Backloggd’s Favorite Platformers
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28 Games
21 Comments
Mario galaxy
Mario world
Asteo boy omega factor
Kirby super star ultra
Mario world
Asteo boy omega factor
Kirby super star ultra
+1 on Celeste
@consultor u can only pick one!!
Super Metroid! Admittedly I have a LOT of hype platformers to go through, but Super Metroid's mix of enviromental storytelling (especially in Ridley's Lair and Tourian), exploration, sick platforming powerups, visuals and more feels like an absolute peak of 2D platforming. The issues I have with it amount to minor quibbles, while its strength stands out tremendously, and I actually love using the shoulder buttons for aiming. The soundtrack is incredible for ambient, organic tracks as well, I just love it.
Add me to Celeste and move it up! >:(
The End is Nigh, great artstyle, music, tight controls, great themes, just everything I could want in a platformer personally
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sorry anarcocoa!! thought i had edited you in already
you don’t have to but please correct my username for galaxy 2
shinobi III return of the ninja master
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Level design, movement, spectacle, challenge, all finely tuned to perfection while you roll and swing along to one of the best, most fitting soundtracks ever to grace this medium
rondo of blood!!!
Jumping Flash
Ninja Gaiden III
also +1 on Shinobi
also +1 on Shinobi
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Bowser's Fury!
oddworld stranger's wrath is like part platformer and almost doesnt count but its the closest thing for me. i love that games motorcyclish movement, how dealing with the ups and downs of slopes affect your full run speed, which can be manipulated a bit with well-placed jumps, and how building that inertia becomes an asset in combat
Absolutely paralyzed with choice (though it's good to see so many of my own favourites listed by others!), so I'll just say Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island for now. Remarkably stylized and polished and creative and charming with such effortless grace, complimented beautifully by some of the finest controls and level design of it's vintage. The very definition of a 'timeless classic' IMO!
"Mr" Gimmick
Psychonauts 1 & 2!
mellorine
2 years ago