Indie games are a vital part of the video game eco system, and 2018 saw more than one such game rise to the top of the food chain. Here’s a look at the best of the best, from the indie darlings that we just cannot get enough of.
We saw the glory of a war god reborn, we felt the joy of navigating through New York City while spinning webs and we faced stories of a personal nature on a scale that may have been more indie in design but was truly epic in scope. How do you even begin to sum up 2018? How do you condense a year’s worth of gaming into any single rewards category? Well the Game Awards 2018 certainly did just that, with results that probably weren’t surprising.
Dead Cells is one of my favourite games of the year. Its brutal action and repeatable runs have made it a game I’m happy to sink 10 minutes or 10 hours into. The release version has now been out for about a month, without anything resembling extra content since its release. That’ll be changing soon!
Dead Cells is perfect for the Nintendo Switch, a machine with a bit of portability. While there are no solid numbers for how many copies of the game have been sold on each platform, its developers have revealed that the Switch version of the game is outselling the PlayStation 4 version by a factor of four to one.
Dead Cells can be a challenging game, frustratingly so at times as death knocks on your door constantly, forcing you to reset all of your progress and momentum. Are you still planning to jump into this superb game? Well then here are a few tips and pointers to help you get the most out of Dead Cells.
A chimera of genres, Dead Cells succeeds in forging its own path with incredibly polished combat, retrotastic art design and drawing the right amount of influence from the past.
August may just be the greatest month yet with which to dip your toes into that world, thanks to a smorgasbord of titles that’ll soon be available to play. Got a console or a PC? Then you’re pretty much good to go, as the following games will have you backtracking and stabbing your way across plenty of levels.
In Dead Cells, your first run through the game will result in you facing the guardian of the Black Bridge: The Concierge. Formerly known as The Incomplete One, the Concierge is an early-level bruiser with some frighteningly quick attacks and counters to your arsenal. He’s also not that hard to take down, if you know exactly what to keep an eye open for.
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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