The phrase
"best platformers" refers to video games that involve controlling a character to jump and navigate through various levels or platforms, and are considered to be of excellent quality or top-notch among similar games in this genre.
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After an annoying struggle with the controls, I finally got to enjoy a
relatively good platformer that pays homage to older games from the 80's and early 90's.
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best platformer in years!
Coming from the NES era of gaming, I'm a sucker
for good platformers and Rayman Origins definitely scratched that itch for me back in 2011.
To its credit you can get Illusoria for a low price, but it still makes it difficult to recommend over the so many
better platformers available these days.
looks like a pretty
good platformer with high quality backgrounds; if I get it, it won't be an immediate purchase though
With Super Mario Odyssey's release on Switch coming soon, we look back at the N64's
best platformers like Banjo - Kazooie and Super Mario 64.
While that sort of design methodology can work in some genres — it certainly did with the the lane - runner Sonic Dash — it just doesn't make for
very good platformers, 2D or 3D.
Without doing anything particularly innovative or great, this adventure of the beloved Kirby is a
quite good platformer, ideal for your summer vacation with your 3DS.
It's a poorly designed game that fails to deliver any sort of engaging game play, and ultimately you'll wonder why you spent $ 15 on Castle of Heart rather than on one of the
much better platformers found on the Nintendo Switch.
This is not because I necessarily think MK8 is better in any objective sense, but just because good racing games are more infinitely replayable to me than any platformer can ever be, regardless of
how good the platformer is.
Like every
other good platformer, Legends has an obscene amount of content — all of which are unlocked sensibly.
If you're not excited for this awesome looking 2D platformer that harkens back to the days of Duck Tales and Capcom's Mickey Mouse games on SNES / Genesis, then you don't
appreciate good platformers.
In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario's jumps, wall jumps, spin jumps, they all felt precise and perfect, and so despite the lacklustre stage design and Mazza's talkative water gun, I couldn't help but believe it to be one of the
very best platformers, and it was my favourite for the longest time.
It just so happens that I think N + + is a
damn good platformer, partly because it strips everything right back down to the basics.
Fenix Furia has had a rough go from concept to release, and while there's
a good platformer in there for the glutton for punishment, there's also quite a bit of frustration.
A good platformer: simple, straightforward, colorful.
Simply one of
the best platformers ever created.
A piece of work that will no doubt go down as one of the year's
best platformers or even just one of its best games in general.
One of
the best platformers I've played in years.
It's not
the best platformer out there, but it's still fun and will let you kick back with a huge smile on your face.
If you love old - school platformers then this is an absolute must buy and it should definitely be included on
the best platformers of all time list.
One of
the best platformer on the market: meant for the hardcore player.
Spelunky is
the best platformer ever made and by far the best title available on PS Vita.
Veteran players can look forward to the challenges of Vile mode, while newbies will discover a faithful remake of one of
the best platformers on the SNES.
While the game doesn't drive you to finish it, and isn't
the best platformer to come out in recent months, it still has undeniable quality with generally awesome aesthetics.
One of
the best platformers of this generation is overhauled by a completely new area and the especially useful ability of dash.
DuckTales offers
the best platformer gameplay that existed in the late 80s.
They take what we once knew and held dear to our chests, only to have their developer make it into something that is so much more and while I won't be bringing myself to give it a perfect score, Axiom Verge on Switch is hands down a game I would recommend to anyone who loves
a good platformer, even if they have played it on other platforms.
Although the SOA was fantastic, it cast a large shadow over possibly
the best platformer of the year.
If you like platformers then this game is an absolutely must buy because for me it's one of
the best platformers of all time and that's no small feat, so of course in the end the game gets a massive recommendation from me.
Whilst Raining Night Creations is a one - man development studio, and the vision of «taking the best of original platformers» and merging it into an exciting, sharp and consistent indie title sounds fantastic, his idea of the «
best platformers» was apparently Bubsy 3D.