17 PS4 HIDDEN GEMS + INDIES vs. SONY Discussion - Playstation Hidden Gems Part 1

Recently, a number of Indie developers expressed on social medias that they are fed up with SONY's policies regarding how they handle Indies or smaller titles in their platforms. We've been seeing the low representation of these titles in the PS4 for quite sometime, in comparison to other platforms, specially the Switch, but now we have actual developer confirming it. So I decided to make a video discussing this situation as well as highlighting 17 awesome smaller games on the PS4 since SONY won't.
Part 2 (PS4 Hidden Gems with physicals): • 15 Awesome Obscure Phy...
In This Episode:
00:00 Intro
00:32 INDIES vs SONY Discussion
08:08 Seraph
10:02 Rez Infinite
12:24 Shady Part of Me
14:52 Tokyo Xanadu Ex +
17:01 Monkey King: Hero Is Back
18:19 Shadow of the Beast
20:27 Grand Kingdom
23:13 Velocity 2X
25:24 Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
26:45 Nex Machina
28:57 Grow Home
30:59 Indivisible
32:45 Thumper
33:32 Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force
34:34 Pyre
36:53 Night in the Woods
38:55 Tooth and Tail
40:21 Ending

[@somebodythatsbored]

Love that your showing games that people may not know of that could be they’re next favorite game. Also I do think Sony is making a mistake not having they’re legacy games more available.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

:D Yeah! That's why I am here. So many great games that pass by almost unoticed. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@zoozbuh]

Completely agree with your points at the start about Sony not valuing small indie titles. Jim Ryan needs to step down 😖😬

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Totally. He really seems to be leading the company in a very unfriendly route, all about tripla A's, not about the fans or the games at all. Thanks for watching and leaving this comment!

[@xmario3sonicp785]

Great list. Lots of cross-platform games too, since I don't have a PS4. The ones that caught my eye were Thumper, Shady Part of Me, and Velocity 2X (I've already played Night in the Woods). Also, I had no idea Monkey King: Hero Is Back had a game tie-in. Thanks for letting me know.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

No problem, my pleasure :D. Thanks, glad you enjoyed! Great picks. Thumper is seriously cool. If you like fast games that one is killer.

[@charlieperaltaf]

Nice List bro, I tried Indivisible on game pass and after few hours I knew it was a must buy, sadly the studio went down due to lots of internal issues.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Right, I remember hearing about that studio closing last year. Well, at least they managed to release a great game. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment, Charlie! :D

[@fontasgeorgopoulos1048]

They closed shop??!! Nooooo!!! Indivisible was awesome!!!! :(

[@bananabike279]

Great recommendations! I still need to play Velocity 2X, Night in the Woods and Grow Home sometime. It really sucks indies aren't getting that much attention from Sony nowadays, especially when you think back to the PSVita days when Sony used to be best friends with indie devs :(

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Right, they used to be much better about indies about 5 to 7 years ago, I also recall that. It's also probably related to the change in leadership. I really hope they return to that mindset, but it really seems like they are focusing all their attention to the big blockbusters and the tastes of the US market. Let's see how it turrns out. Thanks, makreel, for the watching and commenting! :D

[@gavsams]

Great video mate keep them coming

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thank you so much! Thanks for watching! More coming soon.

[@fan_of_gaming]

Thanks for the video, added Seraph, Tokyo Xanadu, Monkey King, Shadow Of The Beast, Velocity 2X, Exist Archive, Nex Machina, Indivisible, Fairy Fencer F and Tooth & Tail to my wishlist

[@sergioalcazar5789]

At the beggining, with such a huge intro I was getting bored. However, after intro I've never seen a list of games like that. Great video.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thank you so much, Sergio! Yeah, I guess I went too long on the Indies vs Sony discussion. Was a bit too passionate about that topic lol. Thanks for sticking with it until the games, and I'm glad you enjoyed most of the video! And good news, I will be continuing covering hidden gems on the PS4 soon. Stay tuned for that! Thanks for watching!

