Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: tendoboy1984 on April 25, 2012, 06:06:12 PM
Title: What style of platformer do you like best?
Post by: tendoboy1984 on April 25, 2012, 06:06:12 PM
2D sidescroller: Everything is in 2D and flat (hand-drawn or pixel graphics), characters only move left-to-right, no sense of depth.
EXAMPLES: Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2, Mega Man X, Sonic 2, etc. _______________________________________________________________________________________
3D sidescroller: Characters and backgrounds are in 3D (polygonal graphics), characters only move left-to-right, some sense of depth.
EXAMPLES: DKC Returns, Kirby Returns to Dreamland, Kirby 64, etc. _______________________________________________________________________________________
3D exploration: Everything is in 3D (polygonal graphics), characters can move freely in all directions, true sense of depth.
EXAMPLES: Super Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Sonic Adventure, etc. _______________________________________________________________________________________
Isometric perspective: Can be either 2D (sprites) or 3D (polygons). Characters move in a psuedo-3D world where the camera is set in a fixed diagonal perspective.
Title: Re: What style of platformer do you like best?
Post by: Oblivion on April 25, 2012, 11:26:45 PM
What about isometric platformers?
Title: Re: What style of platformer do you like best?
Post by: tendoboy1984 on April 26, 2012, 12:10:56 AM
Scourge: Hive was a great game. I wish I still owned a copy to play through on my GBA Micro.
Title: Re: What style of platformer do you like best?
Post by: Oblivion on April 26, 2012, 10:38:03 AM
It really needs a sequel.
Title: Re: What style of platformer do you like best?
Post by: Squalid Pumpkin on May 03, 2012, 05:33:40 PM
Quote from: Spak-Spang
Where is the 2D explorer game?
My personal favorite. As noted HERE (http://www.listal.com/list/pks-favorite-video-game-genres), my favorite kind of platformer (and genre in general) is that of the Metroidvania.
As for why:
Quote from: Squalid Pumpkin
My all-time favorite genre is the Metroidvania genre. I love the purity of sidescrolling, but I also like to explore and don't prefer being timed or on a lives system. Thus, having a non-linear, interconnected map is perfect. I also like feeling like my character is improved over the course of the game, a need which is most certainly validated when I return to a previous locale and find that the enemies fall like bowling pins! I love clever level design, and setting up a map that must be traversed in certain patterns definitely requires this. I really dig an immersing story that seems integrated with the gameplay, and most Metroidvanias are seamless in this way. Hubs with non-player characters are fun as well, since I'm perfectly content screwing around and interacting with other characters.[/quote
Title: Re: What style of platformer do you like best?
Post by: Pixelated Pixies on May 18, 2012, 03:43:46 PM
I voted for 2D Platformer, but truth be told I think that's probably because there's been so few good 3D platformers. There's obviously Mario, Banjo and others such as Rayman and Prince of Persia, but it's a genre that hasn't seen enough attention in recent years. I've enjoyed 2D platformers more because there's been so many good ones, but I think at this point I might actually be more excited for a new 3D platformer. Although I didn't play the original I'll be interested to see how Epic Mickey 2 turns out.
