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This is a thread about the greatest genre of video games - The 3D Platformer.

Post your favorite or least favorite retro 3D Platformer from any system or computer.

>> No.4938640

My fav are mostly Rare's stuff (Banjo, DK64, Conker) Mario 64 and Pac-Man World.
I also like the Crash trilogy and Ape Escape

>> No.4938646

It's a troll thread. Ps2 titles in image. Enjoy your ban!

>> No.4938649

>>4938636
Jak is good because it does squash and stretch like real hand drawn animation :-)

>> No.4938650

>>4938640
Crash Bandicoot 1-3 are not 3D Platformers

>> No.4938651

huhuhuhuh they're called scotformers huhuhuhuh

>> No.4938653

>>4938650
why

>> No.4938657
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4938657

>>4938636
Remember to drink your Sobe :^)

>> No.4938661

>>4938657
Despite the ostensibly ugly art style, the scenery and charm of these games won me over.

>> No.4938672

>>4938636
Platformers do not work well in 3D.

>> No.4938682
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4938682

I love the castle aesthetics and skyboxes in Spyro

>> No.4938705

>>4938682
Just finished spyro 2 for the first time in like 18 years. Game is just beautiful. The skyboxes really makes the levels feel dreamy and pleasant.

>> No.4938705,1 [INTERNAL] 

>>4938636
*3D Collect-a-thon genre

>> No.4939117
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4939117

I enjoyed this game when I played it for the first time on Project64 a few years ago.

>> No.4939146

>>4939117

love this one

>> No.4939193

>>4938672
The only true 3d platformer is bubsy 3d. Everything else is an adventure game with platformer mechanics.

>> No.4939585
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4939585

>>4938682

>> No.4939670

>>4939117
>>4939146
it was ahead of its time in some ways

>> No.4939730

>>4938636
>greatest genre
>3D Platformer
This guy is the ultimate shitposter.

>> No.4939880

Mario 64 (and Sunshine) and Spyro were probably the only ones I really liked. I do appreciate the Rare collectathons, but I think I was too late to playing them to truly enjoy playing those games.

>> No.4940008

>>4938636
From theN64 era I really like CKB64 and obviously Mario. Though my favorite of all time is Odyssey, I think they finally avolved the 64 formula.

>> No.4940013

>>4940008
CBFD*

>> No.4940069

I only had the PS1 so I can only speak for platformers on that. My favourite as a kid was Crash Bandicoot Warped. My favourite today is either Spyro the Dragon or Ape Escape.

>> No.4940091

A Hat in Time

and

Miner Ultra Adventures

are pretty good.

They both have hats.

reddit spacing

:-)

>> No.4940106

MDK

>> No.4940116

Ape Escape was great

>> No.4940123

>>4940091
what did he mean by this

>> No.4940146

>>4940123
One is a good game and the other a meme game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTVxsrDy0Do

>> No.4940156

Mirror's Edge is a pretty good 3D platformer. Lots of shooters have some platforming.

>> No.4940673

not retro but i liked Yooka-Laylee

>> No.4941297
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4941297

Anyone ever play Shadow Man?

It's a hell of a 3D Metroidvania and pretty challenging.

>> No.4941320

>>4941297
Love Shadowman. Great comics too

>> No.4941410

>>4939585
this looks comfy

>> No.4941462

can someone break down 3d platformer releases by year?

>> No.4941480

>>4941462
You can. Google Docs and LibreOffice are available to you right now.

>> No.4941481

>>4941297
i remember having to let the dog kill me. it bothered me so.

>> No.4941483

>>4941480
1995: Shite
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: Shite
1998: A bunch of games trying to ape SM64
1999: A bunch of games trying to ape SM64
2000: Death of a genre

>> No.4941486

>>4941410
>>4939585

nevermind i just watched a 10 min gameplay video and it looks like ass

>> No.4941754
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4941754

>>4941483
97 had crash 2 and they didnt die after 2000. its just after 2000 isnt retro mostly

>> No.4941767
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4941767

3D platformer you say?

>> No.4941770

>>4941754
>crash series
>3D

>> No.4941976

>>4938636
Well its already there for retro. SM64 is the best and still the best N64 game imo.

For second place I'd go with the first Spyro.

>> No.4944087

>>4941767
Underrated.

>> No.4944090

>>4941770
Wot

>> No.4944129

>>4940091
>A Hat in Time
Fucking trash that feels like somebody's first game. The level design is awful, nobody would have liked it if it had come out among the games it apes.

Massive fucking viral marketing campaigns don't make up for the fact that it's a steaming mess even if you're a dedicated lolicon.

>> No.4944293
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4944293

I hate every 3d platformer except Montezuma's Return

>> No.4945504

>>4944293
This looks cool. Is this an adventure game or just a linear platform trials game?

