholders in mind or the player. Most AAA games are designed with profit in mind rather than what's fun. For example, buying skins and doing the same thing on repeat is not fun. Roleplaying as Starship troopers with your friends is fun.

I dont get the hype for Helldivers or Lethal Company.

Lethal Company it's an Indie Game, so it doesn't fit in the "Game made by a Company" Category

AAA studios are making crap games recently, the more middle grade ones that absolutely rocking it.

Need to add Remnant 2 to that list

I kno about BG3 not the others though must be the new in shooters. I need this meme but with retro fps boom shoots. Dusk, amid evil, cultic

I just recently finished Final Fantasy XVI and I think its GOTY nomination was well earned, despite its shortcomings. A hell of a journey.

I agree with all of these picks too.

Is it just me that thinks helldiver's 2 was incredibly boring? It feels like cod zombies but only a tiny bit better. I decided to refund it at the 2 hour mark

"Things are bad/the end of the world" is the in-vogue thing right now. People think it makes them look smart/unbiased/well informed.

Gamers seem to be a pretty nasty bunch of people for whatever reason. Games have never been better and are absolutely amazing atm. But many people just like to focus on all the negatives and how certain games are bad. I honestly don't get it - you have lots of choices so just don't play the bad games, it's pretty easy...

Mark my words as the real JC Denton, GTA VI will cause the Video Game Market Crash, it will be a Ubisoft level of bad, with xp boosters, online only, ancient gameplay, and woke Disney story telling

Lethal Company is shit-tier stream bait, don't lump it in with these two masterpieces.

Lmao lethal company is repetitive, low effort, fake difficulty trash. Get tf off this list.

Counting Lethal Company as something other than a cheap cashgrab seems bold.