That's a good question! Steam aside - do we really need yet another games portal? There's already quite a few - realarcade(BOO!) bigfish, arcadetown etc. Trouble is, they all cater to the middle aged woman crowd who lap up those zen-state inducing casual puzzle games. Even steam is now moving into this space with its Popcap deal.
Manifesto appears to be taking the angle: Screw casual, there's other indie games out there that we should be looking at. I totally agree, and its nice to make the distinction between indie and casual games for those (like me) who can't be bothered with the casual space, but want somehting a bit diffrerent. Whether this will be enough to differentiate them from sites that just carry everything, only time will tell. I do think Manifesto have made a good start by securing these games in particular:
- Starscape My favourite indie game of all time, but I shan't go on about it as it's been covered enough by Slashdot. Starscape does not appear to be available anywhere else but Manifesto.
- Alien ShooterSwitch off your brain! Here comes the Gore! I can't help but revel in painting the backdrop with alien blood!
- Uplink Once again, not a lot needs to be said about this title as it's been covered to death right here on slashdot.
It remains to be seen whether Manifesto can acquire enough of these titles, or even whether that many great examples exist.
