5 Indie Games You NEED To Try (or else)
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- I’m tired of pretending like everyone and their mother has played every video game on the planet, so I’m gonna talk about Pizza Tower, and you’re gonna like it.
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Thanks to Iron Pineapple for helping with my script (this is a recurring theme)
Music:
Butter Building - Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Oh It’s You - A Hat in Time
It’s Pizza Time! - Pizza Tower
Pizza Deluxe - Pizza Tower
Hard Drive To Munch You - Pizza Tower
Time For A Smackdown - Pizza Tower
Good Eatin’ - Pizza Tower
Meatophobia - Pizza Tower
Don’t Preheat Your Oven Because If You Do The Song Won’t Play - Pizza Tower
Extraterrestrial Wahwahs - Pizza Tower
Unexpectancy Part 2 - Pizza Tower
The Death That I Deservioli - Pizza Tower
Calzonification - Pizza Tower
Secret Hoppin’ (Outdoors) - Pizza Tower
Unexpectancy Part 3 - Pizza Tower
Bye Bye There! - Pizza Tower
Select Link - Kirby Star Allies
Estelle’s Theme - Omega Strikers
Ordinary Days - Lethal League
Map Theme - Omega Strikers
Zentaro’s Theme - Omega Strikers
Ai.Mi’s Theme - Omega Strikers
In Broad Daylight - Chibi-Robo
Through You - Metal Hellsinger
Dissolution - Metal Hellsinger
Stygia - Metal Hellsinger
Feel the Heat - Sega Bass Fishing
Main Theme + Various Tracks - Return of the Obra Dinn
Memories of Memories - Tunic
StreetPass Mii Plaza Theme - Nintendo 3DS
Forget to Forget - Tunic
The Heir - Tunic
Menu (Clear) - Super Monkey Ball 2
Celsius Troubles - Pizza Tower
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Pizza Tower
10:13 - Omega Strikers
17:15 - Metal Hellsinger
21:20 - Return of the Obra Dinn
23:34 - Tunic
26:49 - Outro - Hry
if you end up checking out omega strikers, join my team in the creator versus event to use the funny emote of my face. surely with our powers combined, we can beat the most popular creators on the internet...
I won't because you said the phrase, that smelly smelly phrase...That rhymes with smeague of smegends >:c
Please do a video on hi-fi rush
No because funny rubber Ross Enel emote
Sorry, but Jacob Alpharad
no because RadJake Alphab
or else what?
or else...
He’s gonna start counting if you dont
or you will be sad you didn’t play these.
Or else you'll have to play and make videos about every souls-like game.
Or else...
League of Legends.
i have to point out that tunic is especially nostalgic for me as someone who's not a native english speaker. i played things like pokemon black and white completely in english while i had no idea what anyone was saying or where i should go. and tunic reminded me of that experience
Same, reminded me of my time with N64 emulators ( the broke videogame player experience) as a kid, mainly my time with TLoZ OoT and MM
I'm a little suspicious at this point that the built in language barrier in Tunic might have been based on the developer's own experiences, they seem like the kind of guy who imported obscure Japanese games while not knowing a lick of Japanese.
@@Cri_Jackal I remember playing starfox adventures and not knowing what the hell the dinosaurs were saying in their own language
Wait, I though Black and White were in the era after they started including language switching options in all copies of the game regardless of release region... Was it a matter of being naive to that feature that you played in English anyway? ...Never mind, seems it wasn't until X and Y.
@@Shalakor X and Y still doesn't have my language, lol. In fact, not even scarlet and violet does
God it makes me so sad that i can never play Tunic for the first time again. That's the only game that's made me feel like a kid again- experiencing the magic of learning about a game by obsessing over it, rather than just looking something up.
Just so true
Ngl I don't even like 2d Zelda games, but this game for whatever reason had me hooked the whole time, I can't even really understand why, because I felt like I was going insane while playing it too with just how difficult it was.
