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Author: CoarseDragon
Posted: February 14, 2011 (02:22 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Torchlight was published by Encore, Inc. (in North America) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation so I would say no it is not Indie.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: February 14, 2011 (03:46 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm not sure how others feel, or whether or not Torchlight should be considered indie, but in my opinion it's the development team that should be considered, not who published the game. Big publishers sometimes publish indie games, too.
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Author: zigfried
Posted: February 14, 2011 (07:51 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
If indie-ness were based on development team size, we'd need yet another label to cover what we call "indie" today. A quick search shows that the company that made Torchlight was founded by the lead designer of Diablo 1 and 2. Emphasis on "company".
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: February 14, 2011 (09:05 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, I didn't say anything about team size, just who actually made the game. Not every team we've never heard of is indie. Torchlight's team was well known as ex-members of Blizzard, but I wasn't down with disqualifying the game on the basis of Encore being the publisher they finally found (and Encore wasn't with it at the start anyway, as I recall). By the way, though, are you saying that if a skilled developer from a famous development team starts up a team of a few people and makes a game, then it can't be indie? Because to me, that's almost like saying that anyone with experience or talent can't be indie! ;-)
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Author: zigfried
Posted: February 14, 2011 (10:44 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Experienced people generally don't call their games indie, because they have confidence in their work and aren't trying to appeal to the indie crowd. An exception would be that one Xbox Indie game made by that semi-known dude, but he was basically begged by Microsoft to put his thing on XBLI instead of XBLA. Oh yeah, and Arika released a game on XBLI, which is totally wrong and does not count as indie even though it's on the indie service.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: February 15, 2011 (04:20 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think I might actually do Light's End instead. I'm finding this game needs a tad more coverage.
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Author: CoarseDragon
Posted: February 15, 2011 (11:46 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This Light's End?
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: February 15, 2011 (06:05 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yep, that'd be the one. I'm enjoying it so far, which is strange because almost everything about it would normally bore me stiff. It's actually enjoyable.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: February 15, 2011 (06:46 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Ben: Judge instead! =D
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Author: jerec
Posted: February 16, 2011 (12:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indie_game_developers
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Author: zigfried
Posted: February 16, 2011 (11:22 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
That's not right. Wikipedia doesn't understand what "indie" means.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: February 17, 2011 (01:07 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Going by this list I could review something like Brutal Legend?
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Author: WilltheGreat
Posted: February 19, 2011 (09:29 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I see there are only two judges. I wish to be a third.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: February 19, 2011 (10:07 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Will is now judge #3, menaing I'm in the reviewing pool. I've also put the deadline forward a week to allow for people in schools.
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Author: zigfried
Posted: February 19, 2011 (11:05 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
+2 points to anyone who reviews Deed of the York.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: February 20, 2011 (11:38 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Light's End is up.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 03, 2011 (02:04 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I hope people haven't forgotten about this.
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Author: CoarseDragon
Posted: March 03, 2011 (03:51 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Me too. Should be fun.
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Author: turducken
Posted: March 05, 2011 (11:20 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Er, really late entry that was meant to be in like a half-month ago or better. Anyway, I'm gonna review Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden - Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley Saga.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 11, 2011 (10:46 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Here's mine: Have fun.
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Author: jerec
Posted: March 11, 2011 (02:08 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I haven't written anything, but I don't feel guilty because I never said I would.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: March 11, 2011 (02:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
As I'm being asked a few times..
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Author: Halon
Posted: March 11, 2011 (02:33 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm not going to show. I can probably crap something out tomorrow but don't want to enter for the sake of entering. I've been extremely busy for the past two weeks and completely forgot about this.
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Author: JANUS2
Posted: March 12, 2011 (09:23 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think my review of Super QuickHook qualifies for this contest. That's my entry, if sign-ups are still allowed.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: March 12, 2011 (06:26 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I WRITE DA WORDSESES!!!
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