Liminal Cat
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- Oct 11, 2011
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I've been wanting to do this list for quite a while. I've seen and explored so many good locations in indie gaming over the past several years, and I thought it would be fun to count down my twenty favorites. Some of your favorite indie games might not make this list. I haven't played every indie game in existence. There are a few popular atmospheric indie games that didn't make it because I haven't played them (yet), and some of the games that did make this list are pretty obscure.
I love inhabiting a great location in a video game. Many of these locations are still with me. They won't quite let me go.
-20-
NORCO
A beautiful batture
NORCO is based on a real town located in southern Louisiana that has more than half of its land area taken up by a hideous Shell petroleum refinery.
Even when it was not in view, that grotesque steel jungle - renamed "Shield" in the game- lingered in my mind as I traveled the streets of Norco, so happening upon this beautiful and calming batture near the beginning of the game felt like a nice little sanctuary for me to get away from it all, even if only for a brief moment. I love the cargo ship that slowly comes into view, the gentle rustling of leaves, the gorgeous Louisiana skies, and the "stupid horse" drinking from the likely polluted Mississippi River.
I love inhabiting a great location in a video game. Many of these locations are still with me. They won't quite let me go.
-20-
NORCO
A beautiful batture
NORCO is based on a real town located in southern Louisiana that has more than half of its land area taken up by a hideous Shell petroleum refinery.
Even when it was not in view, that grotesque steel jungle - renamed "Shield" in the game- lingered in my mind as I traveled the streets of Norco, so happening upon this beautiful and calming batture near the beginning of the game felt like a nice little sanctuary for me to get away from it all, even if only for a brief moment. I love the cargo ship that slowly comes into view, the gentle rustling of leaves, the gorgeous Louisiana skies, and the "stupid horse" drinking from the likely polluted Mississippi River.
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