[@UltimateAlexX]

Hell yeah. Glad I at least have some of these already. Thanks for the list and the info in the beginning. Also not sure if I remember correctly but I don't think I ever saw Sky Force Reloaded on your channel before. This game is my recommendation on the unknown stuff for basically anyone. :D

[@FromTheVoidGames]

My pleasure, Alex, glad you enjoyed. Great recommendation! Did not know about that one, already googled it here and it looks awesome. Will be trying it on the Switch soon enough! Thanks for watching!

[@sozaj]

I think that they are absolutely wrong to dismiss indies.

[@timhewison5187]

Great opening theme song!!! Great job on your videos.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thank you so much, Tim! It means a lot :D.

[@seattlechef3359]

Excellent list of games! Perhaps Sony listened since the release of this video with many of their indie games gaining decent success this year. I don’t see enough content creators doing videos on PlayStation indie titles like this- it’d be great to see you do more vids shedding some light on less known ps4/Ps5 indies/hidden gems in the future.

[@urabusxrw04]

Great great list and video. I’ve heard of maybe one of these and now I have 16 other games to play.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

That's awesome! Glad I could be of help bringing these games onto your radar! Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment and stay tunned for more soon!

[@robinhatherall6779]

Very cool video mate. Totally agree. I love my Switch and recently bought Xbox series X due to the writing on the wall. Jim Ryan is a small minded numbers man. Once I saw the design of the PS5 and cost of games, I tapped out. PS2 is close to my fave system ever -that whole gen Gamecube, OG Xbox, Dreamcast I play all the time. Such creativity.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thank you so much, Robin! Yes, I am on the same boat. The switch is my main console and once I decide to jump in to the next gen I am getting the Series X. And hey, if your favorite gen is the PS2, the video I am working on now coming soon is just right for you. I am making a 50 Expensive PS2 games list with a lot of great obscure games on that system. Stay tuned for that, and thanks for watching!

[@bvigil1888]

i enjoyed this video, definitely looking into these. Would love to see more like this.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thank you so much! This means a lot! Yes, I will certainly make a part 2 to this in the future, you can look forward to that :D. In the meanwhile, if you haven't yet, check out the Switch Hidden gems series, I have covered almost 40 games there, and most are also available on the PS4 or Steam. Here are 11 of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH3PonZ5haern8k

[@8-BitFryup-ru7pk]

Nice intro 👌

[@SutorenjiKamereon]

I like the content you make very much. However, I must note that Sony did not forget or hide Rez Infinite. The original Rez was a Sony-published game in Europe to begin with. Recently Rez Infinite was given away for free as part of the Play at Home initiative, so it's not like Sony won't show it.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Right, thanks for pointing that out. I'm seeing here that Thumper was also on that list of 10 games for the initiative. Good to know. Yeah, I don't think they have given up on indies completly, but it sure looks like they are the ones doing the least in comparison with any of the competitors. And they could do much better since presumably they make the most profit out of all of them. Thank you very much for watching my videos and leaving this comment! :D

[@SutorenjiKamereon]

@@FromTheVoidGames No, thank you for the videos! :D I hope your channel gets bigger, more people need to see your videos and hear your perspective on these awesome games!

[@MrRighteousfish]

This is a great channel and great video

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thank you so much! This means a lot! Stay tuned for a follow up on this one soon!

