Sentences with phrase «as classic platformers»

Similar sentiments have also been expressed by Eurogamer (who said it was pretty magical), Digitally Downloaded (who said there's little it can't do as a classic platformer) and various others like them.

The game plays as a classic platformer with colorfully creative environments and typical platformer trappings such as boss battles and unlockables.

Not exact matches

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse embodies the spirit of classic platformers while furthering its own identity as a franchise.

This game is as classic a modern, arcade, co-op, puzzle platformer will ever get, so of course people are excited to see what this game holds for us.

We're used to thinking we find the best platformers on the classic Nintendo or Sega consoles, but in the growing future we see Xbox Live Arcade as a platform for that genre.

It's a 2.5 D RPG platformer with stunning visuals that seek to pay homage to the brilliantly crafted Studio Ghibli films as well as classic Final Fantasy concept artists such as Yoshitaka Amano.

This sequel has the same basic idea: a 2D side - scrolling action platformer that, while it has influences from all the aforementioned games, is also reminiscent of other old school classics such as Contra and Metal Slug, as well as newer bullet hell shooters.

The original Game Boy Color title is still heralded as an cult - classic platformer, and we saw Shantae: Risky's Revenge as the crown jewel of DSiWare.

At its core Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is a faux 3D side scrolling platformer that requires players to navigate their character from left to right as they avoid or defeat enemies, collect power - ups and bonuses (K - O - N - G) and have a classic gaming experience on the 3DS.

Originally released back in 2009 as a flash game, this classic run «n» gun inspired platformer has been retouched, tweaked and cleaned up to provide the definitive experience for all your retro needs.

The Game Hill Quest, The Beginning is a 2D platformer that features all the classic elements of the genre: run and jump through moving platforms and other hazards as you defeat enemies and search for keys.

As if the news that Capcom is bringing DuckTales back in remastered form wasn't enough by itself, the publisher revealed on Friday that the entire cast of voice actors from the original show will lend their talent to the new version of the classic platformer.

Lumo can best be described as a throwback to some of the classic platformers of the 80s, but with a modern twist in terms of gameplay mechanics.

Outfoxies and Super Smash Bros are about as similar as 2 different 2D platformers... like classic Sonic and classic Mario... barely the same at all.

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Join Sonic in this critically acclaimed mobile version of the classic SEGA CD platformer as he travels to the distant shores of Never Lake to battle his arch-nemesis, Dr. Eggman.

The game recalls fairy tales and other European folklore as well as the classic role - playing games (RPGs) and platformers that many of today's gamers grew up playing.

Spheroids is a 2D side scroller that the Spanish developers say «Mixes mechanics from classic platformers such as Super Mario Bros or Umihara Kaw... Read More

Titles like the slap-fest Rose & Camellia, and the skirt - flipping game Mekuri Bancho put the company on the indie map, but La - Mulana — described as «a freeware free - roaming platformer game designed to look, sound, and play like a classic MSX game» — is what really got them into the public eye.

The goodies in this edition include a time - bending platformer similar to Number None's Braid, a new educational game created by the developer of Flotilla, a Sokoban - style puzzler, a 2D puzzle platformer that features a transposer gun, an an excellent arcade game in the same vein as the classic shooter Gravitar.

But where some games would be content to mimic GB - era gameplay, and maybe offer a pixelated look, TT: FFEE takes the opposite approach, by copying Game Boy - era graphics (to the point of actually making the screen look like a Game Boy, complete with what a classic Sega Game Gear ad once derided as «creamed spinach colour» graphics), but offering two - player gameplay that's superior to any GB platformer I ever played (link cable, or no link cable).

It wasn't easy, but as is the case with many classic platformers such as Mario and Mega Man, I eventually got into a zen - like rhythm of timing jumps and attacks just right.

From extremely tricky jumps and enemies to the different methods of attacking such as a downward shovel strike ala DuckTales or a fireball comparable to Mega Man's Mega Buster, it's a modern take on classic 80s platformers.

Jump, bounce, squidge and stretch your way to victory as you help Putty save his kidnapped friends from certain death in this classic gaming platformer with over 100 levels.

Chose MM9 +10 and «Nothing for me» this week, and Action - Adventure (though I'd rather not FP nor S involved; @ 247 stalemate666 calls it like I sees it), Puzzle Adventure, Current - Gen JRPGs, Classic RPGs (we could use more «Classics» at all; see below), Strategy RPGs (though I still haven't gotten far into one yet), and Platformer (because eff you, I like»em, though preferably not with shooting elements, or at least not twin - stick, as Hell Yeah!