Have you tried Outer Wilds? Life-changing experience imo, high recommend
@@MetalGamely i tried it and it didnt click immediately so i stopped. I need to try it again cuz it sounds exactly like what I'm looking for
This is exactly how I feel about Fez 😔
"i don't have adhd but i feel like i might develop it by the time im done" is literally the PERFECT way to summarize pizza tower
The only way to play Pizza Tower, in fact the ADHD is only a bonus to help understand the game
@@leoultimaupgraded9914 as someone who has adhd, the game makes me focus, so this is true
@@just-a-fnf-fan You can't be more right, P- ranking stages in Pizza Tower makes me focus more than I ever have in my life, and it is sad to say that it isn't hyperbole.
As someone with ADHD, this is correct
bc you get distracted by how bad the game is?
Tux and Fanny is a new indie game EVERYONE should play. Mainly a point and click kind of adventure, celebrating the small joys of life and existing.
Extremely wholesome and one of the most underrated games I've ever played.
How do I see you almost everywhere?
Oh hey valiskibum. WAIT WHAT-
*insert comment about how you should comment before this gets popular here:*
Idk not interested from that desc
What are you doing here?!?!??!?!?!?
By far my favorite indie game to come out recently is Dave the Diver. It’s a “fishing” type game, but instead of just using a fishing rod, you gear up and take on the fish in the ocean, using a harpoon gun. You also get to use said fish to run a sushi shop. It’s still in early access, but I would argue that it is absolutely worth your time
Was literally trying to remember this name this morning lol
Seems more fun than Dredge
Those highlight edits at the end of a segment are better than any official trailer could ever be. Makes me wanna buy the games instantly
Damn, you missed the opportunity to put Ultrakill right after Pizza Tower and use the same script almost verbatim. Fast paced platforming, emphasis on the point system, a gorgeous low-res art style, a plethora of secrets, and the pure adrenaline of P-ranks. Only difference is V1 has a few more guns than Peppino.
ultrakill isn't really underrated
I can definitely say that pizza tower is one of the best games I’ve played this year, and I’ll go one step further and say that it’s one of the best indie games I’ve ever played, any bit of recognition it gets is a win in my books. Oh and the video is beautifully edited
Unfortunately, the visual part of Pizza Tower does not allow me to enjoy it, it repels me. But for those who have found themselves in a similar trouble, I can advise Wario Land 4 (Pizza Tower is inspired by her as well), this is one of the best GBA platformers.
@@wadeem Honestly I love Pizza Tower's visuals but I just cant enjoy the gameplay. It's not for me, but I understand why other people like it so much.
HELL, I'LL TAKE A GIANT LEAP AND SAY IT'S THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME, THE FIRST GAME TO SELL ONE PIZZILLION COPIES
While I can appreciate the effort, the aesthetic actually provokes me, I wanted to smash the protagonist in the face just from watching the cut-scenes, he reminds me of the toad in "Rocko's Modern Life."
@@w415800 he does look smashable tho.. wait NO NO NOT IN THAT WAY
Obra Dinn and Tunic are fantastic and insanely clever in their design.
An indie game that really caught me by surprise by how much I enjoyed it was Library of Ruina. It's a fantastic (if pretty complicated) game with one of my favourite soundtracks.
Lobotomy Corp is really damn good as well, as brutal introduction to the game's world. All PM games deserve cred!
Project Moon never misses, Lobotomy Corp is great, Library of Ruina is fantastic, and Limbus Company while being a huge departure from the previous entries is still great
@@randomplaceinruralamerica9618 That sensation of dread, when the day 10 yanks the carpet from under your legs.. and yet, the faciity never being too overwhelming, the source of your failures being solely you being distracted or making mistakes. The embeded theme of retry and reload, not because of save scumming, but because of the integrity of building success on ashes of thousand failures...
@@JannetFenix”Oh look at this cool plague doctor he even heals my employees. Surely this couldn’t go wrong!”
“Why is he turning white?”
*DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG*
These videos have no right to be edited this well. It's stunning how much love you put into both the games and the videos! :)
1:05 to 1:28 is and always will be the best 23 seconds of my life, holy shit i cant believe i lived to see peak
Sorry to ask, but what's the song that plays? The music isn't chronological in order so idk what to look for. Heard it before but can't find it lol
@@hiddenchinrollingwyvern714 it's called "It's Pizza Time!"
