It doesn't have the content of Rayman Legends, or really even an Xbox
Arcade platformer like the previously mentioned Limbo.
Not exact matches
Because making the notoriously difficult indie
platformer sounds
like pure hell, according to a Super Meat Boy post mortem that lays out what went right (fun design environment, Steam) and what went wrong (financial drain, Xbox Live
Arcade).
Other notable releases this week include another pair of classic
Arcade Archives games, Sengoku 2 and Star Force; the critically acclaimed text adventure Subsurface Circular; the horror game Detention; the investigative game A Normal Lost Phone; the 2D
platformer Little Triangle; and the Q - Bert -
like puzzler Totes the Goat.
First, we have two reviews on the PlayStation consoles: a unique and beautiful side - scrolling puzzle
platformer set during World War I and an alien shooter that plays almost
like the classic
arcade game, Space Invaders.
A fun, attractive 2D
platformer of the sort that can nowadays only exist on services
like Xbox Live
Arcade.
One being a puzzle
platformer with a literal twist, an
arcade like action RPG, and lastly an action puzzle game.
Tron Run / r is now available in Steam Earl - Access, a game that looks
like an auto - running
platformer, action
arcade game.
Genre All Action Adeventure Adventure
Arcade Beat - em - up Board Game Brawler Bullet Hell card Casual Co-op Comedy Driving Dungeon Crawler E-Sports Education Endless Runner Escape Room experience Exploration Explorations Fantasy Fighting First Person First Person Shooter fishing Flight flight simulator FPS god game God -
like Golf Gore HEadroo Horror Indie Interaction llamasoft Ltd mini-games MMO Movie Multiplayer Music Music Video Mutiplayer Mystery Narrative physics
Platformer Point - and - Click PSVR Puzzle Puzzle.
Putting their most popular character into an
arcade platformer seemed
like only a matter of time.
With iconic
platformers such as Yoshi's Island and Mega Man X,
arcade classics
like Street Fighter II Turbo, and engrossing role - playing games
like Final Fantasy III, there are very few games on the SNES Classic that I'm not aching to go back to.
It's competitive if you want it to be, and social if you're into that, but over and above that it's just inherently joyful,
like a 16 - bit
platformer or an over-the-top
arcade cabinet or a rambunctious open - world action game.
Because of this, Rocket Knight Adventures feels much more in line with an
arcade - style Contra, rather than following the ethos of typical console
platformers like all of Sonic's other clones.
New Releases for week of 3/15: ---- Multi --- Disney Infinity: Marvel Battlegrounds — action — Disney XB1 / PS4: EA Sports UFC 2 — MMA — EA Sports XB1 / PS4: Tetrobot and Co. — puzzler — Swing Swing Submarine XB1 / PS4 / PC: Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO — racing — Milestone S.r.l. ---- PlayStation --- PS4 / PS3 / Vita: Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault — Defense / Strategy — Aksys Games PS4 / PS3 / Vita: Samurai Warriors 4 Empires — Action — Koei Tecmo PS4 / Vita: Senran Kagura Estival Versus — Action — XSEED PS4:
Arcade Archives Bubble Bobble — arcade comical action platformer — Sega (1986) PS4 / PC: Candlelight — Action - adv — Pixel Maverick Games PS4: D / Generation HD — adventure — West Coast Software PS4: Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Console Edition — Adventure RPG — BulkyPix PS4: Paragon (Early Access)-- MOBA — Epic Games PS4: Salt and Sanctuary — Action RPG — Ska Studios PS4: Sheltered — RPG Strategy — Team 17 Vita: Murasaki Mist: Akara's Journey — Action / RPG — Hollow Games --- Xbox --- Dungeon of the Endless — Rogue - Like Dungeon - Defense game — Amplitude Studios Shantae and the Pirate's Curse — Platformer — WayForward Technologies --- Nintendo --- WiiU: Pokken Tournament — Fighting — Nintendo WiiU / 3DS: Mutant Mudds Super Challenge — Platformer — Renegade Kid --- PC --- htoL #NiQ: The Firefly Diary — Adventure / Strategy — NIS America,
