Sweet, if we’re still submitting our top five favorites I’ll go ahead and add mine:
And for my pick for a game that doesn’t get as much credit as it should any more… CONKER’S BAD FUR DAY!!
Oh, and cuz I like lists too…
I’ll bite:
And if we are talking 3D:
And if we are mixing both lists together for platformers I can’t live without:
These are all soley off the joy of the platforming. So while I LOVE games like Klonoa 2, Mega Man X5, and Bionic Commando (3D) these above games make my thumbs scream for joy as soon as I hit start.
Sorry FC, but the correct answer is Shinobi 3DS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3.
What do you guys think of fan games?
There’s some solid Sonic and Mega Man stuff out there and fixed games too.
What do you mean by fixed?
Read the link for an example.
Fixed is probably not the best word.
Think of it more like Super Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
I’m not gonna read all of that honestly.
Favorite platform games? In no order
Don’t have a 3DS so it might as well not exist to me. Plus I like the artstyle of Shinobi 3 better by kilometers.
Plugging S&K into Sonic 3 got you Sonic 3&Knuckles but it forced certain music, swapped some boss orders, etc.
It gives you every possible way to play that whole experience. It all works on real hardware too.
Yea fixed probably isn’t the best word. Sounds pretty cool tho, Might have to check it out.
Reading through Sonic 3 Complete it seems these guys restored what was originally planned for the game. Stuff like putting Flying Battery in-between Carnival Night and Ice Cap
Played the first 20 minutes of Cloudbuilt, holy shit it’s just as accurate and GDLK as the description of it being Mirror’s Edge X MegamanX :love:
Hope I still feel the same way when I’m actually deeper into the game.
^I’m hopping for a PS4 release but next cheap price I’ll get it.
My top 5 platformers and why
2)Sonic 2
Dude I don’t even wanna explain this its the platformer thread should be self explainatory
3)Metroid Fusion
I’m anything but a story/atmosphere stan but this game had the atmosphere. SA-X was scarier to me than Dark Samus in Prime part of it was because theres the instant connection “I’m a weaker me this thing is a clone of me at my best” I felt like there was a whole Alien Vibe going on for it and that mixed with the classic Metroid formula made for one of those platformers you wanna finish in one sitting
4)NSMBWii
I know people like to hate on this game for whatever reason but It’s like my favorite Mario. I like all the suits, I liked the controls, the levels, the simultaneous 4 player, its the total package for me. I haven’t got to play much of NSMBU but hey it might could take this spot
5)Super Mario 3d world
I would put this higher if I had more time with it, there was not one minute I was playing of this game where there was not a smile on my face, its everything I like about NSMBWii but in 3d.
I almost put NSMBWii as one of mine too. I think it really aestheticslly captures the essence of the original Super Mario Bros games, especially SMB1. It’s got fantastic level design and the introduction of simultaneous multilayer Mario was a huge hit. I spent many hours playing this one. I remember a buddy of mine and I spent an entire night exploring all kinds of different places to get infinite 1-ups. NSMB for DS was pretty awesome, but I feel like Wii took it to the next level and stands out as the best of the New series.
Freedom Fall is a neat little indie platformer that controls well and has something rare: a sadistic but likable female villain.
Just finished Shovel Knight. Its good, man. Everything was just super solid. Gameplay was tight, even though I hated the sliding Shovel Knight does when trying to stop I know it was a part of the plan so I can deal with it. Music and sound effects were really good, just really good. Getting the powered up slash felt really good. Plus the story was told really well. Like I feel like I need to put something in spoilers… for a platformer that isn’t a metroidvania
After killing the Shield Knight Enchantress I was so fuckin hype to catch her. That was really cool.
Definitely lived up to the hype. Can’t wait to play the other characters.
That looks cool. It kind of looks like Teslagrad a little bit to me. By that standard it seems a little more puzzle-y than I like usually from the trailer. Can you confirm/deny? Does it lean more action or puzzle?