2 Excellent Games to Add to the Try List

I know I missed the last couple blogs on gaming, so I wanted to catch up with a double dose today.  Here comes your Daily 60 (second) double, two of my favorite Indy games.

First on the list is one that I reviewed a long time back, but I think it's inventive enough to re-mention it and give a quick overview.  Braid, by Number None, Inc, is a platformer unlike any other, and if you enjoy puzzles as much as you enjoy jumping on heads than this is definitely for you.  Braid is a puzzle platformer.  Yeah, it's in a genre all by itself.  The mechanics involve toying with time itself, fast-forwarding, rewinding, pausing, slow-motion, and more.  Use those tricks to manipulate the world around you to maneuver your enemies, the terrain, and even projectiles so you can open the paths you need to follow to the next challenge.  I can't say enough good things about this game and how well-thought out it was. The goal of the game?  Well you should just play to find out.

Next I'll suggest the Legend of Grimrock, by Almost Human Ltd.  This game is lots of fun, it's basically a retro-style dungeon crawl with a few differences.  It uses the WASD movement style, where if you tap forward you move forward one "square" worth, and the entire dungeon basically made in graph paper.  I like the fact that it lets you choose to be auto-mapped or not, and if you choose not, you really will need a book of graph paper to keep everything straight.  The idea is you're trying to get out of a dungeon alive, and that's really about it.  To do so, you'll have to collect gear, equip your team, and combat against guards, monsters, skeletons, giant animals, and more.  Add to that the inventive and deadly traps, and the puzzles and key-based progressions of some rooms, and this game climbs its way towards top of the genre.  It's addictive, and requires a lot more strategy than just "clicking until bad guy dies."  If you enjoy RPGs or pure Dungeon Crawls, add this one to your list today!

So add these to your list if you're looking for something fun and inventive.