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Opinions on the Jumping Flash series?

>> No.3256151

The PlayStation 3D platformer choice of the patrician.

>> No.3256157

Got it randomly from a cousin throwing out his old games during the PS2 era. Started out thinking it was pretty easy and wound up very surprised by the depth the game develops in some of its later stages.

It was really awesome.

>> No.3256162

>>3256146
Was this the first console 3D platformer?

>> No.3256328

How is Jumping Flash 2?

>> No.3256339
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>>3256328
Basically just a level pack to the first game, arguably slightly worse due to a bit less variety but still just as fun.

Also, the cutscenes were way funnier.

>> No.3256471

>>3256339
>that image

>> No.3256478

It had a great plot.

>> No.3256481

>>3256471
That's Haruhi you nigger.

>> No.3256483

>>3256146
Garbage games that hipsters/contrarians claim are good.

>> No.3256492

>>3256483
... what

>> No.3256501

>>3256146
They hold up miraculously well. The 3D first-person platforming somehow manages to be way more palatable than most modern games that try it.

>> No.3256502

>>3256483
Is this game really garbage? I was about to get it because I remember it as a kid.

>> No.3256519

>>3256492
>>3256502
There's much better platformers on the system.

>> No.3256527

>Crash vs. Flash

Is this the Mario vs. Sonic of the Sonygger world?

>> No.3256568

>>3256502
I played it for the first time recently and I loved it.

>> No.3256574

>>3256519
There are better fpp 3d platformers on the psx? Titles please!

>> No.3256587

>>3256568
Cool story.

>> No.3256627

>>3256574
>fpp

Faggot pandering pussyshit?

>> No.3257886

I thought it was neat how actually 3d it was. You had bosses that required you to maneuver around them as well as over and below them.

The pop-in was difficult for my little mind to process back in the day, but I was so retarded about 3D back then that I ran into walls in Doom, so I'm sure my experience is less than universal.

>> No.3257898

>>3256146
Thank you! I've been trying to remember what this game was called for a while now.

>> No.3258254

>>3256146
The comfiest.

>> No.3258319

>>3256627
>being this 12.
First person platformer, idiot.

>> No.3258438
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>>3258319
>First person platformer

>> No.3258962

>>3256146
The concept is really cool, and the games are fun, but it's hard to shake the fact that they're super cutesy kiddie games with (mostly) a difficulty to match. I remember the last boss of JF2 being a challenge, but most of the levels are easy peasy once you get the hang of it.

It's also interesting how there are some indoor corridor segments that are basically like a standard FPS. Like they just HAD to put those moments because hey, it's first person and you're shooting!

btw /vr/: any other games like this that do 3D platforming with big vertical levels and lots of actual floating sky platforms? Like practically just pogoing around on things in the void? The only one I can think of that gave me a similar feel was parts of Glover.

>> No.3259816

>>3258962
>Cutesy kiddie games
Name me a platformer on PlayStation that isnt this.

>> No.3260267

wish they brought it back and made it harder. playing the 2nd one was probably the funnest gaming experience i've had in awhile.

>> No.3260269

>>3256527

fuck off back to /v/ with your braindead console war shit

>>3256483

anyone who plays retro games can be considered hipster (not to mention it has critical acclaim, making you the contrarian), stop using buzzwords because your brain is too small to apply critical thinking skills. besides, it was huge in japan, plenty of more obscure games on the system.

>> No.3260283

What an awful thread.

>> No.3260295

>>3256146
I think the first two games are great. I love the soundtracks too. I don't think the third had a western release and didn't it have a different title?

>> No.3260301

>>3260283
Yeah, no kidding. Can we stop using the word "hipster" on /vr/ please? How is it even remotely hip to appreciate jumping flash anyway?

>> No.3260319
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>>3260301

A lot of the younger userbase don't even remember JF, so they think it's some kind of obscure hipster thing.

JF was featured heavily in many magazines and was one of the big early PS games. JF1 in 1995 and JF2 in 1996.
The thing is that as years went by and more games started coming out on PS1, like MGS, FF VII, and also Crash and Spyro, JF series was left behind and many people kind of forgot about it, but it's by no means obscure or hipster.

