Don't Buy AAA Games Part II - Inside Gamescast

[@Call555JackChop]

AA is the new AAA, all the best stuff has been smaller scale this year

[@akbmfm]

Preach! I'm telling you man, I have played more Space Marine 2 than any other multiplayer game in the past 7 years.

[@DarkZero2588]

You two mentioned Nobody Wants to Die as an indie, First Person, narrative game, and I want to recommend Still Wakes the Deep. The writing is fantastic, as is the (AUTHENTIC) Scottish voice cast. It’s a short, tight narrative that tells a fantastic story. It’s only 4-5 hours, and it’s currently my game of the year. It’s on PC as well as console, and even Game Pass.

[@Buckojeff]

Play with captions ON

[@Dusty175]

It's an amazing game I also played it on off shore oil rig too lol

[@GMoneyChuck89]

For the past five years, my personal GOTYs have been indie games, which has both shocked and delighted me.

[@xenohto9046]

i know the support for these podcasts aren't immense but i personally love hearing indie game recommendations from you guys.

[@X_Nation_1]

Bruce, your VODs of super market sim were so fun. I watched every minute. Your role as the overbearing boss was so good!

[@glitchsister]

don't worry I'd never buy a $60 game, mostly because it's never been in my budget. Why buy dlc when i can buy a jar of yeast

[@GinDragon]

Do jars of yeast cost $60?

[@TheCluelessConman]

49:18 Thanks to Bruce's recommendation I picked this up and LOVE IT. Exactly the amount of sim maintenance and a fun driving experience

[@dethy611]

#1 Gaming News Source in the Galaxy

[@orderneo]

So I think I made a whole comment like a month and a half ago on one of your videos about how I really disliked the anti-consul nature of some of your videos and how not everybody has that much money to spend on a video game machine? well I did so for the first time in my life I have a PC that is actually optimal to blast through some high-quality games and I even though it did take a lot to set up having all these different options to bounce around and pay for games (Xbox is better on pc 🤯) as well as being able to play games that I missed not having a PC has been amazing, frost punk forever. Thank you. You guys challenged me to find out, but yeah it is better on the other side, who knew.

[@lemonautical]

would love a monthly update with a few indie game recommendations. indie has been where it's at for a long time now, and it's only getting better

[@jefflafleche4017]

Would love if the video description listed the recommendations that way if I wanted to check any of them out in the future I could reference what they were quickly without having to parse through the video to try to remember what they all were. Or if there were a bunch that seemed interesting but I had forgotten 1 or 2 by the end of the video. But either way, great episode. Thanks for the recs!

[@TheShandomer]

Please make more of these for sure, this is a rough diamond mine and I could not be more interested! thank you for doing this

[@PBaloo01]

I really appreciate these podcast you do signal boosting these amazing but lesser known games. Constantly finding innovative gems to add to my library . I hope you make this a regular feature of the channel!

[@AlienDuckie]

I love the idea of this becoming a series, keep the recommendations coming!

[@randomdude7221]

Could this be a short series… Next Xbox indies, PS5, and so on.

[@zaidabraham7310]

That would be pointless. Most indies are PC-first, because it's easier to develop and publish games for PC

[@jonaseriksson3782]

43:40 I enjoyed Lawrence silently skipping past the footage of him ogling naked statues

[@BrandonMcNeil2110]

What about AAAA games?

[@TheOwlslayer]

I'd love to listen to you guys talking about lesser-known game recommendations every single week!

[@SmellMyPeanut]

I love this. I have been into roguelites since Enter the Gungeon came out. Now you have so many good ones. Hades is a great example for passion and quality for a smaller price tag. Some games like Returnal or Freelancer in hitman are triple A roguelites. It's the best genre imo rn

[@russellwestbrook462]

Sucks that hitman freelancer isn’t even really brought up in roguelike discussions

[@relightthespiral]

I’d love to hear this kind of episode every few months

[@W650cultmember]

Can't wait to hear Law Dogs debut country blues album inspired by his space trucking tribulations.

[@BillNyeTheBountyGuy]

There are still AAA that have knocked my socks off (Armored Core VI), but I've found smaller studios have just been non-stop delivering for me. The Forever Winter, GUILT the Deathless (shout out Dmitry), Dread Delusion, Gunfire Reborn, Metal Bringer, Wayfinder (the 1.0 patch kinda slaps) I've never felt so excited about gaming since many many years ago.

[@zsdCKanVOIJANSO]

bruce just wants to own a store

[@SaintVeloth]

Lawrence, the genre term you're looking for for Kill Knight's OST is "Dark Synthwave." I've been on a rabbit hole dive into this genre for the past few years, and Kill Knight's OST sounds like a certified banger.

[@klassicneo]

I can't imagine I can pay 5-10 bucks an indie PC game and play for the weekend, and despite my busy work schedule I do this once a month and still have something to play even with my niche tastes. I'm glad this is what having more video games to play has become, the recommendations are great, totally should recommend more!

