I get where you're coming from, but at the same time, I just don't see how Child of Light was all that unique. It wasn't a particularly long game from what I've heard (like 10-12hrs?); presentation-wise it wasn't all that much different than games made by Klei or Runic (all games featured voice acted cutscenes); and graphically, it was far more simple than a game like Shadow Warrior or Divinity OS. You're presenting Child of Light as if it was an anomaly within the indie scene, boasting of considerably more polish than the likes of other indie games--a game which all other indies should aspire to. And I just don't see that as the case. The indie scene has already advanced far beyond the level of something like Child of Light, with engines like Unity allowing for far more complex, intricate games like The Forest.

If you're looking for indie games that fall into this category, first off, I'd recommend moving to PC as PC is where most of these type of games have migrated to, and secondly check out these games.

Divinity Original Sin: http://store.steampowered.com/app/230230/ (MC: 87)

The Forest: http://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/

Rise of the Triad http://store.steampowered.com/app/217140/?featured_app=1 (80% off atm--$3)

Shadow Warrior http://store.steampowered.com/app/233130/ (Coming to PS4/XB1 soon)

Chivalry Medieval Warfare http://store.steampowered.com/app/219640/

Torchlight 2 http://store.steampowered.com/app/200710/

Legend of Grimrock http://store.steampowered.com/app/207170/

Natural Selection 2 http://store.steampowered.com/app/4920/

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When the OP is using Child of Light is an example of an indie game done right, I think it's pretty relevant to mention how the game isn't in fact an indie, but was instead developed AND published by one of the three largest fucking game publishers in the industry. Had he actually used an example of a real indie game with a lot of polish like Divinity OS or Outlast, that'd be one thing.

HAHAHAHAHA!! Yeah, that's why it was voted the best engine to work with by developers:

Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 was recently voted the best game engine by developers in the Develop 100: The Tech List. The voting was done by over 45 technology know-hows, indie devs, and other industry experts. Unreal Engine 4 ranked number two overall on the gaming tech list, being surpassed only by a credit-card sized computer that goes by the name of Raspberry Pi. A whole bunch of other game engines made the list as well. This includes Unity 5 (No.3), CryEngine (No.11), Havok Engine (No.17), PhyreEngine (No.44), Shiva Engine (No.47), Turbulenz Engine (No.57), HeroEngine (No.69), Goo Engine (No.75), Leadwerks Engine (No.78) and SGX engine (No.98). Link

Yeah, those look TOTALLY shitty. But seriously, it's good to see Japanese devs adopting middleware; reluctance to embrace middleware was one of the major thing holding back Japanese studios last gen. The use of middleware allows for longer development time on the game itself (ie no having to make individual engines for each new game), and allows developers to take their skills elsewhere.

I am surprised at how well Red Dead Redemption holds up. I could have sworn I remember it being uglier.

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That's not an HD remake. And fucking Black Mesa is god damn amazing. I am sorry, but REmake doesn't have shit on this:

Black Mesa looks like a god damn "next gen" game.

One is an HD remake (1080p+) with high res textures, vastly improved lighting/effects, with physics and all, whereas the other is a sub 480p remake with static, pre-rendered backgrounds. The quality of the game being remade is subjective of course, but at the end of the day, Black Mesa is a hell of a lot more tolerable graphically/presentation-wise than REmake and is thus a better remake. Not to mention, Black Mesa was done by modders and is free.

Tell me about it. I was all excited for Child of Light at first, but after watching let's plays and the "WTF is" of it....and wow, is it bad. I mean, typically a game's writing doesn't turn me off completely from the game, but my god was it horrendous, especially the lines the characters say as you're just running around the environment. Utterly horrendous writing. And it's a shame too, as the story itself is not remotely bad--when they speak in prose at the beginning of the game, it's actually quite good. But the rhyming is just soooo forced; it sounds terrible.

I guess, although I don't consider running Swat 4 in 1080p or modding the shit out of games like System Shock 2 to be "remakes."

How is Child of Light an indie game? It was developed by an internal Ubisoft team and published by Ubisoft, probably the second largest publisher in the industry. And if you think indies don't "feel like real games," then it's your own fault for limiting yourself to the miniscule amount of indies that get released on consoles (which do tend to only get the small indie games--the only exception I can think of is Outlast). Games like Divinity Original Sin, Torchlight 2, Legend of Grimrock, and the aforementioned Outlast put "AAA" games to shame. Oh, and Shadow Warrior is releasing soon on consoles--that's an indie that occupies that weird space between big AAA (very few of them are actually big, with the majority barely lasting 12hrs if that) and small scale indies.

Really, you sound like you're looking for the AA games--the type of games/genres that aren't popular enough to get mass produced, but are a considerable step above the pixellated side-scrollers that are typical of the indie scene. Really, where you need to be is PC, as those sorts of games are all but dead on consoles.

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