Made by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick (Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion) the side -
scrolling adventure game erupted from a 2014 Kickstarter before its eventual release on PC, consoles and mobile devices.
Fans of classic games like Metroid will find a lot to love in Renegade Kid's 2D side -
scrolling adventure game, Xeodrifter.
Also, New Super Mario Bros. 2 is an all - new side -
scrolling adventure game featuring Mario and Luigi!
From Canadian game developer Alec Holowka, the creator of the award - winning Aquaria (also featured on this list) and independent artist / animator Scott Benson, Night in the Woods is an unconventional side -
scrolling adventure game centering around a 20 - year - old protagonist named Mae who drops out of college to move back in with her parents.
Haimrik is a side
scrolling adventure game with beautifully muted hand drawn animation.
The Curious Tale of an Unexpected Visit is a side
scrolling adventure game about the balance between self - affirmation and social expectations.
Sony continued its VR push with the reveal of Starchild, a side -
scrolling adventure game with a bold art style and, well, not much else that can be gleaned from the trailer.
This ultra difficult side
scrolling adventure game gives you just enough to battle onward.
Other games shown were Star Child, a 2D side
scrolling adventure game; Supermassive Games» psychological horror game The Inpatient; war - based FPS Bravo Team; Moss, an adventure game starring a mouse as the protagonist; and Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV, which features the fishing minigame of Final Fantasy XV.
PIKMIN, a charming side -
scrolling adventure game.
The side -
scrolling adventure game is joined this week by a pair of baseball games: Sony's more modern MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS4, Vita) and MLB Advanced Media's retro - styled RBI Baseball 15 (PS4).
Naruto Shippuden 3D: The New Era is a side -
scrolling adventure game that features each of the five kage, their right hand men, and an exclusive character with an original storyline.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is a traditional side -
scrolling adventure game featuring Mario, Luigi and loads of other favo...
Trine 2, the sequel of the critically acclaimed side -
scrolling adventure game that has captivated nearly one million players, has revealed some new screenshots as well as details about its swag - laden collector's edition.
It's a fun romp for anyone who enjoys a good side
scrolling adventure game, and will take several hours to unlock all of the cleverly hidden items.
Join Mineko and Abe the Cat in this side -
scrolling adventure game about filling your belly with delicious festival treats and building a successful market stall from the ground up!
The game was created specifically as a pick - up - and - play experience that can be instantly enjoyed by players of all skill levelsNew Super Mario Bros. 2 is a traditional side -
scrolling adventure game featuring Mario, Luigi and loads of other favorite characters from the popular Mario series.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is a traditional side -
scrolling adventure game featuring Mario, Luigi and loads of other favorite characters from the popular Mario series.
Challenge judges praised the gameplay mechanics of Dolphin Dive, a side -
scrolling adventure game that requires the player — embodied as a dolphin evading an oil spill — to avoid obstacles in the form of litter and debris in order to out swim the pursuing toxic sludge.
The game differs from the 3 console Pikmin releases thus far in genre, this new game being a side -
scrolling adventure game.
BADLAND is an atmospheric side
scrolling adventure game where players control one of the forests inhabitants and guide him through imaginative traps and obstacles.
A Hole New World is a 2D side -
scrolling adventure game originally intended to release on Wii U and is now officially making its way on Nintendo Switch.
For the past week or so, some gamers and game reporters online have begun discussing the newly - released Xbox Live Arcade side -
scrolling adventure game Shadow Complex in ways not intended by its creators.
Wind - up Knight is a high - end, action - packed, 3D side -
scrolling adventure game, and it's here to show you how games are supposed to be played.
Side -
scrolling adventure games have seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to games like Limbo and many others.
Koji Igarashi's Long Awaited Return Castlevania: Symphony of Night changed the way we thought of side
scrolling adventure games.
Let \'s not forget that what originally set METAL GEAR apart from the dozens of other side -
scrolling adventure games wasn \» t stealth, but the ability to swing from platform to platform with a little metal arm.
Not exact matches
Early testers have already created a wide variety of
games, from block - matching puzzle
games to side -
scrollers, top - down shooters, and 3D first - person
adventures — many of them recreations of existing
games.
