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big blockbuster video games are great the Halos bioshock's GTA c.o.d these are the reasons why we buy consoles but a lot of people still don't know about all the amazing and fun independently produced games you can also play on your console Donald bell and this top 5 i'm counting down just a handful of the best indie games of the summer 2014 ranked by cnet senior editor jeff beck start things off at number 5 sports friends available for ps3 and ps4 this is a fun goofy collection of multiplayer games perfect for breaking out at a party you and your presumably drunk friends can go head to head in the game of Hope row or bar abari ball or johann Sebastian joust or the most pornographic game title of all time Superpole riders wow I guess what you do with your friends is your business at number 4 1001 spikes out on xbox one ps4 Wii U 3ds Vita and steam this one will definitely scratch your retro NES itch it's like super mario brothers for sadomasochists it's an adorable side scroller while you'll be randomly impaled on bloody spikes at every turn if you get frustrated easily this is not the game for you but if you can handle dying a few hundred times working your way through this game is a lot of fun coming in at number 3 Waka melee Super Turbo championship edition available on ps4 xbox one wii u and steam you're a down on your luck mexican wrestler fighting your way through gangs of undead henchmen so that you can stop the bad guy and save the girl pretty standard plot stuff but infused with a great sense of humor and a graphic style unlike anything you've seen before in at number two velocity 2x out on ps4 and Vita in September or basically next week it's a great sci-fi action game that bounces back and forth between a Metroid style side scroller and a top-down shoot them up that as the name implies moves namely fast feel an epileptic fit coming on just watching this game but if you like that feeling of constant reflex ripping engagement this is your game but finally Jeff Bakalar is picked for the number one indie game of the summer rogue legacy out on ps3 ps4 Vita and steam you can think of this as ghosts and goblins meets Charles Darwin when you die in this game and you will die a lot your character does not come back to life instead you come back as your kid and this time you have slightly different strengths and abilities that evolve with each generation you might even have a genetic handicap such as color blindness dyslexia or my favorite chronic flatulence how do you say no to that so there you go five great indie games that will tide you over between those blockbuster megagames for Jeff Bakalar full list of 12 indie game recommendations head over to cnet.com and it's more top 5s for me top five dot cnet.com and Donnell Bell thanks for watching