[@AlexanderArts]

I agree with you, the focus on making all your money from a couple giant AAA games seems like "putting all your eggs in one basket." If a couple of those fail at the same time Sony they'll need some smaller titles to keep them going. Also, I like that you point out big trends like "Battle-Royale" coming from indie games.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Hey Ian! Right? It really seems that since Shawn Layden left the company, SONY has become much more corporate minded than before. Many indications point to that. Thanks for the constant support, man, appreciate it! :D

[@Ji99i3]

Love your passion man

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thanks, dude! Yeah, can't deny this really is my passion :D

[@AllenTax]

Three of these I have and two others I have played demo to. The first one you mentioned I heard about but forgot it. One of the games you talked about. There is more to it than you said. Being Fairy Fencer F. As fairies. Are part of the world and play in both combat and world map groth.They also can give effect to dungeons. There is also a light vs dark theme. Witch is also controlled in part by removeimg the fairies from the light or dark so n so.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Hi Allen. Yes, I agree, I only brushed through Fairy Fencer F, didn't go into detail at all. You see, I had another game instead, Aegis of Earth, but I realised that it kinda got really boring after a while so I decided to replace it with Fairy Fencer F, which is truly a much better game. But I was running super late with this video and would have to replay it a lot to feel confortable with giving a full review, so I decided to just give a very far overview of it. But agreed, I feel bad that I didn't go into detail. Will make sure that if I ever talk about it again in the future I will explain it much better. Thank you for watching and leaving this comment! And I hope you enjoyed te video despite this entry being a let down.

[@jeffdope5602]

Mighty fine video my dude

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Glad you enjoyed, Jeff! Thanks for watching! More to come o this series soon!

[@deluxsound123]

Battle Royale has been out for over 2 decades and I also remember playing a game in the arcade many years ago before UT2K that was battle royale style so no it wasnt developed by any dev from the PS4 or PS3 era.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Right. You are right that Battle Royal modes alredy existed prior to PUBG, where you would kill several other players or AI and last standing man won. What I was referring to is the way that PUBG did it first, where its the main mode of a standalone game. Sorry for the confusion. I said the battle royal genre as we know today. Emphasis on "as we know today", but I could have been more clear. Thanks for watching, and hope you liked the video despite this.

[@Dominic_el_tercero]

hello my friend great video as always, I heared something about what sony was doing but I never knew how awful it was. I'm realy interested in shady part of me and tooth and tail, never heard about them but they look amazing (have to check exist archive too and would have to give seraph, nex machina and pyre a second chance since I while I have them I haven't realy played much) I'm thinking about if I put or not indivisible in part 3(or 4) of my list of the my favorite games of all times, since I haven't finished it yet about thumper in VR it is truly an incredible experience, you get so focused and inmersed in what is going on in the game, that you loose the sense of reality, something realy unusual for a game that is so far away from reality itself (but well it happens a lot with musical VR games like REZ or beat saber) ps: you know that grow home has a secuel called grow up?! it's pretty much the same game with a few movility options added

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Hey Dominic! Yeah, this whole Indies vs Sony thing was really interesting to me. I always noticed that these games were moving away from PS4 into Switch and even Xbox One, but now we have factual reasons why. Exist Archive is a little rough because its a quest or mission based RPG. So only go for it if you really like RPGs, then its a great title. Shady Part of me is just beautiful. Not anything mind blowing in terms of gameplay but really tastefull game. Tooth and Tail is a great small strategy game, go for it. Dude, I can't even imagine Thumper in VR, will try some day, but it seems like it would be too intense even. Cool, no didn't know that! Will check out that one soon! Thanks man, for the constant support!

[@grgamer8470]

A sword used instead of arrow?! I m hyped!

[@FromTheVoidGames]

lol, yeah, I also found that very cool despite how absurd it is, lol.

[@pentuplove6542]

I always get the playstore game search research resetting while I am scrolling down the list. No wonder I never get to the indie games.

[@DrayoDraxGaming]

I even own a physical copy of Shadow of the Beast and Velocity 2x. And played Grow Home and Rez infinite.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Awesome. Never seen the physical copy of Shadow of the Beast. Great picks on your collection :D. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

[@Icynova]

I really liked Xanadu on the vita. What does the extra character add?

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Yeah, pretty awesome game. So the White Shroud character is playable in side chapters at the end of each of the main story chapters. Its a pretty substantial addition to the game. There is at least another playable character not available in the original as well (Ryouta) and this version also adds a post game chapter. Thanks for watching!

