Oh, and just a touch of experimental game design.
You love to see it.
Third-person puzzle gameplay blended with unique retro pixel sequences for flashbacks.
Indika embraces the surreal, leaving players just a little unsure of just what is and isn’t actually happening around the protagonist.
Excellent use of dark humor and psychological horror together, each keeping the other from becoming overbearing.
A tongue-firmly-in-cheek look at religious beliefs with impactful narrative about the potential effects of those beliefs.
Some gameplay mechanics are underutilized, most likely due to the shorter runtime.
Indika embraces the surreal, leaving players just a little unsure of just what is and isn’t actually happening around the protagonist.
Not all dialog had adequate and accurate subtitles.
When it comes to indie games, I have a penchant for the odd.
I’m particularly enamored when a story is just plainweird.
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Boy, did Odd Meter find it in themselves to take up that challenge.
What is Indika?
Indika is a third-person narrative-driven indie game developed by Odd Meter and published by 11 bit studios.
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Indika launches on PC viaSteamandEpic Games Store, and theXbox Series X|SandPlayStation 5consoles on May 2.
Indika must find a way to cross a partially frozen creek when the guard refuses to help her.
Indika’s journey has her meet a cast of characters that are almost as unusual as she is.
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One minigame even has the player tasked with collecting coins in a Pac-Man-style maze.
The retro video game aesthetic is so out of place in this historical Russian narrative.
It’s both a blessing and a curse that Indika’s runtime is roughly 56 hours long.
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This does also lead to game mechanics feeling underutilized, specifically Indika’s use of prayer to overcome obstacles.
The game does also suffer from subtitles that are slightly inaccurate or completely absent.
Indika review Should you buy it?
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Don’t get me wrong.
A wild tale of an unreliable narrator a nun, no less!
A tale of self-discovery, questioning, growth, and regression.
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Indika is exactly the kind of story thatindie gamingis made for.
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