This is the story of How Dialogue Ruined a Game. Indika seems to be one of those video games. You know what I mean? People can’t really decide whether they love it or hate it. Whether it’s a walking simulator or a horror game. (Still Wakes the Deep, anyone?) Indika is one of those games that I feel like is going to inspire a lot of video essays for a long time. And I mostly enjoyed Indika. But my main issue was its writing. Indika is a game that would be almost perfect if it embraced a more “show don’t tell” mindset. There’s so much awkward philosophical debate that its characters end up not feeling like characters. But the quiet moments have so much to say. Indika is at its best when it’s quiet. Indika’s puzzles and scenery are so unique that I feel like another Game of the Year 2024 contender, Animal Well, could teach Indika quite a lot. They’re very different games. But Animals Well embraces the idea of “show don’t tell” while Indika’s dialogue is drowning out its best ideas.
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Stellar Blade
Night in the Woods www.humblebundle.com/store/night-in-the-woods-switch?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
The Outer Worlds www.humblebundle.com/store/the-outer-worlds-switch?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Broken Age www.humblebundle.com/store/broken-age?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
En Garde! www.humblebundle.com/store/en-garde?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Oxenfree www.humblebundle.com/store/oxenfree?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Death Stranding www.humblebundle.com/store/death-stranding-directors-cut?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Shadow of the Colossus
Ghost of Tsushima
God of War
Scarlet Nexus www.humblebundle.com/store/scarlet-nexus-ultimate-edition?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Indika www.humblebundle.com/store/indika?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
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Planet of Lana
Sable www.humblebundle.com/store/sable?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Super Adventure Hand
Jusant www.humblebundle.com/store/jusant?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Melotonin www.humblebundle.com/store/melatonin?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Balatro www.humblebundle.com/store/balatro?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Crush House
Building Relationships
Venba www.humblebundle.com/store/venba?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Reka
Zet Zillions
Lies of P www.humblebundle.com/store/lies-of-p-deluxe?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Rain World
Control
Cocoon www.humblebundle.com/store/cocoon-switch?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
Animal Well
Still Wakes the Deep
Firewatch
Brutal Legend www.humblebundle.com/store/brutal-legend?partner=filmotter&charity=4268239
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The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos
Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Asteroid City, Wes Andersen
A Ghost Story, David Lowery
Green Room, Jeremy Saulnier
Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho
🎶Music🎶
Broken Age OST: Vella Wakes
Indika OST: Judges
Cocoon OST: Signal
Indika OST: Numbers
Cocoon OST: Growling
INDIKA OST: Genesis
Animal Well OST: Animal Well
Animal Well OST: Flames
Animal Well OST: Eggs
Animal Well OST: Heraldic
Indika OST: Ruth
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