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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@pvrpkahllsdanm 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.
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."
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.
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.
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*
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
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”
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 :)
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.
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
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 ^^
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
here's my contribution to game recs and engagement: -Your Only Move is Hustle/Yomi Hustle - a *turn-based* fighting game, where each turn is a few frames, so you can already start getting into the high level play of fighting game mind games even when you're just starting out -Do Not Feed the Monkeys - an interesting, slightly randomly generated, story game about hidden cameras and peeping people's lives. The resource management can get a lot, but it does play into the story too, do you do the morally decent thing, or do you do the thing that gets you more money because you have 2$ to your name and are on the verge of starving to death
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
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
Gotta say, Omega Strikers is a blast. I'm not much of a gamer but the fact that every set is as intense as it is on a spam of 15 minutes makes it, to me, exhilarating, not exhausting. But this is a matter of personal preference, and I think you are totally valid for your's. The only point I hard disagree with is saying that the buffs can't be felt throughout the match. You blink and suddenly Estelle has double the range on her primary and Era's special OHKOs
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.
I love these videos so much because I also enjoy finding new games to play. My only recommendation for now is a game called SPOOKWARE, a silly little game about skeletons with fast paced minigames and charming writing. It's super enjoyable to play and I think everyone should play it :D
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.
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
Fine, I'll buy Tunic! Meanwhile, I have a few recommendations for you. Mortal Sin - solo dev first person action roguelike game with an absolutely awesome art style and very fun combat. On paper it's a very simple game but I find the mix of classes, weapons and passive skills on top of the combat system that encourages animation canceling and different types of combos to be very addictive. Against the Storm - Roguelike citybuilder and one of the few games with roguelike elements where it feels justified in being a roguelike. Each session is 1-2 hours and each run does really feel different as there are many ways to achieve victory in each scenario. I know citybuilders aren't most people's cup of tea (I don't really like them myself) but this game is really well done. Signalis - if you enjoyed Resident Evil 1 or Silent Hill then you'll likely love this. One of my favorite indie games of all time. If survival horror is something you like just buy it and go in blind.
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.
An indie game I can recommend to everyone is crosscode. Great pixel art, fantastic gameplay and combat feel, engaging story, banger music, fantastic puzzles. Just all around fantastic package that I wish was talked about more
Hello yakko, i recomend I recommend you play "Bug Fables". It is a paper Mario type rpg game about 3 bugs who go on an adventure sent by the ant queen.The game has a simple but charming which has its plot twists, quite catchy music, very charismatic characters and quite engaging gameplay.It's from a few years ago, around 2018 but it quickly became one of my favorite indies.
Tunic is unique and I love what they were trying to do truly. Many good moments and a couple unsettling ones like a miasma spider running off in the islands area and the obelisk factory. Finding pages for all kinds of secrets and foreshadowing events in the game is nice to. That being said, the combat is liquid shit and every time I boot up the game to try and beat the cathedral’s gauntlet to continue the game, I’m reminded how terrible it feels.
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.
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
I wholly reccommend the tactical vehicle-based shooter "Brigador" a game about a company who wants a planet back after the population rebelled so they pay brigadors (you) to blow up strategic targets you also get paid for anything you destroy ...including civilans there's also alot of lore in paragraphs about the various weapons, warcrimes, and factions you deal with
Imma put it out there: Omega strikers will have the exact same fate as battlerite, youll have fun, but people will get absolutely burned FAST, the loop doesnt allow for a huge amount of change, and 0 downtime is also not ideal, add to that the almost "Party game" feel (even tho its supposed to be competitive) and you have a game that'll probably disappear fast Also amazing video dude
Tunic was an absolute gem among gems. While I didn't personally played it, me and my friend spent hours on discord trying to figure where to go and what to do, making the best we could do with the pages we had found and it was a blast. Other than being salty that stray literally robbed this game at the TGA, I just want to point out that the collector's edition for the switch/PS4 version is one of the coolest and most satisfying I've ever seen. And all of that for just 45 dollars
I don’t know if this would be in your wheelhouse or if you already know about it, but Deep Rock Galactic is a game I keep coming back to. The best way I can explain it is that DRG is a PvE multiplayer class-based horde shooter / mining operation. You play as a dwarf in a space mining company trying to complete various objectives on a planet whilst being hunted by various monstrous bugs. The level of tom-foolery, intensity, and camaraderie I’ve experienced in this game is incredible!