[@noquieropuerco]

I was on a Trails of Cold Steel and Ys buying spree a few months back due to recommendations from my PlayStation community. While doing my best to find copies (Ys VIII was particularly a bitch to find, and let's not even talk about the price), I stumbled upon someone selling a sealed box of Tokyo Xanadu eX+ Limited Edition. When I noticed that it was also from Falcom, I snatched it up immediately. It wasn't cheap, of course, but I am so glad I went for it as I've been having a blast playing it so far. I may have depleted my budget a bit more than I expected, but hey, who needs to eat when you've got games this awesome XD

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Yeah! I also was really surprise how awesome this game is in stark contrast to how unkown it is too. I too am all about Falcom games, I am a big fan of the Ys series and The Legend of Heroes as well. We have simmilar taste it seems :D. Thanks for watching my videos and leaving these comments!

[@noquieropuerco]

@@FromTheVoidGames Yeah, I'm loving a lot of your recommendations! In fact, I was lucky enough to find a physical copy of Indivisible just yesterday. And right now, I'm about to snatch up Shady Part of Me and Night in the Woods since they're on sale at PSN :) Awesome work man, keep those recommendations coming!

[@antiquecardboard]

Jim Ryan is destroying Sony. Not only has he ignored/insulted Indie games and Playstation Legacy games...he now is watering down the Playstation brand by letting exclusives jump over to PC. It might be a good short term strategy from a monetary perspective...but this will do long term damage to the Playstation brand down the road. Jim Ryan need to go.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

The way he treats his own company's legacy is pathetic really, shows how ignorant he is about the industry he works in. As for the games on PC, I agree that its a weird move, I mean, we wouldn't expect Nintendo to ever do such a thing, right? But those are not the fresh new games right? Im not sure it creates too much harm to their brand, but yeah, comparing them to Nintendo who is always bringing old games back to their new systems, I guess you have a point in the long term perspective. But then again, since I also dislike how nintendo treats their legacy, I guess this is a good way for game preservation too.... lol, its hard to judge this one.

[@Fast_Travel_Gamer]

I have been advocating for Pyre since it released in 2017. I think it's the best work that SuperGiant Games has ever done! It was my 2017 Game of the Year! Play it, people!

[@FromTheVoidGames]

It really is such a great game, incredibly unique too. Cool to see that others agree :D. Thank you so much for watching and leaving this comment, Zack! Stay tunned for more soon!

[@Fast_Travel_Gamer]

@@FromTheVoidGames Will do! It's been a joy discovering your channel! Keep it up, man!

[@wilrivera2668]

... I got thumper and rez for free from sony over the summer. Was not overly impressed. I am a massive fan of housemarque. Howverrr, the complete lack of story in nex machina made it hard to continue playing it. Never realized how much story mattered to me before. Seraph looks interesting. Don't think I have heard of it before. Thank you for mentioning it! I finished Hue and Deadly Tower of Monsters and really enjoyed them.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Glad you found this useful! Yeah, I get that Nex Machina is underwhelming due to not having any story whatsoever. Same thing goes for these other 2 you didn't like too much, Thumper and Rez. Hue is awesome! Great little puzzle game with impressive voice over and music too. I did a mini review of it a few months back. Deadly Tower I have yet to play, will take a look. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! :D Stay tunned for more soon.

[@ty_sylicus]

Checking in from 2024. Indies are the future.

[@fontasgeorgopoulos1048]

Some very nice games in this video!

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more soon! :D

[@Pizmagic]

Seraph actually look bomb 💣.. thanks for showing that 1 btw..👍 And all these on psnow.. so Sony at least given em out that way...

[@maromorostar6621]

Nex Machina and Velocity are very enjoyable games, very rewarding.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Yes they are! Nex Machina is for sure the game I've played the most on my PS4. It's so full of challenges to beat its insane. Thank you so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned for more soon!

