Throughout their journey, they learn the importance of friendship, teamwork, discovery, and sacrifice. Despite the cast being made up of quadrilaterals, they are some of the most memorable characters I’ve ever met in a game. The story centers on Thomas, a red rectangle, and the friends he makes throughout the game. For the most part, the platforming doesn’t offer much challenge but the game remains interesting thanks to the brilliant story by Mike Bithell and the fantastic narration by Danny Wallace, who won the game a BAFTA for his performance. If you haven’t played it, Thomas Was Alone is simply described as a puzzle platformer. Therefore, I will not only be reviewing the game itself, but also how well it preforms on Switch, and how well the game has held up. It is significantly easier to review an over ten-year-old game that I first played nine years ago compared to games that have just released. Though it began as a browser title, it has since been released on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Vita, as well as Xbox One, Wii U, mobile devices, and now Nintendo Switch.
So how does the game hold up over ten years after its original release? Thomas Was Alone was originally launched as a browser game in 2010. Thomas Was Alone told a unique story and demonstrated that by cleverly demonstrating how working only with what you have, you can still make a fantastic game. I consider Thomas Was Alone to be one of the more important indie games of the 2010s because of what it brought to gaming. Now, I am admittedly a bit biased, but Thomas Was Alone was the first indie game I played that drew me into the potential of indies. 2012 was also the first year I played Thomas Was Alone. As indie games become more mainstream, developers began to gain attention and were even highlighted in the 2012 documentary Indie Game: The Movie which featured the developers of Super Meat Boy, Braid, and Fez. There were a few indie successes such as Cave Story and Braid (and Minecraft, which actually got a head start and huge success as an early access game), but nothing like the success of the current indie hits. Before 2010, indies were still very much underground. In the years to come, gamers were introduced to Minecraft, Journey, Gone Home, Stardew Valley, Undertale, Hollow Knight and Cuphead, just to name a few. Kickstarting it off in 2010 was Super Meat Boy and Limbo. The 2010s was also easily the best decade ever for indie games.
It kicked off with such games as Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Rocky Band 3. The 2010s was another great decade in gaming. The piece has been corrected to acknowledge the actual writer, Achi Ikeda. Editor’s Note: This article was erroneously credited to EiC Robert Marrujo.
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