Yakko you GOTTA try Jet Lancer if you haven’t yet! It’s a cool and tragically obscure airplane dogfighting game in the style of Luftrausers, but with a focus on tighter combat and a charming story/cast.
I'm so glad you mentioned tunic, it's one of my favorite games of all time and I can't appreciate it enough, i wish everyone knew about it It's a game that gives you a childlike joy like no other I wish I could erase my memory and play it again, but that's just an experience I'll never have again sadly I urge everyone to go play it and if difficulty is an issue you can basically just disable damage entirely and the game will still be enjoyable, ITS THAT GOOD
You should try the indie game "a short hike". Like the title says it's a relaxing hike to the top of an island. the game only lasts only about an hour or two to finish it and is pretty cheap. I find it personally the best take on a open world game, where you truly can go anywhere. and its OST IS OUTSTANDING one of my favorites of all time!! I hope more people knew about this game. Great video btw.
I've recently been obsessed with the indie game Wildfrost, a roguelite deck builder where you send expeditions out to restore the sun to a frozen land. It's a super cute game and I can't seem to stop talking about it. I will warn that the game has a learning curve and everything can seem difficult and unbalanced at the start, but I promise that everything can be overcome. (When I started I couldn't see myself succeeding, but now have almost a dozen successful runs under my belt!) The community is also really great at giving advice and tips (though be warned that not all spoilers are tagged in some places!).
On the off chance that anyone needed the extra push and reads this: Tunic was one of the most incredible experiences I've had with a game. It really is magical and the constant discovery & lightbulb moments kept me excited to continue playing. I could not get this game out of my head for weeks. You can engage with as much or as little of it as you want, but this game has serious depth in the world, puzzles, mechanics, and lore. If you are even slightly interested in something "different" or liked what other games like Outer Wilds did, then you need to play this game. You'll be glad you did.
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
The special part about tunic is it doesn't have any dialogue, forcing you to discover the story yourself, the game starts off very Zelda-like, then dives into some dark undertones, plus the boss fights. definitely would recommend for adventure game lovers
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?
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.
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
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
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?!?!??!?!?!?
1:05 YALL READY TO GET FUNKY?!?!?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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.
@@pvrpkahllsdanm 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
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
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! :)
Obra Dinn and Tunic are fantastic and insanely clever in their design.
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.
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.
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*
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
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
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.
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!"
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.
Pizza Tower inspired me so far than i start to practice animation after all these years.
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!!!
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
WHERE IS ULTRAKILL
No full release or sumn idk
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.
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
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 ^^
0:04 OOOH I'M GONNA GET YA
These are my favorite and most anticipated videos in my inbox. Im so glad more people are hearing about these games.
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.
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.
metal hellsinger feels like the game made for insane former band and orchestra students and i WILL be playing
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
Who knew that in an alternate reality the Orphan of Kos would grow up to own a Pizza business.
I absolutely adored Tunic. Solving those puzzles brought so much satisfaction!
5:28 don't forget brazilian samurai can also double jump
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
They are ceasing support on Omega strikers! 😭
man that Pizza Tower Intro WAS FIRE! 1:05
after realising Metal Hellsinger is crypt of the necrodancer mixed with doom I added that shit to my wishlist instantly
I love Tunic. Truly blew my mind with the puzzles, secrets, music and art style.
If you're a fan of Hellsinger, I highly recommend Hi-Fi Rush! Loved playing both
have you ever played bullets per minute?
