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Recommendation On - Platform/Adventure
Mr_Grinch
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Ok folks, it's recommendation time. The format can be PS3, 360 or Wii and it can be disc based or downloadable! Although I'm not after a Virtual Console game (I've played most on there that I want to).
I have a hankering for some platform/adventure fun, something with an on-going plot if possible. It doesn't have to be an overly in-depth plot, something as simple as Mario Galaxy's is fine. To give you an idea of what I'm after, I've recently-ish played through the following similar games:
Psychonauts
Assassin's Creed
Prince of Persia
Mario Galaxy
N+
Ratchet and Clank
Sonic (Wii)
And to an extent Crackdown, but I would prefer something less shooty.
and I'm REALLY looking forward to:
LittleBigPlanet
Prince of Persia 2008
and need something to bridge the gap till they come out. I'm afraid PS2 is out of the question now too, my PS3 isn't backwards compatible and the one I had upstairs recently bust after too much Guitar Hero usage.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, I've honestly walked the length of the store at Game and Gamestation today and still can't actually see anything I want to play!
::edit:: Now with correctly spelt title!
I have a hankering for some platform/adventure fun, something with an on-going plot if possible. It doesn't have to be an overly in-depth plot, something as simple as Mario Galaxy's is fine. To give you an idea of what I'm after, I've recently-ish played through the following similar games:
Psychonauts
Assassin's Creed
Prince of Persia
Mario Galaxy
N+
Ratchet and Clank
Sonic (Wii)
And to an extent Crackdown, but I would prefer something less shooty.
and I'm REALLY looking forward to:
LittleBigPlanet
Prince of Persia 2008
and need something to bridge the gap till they come out. I'm afraid PS2 is out of the question now too, my PS3 isn't backwards compatible and the one I had upstairs recently bust after too much Guitar Hero usage.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, I've honestly walked the length of the store at Game and Gamestation today and still can't actually see anything I want to play!
::edit:: Now with correctly spelt title!
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Don't know how this will impact your decision.
And you're exactly right, Uncharted is spot on what I'm looking for. Unfortunately I was too docile to put it on my list and let you kind people know I'd completed it already
Oooh, Lost Winds looks tremendously promising and it's actually completely passed me by up to now. Cheers for that I'll be buying it tonight.
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Really though, it's one I want to get when I eventually get a Wii.
Metroid Prime 3 has a lot of platforming, exploring and puzzle solving.
PC, tiny little downloadable game, no real indepth plot to speak of (find these 8 things or whatever), yet a completely strange experience in platforming.
Knytt is a great recommendation. Also, play Within a Deep Forest, the next game by the same author.
Cave Story is a must.
All of these can be had for free.
Trying to steer clear of PC Gaming at the mo, just because I find these types of games really relaxing and my PC is dumped upstairs in a corner and isn't the most relaxing of things to play on. I have played Knytt, Cave Story etc though and agree they're fab
Thanks for the recommendation of Tomb Raider up there, I forgot about the new ones, I played a demo and loved it.
I'm about to give Lost Winds a go in a bit
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I am absolutely LOVING Lost Winds. So worth it.
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Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Big Brain Academy
Brain Age 2
Children of Mana
Contact
Crosswords DS
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Electroplankton
Etrian Odyssey
Etrian Odyssey 2
Feel the Magic XY/XX
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
Gunpey DS
Hotel Dusk Room 215
Kirby Canvas Curse
Luminous Arc
Magical Starsign
Magnetica
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
Mariokart DS
Megaman ZX
Meteos
Metroid Prime Pinball
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Neves
New Super Mario Bros.
Ouendan
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All
Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
Picross DS
Pokemon Diamond
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Polarium
Prism
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Puzzle Quest
Space Invaders Extreme
Star Fox Command
Sudoku Gridmaster
The New York Times Crosswords
The World Ends With You
Tingle's Balloon Fight
Touch Detective
Touch Detective 2 1/2
Trace Memory
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
I thought it would be tomb raider but it was far from it
That platformer was the shit. Everything about it was amazing.
Final Fantasy XI -> Carbuncle - Samash
Wha?
Super Princess Peach is pretty fun too, but easyish.
Also, the girlfriend has games that I've played through and didn't list. Animal Crossing, Lost in Blue, Lost in Blue 2, and Super Princess Peach are on it but I don't remember what else was. I definitely enjoyed SPP.
The only other game I've been considering for a while is Yoshi's Island 2. Don't know if that's actually any good or not. And there's lots of things that might have fallen under my radar.
Yoshi's Island 2 is either fairly good, or completely terrible, depending on whether you're expecting it to live up to the expectations set forth by the original SNES game.
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GameTrailers says Squeak Squad is kind of crappy, but if a few people here are willing to vouch for it then I'll grab it. I know it's cheap now. I'm really looking forward to Super Star Ultra.
That said, Squeak Squad is a lot of fun as well and one of the best looking DS games out there. It has the best 2D spritework you are gonna find on the DS.
Give it a shot! How many games do you play where you get to be a god? And a doggie!
Jak and Daxter series. All three of them. Go.
And Okami isn't a platformer.
I feel it has enough platforming to keep him satisfied and enough awesomeness to keep him happy. So therefore I would totally recommend it to anyone looking for a Platformer/Adventure.
I would not class it as a platformy adventure game personally.
I would class it as an awesome game though (I have it on Wii)
Cheers for the other suggestions folks, and being someone mentioned the DS I do actually have access to one now
Also I didn't realise the new wario game was out next month, this is extremely good news, I'm so out of touch.
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Also, Velella if it ever comes out. Though PC games were apparently not what this guy was looking for.
If Crackdown fits into your tastes, I highly, highly, highly reccomend Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. It's backwards compatible on the 360, and is arguably the best superhero game ever made. Seriously, someone back me up on this.
Also because some Bandwagons are correct, if you haven't already, you should check out Portal. It's a platformer in the loosest possible sense of the word, given there's no jump button - but I feel it qualifies. You cleverly negotiate and manipulate the environment to pass through various rooms and bypass enemies.
In fact, just pick up The Orange Box. I know, Half Life is a FPS. But if there was ever a FPS that actually felt like an epic, story-driven adventure game, it's HL2.
Also, check out the pixeljunk eden demo - once you get used to the mechanics its a blast. Can't wait for LBP!