I hate
playing sidescrollers with a stick.
I grew up with the SNES - System and
played sidescrollers whenever I had the chance.
It's a game that lets you order a CD of Out Run's «Magical Sound Shower» from your cellphone; a game that lets you try to win a Hatsune Miku doll from a UFO catcher; a game that lets
you play a sidescrolling beat - em - up on a virtual reality headset crafted by a Japanese Doc Brown.
Not exact matches
If you haven't
played the retro - style
sidescroller on other platforms, now's as good of a time as any.
What we tried to do with Super Mario 3D Land, was try to create a Mario game that was set in a 3D world that fell somewhere between the openness of the Galaxy games and the
sidescrolling of the New Super Mario Bros. games to create a 3D Mario game that a wider array of people could
play.
Also I don't know if the physics and gravity of Smash
plays well with platforming or
sidescrolling, it felt awkward in some stages and also with the Master Fortress.
If they weren't important we would still be
playing atari or commador 64 games with stick figures and limited to 2d
sidescrollers.
Getting to
play a 2D
sidescrolling version of an AC game intrigued me and for the most part, I was happy with what I got.
The game
plays a lot like classic Treasure
sidescrollers from the 16 - 32 bit days, like Gunstar Heroes or Mischief Makers.
We're back to
playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild and wondering if it would be better as a
sidescroller.
Samurai Beatdown is a 2D -
sidescrolling rhythm - action game that's best quality is likely how simple it is to jump into the game and start
playing.
The games
play entirely different between TMNT and TMNT 2, doing away with the
sidescrolling platforming in favor of a beat - «em - up
play style that fit perfectly with the TMNT brand.
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.
The game delivers a new spin on the MOBA genre with its emphasis on modern
play with a
sidescroller feel.
Locoroco is a
sidescroller where you
play a the world itself and move blobs around by tilting the world at an angle.
The result is a 4v4 team sport with one ball, two goals, enthusiastic commentary and an emphasis on brotastic team
play... only with the mechanics of a
sidescrolling platformer.
Lone Survivor is one of the scariest games I've
played in ages, which is amazing, considering it's a 16 bit at best
sidescroller.
The fact that the designers bothered to come up with three different
play modes (the huge - sprite - flaunting BIG Mode, which Samurai Ghost fans are already acquainted with; a
sidescrolling distant - view mode; and an overhead - view one) signifies some ambition on their part and gives the game the foundation for Blaster Master - style variety.
While Mighty No. 9 certainly
plays like a Mega Man game is supposed to, it doesn't have the same sort of precision you would expect of that franchise, or of any other competent 2D
sidescroller.
If
playing stunt racers like RedLynx's Trials HD and Hello Games» Joe Danger, you might want to try out Old School Racer: Unhinged when Riddlesoft releases the
sidescrolling motorbike title to Xbox Live Indie Games.
If you pay close enough attention while
playing Capcom's 2D action platformer
sidescrollers, eventually you'll begin to notice a pattern emerge when it comes to level design.
Although the convention is over, you can still download and
play the platformer, seeing many of the developers» first forays into
sidescrolling action.
While this game looks miles better than the New series it kind of irks me seeing intricate 3D environments that I assume most of them could be pushed flat and
played as a
sidescroller.