>> No.4946202

>>4940091
>A Hat in Time
Agreed. A seriously underrated game that is overshadowed by all the pedos like shadman making porn of the little girl. I honestly thought the game would never come out and if it did it would be shit, but the finished product really feels like a more polished version of 90s mascot platformers. Not retro though.

>> No.4946347

>>4938636

You seen the last episode of Game Sack as well, op?

>> No.4946939

>>4944129
>>4946202
who do I believe?

>> No.4947280

>>4946347
I saw it after seeing your post. :^)

>> No.4947562
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>>4938636
Some of the best 3D platformers aren't retro.

>> No.4947579

>>4941297
I remember giving it several attempts some time in the very early 2000s.

I don't think I ever progressed beyond the first area. I never had any clue where I was meant to go or what I was supposed to be doing.

>> No.4947702

>>4946939
Game fucking sucks. lol@ the guy calling it "polished". it has good elements in there but the implementation and levels are disappointing and the assets are all shoddy and have no coherency.
even though it was their whole marketing plan (and after playing it and quitting in disgust at the third world i have to agree that we must be swamped by astroturfers because the shit people say about it seems to have no connection to reality) it's an insult to compare it to classic 3D platformers

>> No.4947708
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4947708

This is the worst game I've ever played and I say that with no exaggeration

>> No.4947813

>>4938650
Then what are they?

>> No.4947823

>>4938653
>>4944090
>>4947813
the 'crash' """series""" is a hop n' walk if anything, it's is not nor shall it ever be true 3D. this is Real and Factual. plebs here will deny it.

>> No.4947826

>>4938646
>

>> No.4947830

>>4947823
A corridorformer
>>4947813

>> No.4947835

>>4947830
and what exactly about being a corridorformer makes the """""crash""""" (((series))) 3D?

>> No.4947836

>>4941767
As much as i want to call this a platformer, it is an action adventure game with platformer elements.

>> No.4947837

>>4947835
Im not saying its 3d, sorry was just lazy with the link formation. Im saying its a corridorformer not a 3d platformer.

>> No.4947838

>>4947823

SM64 is not a platformer. This is real and factual, only plebs will deny it.

>> No.4947841

>>4947838
forgot to capitalise, so you're Wrong :-^)

>> No.4947848

>>4947836
It's an action platformer.

>> No.4947913

>>4947835
It has three axes of movement

>> No.4947959

>>4938672
Of course they do. And they're far and away more mechanically engaging than anything in a 2d platformer.

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4948004

>>4947838
>being this butthurt

>> No.4948616

>>4947708
looks like the burger king kids club mascot

>> No.4948725

what are some 3D gameplay games belt-scrollscotformervanias?

>> No.4948963

they're called jump em ups

>> No.4949316

fyi collect-a-thons are bad games, objectively

>> No.4949376
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4949376

I just bought this game off ebay and the cart has a file that has 48 hours in it. How the absolute fuck do you clock 48 hours in this, It's only like 20 hours long

>> No.4949445

>>4949376
exploring, not just clocking it jiggy by jiggy after reading a walkthrough

fuckin zoomer

>> No.4949489

>>4948725
>belt-scrollscotformervanias

Did I just have a stroke?

>> No.4949535

>>4949376
by being a kid.

>> No.4949709

>>4949535
>>4949445
Kid me wouldn't walk around for 28 fucking hours and I owned it as a kid

>> No.4949768

>>4949709
>Kid me wouldn't walk around for 28 fucking hours
kid you is a fucking boring, unimaginative shithead. i easily spent over 50 hours playing super mario bros 3 as a kid, and it's not even a 2 hour long game.

>> No.4949790

>>4949709
most kids had limited amount of games to play, so you played what you had.

>> No.4950019

>>4949790
I did as well though to be fair I wasn't one of those 100 percent everything kids which is why I was baffled but I kinda understand now
>>4949768
I did the same for Mario 64 but I didn't explore for more then double the average length of the game, not that I knew how long it took to beat back then. I just didn't realize people could spend more then triple the length of a game they already beat just walking around and looking at things. Like I said I did the same just not for that long

>> No.4950091

>>4950019
>just walking around and looking at things
Why do you think continuing to play the game would be limited to this?

>> No.4950194

>>4941486
>it looks like ass
That's my fetish.
Not like I'd ever see this game in the wild

>> No.4950240

>>4950194
i like the way it looks visually

im saying the gameplay looks like ass

>> No.4950247

>>4950240
it seems okayish. would play when I have free time.