[@MrJoaofdm]

pleaseee, next time put the list of mentioned games on the description or a comment, great content

[@gogomonstertruck]

Echo Point Nova is my recommendation. As a Titanfall 2 lover the movement is great. It’s also got a massive open world similar to the Sky Islands in TOTK, great gunplay, agility orbs a la Crackdown, bosses, challenges, and a full arsenal with tons of upgrades. It can also be played in full co-op and it’s just fun to wallride, slide, hoverboard, and grapple with friends. It’s only $25 and can last you for awhile.

[@Adam-2112]

If people like Vampire Survivors, HoloCure is a really great free-to-play alternative with a lot of great music and passion in its development.

[@crunchyfrog555]

Also, thank you for turning out a video like this - this is how things should be. And you are perfect for promoting such things.

[@mordecaitoth6703]

The recommendation and discussion of Nobody Wants to Die reminded me of *The Invincible* published by 11 bit studios. Thanks for sharing!

[@khester824]

Always great to watch you guy's podcast

[@Ninjachickenfingers]

When I look at my wishlist, there might be 1 AAA game for every 15 AA or lower games

[@Nodiee1]

I absolutely though that Zoochosis would just be another spooky jumpscare horror game so Bruce's description is actually kinda selling me on the game. Sounds pretty interesting actually.

[@shadowfragment]

You guys helped me discover some new games I want to play, thanks

[@MrGhosty0091]

Enshrouded should be on anyone's list that really enjoy survival/rpgs. I got it for like 20 bucks or whatever and I've sunk hundreds of hours into it easily. They also keep nailing it with their updates, with new biome spaces, added mechanics, building materials, and more quests. One of the last updates also added difficulty options that let you fine tune the games difficulty by adding optional survival mechanics, more/less resources, combat tweaks like damage to enemies or from enemies.

[@ocha-time]

I'm playing Dragon Age: Origins. It's not indie, but it IS old school AAA. Crazy how playable this stuff is. Be sure to check out Shower with your Dad Simulator 2015!

[@Zero_Zone.]

A bunch of great game recommendations. 👍

[@alenaalisakomendova]

*taps mic* Teleglitch: Die More Edition - 13€ *drops mic*

[@SmellMyPeanut]

UFO 50 +2

[@Ravenna_Black]

love this idea for a series.

[@michaelbreeze9548]

Great podcast! Thank you.

[@tardisrocks]

I think Ghost Recon Wildlands was last AAA game I bought... I bought the Annaversary edition of Skyrim, as a DLC too. I love having a video of people talking about great indie games. Last time I remember getting regular videos of cool indie games was co-optional podcast...

[@Jebuary127]

Black grimoire: cursebreaker is an awesome RuneScape inspired single player game that I think everyone should at least try.

[@biogopher]

Im curious if AAA will ever learn to pull back the scope or if they are there own form of game now

[@SkurvySkyfloper]

Thank you. This was good for getting my mind off of things.

[@freepancakessss]

Thanks to you guys I found Core Keeper and am 70 hours in 😂

[@BabyD576]

Love this! So many good recommendations.

[@Denibmoc]

Great video! Thank you for all the game reviews, but do you think you could put the title of the game somewhere on screen? Maybe in the lower left it would help to look the games up. Thank you

[@Br0therSeamus]

If you like Star Trucker, Hardspace Shipbreaker is an even better plight of the working spaceman indie game. If you want a bit more narrative, citizen sleeper is excellently written and created by a single developer. Gotta rep my pro union games!

[@Run-BMC]

Unless it’s Remedy!!

[@ironninja920]

the last pick sounds a lot like "curse of the golden idle"

[@Darko1324]

Last AAA game I've bought was baldurs... I'm good on all of these...I need more memory first.

[@shimozu92]

Just to be clear you get a ton of free packs to open, and items to shorten the timer, pretty frequently in Pokemon tcg Pocket just by regular gameplay. The micro transactions are there, but it doesn't feel like you need to buy them at all. I'm not missing out on anything by only playing for free so far. Its honestly a pretty good TCG game if you can't get anyone to play IRL. No reason to hate on it here guys.

[@rackoon443]

I will always recommend Rimworld to anyone who hasn't played it. While it's entry cost being 40$ is a little steep i have got 1.1k hours of enjoyment out of it. It has a very very passionate modding scene that pretty much allows you to make the game however you want it to be whether that's more like something like Mass Effect or really out there sexual stuff. While the expansion that are out for the game are also a little steep in price, I think that the amount they add to the game makes it feel like a completely new experience (Royalty and Biotech specifically) but also so do some of the mods made for it that are the same size as an official expansion but entirely free. A game though that I feel like is a hidden gem and one that I've not heard talked about enough is Atomicrops. It's like if you put Stardew Valley and Binding of Isaac into a blender and came out with a farming action rogue like. It's on both PC and Console (Nintendo included) .