Players familiar with classic side - scrolling platformers like Mega Man and Metroid will feel right at home with this one, as it provides gamers with a tough challenge.

It's an amalgamation of all the best mechanics from classic platformers such as MegaMan and DuckTales, while also borrowing from Super Metroi...

A Boy and His Blob, the quintessentially cute puzzle platformer, re-released recently as a high definition iteration of the original NES classic from 1989 and rebooted for the Wii console in 2009.

The main goal of the game, in classic platformer collect - a-thon fashion, is to find both individual cube bits (of which eight will form a finished cube), rare full cubes, and even rarer dark anti-cubes, along with some uniquely hidden and challenging - to - find secrets in the form of treasure maps, chests, keys, and even real life elements such as QR codes.

Demon Peak is a 2D side - scrolling action adventure platformer that's inspired by classic Metroidvania games, where you play as what looks like a badass demonic samurai warrior exploring a mountain to uncover its mysteries.

It was more of a cult classic than a flop and could have been as big as the other action - platformer games that made there mark on the ps2 (ratchet & clank, Jack & Daxter, ect) if it weren't for whatever it was that caused such low initial sales.

Spheroids is a 2D side scroller that the Spanish developers say «Mixes mechanics from classic platformers such as Super Mario Bros or Umihara Kawase with «combat» sections inspired in Pang!

The classic tough as nails platformer Super Meat Boy is back, with a Dr. Fetus twist.

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.

Shovel knight takes gameplay inspiration from a lot of classic platformers, such as Megaman, Duck Tales and Ninja Gaiden.

A Hat in Time might not have had the same amount of buzz or media coverage as Yooka Laylee leading up to its launch, but it has managed to do something that the aforementioned title couldn't: offer a highly enjoyable old - school platformer that manages to re-capture the nostalgic vibes of those classic 90s titles.

Beyond those, Giana Sisters is an amazing classic platformer, Resonance is a really solid point - and - click adventure game (as is pretty much everything else put out by WadJet Eye), and Saira is a little - known adventure platformer with great design and execution.

JUJU is a classic style platformer where players will play as Juju, who is out to save his father and -LSB-...]

JUJU is a classic style platformer where players will play as Juju, who is out to save his father and defeat his enemy Calypso.

Tinhead may not have been a classic, as it's a capable but unspectacular platformer with notable problems in its physics and boss fights.

As a big fan of the classic 3D platformers of the late 90's, I've been following the progression of Yooka - Laylee ever since the Kickstarter campaign associated with it was launched.

I must say though, the appreciation that I, and other veteran gamers have for the classic genres such as platformers isn't necessarily due to nostalgia.

Although the Wii U version was canceled and development moved to the Nintendo Switch, as well as PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, the game hits all the high notes that you'd want from a classic 3D platformer.

Miyamoto continued perfecting his single screen platformer designs with arcade classics Donkey Kong Junior (1982) and Popeye (1982) until finally moving Mario into his own game, Mario Bros., and adding a brother, Luigi, who served as the second player character.

A simple single button platformer in the mould of Spectrum classics such as Jet Set Willy, VVVVVV is comprised of a series of single screen levels to navigate through using nothing but the jump button.

In any case, while it may not be a flashy demoscene release like The Adventures of Batman and Robin and may not have solidified the genre as still viable on 16 - bit platforms through commercial success the way Donkey Kong Country did, Rista remains a very solid platformer on the Genesis and a very solid 2D platformer that is, if criminally ignored by the mainstream, a well - regarded classic among those familiar with it.

This 16 - bit 2D platformer has clearly taken inspiration from NES classics such as Zelda II, DuckTales and Super Mario Bros. 3.

N.U.T.Z. is a non-linear action platformer game that is inspired by classics such as Megaman, Contra and Metroid.

In a day and age where classic platformers being reinvented everywhere you look, such as Ubisoft's Rayman Legends or Nintendo's own recent re-imagination of Donkey Kong Country with «Tropical Freeze», Yoshi's New Island does not stand tall.

Data Discs, a UK - based record label known for re-releasing classic SEGA soundtracks in vinyl form such as Shenmue and Panzer Dragoon, is partnering up with the publisher once again to do the same for the highly anticipated 2D platformer.