[@alpha34098]

Well Nex Machina at the very least became the Blueprint to follow for Returnal's Gameplay. Housemarque manage to basically merge the Adictive and Frenetic Combat Loop of Nex Machina with the Third Person Adventure gameplay of most PS Blockbusters and the difficulty of a Rogue-Like title in quite the Mix

[@aki3906]

Great video

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Thanks, Aki! I will make more on this series soon, stau tuned for that!

[@grgamer8470]

So these are games exist only on ps store?

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Most are either PS4 exclusive, like Shadow of the Beast and Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (This eX+ version is PS4 exclusive) or PS4 Console exclusive, meaning they can also be found in steam but not in any other console. Thanks for watching!

[@Dominic_el_tercero]

Hello my friend I come to you with a conflic, you see how I have rebranded my channel and was going to slightly change my image, turns out I just realized that I subconsciosly have taken a lot of inspiration from your image, my idea is to put a picture of me in a corner and have the “mundos del frikismo “ float over my hand like, I was holding an universe (of solar system ) or just contemplating different worlds floating through space and just Now I noticed that the theme of an universe and round symbols for games are part of your image(well in your case it’s one game in the void in my case it would be several games floating around like planets) , I Wanted to know your opinion should I stop with my idea or should I move no with it, your opinión is important to me and if you don’t like it I will be doing something else

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Hey Dominic! No problem, go right ahead! Your idea is different enough, between the Void and the Planets there is more than enough of a difference that it will not feel weird in any way, I don't think. I like your idea by the way, and cool that it was maybe subcontiously inspired in my thumbnails :D. Go ahead dude, best of luck! And I really appreciate that you came to me before doing it, just because you thought it could be interpreted as copying or something like that, even though it isn't really it seems.👍

[@Dominic_el_tercero]

@@FromTheVoidGames I wouldn’t call it as much coyright since that for me implies legal action it has to do with respect for your as a person and your work , thanks a lot, realy apreciate it

[@AlexanderArts]

Grow Home is awesome.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

Yeah! I only played it recently, its wonderful!

[@markarend8226]

Shame in Sony !

[@NolanObe]

Monkey king sucks. I got the platinum. But no it's a weird game.

[@Pizmagic]

Chart don't mean much dude. Switch has lot indies cause can't run 4k 60 games. I see indies on sale all time. Ive bought tons of best indies >5 $ games. Got get bog games now it seems xbox bought half good studios since they suck at Makin games..

[@shocknawe]

Life of Black Tiger?

[@FromTheVoidGames]

lol, that famously bad game? Yeah, if I ever do a "worst PS4 games" I'll probably include that one :D. Thanks for watching!

[@shocknawe]

@@FromTheVoidGames Mate, I've seen a ton of "hidden gem" lists for older consoles with stuff I played back in the day that was TERRIBLE, even back then. Don't be surprised a few years from now when Life of Black Tiger is gonna be top 15 underappreciated gems on the ps4 hahahahhaha People are daft.

[@FromTheVoidGames]

@@shocknawe lol. I hope none of those terrible games were on this list :D

[@MeeSanFrancisco]

Is there a reason the majority of the games you showcase are female protagonists?

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

Lol calling journey to the west obscure is funny, it’s the Chinese equivalent to the bible

[@litt420]

Sony isnt problem the games and devs r trash thats the problem And the devs do nothing to promote their games i love when scammers like game devs cry Sony this Sony that

[@bamban_garcia5562]

Some devs even cried about Sony requiring a trailer that represents what the actual PlayStation version will look like Seems that's a problem for companies that try to pass let's say the high end computer version for easier sales

[@homeaccount5943]

Seraph needs to be on disc for we collectors !

[@FromTheVoidGames]

It would be great! They could also port it over to other systems, the game is great.

[@danielhayes3607]

Bad games are bad games. Niche games are exactly that. They sell so well on switch because it's has no games 🤷🏻‍♂️