Arcade Archives Bubble Bobble —
arcade comical action platformer — Sega (1986) PS4 / PC: Candlelight — Action - adv — Pixel Maverick Games PS4: D / Generation HD — adventure — West Coast Software PS4: Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Console Edition — Adventure RPG — BulkyPix PS4: Paragon (Early Access)-- MOBA — Epic Games PS4: Salt and Sanctuary — Action RPG — Ska Studios PS4: Sheltered — RPG Strategy — Team 17 Vita: Murasaki Mist: Akara's Journey — Action / RPG — Hollow Games --- Xbox --- Dungeon of the Endless — Rogue - Like Dungeon - Defense game — Amplitude Studios Shantae and the Pirate's Curse — Platformer — WayForward Technologies --- Nintendo --- WiiU: Pokken Tournament — Fighting — Nintendo WiiU / 3DS: Mutant Mudds Super Challenge — Platformer — Renegade Kid --- PC --- htoL #NiQ: The Firefly Diary — Adventure / Strategy — NIS America,
arcade comical action
platformer — Sega (1986) PS4 / PC: Candlelight — Action - adv — Pixel Maverick Games PS4: D / Generation HD — adventure — West Coast Software PS4: Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Console Edition — Adventure RPG — BulkyPix PS4: Paragon (Early Access)-- MOBA — Epic Games PS4: Salt and Sanctuary — Action RPG — Ska Studios PS4: Sheltered — RPG Strategy — Team 17 Vita: Murasaki Mist: Akara's Journey — Action / RPG — Hollow Games --- Xbox --- Dungeon of the Endless — Rogue - Like Dungeon - Defense game — Amplitude Studios Shantae and the Pirate's Curse — Platformer — WayForward Technologies --- Nintendo --- WiiU: Pokken Tournament — Fighting — Nintendo WiiU / 3DS: Mutant Mudds Super Challenge — Platformer — Renegade Kid --- PC --- htoL #NiQ: The Firefly Diary — Adventure / Strategy — NIS Amer
platformer — Sega (1986) PS4 / PC: Candlelight — Action - adv — Pixel Maverick Games PS4: D / Generation HD — adventure — West Coast Software PS4: Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Console Edition — Adventure RPG — BulkyPix PS4: Paragon (Early Access)-- MOBA — Epic Games PS4: Salt and Sanctuary — Action RPG — Ska Studios PS4: Sheltered — RPG Strategy — Team 17 Vita: Murasaki Mist: Akara's Journey — Action / RPG — Hollow Games --- Xbox --- Dungeon of the Endless — Rogue -
Like Dungeon - Defense game — Amplitude Studios Shantae and the Pirate's Curse —
Platformer — WayForward Technologies --- Nintendo --- WiiU: Pokken Tournament — Fighting — Nintendo WiiU / 3DS: Mutant Mudds Super Challenge — Platformer — Renegade Kid --- PC --- htoL #NiQ: The Firefly Diary — Adventure / Strategy — NIS Amer
Platformer — WayForward Technologies --- Nintendo --- WiiU: Pokken Tournament — Fighting — Nintendo WiiU / 3DS: Mutant Mudds Super Challenge —
Platformer — Renegade Kid --- PC --- htoL #NiQ: The Firefly Diary — Adventure / Strategy — NIS Amer
Platformer — Renegade Kid --- PC --- htoL #NiQ: The Firefly Diary — Adventure / Strategy — NIS America, Inc..
Other Ocean Interactive, the acclaimed independent developer with a mastery of creating modern games with a retro feel
like Dark Void Zero and the XBLA conversion of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, announced today that its highly anticipated side - scrolling
platformer, The War of the Worlds, launches today for Xbox LIVE ®
Arcade for the Xbox 360 ® -LSB-...]
The pair's most notable collaborations include crossover fighters
like X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom as well as the kinetic
platformer Strider 2, all blood - bumping
arcade romps leveraged by tight - controlling gameplay to entice beginners and skilled players alike.
We reviewed the full slate of launch games and
liked psychedelic
platformer Endless Lake, puzzler Wordalot, and
arcade classic Space Invaders the best.
With iconic
platformers such as Yoshi's Island and Mega Man X,
arcade classics
like Street Fighter II Turbo, and engrossing role - playing games
like Final Fantasy III, there are very few games on the SNES Classic that I'm not aching to go back to.