If you love Metal Hellsinger Hi-Fi rush is literally the same concept but it's an action adventure. But it's so fire with the combos working with the pace of the music :D
It's basically devil may cry inspired instead of doom inspired like hellsinger is. I don't have an xbox, but I can easily recommend that game as well.
have you ever played bullets per minute?
@@schizoikarus no but I guess I should!
@@droozlex yeah its basically metal hellsinger but a roguelike
That intro perfectly summed up what pizza tower feels like when playing it.
Like 100%
Every time.
I played through it dozen times.
Never changed.
Yakko I love your indie vids. It either shines a light on games I've missed, or reinforces the games I've played and loved. It's also a good excuse to throw some of my favorites in the comments for everyone! These are some of my favorites that I've played in the last year or so.
Haven : An actiony romance rpg about 2 lovers stranded on a planet. Really great story and soundtrack, loved it so much I bought the collectors edition.
Beacon Pines : A storybook visual novel esq game about 3 kids in a weird town. Multiple choices flesh out the story where you find options that allow you to progress different branches.
Pegglin : It's peggle with a lil green goblin, but as a rougelike.
Pizza Tower and Tunic are both games I got to play on my Steam Deck and I gotta say, they just feel perfect for playing on a handheld.I'm still trying to S rank and P rank levels and trying to wrap my head around all the secrets and mysteries Tunic has buried under the surface... I think it'll take me awhile to truly complete them.
pizza tower is so damn good, it feels like how i imagine the fast-paced platforming of 2d sonic games. plus the final level after the final boss is like the second best final level i've ever seen. the whole game just makes you feel so cool, especially the last floor and boss.
(also i love how it totally defied the current pixel indie "carefully rendered dark depth-filled" artstyle)
This, i also thought that pizza tower is what a 2D sonic game should feel like.
2D sonic games got no shit on Pizza Tower
@@fedethegreat88 I love sonic mania to death, but I gotta agree it's got nothing on PT
the game is designed so it looks hard but you're so stupidly overpowered that it isn't that bad
Pizza Tower inspired me so far than i start to practice animation after all these years.
JUST GOT A PC!!! SO READY TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON UR RECOMMENDATIONS
The nice part about indies is you will be spending less on them than AAA's over time. Especially with all the Steam sales. For 20 bucks I got about a dozen games who receive nothing but praise in reviews. Just be careful on over-buying and having a huge backlog.
These are my favorite and most anticipated videos in my inbox. Im so glad more people are hearing about these games.
i recently downloaded and have been playing Dredge which is a horror fishing game and oh man it really is scary and spooky . i havent finished it yet but im really enjoying it and all the spooks (plus the artstyle and descriptions!!) the sound effects really add to it i love the feeling of pure dread i get everytime i hear the sound for “something fucked up has happened”
also check out dave the diver if u liked dredge
I absolutely adored Tunic. Solving those puzzles brought so much satisfaction!
Would be super cool if you checked out Library of Ruina or Lobotomy Corp, they both have insanely good stories and characters
I was just about to recommend Library of Ruina, probably my favorite game of all time
I say its good to start with lobotomy, more things will make sense ^^ Also, you only get to experience day 10 once.
Plus I think Yakko's rat brain will scream with day 45 ^^
It's so refreshing and damn near nostalgic to see Omega Strikers mentioned and talked about in its recency, since I haven't played since early public beta. And back then I was screaming and shouting from the mountains to get everyone I knew to play it. It looks so good and even different now, and I love that, seeing as it and its team were REACHING and GRASPING for people to play it back when I played it. Absolute common Yakko W to mention it and also mention your gripes with how it plays now, seeing as all of that stuff is foreign to me. Love it love it love it
This is the first of this series of videos I've seen by you and unlike similar videos I've seen before where the recommendations often feel too short and general, your description of each game was so in depth and engaging that by the time the montage of game clips finished for each game, I forgot I was even watching a video about multiple games
WHERE IS ULTRAKILL
I started playing Tunic on Gamepass a few days ago, and I'm excited to get deeper into it. I'm not sure what all to expect.
