indie
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Here’s Towers, A Game About A Big World With Big Animals
3This is Towers, a prototype/demo made by a small team of developers, including some of the same folks behind Hawken. It looks a lot like Ico cosplaying as Monster Hunter.
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Islanders Looks Like The Cutest Lil’ City-Building Game
City-building games are always so big, and heavy. Islanders is coming at the genre from the other side, pitching itself as a light, quick and breezy way to build some nice buildings then get on with your life.
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Where Is The Diabolical Golf Sim Of My Dreams
The SimCity series is best remembered for its city management, but developers Maxis deserved just as much praise for turning their simulator skills towards the world of golf. And that was a wonderful time: it allowed a younger me to dream. A dream of building the most hellish, dickish golf course imaginable.
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At The Gates Is A Gruelling Strategy Misfire
Jon Shafer, lead designer of Civilisation V, has spent the last seven years working on a 4X strategy game of his own called At The Gates, which puts you in control of a barbarian tribe during the last days of the Roman Empire. There’s a lot of exploration and expanding to be had, but also…