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
You know your a indie game fan when you already knew about all of these games
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
I’m really glad you brought up tunic… You should give rainworld a try. Especially with the dlc.
yakko if you enjoyed tunic you're also gonna love death's door, also "BPM: bullets per minute" is very simular to metal hellsinger but rogue like
As soon as i saw it i got reminded of bpm lol
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.
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
Pizza tower looks like Ren and stimpy. Watching you play this gave me heart palpitations.
Thank you for acknowledging the trans double jump, neither gender or gravity can contain us
here's my contribution to game recs and engagement:
-Your Only Move is Hustle/Yomi Hustle - a *turn-based* fighting game, where each turn is a few frames, so you can already start getting into the high level play of fighting game mind games even when you're just starting out
-Do Not Feed the Monkeys - an interesting, slightly randomly generated, story game about hidden cameras and peeping people's lives. The resource management can get a lot, but it does play into the story too, do you do the morally decent thing, or do you do the thing that gets you more money because you have 2$ to your name and are on the verge of starving to death
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
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
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
Gotta say, Omega Strikers is a blast. I'm not much of a gamer but the fact that every set is as intense as it is on a spam of 15 minutes makes it, to me, exhilarating, not exhausting. But this is a matter of personal preference, and I think you are totally valid for your's.
The only point I hard disagree with is saying that the buffs can't be felt throughout the match. You blink and suddenly Estelle has double the range on her primary and Era's special OHKOs
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
Just finished Opus: Echo of Starsong last night. Pretty impressive how such a deeply layered story can be successfully told minimally.
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
@@des4929 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
@@des4929 That's Awesome. Hope you get a blast out of the Game!
I love these videos so much because I also enjoy finding new games to play. My only recommendation for now is a game called SPOOKWARE, a silly little game about skeletons with fast paced minigames and charming writing. It's super enjoyable to play and I think everyone should play it :D
Tunic is genuinely one of the best games ever made I’m glad to see it getting love 🥰
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.
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
Fine, I'll buy Tunic! Meanwhile, I have a few recommendations for you.
Mortal Sin - solo dev first person action roguelike game with an absolutely awesome art style and very fun combat. On paper it's a very simple game but I find the mix of classes, weapons and passive skills on top of the combat system that encourages animation canceling and different types of combos to be very addictive.
Against the Storm - Roguelike citybuilder and one of the few games with roguelike elements where it feels justified in being a roguelike. Each session is 1-2 hours and each run does really feel different as there are many ways to achieve victory in each scenario. I know citybuilders aren't most people's cup of tea (I don't really like them myself) but this game is really well done.
Signalis - if you enjoyed Resident Evil 1 or Silent Hill then you'll likely love this. One of my favorite indie games of all time. If survival horror is something you like just buy it and go in blind.
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.
An indie game I can recommend to everyone is crosscode. Great pixel art, fantastic gameplay and combat feel, engaging story, banger music, fantastic puzzles. Just all around fantastic package that I wish was talked about more
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.
12:31 SLIMECICLE? What are you doing here?
Stop by just to say I hate Celeste. That's all.
Hello yakko, i recomend I recommend you play "Bug Fables". It is a paper Mario type rpg game about 3 bugs who go on an adventure sent by the ant queen.The game has a simple but charming which has its plot twists, quite catchy music, very charismatic characters and quite engaging gameplay.It's from a few years ago, around 2018 but it quickly became one of my favorite indies.
Tunic is unique and I love what they were trying to do truly. Many good moments and a couple unsettling ones like a miasma spider running off in the islands area and the obelisk factory. Finding pages for all kinds of secrets and foreshadowing events in the game is nice to.
That being said, the combat is liquid shit and every time I boot up the game to try and beat the cathedral’s gauntlet to continue the game, I’m reminded how terrible it feels.
"Is it gonna replace your favorite live-service game?"
Yes, Yakko.
Yes it did.
I love Omega Strikers and I wish I could bare its children
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.
