Indie TWIG: Breaking Down the Boldest Upcoming Video Games – Gaming Podcast

62.122 - 82.148 Ace

Like, you find some weird games, man. Some games might just peak before we really get a chance to play them, too. You're just torturing me now. And fresh off of his own Indy adventure, he's turned a new leaf in the eye of the Indies, becoming what some would consider a fan, even? It's Ryan.

83.41 - 88.056 Ryan

All Indy all the time right here, baby. Let's go. Absalom sold me.

88.897 - 95.986 Ace

Absalom's the one that did it. It was the combination of Hades 2, Dispatch, and Absalom that finally turned Ryan.

96.026 - 99.71 Josh

That's a good combo, man. That'll make anybody believe we're in Indies, man.

100.451 - 128.217 Ace

I would do it, man. If that wasn't the only Indies I get to play... So be it. Yep. Yep. Count me in. Our Absalom episode isn't out yet, but spoilers. Yeah. You'll get to hear that on Monday. You'll get to hear it on Monday. So this is going to be our final indie episode of the year, gents. And I figured why not round it off with one last, you know, hurrah of wacky indies for us to look at.

982.46 - 998.567 Ace

But yeah, this is a, like, gun-fu cyberpunk game where you play as this woman just beating the absolute crap out of these guys. Like, this looks intense, and it looks really freaking good. I don't know what you guys thought of the graphics. I thought this game looked really interesting to me.

998.687 - 1025.108 Josh

It is very Sifu for people that have played Sifu. It really reminds me of that and kind of, like, the style of the combat. Yeah. A little bit more realism in the graphics. But yeah, I mean, you know, some slow motion animations as she's like rolling over somebody and leaping up into the air. The thing that screams at me on this is just the polish, dude. The visuals, the graphics are top notch.

1025.128 - 1047.634 Josh

The music's really good. Like I said, the slow motion animations are really, really good. It is hyper violent, which is what you would want out of a game. Yeah. I did not know this game existed until earlier today, but at the same time, the combat in this is really good, and there's a variety of ways to take people out. This could be really good, man.

1047.715 - 1070.626 Ryan

Yeah, especially that ability, like you said, that John Wick kind of style of kind of CQC, like close quarter combat, like with the guns and then rolling over guys and jumping off walls and doing all these crazy things to land your attacks. I'm also getting like a, I don't know, like a vibe of like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or like Spider-Man, like a deep, like gritty New York vibe, you know?

1070.847 - 1086.043 Ryan

Yeah, there is a grittiness to it. Like a gritty New York look to it with the combat. I think it's unique. I think it looks cool. Yeah, and like you said, Josh, I think it does have some polish to it. So it's a cool-looking game for sure.

2082.933 - 2084.675 Josh

It's probably worth $8, to be honest.

2084.755 - 2089.742 Ace

It's probably worth $8, especially if you watch the live broadcast. Can you say that one, Josh?

2089.802 - 2091.965 Ryan

Is that acceptable? Rattastic?

2091.985 - 2107.866 Josh

Rattastic. No, that's still stretching it. That's dumb, too. Oh, that's not stretching it. What does fan and rat have in common? They're both three-letter words, so I can use anything. They both have an A in them. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. Look, we have to preserve the sanctity of the pun.

2108.147 - 2115.579 Josh

OK, we can't just start throwing things around all willy nilly and calling it a rat him up when it's like that's just dumb. Maybe that's why I put on this.