>> No.4950358

>>4948725
What about 3D Parkour-scotvanias like Mario 64

>> No.4950363

>>4947823
That doesn’t really make any sense. Say what you want about the first one but this post reeks of bait. I avoid /v/ to not hear made up terms and square options

>> No.4950365

>>4950363
*opinions

Damn

>> No.4953327

bump

>> No.4953678

>>4944293
This is the only good first person platformer.
>inb4 some Jumping Flash autist

>> No.4954798

>>4940069
I never played the Ape Escape games. How does the series differ from the likes of Banjo, SM64, Spyro, etc.

>> No.4954812

>>4949376
Banjo-Tooie is probably one of the longest games in the genre. My most recent 100% playthrough was like 40 hours

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4954832

>>4949489
Yes?

>> No.4955967
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4955967

>>4953678
It looks linear. Too bad it's not Open world

>> No.4955984

>>4954798
PLAY IT

>> No.4955985

>>4955967
>no underaged big titty gf
why live

>> No.4955995

>>4953678
It's just a generic FPS, although I'll give it it seldomly shows you the legs which not many FPSs do. Wouldn't call it a platformer, where's the momentum and physics? You're just controlling a camera.

>> No.4956247

>>4947708
The day I picked this up, I knew I was going to have a life filled with regret

>> No.4956256

mario 64 is my favorite 3d platformer and always will be. there's nothing more fun than moving mario around and learning how to do crazy stunts. definitely one of the best games ever

as far as non retro stuff, the first maximo and a hat in time are great

>> No.4956373

>>4938636
OP, I think your chubby fingers hit the wrong number considering that 2D platformers are the best genre of games, hands down.

>> No.4956375

>>4956373
nah. 2D platformers are a dime a dozen.

3D Platformers are better.

>> No.4957306

>>4947562
Was the new one any good?

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4957318

>>4956375
Is this you?

>> No.4957330

>>4938646
>Sonic
>PS2
??

>> No.4957331

>>4938649
Explain this meme

>> No.4959167

>>4957318
What's the point of that passage?

>> No.4959902

>>4957306
nope

>> No.4960020

>>4949316
I know this is a poorly done joke, but does anyone actually think this?

>> No.4960080

>>4960020
Part of me thinks it's console war bullshit.
I've seen sony fanboys use that term against Rare's games while praising games like Crash or Spyro.
I always see it as a derogatory term for certain kinds of 3D Platformers.

There are also idiots that have spouted, "DK64 killed the collectathon genre" when there were still lots of 3D Platformers during 6th gen.

>> No.4960092

>>4960080
I get the Spyro part but what's so weird about not liking Rare too much but enjoying Crash? Rare is peak open world exploration and collecting and Crash is peak linearty, that should be natural if anything.

>> No.4961157

>>4947836
How much platforming you want to call it a platformer?

>> No.4961254

>>4961157
If it's a kid friendly aesthetic, it's a platformer.
If it has a less kid friendly aesthetic, it's an action adventure.

>> No.4962343
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4962343

>>4960020
It's like playing a game about collecting trash on the street. Just a brainless, boring timesink.

>> No.4962585

>>4962343
You are retarded. Try to come up with a proper argument on why you don't like them.

>> No.4962605

>>4960080
SM64 is the only collectathon done right and its a masterpiece. Spyro is equally as shitty as BK. I dont get why you bring up Crash since you can play it without collecting stuff compared to Spyro and the Banjo games.

>> No.4962639

>>4962605
They don't get that what we don't like about those games is the mindless wandering to get the stuff, not the act of collecthing things by itself.

>> No.4962684

>>4950019
Considering I had no access to or concept of guides or walkthroughs when playing sm64 it probably took me around 2 years on off to get all 120 stars as a kid in ~96-98.

Probably finished the game in 4 months 70 stars but some of the star clues were very cryptic especially for an 8 year old who hardly spoke much English and some of the words were completely foreign to me. I remember I had to use my mom's english->Finnish wordbook to try and figure some of that shit out. Was stuck on 118 for ages. I was missing the star in womps fortress where you blast away the wall bit by shooting out of the canon. And I found it by complete accident by just messing around. Last star I found was the second star on the peach slide that you get for completing it under a certain time, which I also got by complete accident just messing around cos I was bored I never figured there would be a second star there.

SM64 was my go-to game between getting new games cos I never got bored of just exploring the castle knowing there were still secrets to find cos I hadn't gotten all 120 stars and the canon on the beach was still locked. After the Yoshi anti-climax I quickly lost interest in the game though I've finished it maybe 3 times since then.

>> No.4963131

>>4962639
Collecting isn't all you do in those games.
It's an encouragement to explore the environment and complete the tasks the game has to offer.

>> No.4964279

>>4960092
This.

>> No.4964302

>>4939193
Ebic maymay