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Re:The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer by archagon on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @03:17PM (#8882292)
Not OP, but you should totally try Windowsill, Botanicula, and EYEZMAZE's series of GROW Flash games. :)

Oh, and Fez, of course.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer by munificent on Thursday January 15, 2015 @12:31AM (#8891072)
I was super excited about Fez because I loved the art style. But after twenty minutes of playing, I gave up, totally disoriented. I have a terrible sense of direction in general and that game was just me wandering around lost and miserable. :(
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Re:The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer by emsy on Thursday January 15, 2015 @03:00AM (#8891392)
For me it was the first puzzle. The mechanics weren't clear and I had several glitches. The rest of the game was alright, but quite overhyped. I liked The Floor is Jelly a lot more, but it didn't get as much attention. Sometimes it pays to be a drama queen.
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Re:The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer by archagon on Friday January 16, 2015 @02:36PM (#8901125)
You can't reasonably make the claim that Fez became popular because Fish was a drama queen! It got excellent reviews and won many awards and contests. Personally, I think the attention was warranted.
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Re:The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer by emsy on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @02:42AM (#8915863)
I was probably not completely fair. But I really don't think Fez would've gotten the attention it got without Fish, and a bug ridden game like Fez makes me question the reviews. The gap between press reviews and user reviews on Metacritic seems to confirm my point.
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