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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: GarageGothic on Mon 24/04/2006 10:30:25

Title: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: GarageGothic on Mon 24/04/2006 10:30:25
I have to find a game to review in this months indepedent games section of our magazine. I'm already reviewing the remake of Another World, but I need to find a second game to review as well. Preferably something good/unique and quite recent. Any suggestions?

Edit: I should not that I try to stay away from adventure games and AGS games in particular, because otherwise it would be the only thing I write about.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: BOYD1981 on Mon 24/04/2006 10:51:32
if you want to review another 'remake' then you could try out this Castlevania remake done with the Quake engine.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rottenturd/

also, MegaGames have a freeware section which is regularly updated.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: GarageGothic on Mon 24/04/2006 13:04:00
Thanks a bunch for the suggestions, BOYD1981. I'm aware that the Quake engine is freely available for developers, but the Castlevania remake does seem to belong more among mods (which are covered elsewhere in the magazine) than among the independent games. Is there any of the MegaGames titles in particular you would recommend? I tried a few, but they were rather simplistic.

I should probably note that the emphasis isn't on "free" but rather on "independent", so the most important thing is that it should be a game that really does deserve attention despite not being out there on the store shelves.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: BOYD1981 on Mon 24/04/2006 14:17:58
well really it's not up to the people of this forum to do your research for you.
i haven't played any of the recent freeware games on that site or any independent games lately, i just know they have them.
also, i think that the castlevania holds it own as a game rather than a mod as it's built using the engine rather than as an extension to the original game. i mean after all, people don't consider Deus Ex to be an Unreal mod just because it uses the same engine, but i see your point.
if you want more on independent games you should check out http://www.igf.com/
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: GarageGothic on Mon 24/04/2006 14:49:56
But why, my next post would be asking somebody to write the review for me ;D

Of course research is part of my job, but I also consider it research to seek out advice on a forum for gamers with an interest in amateur game development. The main problem with these kind of games is that they tend to get exposure mostly by word of mouth rather than in print and online media, which is why we started a section exclusively for these games in our magazine.

Among the games we've previously covered are Mexican Motor Mafia, Samorost 2, Wik and the Fable of Lost Souls, Darwinia and Gish. Small games of high quality that can be purchased and downloaded for less than half the price of a commercial game.

Thank you again for your suggestions and links. I will take another look at the IGF nominees, but I think we wrote about most of the 2006 batch already.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: Helm on Mon 24/04/2006 20:58:40
GarageGothic, google for Helix - Jumper 2 and Hold off Red
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: LimpingFish on Mon 24/04/2006 21:56:35
Seeing as you're reviewing Another World, you could also review onEscapee (http://www.reloaded.org/download/onEscapee/100/).

I like it.  :P
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: Gregjazz on Tue 25/04/2006 02:06:14
Do it on FlyFF... it's such an addictive free game!! :)
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: Vince Twelve on Tue 25/04/2006 04:54:11
How about cloud (http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/)?
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend a recent freeware/shareware game?
Post by: Mordalles on Tue 25/04/2006 20:30:39
what magazine are you writing for?  :)