>> No.3260327

>>3256146
The only better platformer on PS1 than Jumping Flash is Spyro 1.

Spyro 1 might be the best 3d platformer ever made after Super Mario 64.

>> No.3260336

>>3256146

Loved them all.

>> No.3260345

I remember playing this when it first came out. I loved it. Didn't get it.

Still don't get it now.

What the actual fuck, Japan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKd8dYIpugQ

>> No.3260352

>>3260295
>I don't think the third had a western release and didn't it have a different title?
It was called Robbit Mon Dieu, and yeah, it was only released in Japan. Also the same developers (or some of them, anyway) also made Geograph Seal for the X68000 (which is in many ways the spiritual ancestor of JF) and Ghost in the Shell for the PSX, which also shares many similarities with JF. Both are worth checking out at least gameplay footage if you like JF.

>> No.3260378

>>3259816
any platformer? if so,

MM8
MMX 4-6
Crash bandicoot series
Spyro series
Gex series.
That castlevania collection.

>> No.3260394

>>3260378

Dude, everything on there is "cutesy kiddie" except for Castlevania.

Anyway let's not be edgy, there is nothing wrong with games being cute and having bright colors.

>> No.3260424

I'm nostalgic for this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=545S43MVbrY

>> No.3260523

>>3256146
i feel that everyone in this thread should know about the japanese only release 3rd jumping flash game called robbit mon dieu its not to hard to figure out how to get around but you'll barely know whats going on during cutscenes. dont worry about pocket muu muu that game is dumb but has a fun hud world much like the sonic collection for saturn

>> No.3260598 [DELETED] 

>>3260319
Hipster faggot.

>> No.3261534

>>3260319
Yep, I remember. It was maybe the first successful 3D platformer for the PlayStation, plus it had a pretty charming interface. After playing the demo that came with my PS1 I was hooked.

I live in Japan, maybe I can download the third game on the PSN.

>> No.3261574

>>3256162
Yes. 1995.

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>>3260598

>This game is actually not obscure or hidden, it's pretty well known
>"hipster!"

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>>3261602

>> No.3261618 [DELETED] 

>>3261613

Oh look, it's the Poochie fanboy, he's still mad.

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>>3261618

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>>3261618
>Poochie
It's time to stop posting.

>> No.3261681
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3261681

Would you guys consider this UI to be "crowded"?

>> No.3261694

>>3260394
>>3259816
Have you played Jumping Flash or even taken two seconds to look at a video? It's cute overload. I think you're overly sensitive to this claim, and I said it to point out that the game feels like a friendly, not-too-rough game for small children. Contrast with, say, Glover which is certainly cutesy in appearance but is pretty ruthless if the player doesn't master the controls.

It wasn't meant as a huge diss or anything. It's just the style of the game.

>> No.3261701

>>3261681
The "support AI" that springs down from the top to congratulate you and chip in comments from time to time is a bit much.

>> No.3261728

>>3261681
Looks like shit

>> No.3262523

JUMP AND GO!

>> No.3262895
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>>3261681

I like it.

Exact did some pretty cool-looking GUIs.

They may seem cramped when you look at screenshots but they aren't intrusive when you're playing the games.

Also I think you can select the map off, can't remember for sure.

>> No.3264748

>>3256146
Fucking Love Jumping Flash.
One of my first ps1 games. Jumping Flash 2 was also good. The controls take time to get used to going back and playing it again but the platforming and fps combination is neat. Wish there more games under this genre.

>> No.3265139

>>3262895
there should be a flashing scrolling marquee through the center of the screen also stating "!!!3 more areas to bring under control!!!!

>> No.3265183

>>3256146
Hipster trash games.

>> No.3265736

>>3265183
stupid, stupid poochy fanboy

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3266030

Literally the only good first person game ever made.

>> No.3266578

>>3266030

True

>> No.3266616

>>3266030
>not King's Field 2

>> No.3266956

>>3256146
Cool games. The studio did another game very similar on the x68k.

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>>3262895
I love GITS' gui too.

>>3266956
Yeah, Geograph Seal, the gui in there is also very similar to both GITS and Jumping Flash.