The new game is said to be an open world 2 -
D sidescroller with Metroidvania type exploration.
The game is a 2.5
D sidescroller that is full of campy horror and teen movie inspired elements.
Kirby Star Allies continues on Nintendo's idea of returning Kirby to his platforming roots, with a traditional 2.5
D sidescroller view.
This 2.5
D sidescroller carries similarities with Limbo but offers much more once players dive further into the world.
Personally I'm quite happy with these Playstation Plus titles, but it does seem like every single free PS4 title is a 2 -
D sidescroller, every month.
While Tokyo Jungle on the PS3 was a free moving 2.5
D sidescroller, this mobile edition simplifies exploration to a grid with a 2.5 D isometric view.
It's a 2 -
D sidescroller available exclusively over Xbox Live, made by upstart indy developer Playdead.
What at first glance appears to be a 2 -
D sidescroller ripped straight from the pages of the Paper Mario universe soon turns into a 3 - D action - adventure that defies all video game logic.The newest chapter of the Paper Mario story isn't just out of this world... it's out of this dimension.
Four player co-op, in a 2 -
D sidescrolling, action / rpg... Plus loot!
I'm a fan of 2 -
D sidescrollers myself, but I'm surprised by the lack of variety lately.
Not exact matches
A must
have for any
sidescroll lovers.
Although PixelJunk
Sidescroller is a decent, «retro» shoot»em up, the flawed checkpoint system and the «cheap deaths»
have a significant negative impact on the overall experience.
Pikmin, the title for which is currently not final, will release sometime in 2017 and be a
sidescrolling adventure, as opposed to
having an open 3D world, with a focus on action.
The game fuses elements of 2
D and 3
D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions, once being described as a «2.5
D»
sidescroller by Nintendo Power magazine.
Nintendo
has been so busy announcing sequels to every Mario sub-franchise that you can think of — new
sidescrollers, new 3D platformers, new Golf, and Mario & Luigi — that you
'd think they don't
have anything else.
Teased in one of the game's latest trailers was a number of gameplay shots from a Metroidvania - style
sidescroller staring Jack Frost and Pyro Jack - two of the series» common monsters that
have made plenty of appearances in the Persona line of video games.
The
sidescrolling action series saw its first release in arcades back in 1999 and
has thrived in China and Japan ever since, spawning nine sequels / remixes in the last 15 years.
Coldwood's
sidescroller Unravel
has a release date, and it will be making its way to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on...
Hollow Knight
has quietly taken the PC world by storm, enrapturing players with its cartoony hand - drawn graphics, tight
sidescrolling platformer action, and sprawling, interconnected worlds.
Recent main - line Kirby games like Triple Deluxe and Planet Robobot
have been superb secret - filled
sidescrollers with clever level design and impressive visual pop.
I
've saved the treelike Groot's homeworld from invasion, survived the twisted landscapes of the mind of Mysterio, and ran the Incredible Hulk through a 2D
sidescroller, all courtesy of clever and inventive players.
I grew up with the SNES - System and played
sidescrollers whenever I
had the chance.
Acclaimed
sidescrolling stealth - action game Mark of the Ninja
has a remaster coming to Switch this Fall.
You can make a
sidescrolling platformer or an open word exploration game, but the best thing about Disney Infinity 2.0: is if you're a lazy person like myself you don't even
have to do anything to enjoy its benefits.
You want a stupid
sidescroller Metroid game, Nintendo wont
have a new Metroid for a few more years, now something like this comes along and you bitch at it?
A new IP or 2 two — and they
'd better be something special not 2D
sidescroller 1,000.
If you haven't played the retro - style
sidescroller on other platforms, now's as good of a time as any.
In that regard — if not in terms of how difficult the Donkey Kong Country games
have been — the series might be something of Nintendo's way of making something of a
sidescrolling Call of Duty, prioritizing spectacle in a company that typically tends not to.
if enough people referred to the vaguely - defined genre of non-linear gated - progression
sidescrollers as «metroids» or as «castlevanias», then that
would be the generic marketing term talentless indies affixed to their works.
Similarly, if enough people referred to the vaguely - defined genre of non-linear gated - progression
sidescrollers as «metroids» or as «castlevanias», then that
would be the generic marketing term talentless indies affixed to their works.
Focus Home Interactive
has uploaded the launch trailer to Final Exam, a 2.5
D beat -»em - up
sidescroller that looks extremely action - packed and slightly crazy.
If they weren't important we
would still be playing atari or commador 64 games with stick figures and limited to 2d
sidescrollers.
Wrap all of that sweet formula in a classic 2D pixel art
sidescroller and you
've got a winner, folks!
Twin Blades — This
sidescrolling action game where an anime nun runs around killing zombies with melee & gun attacks
has some of the most gorgeous graphics I
've seen on the service.
Some of the mini games are clever however, and they're definitely welcome, since it's fun to
have a quick 2D platforming romp through a painting, or fight sharks off with an underwater boat in a
sidescrolling battle.
This is quite fortuitous timing, given that the new Ghost Rider movie and the 2K Games - published game based on it are just about to debut, but the PlayStation Museum site
has unearthed an unreleased Neversoft beta of an earlier Ghost Rider game - as a 2D
sidescroller!
Some people
have begun comparing this cyberpunk
sidescroller to something like Blade Runner.
Some
would narrowly define this genre as using an isometric view, but many games
have successfully deviated from that camera, such that now 2D
sidescrollers and 3D open world games alike still fit in the genre.
The visual style of the game is greatly reminiscent of Madworld, and
has loads of violence wrapped up in
sidescrolling turn - based strategy and combat.
We felt like it was really about the action gameplay, and felt that it
would be a perfect fit to do a
sidescroller - for guys who maybe aren't into Sacred, they can get into the universe and discover that there's a lot to offer.»
Rarer still is a
sidescrolling platformer that
has AAA production values.
We're back to playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild and wondering if it
would be better as a
sidescroller.
Motion Twin's hard - as - nails
sidescrolling roguelike Dead Cells arrived on Steam's Early Access programme back in May, and
has now breached the bounds of GOG's Games in Development initiative.
The gameplay is still the 2D
sidescrolling platform action / adventure we
've all come to love, and it makes the transition wonderfully.
The principle behind the indie games movement was that developers not chained to the high stakes world of initial public offerings and demographics research
would be able to create innovative games that users
would want to play, rather than what users
had proven in the past that they
would be willing to play, and finally there is a mecha game on the XBLIG service that proves the indie movement right, because Explosionade is a love letter to the great 2D SNES mecha
sidescrollers that adds just enough new gameplay mechanics to make it its own beast.
Retro / Grade is an innovative fusion between a rhythm game and a
sidescrolling shooter that
has received the IndieCade audience award as well as two Independent Game Festival nominations.
The game is a
sidescroller, though it
has plenty of vertical action included thanks to the floaty jump physics.
We
've used real locations from around Tokyo as the inspiration for our 3D artwork to make Tokyo Dark's
sidescrolling environments authentic and detailed..
Guns, Gore & Cannoli is an over-the-top 2D action
sidescrolling shooter in the tradition of Metal Slug that
has you annihilating hordes of zombies as a gangster from the 1920s.
During the interim, Nintendo
had also put Mario in his first 2D
sidescrolling adventure since 1992's Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for the Game Boy with New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS in 2006.