Wow,
another side scrolling platformer with minimal motivation other than «beat the level because the game said so.»
Overall Rayman Legends is a great
side scrolling platformer with a flaw here and there.
Poncho is an 2D
side scrolling platformer with depth.
Not exact matches
Cuphead plays like a type
side -
scrolling platformer with a focus on shooting but it goes far deeper than that
with some surprisingly challenging moments.
The colorful game starring the cartoon character
with hands and feet but no limbs — and a few of his friends, in co-op play — is a
side -
scrolling 2D
platformer with a gorgeous art style.
Xbox Live's «Summer of Arcade» kicked off
with some serious heat, courtesy of Twisted Pixel's «Splosion Man, an original
side -
scrolling platformer that lets the player do one thing: explode.
Welcome to Kirby Star Allies, the next big blockbuster for the Nintendo Switch that cleverly uses the mechanics of this innovative console well, including the ability to play
with four other players in this thoroughly enjoyable
side -
scrolling platformer.
Enigma Software has signed a deal
with Kalypso Media to bring their upcoming
side -
scrolling platformer Alien Spidy to Xbox Live Arcade.
A
side -
scrolling platformer that features music as a key element, designer Johnny Galvatron's creation puts a fusion of imaginative imagery and guitar pyrotechnics front and center
with players assuming control of Francis, a teenager who sets out on a multidimensional quest to figure out who he is — and just as important, what his «stage persona» should be.
«If you're a fan of Kirby games or looking for a solid
side -
scrolling platformer, then you really can't go wrong
with Kirby Star Allies,» Everatt wrote.
If you're a fan of Kirby games or looking for a solid
side -
scrolling platformer, then you really can't go wrong
with Kirby Star Allies.
Outland Developer: Housemarque A
side -
scrolling platformer with gameplay mechanics inspired by Ikaruga.
It's a very impressive game on the 3DS and even though it's a
side scrolling platformer, Kirby can also interact
with both the background and foreground that makes for some interesting gameplay as you jump, hover and fight a variety of well - created and almost «cute» enemies.
Released this week on Steam by Sand Sailor Studio, Black The Fall is a 2D
side -
scrolling puzzle
platformer that shares many similarities
with last year's indie hit, Inside.
For those of you who aren't familiar, LittleBigPlanet is a
side scrolling, pseudo 3d / 2d,
platformer with a puzzle focussed gameplay.
Yotsui draws back on that experience to direct Moon Diver, a
side -
scrolling platformer with enough style, action and frustration to blow up a planet.
Retro followed this
with the well - received if not revolutionary Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze
side -
scrolling platformers for Wii and Wii U.
A
side -
scrolling 2D
platformer with a unique art - style, it's oft - mentioned in the same breath as Limbo, as both share genre and hail from the same era, and both are considered to be games which helped jumpstart the indie boom.
It works like a traditional
side -
scrolling platformer with the addition of combat, but the combat plays a significant role in this game of tug of war.
I can't remember the last time I had this much fun
with a
side scrolling platformer (including Rayman Legends), and it's precisely because of the slower pace.
Do remember that Shigeru Miyamoto slammed the seminal Donkey Kong
side -
scroller platformer in an interview
with Electronic Games in 1995, saying «Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up
with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good.»
This time around the little household helper takes things into the
side -
scrolling dimension
with a
platformer.
This
side -
scrolling platformer game is equipped
with 3D graphics.
As a
side -
scrolling platformer Legends wastes no time in attempting to provide some narrative direction for you to follow, nor any time explaining why there are levels
with floating cake or why Rayman got turned into a duck and must complete the level
with feathers and all.
Splasher is a 2D
platformer that blends the interactive paint mechanics of Portal 2 and Splatoon
with the intense speedrun
side -
scrolling of Super Meat Boy.
It's a 2D
platformer with exploration elements, like the first 2 games of the series but
with set levels instead of giant
side -
scrolling worlds.
Sweven was one such game, a simple
side scrolling 2 - D
platformer with «an emotional story and beautiful graphics» according to the product page description.
It has strong ties to his part work on Mega Man as this title is a 2 - D
side scrolling action
platformer with a lead character who takes on the abilities of enemies he's defeated.
As a 2D
side -
scrolling platformer, the combat is pretty standard in that you attack the enemies in front of you
with your different form - based weapons or the power - ups you find throughout the levels.
Weather you grew up
with the speedy blue hedgehog or the Italian moustache favouring plumber, most of us have at some point in our lives played the a 2D
side scrolling platformer.
Oddworld: New»n' Tasty is a 2.5 D
side -
scrolling platformer with puzzle elements, or a puzzle -
platformer if you like.
The space shooting segments bring to mind something like shmup legends Gradius and Raiden, and the 2D,
side -
scrolling platforming segments will immediately bring to mind any number of
platformers you've experienced over the years,
with the Bit.Trip Runner series being a particularly appropriate analog.
Keeping
with the original, New «n» Tasty is a 2.5 D
side -
scrolling platformer that tests you
with its precision - requiring jumps and obstacles that require impeccable timing.
I've seen
side -
scrolling platformers,
platformers with physics puzzles,
platformers starring mascot characters,
platformers about collecting things, and
platformers where you pay the developers extra money so that you don't have to collect as many things.
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.
Cloudberry Kingdom is a randomly generated
side -
scrolling platformer with the ability to cater to your desired level of difficulty through use of a level - designing AI.
«Delightfully, The Cave is, in fact, a pure, puzzle - solving adventure game rife
with funny lines and chuckle - inducing non sequiturs despite trying to disguise itself as a
side -
scrolling platformer.»
The game will still be a
side scrolling platformer but
with 3D polygonal environments and characters, giving the series a fresh new look that pays homage to the original Mega Man.
Aliens Infestation brings in an old school format
with some new flair and really shows its teeth as you play this
side scrolling platformer fighting the iconic monsters.
Remember old - school
side -
scrolling platformers like Chuck Rock, Bonk's Adventure and Prehistorik where you played a goofy caveman during the prehistoric period and fought
with dinosaurs?
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 game blends the sensibilities of a
side -
scrolling platformer with the traditional «collect this» puzzles of past Pikmin games.
It is a game that was specifically designed and put out by a group of game designers that worked
with educators and an indigenous tribe from Alaska, the Iñupiaq tribe; made a game that told the story of a bit of their folk lore and it's a really beautiful atmospheric story of
side scrolling puzzle
platformer where you are a young girl who has to find the source of a sort of villiage ending blizzard - like this blizzard has been going on and it's slowly killing the villiage -
with the help of her friend who is an arctic fox.
This sequel to the original Rolling Thunder is a
side -
scrolling action
platformer with a story set 30 years after the original, seeing initial release in arcades and then on Sega's Mega Drive (a.k.a. Genesis).
This is a
side -
scrolling platformer that has more in common
with Super Mario World than
with Metroid.
WonderBoy III: Monster Lair / WonderBoy in Monster World — The first is a unique
side scrolling shooter /
platformer hybrid, while the second is a more traditional action -
platformer with light role - playing elements.
You'll be playing through 6 dystopian zones
with an arsenal of over 50 weapons in the
side -
scrolling platformer that has taken a strong influence from bullet hells.
That immersion comes a lot easy
with a first - person game than it does a
side -
scrolling platformer.
The latest in Naruto's long - running Ultimate Ninja Storm series was featured, along
with a new
side -
scrolling platformer from developer Suda 51.
Critically acclaimed retro 2D
side -
scrolling platformer Mercenary Kings comes back
with a vengeance in its reloaded edition to please all console owners