Recently I played Death's Door and Kena & the Bridge of Spirits and the tougher boss fights in those games gave me confidence to try Tunic :)
Trust me if you liked deaths door you will LOVE tunic. I wont spoil anything but the way things come together is just phenomenal
I found Tunic significantly harder and more frustrating than Death's Door, to the point where I turned on no damage mode. Great game, though, and really unique.
The little gameplay montages with voice call audio give me life
I love his reference to strike a taunt in the intro. Cool video.
Y'all native english speakers won't feel as much nostalgia with Tunic as non native english speakers, most of us played games in english in our childhood, and had to use context clues and the images for everything, the nostalgia we get from the manual is huge and it's the biggest reason for many of us to play this game, it's what the person who recommended it to me brought up and it's what i like the most about it
Even though I am a native English speaker, I played a lot of Pokemon games before I could read, so it still works for me lol.
@@nat298 playing games before you could read is kind of a flex, congrats
Hey Yakko, love this series. If you're looking for an indie game to play with friends, I suggest you try Deep Rock Galactic. It has been around for years and the developers keep updating it seasonally with fresh new content. I discovered it a couple of months ago and still playing it on a daily basis with friends and members of the community. Hope you like it. Keep it up with your awesome work for your fans in italy too!
Long time player of Deep Rock (sorta), and I would also recommend it, although i'm not sure if it fits as "underrated" enough, considering its success. Still, it's fun as hell, and somehow made a non-predatory battle pass for completely free.
ROCK AND STONE!!!
God the editing is so good omg
I love Tunic. Truly blew my mind with the puzzles, secrets, music and art style.
Literally own all 3 games on the thumbnail XD
after realising Metal Hellsinger is crypt of the necrodancer mixed with doom I added that shit to my wishlist instantly
Man you’re so funny and your editing is beautiful, wonderful job!!
THAT INTRO WAS SO GOOD!! i aspire to acheive that level of editing
im so glad that omega strikers is back i hope it gets more popular i havent had so much fun like this in a while
You know your a indie game fan when you already knew about all of these games
Really love these types of videos. I always find something new and great to play. I've played all of these except Pizza Tower so that's next on the list.
Haven't seen the full video but that pizza tower montage at the start was sick
If you're a fan of Hellsinger, I highly recommend Hi-Fi Rush! Loved playing both
have you ever played bullets per minute?
I can wholeheartedly say that Pizza Tower is one of the greatest games I've ever played in my entire life. there aren't many indie games that I've played, but that one is definitely at the top of the list for favorite games of all time and I hope Tour De Pizza does more with it (not exactly saying that they HAVE TO make a sequel, but they should totally make a sequel). but we also have ANTONBLAST coming this year too so that's gonna be great too.
Didn't even know you played Omega Strikers! Played it during beta and had a great time with it. Even saw some of the pre-alpha screenshots on the discord, but seeing it in action from your old clips makes it even funnier. The placeholder models were so goofy lol
Yakko I love the direction your videos go in always focusing on what the game is and not what it's like you really get down to the trust feelings of the game big fan of it!
You should definitely check out Peglin if you haven't already. It's a deckbuilding roguelike where you attack by playing Peggle (or Pachinko). It's still in early access but it's one of the most unique roguelikes I've played recently.
IMO peglin is a bit boring. The upgrades and abilities are basically just stat upgrades, and not a ton really integrates with the peggle aspect.
Great selection of games this time. Tunic was probably my favorite game of 2022, and Pizza Tower is likely going to be my favorite game this year at this rate.
Another great episode! I’m so glad I followed your last video and played Hypnospace Outlaw. I hope to see Brutal Orchestra in a future episode 😉
Love this series (as I do all your videos tbh) and for someone that spend a lot of time trying out indie games, I have a recommendation that I found during the hunt for more;
Potionomics! A game that combines the joy of mixing together magical potions with bartering said potions through a deckbuilder cardgame. And all that with a wonderfully charming cast of characters and more.
