what happened to all the dope platform games nowadays?

[Dominic Brehetto]

Beating Xbox games eh

Spoiler

Got em'!!!

Lets go over the PS4 games he has not finished...

DriveClub
LBP3
Resogun
Steamworld Dig
Velocity 2x
Pix the Cat
Stryder
Watchdogs
Stick it to the man
Towerfall Ascension
Lone Survivor
Thomas was alone
Damn I'm a lonely sony gamer
Mercenary Kings
MGS:GZ
Dead Nation
Tomb Raider Definitive ed.
Outlast
Don't Starve

And others. But hey, Xbox One games is where you be at

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Yup, cause I'm sure you're speaking from extensive experience with the game

This coming from YOU of all people

Woat gon' woat

 

[Grand Conde]

What would be your pick?

 

[Supercoolmayo]

I made a similar thread but I found a backlog of ratchet and clank,jak and daxter and sly cooper to keep me busy
Sonic straight up left though

I heard sonic boom was solid

 

[Grand Conde]

Pretty hilarious that 2D platformers are now the shyt while no one cares about 3D platformers.

 

[Ronald]

the only upcoming ones I can think of are Lobodestroyo (similar to Banjo Kazooie), and A Hat In Time (similar to Super Mario Sunshine)

anyway, nothing is going to top Mario 3D World this gen unless Nintendo decides to do another Galaxy/64 type game

 

[Nymbus]

I heard sonic boom was solid

 

[Wild self]

Platformers are a dying genre in console gaming. Even kids these days play nothing but shooters.

People too addicted to realism and conformity. Platformers were about expanding your imagination and living off your dream. Today;s audience is too conditioned to demand anything different.

 

[Grand Conde]

Platformers are a dying genre in console gaming. Even kids these days play nothing but shooters.

Nintendo platformers are still really popular, and 2D indie platformers are popular as a niche game.

Problem is (a) you never get pure platformers any more, its usually a hybrid like R&C and (b) level design is king in platformers, most developers these days know zero about pacing and designing.

 

[Ronald]

Directors of Splatoon described the Single Player mode as a 3D platformer