Icyflamez96
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Dang I don't have a 360 controller yet... Well for the time being I'll try out the Cloud Temple one.
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The 3D platformer renaissance is happening
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Dang I don't have a 360 controller yet... Well for the time being I'll try out the Cloud Temple one.
More_Badass
Member
It's playable with mouse and keyboard too, but yeah, plays best with a controller
Icyflamez96
Member
Well I'll definitely give it a shot when my controller comes in! Ordering it today.
DannyDanger
Member
What about The Last Tinker: City of Colors
-MD-
Member
I've been told that's not much of a platformer, it's mostly on-rails.
FeenixRising
Banned
Auto platforming, doesn't have a dedicated jump button. PS4 version has FPS slowdowns.
I personally loved it enough to beat it twice, but it's not everyone's cup of tea.
I recommend getting an Xbox One controller over the 360 option I know it's cheaper but the One controller feels real good.
More_Badass
Member
Unfortunately that's the nature of student games. Occasionally the devs will get together and expand on the concept (Four Sided Fantasy, Distance, etc.)
Icyflamez96
Member
Yeah I've been super conflicted on which one to buy.... Also it'd be cool to have an extra XBone controller by the time I get one in a few years, but I weighed the pros and ocns and just decided to go with a 360 controller. A lot of my friends still play 360 so it'd be nice to have an extra controller for when we play games since they're always short.
DannyDanger
Member
Interesting I never played it. Now i don't want to
More_Badass
Member
What do you guys think of Distance? It's an arcade racer, but the tracks have you jumping over obstacles, along walls and ceilings. Has a fast paced precision platformer feel
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6IWDTeuukfc
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6IWDTeuukfc
ScatheZombie
Member
It's hardly a renaissance when only 2 of those titles (Grow Home and Rime) have AAA publisher backing and only 2 of them (Rime and Hover) are coming to the console market.
Also, none of those games look to be of the same quality as the Crash/Jak/Ratchet/Spyro/Banjo/Sly/Mario 'renaissance' of platforming.
Listing a bunch of indies and student projects that just happen to be platformers is fine. But acting like this hasn't been the case for years is naive. There are have been hundreds of quality low-budget, indie platformers between the last renaissance and now. Your personal ignorance to their existence doesn't mean this batch of them is somehow superior or going to resuscitate AAA (read: console-focused) interest (outside of Nintendo) in the genre.
Also, none of those games look to be of the same quality as the Crash/Jak/Ratchet/Spyro/Banjo/Sly/Mario 'renaissance' of platforming.
Listing a bunch of indies and student projects that just happen to be platformers is fine. But acting like this hasn't been the case for years is naive. There are have been hundreds of quality low-budget, indie platformers between the last renaissance and now. Your personal ignorance to their existence doesn't mean this batch of them is somehow superior or going to resuscitate AAA (read: console-focused) interest (outside of Nintendo) in the genre.
Its one of the most charming games ive ever played with a cool world, fun characters and a great soundtrack. The game part is really bogus though. Its got three main gameplay styles (the auto-platforming, puzzle solving, and beating up dudes) and none of them are great. If a single one of those was better then I think it would be enough to carry the game - i wouldnt mind the autoplatforming at all if the puzzle sections where you lead a mushroom guy around and control his emotions were more frequent and more engaging. If the platforming was engaging i wouldnt mind the bland three hit combo fights etc.
If presentation and charm was all it took to be a good game, then the Last Tinker would be the best platformer of all time. Instead its a reminder that those elements dont really amount to much without strong gameplay to tie it all together
Icyflamez96
Member
Tell me why I started that cloud temple game and I cant even jump or move up, I just fly around while clipping through all of the environments like i'm in some sort of debug mode.... Is this how the game is supposed to be...? lol
revolverjgw
Member
You really do bring the scathe
Icyflamez96
Member
Ok restarted the game 15 minutes ago and it worked normally.
But i'm stuck on the game already >.< Been at the same part for like 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do
But i'm stuck on the game already >.< Been at the same part for like 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do
outunderthestars
Banned
One of the worst games I have ever played. The Giant Bomb quick look is worth a look to see if it up your alley.
DangerMouse
Member
Cool, good to see some positives about both of these. Both of them looked quite good, will probably get them.
IAmRandom31
Banned
There are some really good looking ones down the road on PS4 as well.
Rime
The Witness
Both of which are Exploration / Puzzle games within fine looking 3D worlds.
Rime
The Witness
Both of which are Exploration / Puzzle games within fine looking 3D worlds.
Icyflamez96
Member
The Witness is nowhere near a platformer
Icyflamez96
Member
Got further into the the Cloud Temple game, it's a neat little puzzle game, but doing nothing for my plaformer fix. Unless a lot of platforming bits come later, then I'm not sure why that's on the list.
Okay well I guess you have to jump on those pillar things, but the focus is on the puzzles. Idk I'd barely call it a platformer.
Okay well I guess you have to jump on those pillar things, but the focus is on the puzzles. Idk I'd barely call it a platformer.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Awesome Thread!
gonna download Zineth now
gonna download Zineth now
Nintendojitsu
Banned
I think we should start rating some of these on our own because a few of them are stinkers.
How are we better off if less people get to play the games? Whats wrong with consoles?
YourMaster
Member
I just did the first 12 or so levels of Chrono Disfunglement, can't say it offers what I'm looking for in a 3D platformer.