They are ceasing support on Omega strikers! 😭
I’m really glad you brought up tunic… You should give rainworld a try. Especially with the dlc.
Just finished Opus: Echo of Starsong last night. Pretty impressive how such a deeply layered story can be successfully told minimally.
As an Italian, I can confirm that I can quick sprint with a grab roll cancel and exit mid-air with a backwards grab input.
Pizza tower looks like Ren and stimpy. Watching you play this gave me heart palpitations.
Return of Obra Dinn, personally, I was really impressed and amazed by the experience they created which makes you actually feel like detective and the sound design and voice actings are amazing to hear. I personally recommend people to go and play.
some of the best sound design in ANY game.
5 seconds into the Tunic portion, I've already watched enough of the video to know you have good taste, and the game looks incredible visually and you're saying it's an unexplainable experience. That's all I need to hear.
The editing is crazy
I SEE PIZZA TOWER, I CLICK FASTER THAN PEPPINO MACH DASHING AT FULL SPEED TOWARDS SNOTTY ONG
you sure do seem to like dont make a sound
fucking based, thats literally my favorite level in this whole game lol
@@Victini7472 kinda love the concept of "if you run fast enough, the stealth mechanic doesn't matter"
@@yakkocmn sonic if it was good: /j
also, after having p ranked that level, i can confirm its my favorite level in this
WOO MORE INDIE GAMES LETS GO!!!!
When you talked about co-op games that are ACTUALLY fun to play, it reminded me a lot to Deep Rock Galactic. It brings me the same joy I had playing minecraft with my friends, laughing and having a great time doing something together.
It’s space dwarfs killing bugs and mining minerals. It’s so fun. And the music is amazing. You should try it out!!!
your editing is amazing, the modding in bassfishing music part got me dying lol. need to say metal hellsingers approach of "instead of programming music to adapt to gameplay, the player now needs to adapt to the music" is very neat and a cool combination of genres if that makes any sense.
Tunic is a game I really wanted you to talk about
And I'm so glad you did
Also surprised you didn't spend as much time talking about the soundtracks this time around considering they're all such bangers haha
TUNIC is the closest a game has come to making me feel like I was playing a video game for the first time in a long, long time.
I second that notion.
As someone playing it for the first time I also second that
@@destroyer4929 If you're just now playing it, how's it going thus far? (Try avoiding spoilers for those that haven't played it though pls.)
@@ToasterCorgiGaming it’s going good I’ve done a bit
@@destroyer4929 That's Awesome. Hope you get a blast out of the Game!
Youre like the only person that mentions lethal league in this day and age and it makes me happy that someone still remembers it
god damn i love your vids so goofy, fun, you've help me fight so many of my favorite games
Pizza Tower singlehandely revived my passion for video games. I like games obviously, but the unbelievable fun and engagement I had with PT is incredible.
I'm so tired of platformers (and alot of genres) being so bloody derivative or just fine or relying on nostalgia bait and barebones level design to be called a masterpiece (I'm looking at you Mario Odyssey)
PT made me realizes games can be stupidly fun and innovative like they used to be. I hear Celeste is pretty good too, so now I'm intrigued in whatever the indie scene has to offer. Because god, Nintendo sure as hell cant seem to satisfy my platformer needs.
As a Hideo Kojima fan I was confused why you mentioned PT for a second. Then I realized it's short for Pizza Tower.
@@DeciDeci_ i thought the same ahahah
You have to play Dustforce
Tunic is genuinely one of the best games ever made I’m glad to see it getting love 🥰
your videos brings me so much joy you don’t even know
Dude this video was incredibly well made! I really now like Tunic as it seems like a really cool game and I can't wait to see more content from you
if you like rhytm / musc timed combat you should really try Hi-Fi rush! I'm horrible at anything about rhythm but i still had a bunch of fun playing it, it's super polished and just feels awesome
It's a crime that YOU didn't make video about Hi-Fi Rush😥
^
its a crime he put pizza tower, one crime is enough.
