I think my last foray with side-scrolling brawlers was River City Girls. The artsy charm was fun, but then it seemed like there was no decent defensive mechanics to avoid getting hit, and the only significant source of healing was getting a game over and starting a section again. It ended up just feeling mechanically stinted compared to modern action games.
Have you heard of the obscure indie gem Witcher 3?
But in all seriousness, Ctrl Alt Ego. It’s a fun and unique “immersive sim” style game (think System Shock or Deus Ex) developed by two people, with the new mechanic of being able to possess some objects and enemies in the environment.
Edit: While I'm at it: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Open source roguelike game. You can play in a browser, or download it. Tile sets or no tile sets. You can play it on a fuckin' potato, I can sit here with my PC rendering 4k video and still smoothly play this game, I ran it on a netbook, just download it and play it lol https://crawl.develz.org/
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Octopuses Have Similar Sleep Patterns to Humans–and May Even Dream (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Once an hour the octopuses entered an active sleep phase, during which their brain activity closely resembled their waking brain activity
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum dev pulling out of making new games after The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (www.pcgamer.com)
Daedalic announced that it's axing its internal developer and focusing on its publishing business.
Reddit Community Values (www.reddit.com)
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Magic the Gathering's $2 Million Lord of the Rings Card Has Been Found (www.ign.com)
Someone has found Magic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings The One Ring card, which currently has a bounty of $2 million.
Is this foreshadowing?
If you had found the One Ring card, would you sell it right away?
Offered price is currently 2 Million USD
Kelsea Ballerini speaks out after being hit with bracelet thrown at her during concert (www.usatoday.com)
Kelsea Ballerini stopped singing during a performance in Idaho after she was hit with a bracelet while onstage.
Does Anyone Still Care About Overwatch? (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
After announcing the release date for Overwatch 2: Invasion over the weekend, Blizzard has now confirmed you'll have to pay for the new PvE content.