I enjoy
adventure, role playing, stragegy, simulated, puz zels, side
scrollers and many other types of
games.
This
game is definitely aimed at the younger Pokemaniacs, but older fans like myself can still get enjoyment out of it if they keep an open mind, it's not as good as the first PokePark
game do to looser controls and by just not being as much fun, but it manages to expand on what the first
game offered in the way of new content, for instance this time you don't just play as Pikachu but also Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott after you meet them, and you can switch between them on the fly anytime you want, and you'll need to use each of their special abilities in your
adventure, it also adds side -
scrolling sections and a few other new features to keep things fresh, it also has some multiplayer attractions to play with so that's also nice, and you'll still be befriending all sorts of Pokemon just like the last
game, you also get free roam after the main quest so you can make sure to befriend them all, and it's all adorable do to the cute graphics and world, even the loading screens are adorable, and as a
gamer who typically plays more serious and violent
games it was nice to spend time in the lighthearted PokePark with some of my favorite Pokemon, I recommend it and I definitely see myself returning in the days to come.
We had already learnt that a new side -
scrolling Pikmin
adventure game was scurrying toward Nintendo 3DS, but, in this week's Nintendo Direct, it has now been given a name.
Axiom Verge is a side -
scrolling action -
adventure game that that throws players into the shoes of Trace, a scientist who at the very beginning of the
game, endures a crippling injury, only to wake up in an ancient, yet sci - fi rich world of Sundra.
BADLAND is a side -
scrolling action
adventure with innovative physics - based
game play and stunning atmospheric graphics and audio.
The Clockwork City DLC is an overall improvement on Elder
Scrolls Online and has a lot to offer in terms of exploration and
adventuring in -
game.
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PS Plus PS4 users will receive Mercenary Kings — a 2D action
game described as a side -
scrolling shoot em» up kind of
adventure.
Featuring a more traditional Kirby - style side -
scrolling adventure with a 2.5 D perspective and up to four - player local co-op, this is one Kirby
game that fans have been clamoring for.
VR
games The Elder
Scrolls: Skyrim, Final Fantasy 15, shooter Bravo Team,
adventure game Starchild, Superhot VR and Moss, produced by Polyarc
games, were all shown off for the PSVR during the press conference.
Imperial City, the first DLC
game pack for The Elder
Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, adds hours of additional gameplay featuring new areas, quests, enemies, and exclusive items for those
adventuring on their own, in small groups, or with hundreds of others.»
It's been a while since we heard anything on Badland, an upcoming side -
scrolling action
adventure game from two - man Finnish studio Frogmind.
The Last of Us (which may be the quintessential action /
adventure game) ruled 2013 and while RPGs got 2011 with Elder
Scrolls V: Skyrim, the action /
adventure genre snatched two wins in a row with Red Dead Redemption (2010) and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009).
Terraria is a side -
scrolling, action -
adventure sandbox
game with an emphasis on crafting and exploration set in vast and vibrant worlds.
In conjunction with Adult Swim Games — which helps to explain just how barmy the
game looks — Double Fine have announced Headlander, a «retro - futuristic, side
scrolling, action -
adventure game».
Gameplay wise, the
game is a straightforward beat «em up action
adventure residing in a 2D side -
scrolling world.
The Elder
Scrolls Online: Summerset allows a new start for players to jump into The Elder
Scrolls Online world with a brand new tutorial section of the
game that walks the player through everything they'll need to know about the
adventure that awaits them.
PLANET ALPHA is an atmospheric side -
scrolling platform
adventure game.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Don't be fooled by the cutesy look of this unbelievably gorgeous side -
scrolling action -
adventure game.
Pikmin for Nintendo 3DS (name not final): A new side -
scrolling Pikmin
adventure game unlike Pikmin
games of the past is coming to Nintendo 3DS.
It's an
adventure game, an RPG, a side -
scrolling action
game, a Metroidvania-esque platformer, and at times a top - down shooter.
The blue hedgehog's career has spanned over two decades with
games that have evolved from classic 2D side -
scrolling to 3D action -
adventure platforming.