02 March 2011, 10:04 | #1 |
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3D platformers
Since teh misses little lad decided to blow his pocket money on Mario Galaxy 2, i've started to take note of a section of the platforming genre that, up until now, i've avoided with a 100 foot cattle prod.
Granted, some are fairly recent but there are a vast number from ye olde times that I wouldn't mind takin a look at. I've got vague memories of a few random or obvious ones like Spyro or Mario 64 (Dave Perry throwing his toys out of his pram comedy gold!), but, if I do grab some romulaNZ, which ones are really worth a look? |
02 March 2011, 13:28 | #2 |
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Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conkers Bad Fur day, Banjoe Tooie all N64.
Crash Bandicoot 1,2,3 on PS1 |
02 March 2011, 15:13 | #3 |
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Rayman 2 was very good too.
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02 March 2011, 15:17 | #4 |
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Jak & Daxter 1 (PS2) is the best one I've played so far. Difficult but not too difficult, large colorful worlds and plenty to do in each of them. Quite funny also.
Jak 2 & 3 were quite terrible IMO. Who in their right mind turns a cute platformer into a scifi shooter game :/ Basically a Ratchet & Clank look alike but done worse :/ Ratchet & Clank, also a good game series by the way. Quite a challenge. |
02 March 2011, 15:27 | #5 |
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Fur Fighters, Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 on the Dreamcast (SA1 is on Xbox Live and PSN now).
Although these are early examples but ones I used to play a bit back in the day. |
02 March 2011, 18:35 | #6 |
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Conker's bad fur day is one of my fav games of all time.
Rare were awesome in their Nintendo Days. Conkers works fine on N64 emulators also Last edited by S0ulA55a551n; 02 March 2011 at 18:36. Reason: Add extra point |
02 March 2011, 19:26 | #7 |
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American McGee's Alice :
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Really enjoyed that one. |
02 March 2011, 19:27 | #8 |
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There was on the AMIGA, blue rabbit but i cant remeber the name.....
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02 March 2011, 19:31 | #9 |
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02 March 2011, 19:45 | #10 |
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Yes, Rayman2 was great! And if you don't mind not so real-3D, you should try SEGA's Bug! games. Very challenging platformers with huge levels, containing much secrets to explore...
As you can only move left/right or up/down (into the screen) on those "roads", it feels like a 2D game, which just happens to have more walking directions. Those roads can make for a crazy maze too, sometimes. Available for Sega Saturn or PC, best used on Win95.... |
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02 March 2011, 21:54 | #12 |
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02 March 2011, 22:00 | #13 |
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A lot of isometric platformers on Amiga - Virocop, Spindizzy worlds and many others. But these are not really 3D in your point of view I would think.
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02 March 2011, 22:21 | #14 |
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Well I'd go with the Ratchet & Clank series. Challenging, but usually not too frustrating, well made and fun to play! Really a good series of platformers.
As for non-3D, anyone that never played Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 on SNES/Megadrive(Genesis) missed great games in the platformer genre they are favorites of mine. There are many other releases that came out on different platforms after that, but didn't play them so I don't know if they are any good. |
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Zelda, Ocarina of Time.
Original and addictive gameplay. |
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I can't get over just how good SMG2 is... Great game.
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One of the most wackiest game characters ever! ,right up there with Toejam and Earl,Chuck D. Head and Abe
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