In fact, it is more of a mellow puzzle game: You move very slowly with 'relaxing' music, can hardly jump, and have all the time in the world to figure out how to proceed. You may rewind time as often and long as you please so missed jumps don't matter.
In fact, it is more of a mellow puzzle game: You move very slowly with 'relaxing' music, can hardly jump, and have all the time in the world to figure out how to proceed. You may rewind time as often and long as you please so missed jumps don't matter.
Icyflamez96
Member
Welp, another game on this list that has platforming elements but is not really a platformer.
Most of the free games are student projects though, i think trying to place the expectations of scratching the itch of a full on platformer is too high. Theyre either going to be really short, or focus more on the puzzle part of "puzzle platformer". You wouldnt play Nabicular Drop expecting a game on the level of Portal.
Icyflamez96
Member
Alright, bugs and the save system of Inaris: The Cloud Temple is putting me off. I like the atmosphere of the game, it was pretty relaxing. The puzzles were decent. The last straw was this one bug that wouldn't let me go through this door, so when I restarted, it started me like 3 sections back. Ugh. And again, didn't do anything for my platformer fix.
Incandescence here I come.
I may try to play it again at another point in time because I did enjoy the time I spent with it.
Incandescence here I come.
Icyflamez96
Member
Oh, uh, I guess I beat it? xD It was only like a level long. It was really janky and you're kinda just skating around. It's slippery so the platforming that is there isn't really all that good. Still interesting to play through though. There's something about playing free games like these that make me appreciate them a bit more than I would.
If i'm putting it bluntly though, the game flat out sucks. Next is Zineth, I was gonna wait for my 360 controller to come in but eh I need something.
If i'm putting it bluntly though, the game flat out sucks. Next is Zineth, I was gonna wait for my 360 controller to come in but eh I need something.
More_Badass
Member
FreezeME's Kickstarter got confirmed for March
Here's a new GIF
Here's a new GIF
More_Badass
Member
Hover is releasing on Steam Early Access on April 6th
Here's the Steam page:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/280180/
Here's the Steam page:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/280180/
oh shit, hype!!
i wound up not having spare cash when the kickstarter was running so itll be great to finally throw my money at these dudes
Zineth is definitely the best out of the free games on the list. Fragment is also alright at scratching the traditional platformer itch, but its clearly a student project so its rough and fairly short.
GayForMaster
Banned
Everything is below $20... are we really at a point where no developer can develop a 3D platformer and justify a $60 price tag?
I think you'll find most indie games are sub 20 dollars.
We're at a point where few people will pay sixty dollars for a 3d platformer. Also the people building these games either do not have the capital or willingness to develop a game with the content and production values that is expected for that price tag.
There's a new demo for a 3D platformer on Steam called Rump (which still appears to be early in development). It focuses heavily on skill based, speedrun-oriented platforming while forcing you to collect objects scattered throughout the levels along the way. To say it's a bit rough around the edges would be an understatement, but there's a solid framework for a good, challenging platformer here. I really enjoyed the final level in the demo.
Is there controller support?
there kind of is. the jump and movement are already mapped to a controller, but I had to use xpadder to map the camera.
Was poking around on steam today and came across this pretty cool platformer called Grapple that came out last month. Im not that far into it (level 19 out of 90) but so far its a really cool obstacle course platformer where you swing across things and run up walls. Its pretty barebones in its presentation but the game itself is really fun and made a strong enough early impression for me to want to post about it. Might make a thread about it when im further in
theres a few quirks to it, for some reason despite having controller support and having everything mapped to a 360 pad in a pretty logical manner the game only shows prompts for kb/m controls even in the controls and options menus. Its a little weird having to change mouse sensitivity to adjust the camera speed when im playing with a controller but hey it works in the end,
theres a few quirks to it, for some reason despite having controller support and having everything mapped to a 360 pad in a pretty logical manner the game only shows prompts for kb/m controls even in the controls and options menus. Its a little weird having to change mouse sensitivity to adjust the camera speed when im playing with a controller but hey it works in the end,
I'm suffering from Cloudbuilt withdrawals after finishing it a few days ago so I'm going to have to try this at some point
Icyflamez96
Member
Played Zineth and was having fun with the traversal, but I started to get frustrated with how it would make you skate all the way back to the beginning of the challenge area to restart "Canyon Run" whenever you failed, so I ended up putting it down for now.
If the game were just timed obstacle challenges, it would be a blast. The traversal itself is really fun.
If the game were just timed obstacle challenges, it would be a blast. The traversal itself is really fun.
I played through this game recently. It was pretty good! The challenges were well designed and made excellent use of the game's physics.Some of the levels required trial and error, but most of them were really good at testing your skills in a fair manner. It took a little bit to get used to the somewhat unorthodox movement system (when you move forward or jump, your blob moves in the direction of the reticule), but once it clicked it actually made total sense due to the fact that you spend a lof of time running up walls and around curved surfaces and such. I just wish there was more visual variety.
sixteen-bit
Member
Any impressions on Legend of Kay HD?
Icyflamez96
Member
Picked up Cloudbuilt from a humble bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly
It's still there if anyone wants to grab it cheap.
Also, naissanceE is 66% off on greenmangaming. Also picked that up.
It's still there if anyone wants to grab it cheap.
Also, naissanceE is 66% off on greenmangaming. Also picked that up.
cereal_killerxx
Junior Member
Subscribing to this. There's a lot of great games on here!