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Is Puppeteer (PS3) the best 2d platformer of last and this gen?
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Personally found it monstrously disappointing. It gets a 10/10 for presentation for sure, but it was lacking in all other ways for me.
I'd say Rayman Origins is my pick. I usually hate speedrunning centric games too but that just offers so many different ways to tackle everything. Legends is great too but the gimmicks are a bit overwhelming.
I'd say Rayman Origins is my pick. I usually hate speedrunning centric games too but that just offers so many different ways to tackle everything. Legends is great too but the gimmicks are a bit overwhelming.
It's either it or one of the Rayman games.
Same. I suppose it's my fault for buying the hype and expecting it to be as good as DKC2.
Puppeteer is the only one on that list not on PS4 and it hurts.
Imagine it in PSVR where you're sitting in the audience (still using dualsense).
rayman origins+legends was simply the best 2d-platformer i played in the last 10 years.
i was floored how great the sound and the graphics were.
i liked puppeteer, but it does not feel like a proper platformer. its too slow and i think 30fps didnt help it either+its more 3d than 2d.
i was floored how great the sound and the graphics were.
i liked puppeteer, but it does not feel like a proper platformer. its too slow and i think 30fps didnt help it either+its more 3d than 2d.
rayman origins+legends was simply the best 2d-platformer i played in the last 10 years.
i was floored how great the sound and the graphics were.
i liked puppeteer, but it does not feel like a proper platformer. its too slow and i think 30fps didnt help it either+it felt more 3d than 2d, the skill needed to get around was too basic.
iam not sure, but people consider ori a jump'n run?
the same goes for hollow knight and cuphead?
some people mentioned it, but i consider some games more metroidvania and others simply "run'n gun" than a platformer.
I dunno how I missed that. Looks like some great reading, thanks for the link.You might enjoy reading some entries in the Essential Platformers thread:
Resetera's 101 Essential Platformers: Top 101 Posted, Honorable Mentions Posted
Welcome to the inaugural Essential Platformers thread on Era! Following in the footsteps of kswiston's 101 Essential RPGs thread and Gradon's 51 Essential Horror Games thread, this thread attempts to highlight all of the greatest jump 'n' runners in the industry, as chosen collectively by you...www.resetera.com
Puppeteer wasn't my cup of tea, but my faves from last and this gen have been the Ori games, Tropical Freeze, Celeste, NSMBU, the Rayman games, Splasher, the Yoshi games, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, and surely others slipping my mind.
The PS3 had ports of Sonic 1 and 2, so it wouldn't even have been the best 2D platformer on PS3.
Puppeteer has some cool ideas and a strong vision for the presentation, but the level design and game feel was underwhelming and the frequent narration became grating quick. Should have just been a PS4 launch game instead of being sent to die, but it wouldn't make my personal list over most of the 2D platformers and metroidvanias listed in the thread.
I platinumed this one earlier this year and I honestly really dislike puppeteer.
I found the theme to be unique but the gameplay to be incredibly uninspired. Most of the games "uniqueness" is the difference heads that Kutaro can have. The problem is that the heads dont actually do anything to change up the gameplay. All they really do is reveal a new area of the level or cause an environment animation.
I found the theme to be unique but the gameplay to be incredibly uninspired. Most of the games "uniqueness" is the difference heads that Kutaro can have. The problem is that the heads dont actually do anything to change up the gameplay. All they really do is reveal a new area of the level or cause an environment animation.
It was for me. Played it on a 3D tv and the theater style was incredible. Felt like no game I've played before or since.
Didn't enjoy Tropical Freeze that much. Seems I'm an odd ball because while I thought it was good in many ways, I'm always surprised when people mention loving it.
Second best 2D platformer imo is LittleBigPlanet Vita. It really took the LBP formula and refined it while adding cool features based off Vita's touch screens. Some of the community made levels were incredible as well.
EDT: Rayman was also pretty great these two gens.
Didn't enjoy Tropical Freeze that much. Seems I'm an odd ball because while I thought it was good in many ways, I'm always surprised when people mention loving it.
Second best 2D platformer imo is LittleBigPlanet Vita. It really took the LBP formula and refined it while adding cool features based off Vita's touch screens. Some of the community made levels were incredible as well.
EDT: Rayman was also pretty great these two gens.
You went through all the trouble of getting a platinum absolutely packed with minutiae and missable collectibles for a game you "really dislike"?
You could maybe put them in the platformer umbrella in a broad sense but I really doubt that's what OP meant by platformer.
Except Cuphead, that one just plain isn't a platformer.
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It's not a genre classic, but it's a wonderful little game in its own right. Loved the variety in its environments. Also loved the humour. If nothing else, it's probably the funniest platformer I've ever encountered.
I don't think Sony ever did a game dirty quite like Puppeteer.
I don't think Sony ever did a game dirty quite like Puppeteer.
I made it about a third of the way in, and could not take it anymore. I mean it's charming, but I was no having fun.
Is the concept of trophy hunting that foreign to you? I just mentionned that i platinumed it to express that I played it quite a bit. I have hundreds of platinums and i do tend to complete most games that I play.
I don't see how you passing judgment on my gaming habits has anything to do with my criticism of the game.
Sure thing, I read every single post in that thread - it took forever but it was incredibly enjoyable to read and I got so many amazing recommendations!
I have over a hundred platinums including this game's, which I would stay very clear if I didn't love it to bits (in fact, playing it again to get the platinum made me appreciate it more). I don't know if that's your case but if you're getting a platinum for a game you dislike just to get a platinum, I'll definitely pass judgement on that.
Enjoying a game isn't this binary thing. I finished the game and thought it was pretty meh. Decided to mop up the remaining trophies because I felt like it.
I shouldn't have to justify why I completed a game to you. I can complete a game and dislike it and that's ok. Thanks for gatekeeping crisitism I guess?
I appreciated its charm but Tropical Freeze, Celeste, Super Meat Boy, NSMB U and the Luigi version, Rayman Origins and Legends are all better
I don't think it was all that impressive. Rayman, Donkey Kong, Yooka Laylee, and Cuphead were so much better.
Nah, as a platformer it's just ok, doesn't even play on the same field of this and last gen masterpieces (DK, Rayman, Marios, Celeste, Astrobot)
As an experience it is pretty great tho.
As an experience it is pretty great tho.
I dislike having this conversation so I'm dropping it like you seem incapable of doing to games.
It was okay. The characters got on my nerves and it didn't run as smoothly as I would have liked (might have been my aging PS3's fault, though).
The whole crux of this convo is you insulting me and getting upset that I'm not having it.
At least now I get to use the ignore user feature for the first time.
Ok but you're gonna miss out on my platinum trophy, you only need 95 more messages.
I really don't appreciate this borderline harassment. You turned what could have been a normal conversation into just making fun of me because I platinumed a game and expressed that I didn't like it.
Thanks
It was a wonderful spectacle that looked amazing, but as a platformer it was solidly in the mid tier.