/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2621950]

Aside from the obvious (Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie), what are some good /vr/-era 3d platformers? I absolutely love this genre and need more.

[Anonymous No.2621960]

Goemon

[Anonymous No.2621961]

Rayman 2.

[Anonymous No.2621970]

The Gex series, starting with Enter the Gecko. The first one was 2D.

Maybe Glover? I haven't played it, but I believe it's 3D.

Of course, the Spyro series.

[Anonymous No.2621976]

>>2621970
I know they aren't retro, but I've heard the later Spyro entries kind of get rid of his attitude. Is that true? Is the gameplay still decent?

[Anonymous No.2621986]

>>2621950
The Crash Bandicoot trilogy
Gex 2 and 3, which are decent (prefer the PS1 versions tho)
Bug!
Croc 1 & 2, also decent
Clockwork Knight
Jumping Flash!
NiGHTS (if that can count)
Napple Tale

[Anonymous No.2621998]

>>2621976

The layer Spyro games try to be darker and edgier, and fail. The original series was more comfy and atmospheric.

The only games I'd recommend playing are the original PS1 trilogy and the original GBA games (Maybe just Season of Flame, unless you still need a Spyro fix after that)

[Anonymous No.2622006]

>>2621998
>darker and edgier
Ah, I was worried they went the opposite direction and made Spyro stop being the cocky little bastard he's always been in favor of a friendly but largely personality-less hero (think Mario in the main series games).

Honestly, though, grimdark Spyro sounds awful too.

[Anonymous No.2622039]

Donkey Kong 64.

[Anonymous No.2622096]

>>2621950
>>2621960
Goemon
Goemon
Goemon
Goemon
WHY AREN'T YOU PLAYING GOEMON YET FAGGOT?!?!?!

[Anonymous No.2622102]

Easy the game

[Anonymous No.2622108]

rocket you stupids

[Anonymous No.2622116]

>>2622102
what

[Anonymous No.2622119]

Going by what I've played...

Goemon for N64 is really fun.
Rayman 2 is okay.
Glover is pretty fun. It can be frustrating but if you use an emulator I wouldn't blame if you used savestates on certain parts (like the two swinging platforms in the circus world).

If you like the Oddworld games, not /vr/ but Munch's Oddyssey is a 3D platformer that plays like the old games,

[Anonymous No.2622176]

>>2621960
how can i play this game without a n64

[Anonymous No.2622204]

>>2622176

Emulation but be aware N64 emulation is not perfect.

[Anonymous No.2622217]

>>2622102
Have another image that tells the same joke :^)

[Anonymous No.2622219]

>>2621950

Spyro The Dragon
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Gex 3

[Anonymous No.2622272]

Klonoa

[Anonymous No.2622280]

>>2622204
Not him, but I tried it with Project64 but the game kept freezing at the beginning of the first Impact battle.

[Anonymous No.2622929]

Do you guys prefer 3D platformers that are linear obstacle courses or more open-world/exploration based ones? How do you feel about collectables?

[Anonymous No.2623049]

>>2622116
Whitey detected

[Anonymous No.2623067]

chameleon twist

[Anonymous No.2623083]

Crash Bandicoot should be pretty fucking obvious.

[Anonymous No.2623103]

>>2621986
Crash on ps1 one is flawless. Not the sequels mind you, but the original is unquestionably one of the finest games made in our time.

[Anonymous No.2623105]

>>2621998
>darker and edgier
To add to that, the story in the last three games (before skylanders) became basically lord of the rings if you replaced the characters wuth dragons.

[Anonymous No.2623127]

gex 2. duke nukem time to kill
in both cases avoid n64like the plague. censored to shit and inferior level design. not trashing 64 but they butchered multi platform games.

[Anonymous No.2623134]

>>2621986
>Croc 1 & 2
>Also decent
Stopped reading there

[Anonymous No.2623137]

The sequel to mystical ninja starring goemon on 64 is also great, but it's more of a 2.5d platformer

[Anonymous No.2623203]

>>2623103

Agreed, it's the best platformer of the trilogy. 2 was outsanding and my personal favourite, it became less hardcore difficult though. 3 is a fun game, but only about half the levels are actually platforming levels. Most of the non-platforming, gimmick levels are decent, except those god damn aeroplane levels.

[Anonymous No.2623267]

>>2623103
>>2623203

fools. 2 was the best. mainly because you could slide and more levels.

[Anonymous No.2623618]

>>2623267
>slide
Stop

[Anonymous No.2623681]

>>2622929
It depends.

Are collectibles required to progress? If they are, then you should be able to get all of the collectibles in a stage in one go.

You should never be forced to replay a stage because you don't have enough of whatever. Progression should feel natural.

As for what kind of platformers I prefer, I like both. Which one I play just comes down to what mood I'm in.

[Anonymous No.2623687]

>>2621986
>Jumping Flash!
This right here. Specifically the second.

[Anonymous No.2623736]

>>2621950
One of the best.

[Anonymous No.2623757]

>>2623736
Also.

[Anonymous No.2623981]

>>2623757
Though that's more of an action-adventure.

>>2623134
something something opinions.

[Anonymous No.2624062]

>>2623134
>he doesn't like Croc
Get wazoo'd nigga.

[Anonymous No.2624095]

>>2624062
>He doesn't like playing at 5 fps with horrible controls and camera

ftfy

[Anonymous No.2625564]

>>2623687
First was better at everything.

[Anonymous No.2625802]

Also, Rayman 2 N64.