The pizza montage was EXCELLENT.
Great choices. Been obsessed with Tunic lately
Dude, I'm sitting here, my brain still cannot comprehend how underrated ProjectMoon games are.
And I dont mean just library of ruina. All of them, the gradual dive into a post singularity world dystopia, chipping each of its concepts, the slow burn of the growing chaos, slipping out of hands each time you feel comfortable...
To see how far we've gone from Lobotomy Corporation in it's Alpha version, through Library of Ruina being a completely different genre, and now Limbus Compay - a gacha, that doesn't feel like gacha???
I made my personal mission to make as many people aware of those games as possible. Because of unique setting. Grim, dark and surreal stories. Amazing OST. And you know who likes amazing OST.
Do, however, be warned. Those are incredibly inconspicuous in complexity, and take a moment to unravel, as they base of tugging carpet under your legs gradually. This franchise is not a short term dedication.
Stop by just to say I hate Celeste. That's all.
I'm obsessed with metal hellsinger sound tracks, it's amazing
Tunic's golden path puzzle blew my mind
metal hellsinger feels like the game made for insane former band and orchestra students and i WILL be playing
I can’t wait to see the next yakko video in 16 months
Ayo that early omega strikers footage has FlorkofCows socks as placeholders! That’s awesome :D
tunic is one of those games that the second it teaches you one of it's meta mechanics it's like the entire world transforms without actually transforming because now you know all the things it's hid in plain sight, doing the golden path was one of the craziest "puzzles" you'll ever see in any zelda like game
A indie game I recently beat and want to recommend is Unsighted. Its a action heavy Zelda like where everybody is slowly dying. You need to get a limited resource to keep everybody alive. It has a really nice sense of flow as speed and going through the game fast is what drives the game.
Not sure if it counts as an indie game but I'm obsessed with Meet Your Maker. Build bases and raid other peoples bases alone or with a friend. Simple premise, fabulous execution.
YRS THE OBRA DINN IS ON HERE I played through the game with my family and it's SO FUN. Thank you so much for covering it because it's such an underrated game
Man, why do I even bother browsing the gaming market myself anymore. I can just wait for a new yakko video to release and hand me 5 perfect bangers with a little kiss on the forehead.
yoooo return of the obra dinn mention!!!!
(great video btw! loved it!)
The friggin’ Sega Bass Fishing mod was the highlight of my day
I'm so happy you included Tunic in this video!
It's such an amazing game, I want everyone to be able to try it out for the first time.
Wow you managed to capture the experience of playing Pizza Tower perfectly in that 30 second intro segment, amazing :D
yakko i made noodles and i had to eat it while watching youtube you know how it is, i picked your video to see, knowing that id be informative, well structured, fun and that id add some games to my list as well, i love your videos i always have a blast, have a good night of sleep, love your content
I died laughing hardee at the beginning where you responded an angry Peppino asking you to show more appreciation over aversion.
Who knew that in an alternate reality the Orphan of Kos would grow up to own a Pizza business.
Holy shit. I absolutely loved tunic, but your analogies to not understanding all of the aspects of a game as a child, and even picking up a used game at the store hit me like a freight train of nostalgia. I just experienced vivid flashbacks of loading between my save and the “person who owned the game before me”’s save in oracle of seasons to try and figure out where to go and what to do in a game that I didn’t fully understand. You made me cry bro… but in a good way lol
Oh my god that intro with peppino WAS TOP TIER
man, every reccomendation is gold
Great vid bud i played sayonara wild heart beceause of you and it was magical, there are soo many indie games that need more light on them.
Also return of the obra dinn is absolute peak story telling this is what video games are all about telling stories through gameplay and treating the player with intelligence!
why us this so well edited
thank you for bringing more indie games to light. i am a relatively baby gamer and since started i have always been way more interested in indie titles, especially compared to the current state of AAA titles (i dont think a single AAA title released this year so far had a decent launch). i hope as time goes on more and more love is given to these smaller titles; they definitely deserve it