True. Maybe Activision-Sierra will want to publish it if Shiftlings is a success?If anything, that's somewhat good news since it mean it won't be an Amazon exclusive anymore
Shit... now I have to buy Shiftlings on day 1.
True. Maybe Activision-Sierra will want to publish it if Shiftlings is a success?If anything, that's somewhat good news since it mean it won't be an Amazon exclusive anymore
How many are actually decent games though?
Cloudbuilt was terrible from my experience.
A lot of what's listed in the OP look like mobile quality games.
Thats what I wanna know. I'll buy one but I dunno which one is actually good.
I'm probably the only person excited for Spooky Poo.
Shiftlings is fun. I played an early press demo last yearTrue. Maybe Activision-Sierra will want to publish it if Shiftlings is a success?
Shit... now I have to buy Shiftlings on day 1.
It looks like a nice game. It's just that I don't buy a lot of games on day 1 these days. My backlog is keeping me busy.Shiftlings is fun. I played an early press demo last year
You were playing the wrong games. You should have been playing linear 3D platformers where the focus was on the platforming like the Crash games or Rayman 2. I cant stand open collectathon platformers. But give me linear focused 3D platformers all day long.
Like other people said, I think we should wait to see how many of these are good (or even get made) before we call it a renaissance. Some of those games remind me of Chameleon Twist and Bubsy 3D.
Cloudbuilt and Grow Home are already goodOne of those games MIGHT have a chance of being good.
Play Grow HomeOne of those games MIGHT have a chance of being good.
Where have you been?So, how likely would you guys say it is that Microsoft announces a new Banjo adventure this year? Wasn't there a rumor about this? Or would you rather like to know what I'm smoking?
Play Grow Home
The games with prices in the OP are releasedIt does look pretty cool. I didn't realize it was out already.
Yeah I know and it will probably be better than anything MS may want to put out, but I'm greedy and I wonder if Phil Spencer could have planned to do some renaissancing himself too?Where have you been?
Banjo Kazooie Spiritual successor revealed on this month's EDGE
........can we wait for some of these to release first before we jinx it?
Think I should add stuff like Tiny & Big and first person games? I was going for the more recent gamesHalf of the games in the OP are already released, and it doesnt even have relatively older indie games like Tiny and Big or the handful of first person 3d platformers on Steam
Play Grow Home
Half of the games in the OP are already released, and it doesnt even have relatively older indie games like Tiny and Big or the handful of first person 3d platformers on Steam
Play Grow Home
Do it! This thread is quickly becoming a great way to discover indie games.Think I should add stuff like Tiny & Big and first person games? I was going for the more recent games
And if we add all the FPS platformers, that list would be pretty long. Deadcore, Cloudbase Prime, Lemma, and more.
Like other people said, I think we should wait to see how many of these are good (or even get made) before we call it a renaissance. Some of those games remind me of Chameleon Twist and Bubsy 3D.
Foward to the Sky and Drew & the Floating Labryinth slipped under my radar, Im gonna check those out. Was probably too focused on Grow Home which is fucking stellar.
The Pac Man redesign is hella gross, but if you want to jump across stuff for a couple of hours the recent pac man games are pretty good! The steam version of the first one has been going on sale a lot lately so its easy to cop it on the cheap
I wouldn't waste my money on Forward to the Sky it's really really rough. There's a reason why there's no buzz behind it.
I recommend checking out Zineth. It's in the top tier of freeware games IMO, and probably the closest thing to an indie Jet Set Radio till Hover comes outBought Grow Home just now because of this thread, can't imagine i'll be disappointed since 3D platformers ARE my favorite genre
Spooky Poo looks the most original out of those in the OT imo but it also looks like it needs a lot more polish hmmm...
Cloudbuilt is a a fairly good pure platformer that doesn't rely on frivolous collectibles to extend playtime; the levels are designed with one goal only and that is to reach the exit gate. There are multiple modes of play that place handicaps on how you tackle the stages and every level is accompanied with an online leaderboard.
This is what a standard playthrough will look like.
I am totally cool with indies reviving the platformer genre. Shovel Knight is easily top 10 games of 2014 for me.Wow great thread. 3D platformers are my favorite and I had not heard of some of these.
I hope Grow Home comes to PS4.
Lemma and Cloudbase Prime have free alpha builds to check out. Lemma's is pretty out-of-date, from 2014, so it wouldn't a perfect indicator of the current state of the gameGonna try out some of the free ones over the weekend.
I hate to be that guy, but a lot of those games look like trash.
No surprise, about 90% of your posts are negative anyways.
Back on topic, I bought Cloudbuilt a long time ago on sale but I've heard mixed things about it. The rest look decent but I kinda want to see more platformers in the style of Crash 1 or Mario 3D World. Collectathons don't do it for me anymore.
the latest update on the Oliver and Spike website seem to be from 13 Feb 2013
e: the facebook page is still active and the game is now called Olivia &Spike
looks great
Added to OP
Released
Deadcore - $9.99
NaissanceE - $14.99
Tiny & Big - $9.99
A Story About My Uncle - $12.99
Zineth - Free
Chrono Disfunglement - Free
In development
Hover: Revolt of Gamers
Cloudbase Prime
Lemma
Lucky's Tale
Lobodestroyo