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September Indie Game Round-Up
cyrus_zuo brings us the latest set of reviews for recent independently-produced games. A panel of reviewers takes a look at 10 games, including The Spirit Engine 2, an action RPG which receives high marks, the humorous Strong Bad game, and Eternity's Child, which has earned quite a big of negative press recently. "Despite what some may have said, EC certainly isn't the disaster it is made out to be, not by a long shot. However, it feels like it is brushing up against greatness only to have its wings burned and that makes the short-comings feel all the more painful."
One drawback of independent games is that they run on Windows due to the lockout chip regime on all consoles. One disadvantage of most PCs running Windows is that either the video card either doesn't have a TV output at all or the PC isn't in the same room as a suitable TV. It's difficult for multiple users holding gamepads to fit their bodies around a 17" monitor. So this means many multiplayer indie games are designed for one PC and one copy of the game per player, which can be cost-prohibitive for households with more gamers than PCs.