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Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:06 pm
by prfsnl_gmr
Exhuminator wrote:Well, I had Rayman Origins on 360 . . . . I thought a lot of the level design was crappy.
What...the...hell...dude?
The level design is the best part!
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:07 pm
by Exhuminator
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:11 pm
by Sarge
Legends is better. I didn't cotton much to Origins, either.
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:13 pm
by prfsnl_gmr
Both of those are actually a lot of fun. In-game purchases in a paid app put me off a bit, but I enjoyed my time with them...not as much as I enjoyed doing absolutely everything in Rayman Legends...but still fun...especially for a King's Filed apologist who isn't used to fast-paced, intense 2D platforming.
(Also, if you are planning on getting a Wii U, hold off on Rayman Legends until you have it.)
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:20 pm
by Exhuminator
prfsnl_gmr wrote:who isn't used to fast-paced, intense 2D platforming
Go beat Mega Man ZX Advent, Umihara Kawase, and Yoshi's Island DS and holla back at a playa.
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:38 pm
by prfsnl_gmr
Electronic Super Joy or GTFO...
(I jest...I'm not sure how good you are at rhythm-and-music games, but to my knowledge, your skills in all genres are quite admirable, Exhuminator.)
.....
On topic, some 32- and 64-bit platformers that, IMO, have aged well are:
Castlevania SOTN
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Bandicoot 3
Jumping Flash
Jumping Flash 2
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Mega Man 8
Mega Man X4
Norse by Norsewest: The Return of the Lost Vikings
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Spyro the Dragon
Strider 2
Super Mario 64
Tomba!
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:41 pm
by Exhuminator
I admittedly suck at rhythm games. I'm trash at them. Watching me play a rhythm based platformer would be a shit show.
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:44 pm
by BoneSnapDeez
I have
Rayman but it's like a DOS or Win 95 version....? I suck at it.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is brilliant. One of the best games in the series, as well as one of the best platformers of the era.
I loved
Symphony of the Night when I finally played it a few years ago.
Some others on that list look intriguing. Has anyone mentioned
Astal yet?
Y'all are forgetting about the most important game of all though.....
Re: 32/64bit era platformers that you think aged well?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:49 pm
by Sarge
As I mentioned,
Rayman on DOS is even harder than the console versions. I think
everyone sucks at it.
Mega Man X4 is indeed awesome stuff. It and
Mega Man X are my favorites of that series. Zero, in particular, is tons of fun to use.