[@MatthewSanthos]

One great suggestion if you like short narrative games and psychological horror, is Mouthwashing, currently one of the best games of the year.

[@ThatguyFalcone]

Some other great indie games from this year! Mouthwashing Balatro (my GOTY probably, also on mobile) Animal Well Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 1000xResist Crow Country (I know Lawrence mentioned, but it's worth double mentioning!) Thank Goodness you're here Hollowbody Tactical Breach Wizards Arco Selaco Still Wakes the Deep

[@crunchyfrog555]

I have said this many times. I've been lucky to be old enough to be around since th dawn of gaming. I got bit immediately in the 1970s, built my first computer and never looked back. I had a friend who owned his computer shop and even wrote for certain gaming magazines. So I've had access to many systems, games and everything I bought I kept - and still play. And yet this generation has been fucking awful. I'm yet to buy a PS5 or Xbox because there aren't enough games I want on them that warrant the purchase. This has neever happened before. I'm sick of imconpetent and greedy (especially American) companies that have no fucking clue about their products, no apparent ability to run or man manage a company , yet still throw millions on stupid endeavours and chasing trends. Being risk averse too, they just turn the same old slop time and again. Just like Ubisoft do. Most years I'd typically buy about 300 games a year - it's WAY down now. Thankfully there's still good indies out there though and Nintendo continue to go their own way. Seriously people need to realise that you shouldn't put up with this shit - if there's nothing new available, go for older games or replay stuff.

[@thep90xman45]

For the Xbox players, you can play Iron Meat and Kill Knight 😮

[@cfents8660]

Appreciate you recognising the poor console people like me 😂

[@justalurker1296]

its really sad how big of a dumpster fire the triple a gaming industry has become since covid.

[@jonaseriksson3782]

So, Bruce. Would you say that Delta Force is better beh Baddlefeeled?

[@zirngibel3596]

bought trade card sim weeks ago. already 20 hours

[@noodlecat_]

Oh sweet a New Podcast for my iPod xD its been 80 yyeeaarrrssss

[@Ice_2192]

To me it’s good that aaa sucks at the moment. It’s like the devs are telling me “Hey shitface finish your 200 games backlog first. If not we’ll keep half-assing our games.”

[@FurryStockings]

I honestly don't think people will listen, angry joe can yell at his audience to stop buying madden games all he wants but they just won't listen to him lol and the games will just keep selling, but maybe we should stop giving money to battle royale games so we can go back to traditional multiplayer games, yeah? ...buuut nobody's gonna listen to me either, so why would youse even bother too?

[@michaelbreeze9548]

A podcast! Nice!

[@SmellMyPeanut]

I might give Space Trucker a chance. Thx =)

[@Br0therSeamus]

highly recommend hardspace shipbreaker first if it interests you

[@MetalSonicReject]

Better to buy AAA games used than new.

[@DoneBrokeDatBack]

I'll do whatever the fuck I want.

[@cameronmurray1151]

Stardew valley is up there for me

[@woah56]

Binding of issac repentance is a good game to try out

[@johnnyflannigan136]

Fromsoft is the GOAT.... Cranking out masterpiece after masterpiece for over 10 years now.. And they don't need to spend 200M a game... One day when fromsoft has another 10 games released I will probably play nothing but their games lol. I played all the dark souls games twice in 2024 alone.. And an elden ring and bloodborne playthrough.. Now seikro... I'll do it again in 2025.. My favorite developer.. Cd project in close second

[@RunninBearPoo]

i love you guys!

[@MazLad]

Ufo50 is great. You are correct. Good eggs.

[@MrDaneis]

That's why I love game pass, tons of variety and none of the regret

[@jyuen]

TCG sim is bizzare to me

[@panyarou]

And yet it's like crack

[@jakeyboi_87]

Edit.. just saw they mentioned it during the video lol Also if the card game sounds fun theres a free game thats multiplayer called Supermarket Together and you work with your friends to run a supermarket and make money hire employees upgrade your market to get more space more shelves increase or lower prices and use the money yoy earn to then get more products and so on its alot if fun and free! Me and my friends have been loving it

[@jiro4559]

People: Don't buy AAA games. Also people: Why those evil big companies lay off so many people?

[@NemoG]

Buy Games

[@Yojimbo711]

Agreed, bye.

[@mud64209]

🎉

[@lastwolflord]

Can't remember the last time I bought a brand new AAA game. Not hard to tell most of them are dog shit. Especially with forced politics and ideology.

[@zombieready]

😭😭😭

[@august7962]

hello

[@xer0signal]

Last of Us Part 2 was the last truly brave AAA game so, pun or not, using it as the thumbnail is stupid as shit.