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Congratulations! thanks a lot for GAs!

Your poll is a pretty weirdly structured one - it's hard to choose only one option and not hugely over simply things.

I'm an indie game enthusiast. I love indie games mostly because of how innovative and unconventional they are, but still, the most important part in any game I play (no matter if it's AAA or not) is the gameplay. I do play AAA titles with no innovation but great gameplay and really rarely decide to check out indie games which are really innovative but have 5/10 reviews ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Gameplay, and story are most interesting to me.
Before purchasing though I look at price, although when they look good enough and get me excited enough I buy em when they come out.

(ex: AER: Memories of Old )

I like that they are usually not too big.
Easy to download and they don't occupy much disk space either.
Usually not expensive.
The gameplay tend to be alright, and can often be more entertaining than some those AAA games

Narrative/story. Then the rest

I am currently at 12,956 blocked :)

There are so many different reasons to like a game depending on what type of game you want to play. I could check all the options on your poll, it just depends on what I want to play at the time. Maybe I am in the mood for a really good story or maybe a metroidvania, or an atmospheric walking simulator, it just depends. I do love indie games though, it is nice to play something different.

Gameplay.
You can have a great whatever, but if the gameplay's trash, I won't care because the game becomes unplayable.

Atmosphere and story for me.

Presence

you forget FUN
no matter what it's gameplay, as long it's FUN

FUN are also included , no/small amount of bug and no horrendous graphic/sound

I picked narrative because I have no interest in games that have no narrative, but it's hardly the only thing I'm looking for.

I looking for indie games to be interesting - be that via interesting narrative, or unique art style, or unusual experience. Where AAA games are often focus-grouped to be bland, I look for indie games to provide those unique experiences that AAA games can't.

Really depends on the genre. I don't need an elaborate storyline to play a good beatemup. Along the same lines as others have already said, bad controls, bad camera and annoying mechanics can ruin an otherwise inventive and interesting title. I'm particular to games that make me laugh,and sometimes I can even determine that by watching the trailers.

Thanks for the GAs...and I love playing indie games. I used to write games when I was a kid, back in the DOS days, back when shareware/freeware was a brand new concept. So, I guess I have an appreciation for the work that goes into a game, good or bad.

Well 'indie' means a lot :D

Some have heart, other nice stories or are something complete different.

I myself did lot's of modding - models, scripting, own missions/maps - you know how much work is even behind something simple.

Thanks for the giveaways!

Bump, thank you!

I think that the indie market is making the best games overall. There are AAA exceptions, but the best games I've played in the last decade or so, are indie titles. Mostly because innovation, gameplay and fun. They took risks, they are subversive and often have great stories, style and atmosphere. You can also feel the passion and love that ooze from some of this projects

There are a lot of bad indie titles of course, but they are easily skippable.

When i'm looking at a game's store page i usually check out any gameplay or trailer video it can offer, then the pictures. Usually looking for gameplay elements, art style and something that can make it special and catch your eye. I check a few things but mostly the atmosphere.

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I look at the art style first.
Then what type of gameplay is it.
Then sound design.
Then price.

As long as the gameplay is fun I'm fine with subpar narrative.

Indie games
I quite like smaller titles, but I'm interested what you think of the genre.

Wait, how is "indie" a genre? All indie means is that the game was released independent of a publisher. I was under the impression that video game genres are meant to express the actions the game is built around, e.g. platformer, first-person shooter, puzzle, etc.

As for what's most important in a game, it's obviously the gameplay. Anyone saying story or atmosphere is more important don't really want a game; they want an interactive narrative (which really should be a separate medium from video games entirely, but "game" has become some kind of ideal that you need to fight for rather than meaning "an activity people do for fun" like it used to; saying that visual novels and walking simulators aren't games is just as degrading and insulting as saying water vapor isn't a solid object: it isn't, that's just not what the word means).