3D Platformers

how can it be the great genre when there are less than 10 good ones?

>nintendo good
>everything else bad
kys

Tony Hawk is a good idea, only played Underground years ago. Any one in particular you’d recommend?

Never heard of tenchu, I’ll look into it.

they're too hard to make

my favorite is underground 1, it was very feature rich, basically distorted my perception on what constitutes or should a complete package
proskater 3 and 4 are really good, you can't get off boards and can only spine transfer in 4 but they're likely the best games in the franchise

tenchu just sticks out in my mind for the way you grapple onto rooftops and slink around executing enemies in various ways, but yea it isn't a mario 64

it blows my mind that 3d games, and the large potential of them, basically boils down to FPS and Battleroyale now, liek the sky is the limit

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What makes them hard to make compared to modern open world games?

>my favorite is underground 1, it was very feature rich, basically distorted my perception on what constitutes or should a complete package
Same happened to me which is why I forgot about the rest of the series. I’ll try out proskater 3 or 4 at some point and also check out tenchu.

Also I’ll recommend Lovely Planet to everyone in this thread. It’s technically a shooter but it involves so much platforming and the style of everything is far more reminiscent of platformers than shooters.

very heavy planning. you can't just power through with realistic graphics or huge maps.

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Where can I get more resources like this?

crash's perspective still feels most appropriate for platforming. sure its linear, but in a good way.

one of the creators randomly posts old stuff on twitter

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You’re given enough ways to approach each situation that the relative is linearity fine. Feels the most like a 3D cersion of 2D platformers, down to Mario boxes.

Never thought about it but Sonic is the only franchise to carry the torch of ‘head-on perspective down corridors’ for 3D platformers.

temple run is low key the evolution of the genre

Interesting that they did sketches. I know for 64 and Odyssey the teams made actual dioramas, dunno if they did that for the other 3D Marios.

I'm playing Jak 2 right now and don't know if I really like or really hate this game. It reminds me a lot of Mario Sunshine where the setting and characters are pretty memorable, and the fundamental mechanics are great, but the mission design is fucking atrocious and constantly bogs the game down. I just killed Krew so I think I'm nearing its end.

Insomniac still makes my favorite 3D platformers. The original Spyro trilogy and Ratchet just fucking nail the concept. The looping level design is a good compromise for allowing genuine platforming obstacle courses alongside open ended exploration, they're exactly the right length to not outlast their welcome, there's plenty of activities and collectibles to find but they're spread out enough that it never becomes a checklist like Rare games do.
The three Ape Escape games are brilliant as well but those kinda moved away from platformers in favor of minigame shovelware.

playing one right now, actually

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why did it take so long for nintendo to do 3d 'mario games' and where are the sequels

Is this a cut level? It doesn't look familiar.

Mario 3D Land is really underrated.
Given it came out like a decade ago, I hope they bundle it in that 3D All Stars thing that is apparently happening.

The only 3D Mario I havent played through.

Everyone told me its the worst one. How is it so far?

God why do 3DS games all look so vibrant and soulful?

Are there any to look forward to in the future? I can really only think of Blue Fire and Crash 4 right now.

It's a 2D Mario reimagined in a 3D landscape more than one what would traditionally thing of as a 3D mario.
ie. Less of the "big worlds to explore" more "linear courses with loosely 3D platforming challenges"

I didn't expect it to be so fun

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Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 3D World are far better than either 64 or Odyssey.

Me neither, was pleasantly surprised. Still havent 100%d it.

Completely disagree but I still think 3D World is underrated.

i like sonic 3d blast because i was young when i played it. here's a neat vid from the developer explaining why you can wiggle the cartridge (as i often did) and get a secret level select menu.
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noted Marioholic tim rogers said it was better than Mario Galaxy

then again, tim's also a noted contrarian and pathological liar, so

Interesting. I used to do the secret level select as well after I discovered it by accident.