Top 10 Reasons Why Cave Story Is Culturally the Greatest Indie Game of All Time
The Top Ten
1 It started the entire modern fad of indie games
2 It has one of the best video game storylines of all time
3 Its universe is rich with brilliantly subtle details
4 It almost feels like an actual triple-A Nintendo game
5 It has been ported to at least half of all the consoles on Earth
6 It invented Mimigas, who are the absolute cutest video game characters of all time, even cuter than Kirby
7 It is one of those games that literally anyone who calls himself/herself a true gamer needs to play at least once in his/her lifetime in order to provide proper credibility to such a statement
8 It was one of the few indie games to actually get the fake-retro aesthetic right, completely nailing it
9 Its soundtrack is absolute heavenly pure gold most likely composed by the gods themselves
10 It is in fact one of the few indie games to be literally created by one, and only one, person
The Contenders
11 No tasteful, classy gamer can resist the urge to play it forever
12 It created the fanfiction "Cavernous Storybook"
13 It came before Minecraft and was a better game than Minecraft
14 It is almost as iconic as everyone's favorite legendary Nintendo franchises
15 It has a genius moral message behind it
16 It isn't even trying to be scary, yet it is still kind of scarier than Five Nights At Freddy's
17 The characters and environments are so memorable that they will most likely be burned into your brain forever
18 It actually feels like a proper tribute to Metroid rather than a ripoff
19 It has more heart and soul poured into it than about 99% of games out there, even in its own respective indie category
20 It can stir emotions you never previously knew that you had lurking within your soul
21 It is so blatantly Nintendo that it is actually loosely considered part of the general Nintendo universe
22 It was Zero Punctuation's best game review in years
23 It is actually one of the darkest video games of all time despite its art style
24 It is better than at least half of triple-A games in the industry
25 It has that one easter egg where you get to...sleep...with Chako
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