Tunic's golden path puzzle blew my mind
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
I wholly reccommend the tactical vehicle-based shooter "Brigador"
a game about a company who wants a planet back after the population rebelled
so they pay brigadors (you) to blow up strategic targets
you also get paid for anything you destroy
...including civilans
there's also alot of lore in paragraphs about the various weapons, warcrimes, and factions you deal with
The pizza montage was EXCELLENT.
THAT INTRO WAS SO GOOD!! i aspire to acheive that level of editing
2:31 scariest humpscare (thats what squewe said)
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
Imma put it out there: Omega strikers will have the exact same fate as battlerite, youll have fun, but people will get absolutely burned FAST, the loop doesnt allow for a huge amount of change, and 0 downtime is also not ideal, add to that the almost "Party game" feel (even tho its supposed to be competitive) and you have a game that'll probably disappear fast
Also amazing video dude
Tunic was an absolute gem among gems. While I didn't personally played it, me and my friend spent hours on discord trying to figure where to go and what to do, making the best we could do with the pages we had found and it was a blast.
Other than being salty that stray literally robbed this game at the TGA, I just want to point out that the collector's edition for the switch/PS4 version is one of the coolest and most satisfying I've ever seen. And all of that for just 45 dollars
I don’t know if this would be in your wheelhouse or if you already know about it, but Deep Rock Galactic is a game I keep coming back to. The best way I can explain it is that DRG is a PvE multiplayer class-based horde shooter / mining operation. You play as a dwarf in a space mining company trying to complete various objectives on a planet whilst being hunted by various monstrous bugs. The level of tom-foolery, intensity, and camaraderie I’ve experienced in this game is incredible!
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.
I was wondering for a while what Yakko was doing since the last video.
Then I remembed that Pizza Tower came out on January 26, 2023
Yakko you GOTTA try Jet Lancer if you haven’t yet!
It’s a cool and tragically obscure airplane dogfighting game in the style of Luftrausers, but with a focus on tighter combat and a charming story/cast.
I'm so glad you mentioned tunic, it's one of my favorite games of all time and I can't appreciate it enough, i wish everyone knew about it
It's a game that gives you a childlike joy like no other
I wish I could erase my memory and play it again, but that's just an experience I'll never have again sadly
I urge everyone to go play it and if difficulty is an issue you can basically just disable damage entirely and the game will still be enjoyable, ITS THAT GOOD
You should try the indie game "a short hike". Like the title says it's a relaxing hike to the top of an island. the game only lasts only about an hour or two to finish it and is pretty cheap. I find it personally the best take on a open world game, where you truly can go anywhere. and its OST IS OUTSTANDING one of my favorites of all time!! I hope more people knew about this game.
Great video btw.
I've recently been obsessed with the indie game Wildfrost, a roguelite deck builder where you send expeditions out to restore the sun to a frozen land. It's a super cute game and I can't seem to stop talking about it.
I will warn that the game has a learning curve and everything can seem difficult and unbalanced at the start, but I promise that everything can be overcome. (When I started I couldn't see myself succeeding, but now have almost a dozen successful runs under my belt!) The community is also really great at giving advice and tips (though be warned that not all spoilers are tagged in some places!).
On the off chance that anyone needed the extra push and reads this: Tunic was one of the most incredible experiences I've had with a game. It really is magical and the constant discovery & lightbulb moments kept me excited to continue playing. I could not get this game out of my head for weeks. You can engage with as much or as little of it as you want, but this game has serious depth in the world, puzzles, mechanics, and lore. If you are even slightly interested in something "different" or liked what other games like Outer Wilds did, then you need to play this game. You'll be glad you did.
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
Solving the true ending puzzle in Tunic by yourself is so incredibly satisfying. Highly recommend it.
The special part about tunic is it doesn't have any dialogue, forcing you to discover the story yourself, the game starts off very Zelda-like, then dives into some dark undertones, plus the boss fights. definitely would recommend for adventure game lovers
only reason why i watched this intire thing is because half of it is pizza tower
but tunic seems cool