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Great Platformers
T. R.
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow inevitable drift of their movements out of the unknown past into the unknown future. H.G. Wells
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. Chief Seattle
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These are great platformers, across the
earlier generations of consoles.
I don't mean this to be exclusively older platformers, I was just acknowledging I haven't personally put any seventh generation platformers on the list. Feel free to add them yourself!
(I would feel silly adding Braid or Limbo for example, having never played them.)
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Video Game: Braid
[Average Rating:7.98 Overall Rank:97]
c 5
United States
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
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An artsy independent game that includes various approaches to time manipulation.
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Video Game: VVVVVV
[Average Rating:7.43 Overall Rank:514]
c 5
United States
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
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A simple, fun platformer that isn't old at all but is designed kind of to feel as if it is. Excellent music, too.
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Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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Another great indie platformer (metroidvania style). This one is a bit easier than several of the other good ones, but I still found it quite enjoyable even though I love much harder stuff like VVVVVV or Super Meat Boy too.
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Video Game: Saut
[Average Rating:7.75 Unranked]
Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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Question: How hard or fun could a platformer possibly be if you only use one single key to play it?
Answer: Give Saut a try and find out for yourself.
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Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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I felt like there was some lost potential with the story in this game, but the gameplay is a lot of fun. It's a race for your life against a rising torrent of hot magma, with the music nicely changing in volume to compliment the intensity. The game is quite short, but I found it very fun and the right level of difficulty.
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Video Game: Iji
[Average Rating:7.27 Overall Rank:2412]
Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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An indie run-and-gun platformer. I didn't love this one as much as I had hoped and expected to (considering a lot of indie platforming fans consider it only 2nd to Cave Story), but it is still a good, enjoyable experience. Being less aggressive and killing fewer enemies vs killing everything in sight will result in different behavior from your character and changes to the story.
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Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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An indie puzzle platformer (can you tell I'm a fan of indie platformers yet?
 ) based around changing which direction is down (that is to say, changing the direction of gravity). Quite enjoyable.
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Video Game: Seiklus
[Average Rating:5.75 Unranked]
Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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A very easy-going exploration game. You mostly just casually explore the world collecting little orbs. Honestly I wouldn't really expect to like a game with that description, but it is a charming and enjoyable experience =)
(Make sure you get the chiptune soundtrack; it's 3rd party so the creator isn't directly including it with the game anymore AFAIK, but it is very good.)
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Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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A fun little platformer with an neat twist.
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Twinge
United States
Berthoud
Colorado
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A definite improvement over the original Contra primarily because of the vastly improved controls. A fun game to speed run - turn on the lives cheat with a few friends and see who can beat the game the fastest =)
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Michael Jordal
United States
Austin
Minnesota
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A great return to Sonics platforming roots.
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c 5
United States
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
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Definitely one of the best platformers in history. It's a shame that none of the sequels or remakes came close to measuring up.
I have to confess that I never beat the game. I reached the final area (after leaving the NES on for days) but died before finding the boss.
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c 5
United States
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
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An imaginative and clever game, based on the work of one of my favorite cartoonists (Winsor McCay).
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Michael Jordal
United States
Austin
Minnesota
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I played the heck out of this series back in the day!
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Video Game: Abuse
[Average Rating:6.53 Overall Rank:2099]
Aaron Tubb
United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina
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Abuse is an old, yet awesome 2D platformer. It was dark, creepy, had an interesting and simple control scheme, and was highly reminiscent of ALIENS. It also comes with a great WYSIWYG-style editor so you can make your own levels.
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Minnesota
I did like Voodoo Vince which I found extremely impressive in every way (voice-acting, sound, clever gameplay, good graphics, cool theme/story & setting) AND I also think Psychonauts fits the bill in that regard as well. Everything else is just a pale shadow of them.
Minneapolis
Minnesota
I did like Voodoo Vince which I found extremely impressive in every way (voice-acting, sound, clever gameplay, good graphics, cool theme/story & setting) AND I also think Psychonauts fits the bill in that regard as well. Everything else is just a pale shadow of them.
I own Psychonauts, and based on what I have read it belongs on the list. But I haven't played it and have feelings about not adding to recommendation lists games I have not played yet.