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Looking for good platformer games to play..

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nimiety

Now that i've managed to finish Dust I'm looking for more platformer type games to play. You guys have any suggestions?

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hfxx

Prince of Persia (the first two), if you look for a real challenge

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TheGannet

thats the one on really old macs that was one of the first to bother with mocap and actual realistic jump distances and if you get into a sword fight the random npc has just as much chance to kill you? I played an emulated version of it

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hfxx

Yeah I was talking about about these: PoP1 and PoP2. Just tried the download of the second game, but it is a horrible version, I still have both games in its original version (with no option to save the game) on another machine playable in DosBox.

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Drakonite

A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda

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pielord17

Trine and Trine 2.

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nimiety

oo trine 2 looks nice. Ty for the suggestion :)

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pielord17

They aren't very challenging, but very pretty games.

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TheGannet

+

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Dsc

Gianna Sisters is entertaining.

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nimiety

This one looks damn nice too. Not sure how i've missed these. Ty!

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TerryNachtmerrie

Dangerous Dave and Crystal Caves!

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JoeyBeanz

Portal 2 has a lot of platforms in it.

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nimiety

dude i love portal :D

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Patans

Have you played Bit Trip Runner?

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nimiety

I've heard of it but never really knew what it was. Like, I got the character unlocked in SMB from it. But that's about it. Is it a decent game?

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Patans

Well, It is for me. It's very challenging and fun, and as addictive as cigarettes xD

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TheGannet

its one of those things where you can memorize the level, and if you miss anything you have to run through the entire thing from the start no checkpoints. you're moving at a constant rate and must either jump over, slide under or kick through obstacles.

So its down to personal preference. I liked it mostly(at times it was frustrating and repetitive), others won't

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HillaryClinton

Dust...thats the one that plays kinda like Metroid? Grab the HumbleBundle, it has Capsized which is similar.

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nimiety

The dust i'm talking about was Dust: An Elysian Tail. It's like an artsy action platformer game. I've got the humble bundle already too :D

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HillaryClinton

Yeah it apparently resembles Metroid in some ways, CaveStory also does this among a few others that I cant seem to recall.,.

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TheGannet

its got thomas was alone, get it anyway

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Toboty

You should check out Rayman Origins, it's really neat. :)

On a side note, I can't wait to play Dust. xP

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Monukai

I haven't played Rayman Origins yet (;_;), but it seems like it would be really good for someone who likes Dust since the visual style and setting seem pretty similar

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wotgamer

Element4l.

Seriously, this game is underrated. It deserves more love.

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nimiety

Does Element4l have controller support? I tried finding that bit of information but don't see it anywhere.

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wotgamer

Works fine with my wireless 360 controller.

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XxDemonSniperxX

Saw some footage from Northernlion. Looked unique :D

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frankyboy

Braid

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RexDraco

Psychonaughts is KINDA a platformer...

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nimiety

Yeah I already got Fly'N. Game was too good looking to pass up. Pid looks really cool. These games deserve more notice.

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vector7

I recommend you to try hard mode in Pid. Here's a trailer showing difference click. I didn't really enjoyed this game on normal, but after beating it on hard I must say it's one of my favorite platformers.

Also try N. Version 2.0 came out recently. click

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Crosshair

Giana Sisters and Super House of Dead Ninjas would be my top to picks for this question at the moment.

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BearHugger

VVVVVV

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badaboom

Intrusion 2. Technically a side-scroller, but close enough

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Monukai

what exactly are you interested in? Action platformers, puzzle platformers?

a few that I've enjoyed:

Giana Sisters (action platformer)
Trine 1 / 2 (puzzle platformer, Trine 2 has online co-op)
LIMBO (atmospheric puzzle platformer)
And Yet It Moves (puzzle platformer)
Waking Mars (puzzle 'platformer')
Vessel (puzzle platformer)
Snapshot (puzzle platformer)
eversion (awesome puzzle platformer)
Deadlight (action / puzzle platformer, Steam cards are going to be added soon)
Braid (puzzle platformer)
Terraria (sandbox platformer)

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FrankieSpankie

Good list, although Deadlight has the worst ending I've ever seen to any video game and automatically made me go from thinking it was a cool game to a terrible game in the span of 20 seconds.

To add:
Mark of the Ninja (stealth platformer)
Blocks That Matter (Puzzle Platformer)
Cave Story+ (Action Platformer)
Clones (Puzzle Platformer - Lemmings clone)
Closure (Puzzle Platformer - Actually a really cool idea that I've never seen done before)
DLC Quest (Not sure how to describe it but pretty funny)

Those are just some of the better ones on my library that I've finished.

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Monukai

oh yeah Mark of the Ninja was very good, forgot to set the category to platformer so I didn't even think of it, really enjoyed doing no detection runs on each level. I like Clones as well, but I've only played an hour or so of it so far

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q00u

I second support for Blocks That Matter!

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aforce273

Terraria & And Yet It Moves are fantastic. Vessel is pretty good too. Didn't like Braid. Haven't tried the others.

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ND1Razor

Something no one will probably mention, Cargo Commander. Very unique platformer of sorts, randomly generated levels.

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aforce273

This is on my list to get. Reminds me a bit of Rochard, which is extremely fun.

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denguri

any castlevania

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QuartzPort

Dust: An Elysium Tail? Speaking of which, I want this game...

EDIT: Ah, didn't read your post properly, you've already finished it. I'd say the Trine franchise then.

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MmMspeedy

I second this. I've only just started Trine and I'm really enjoying it.

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MmMspeedy

Odworld: Abe's Oddysee if you're in it for the story. The opening cutscene will draw you in right away. Its a pretty challenging puzzler though.

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dovecoon

Every Sonic Game?

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Cheeseburgermafia

Blade Kitten

Capsized

Rayman Origins

Demos available for all three.

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MrPoptart

if you want an exploration/adventure/2d plat former, go play An Untitled Story, it's free: http://www.mattmakesgames.com/
despite how it may look at first, it's actually really good, and pretty challenging. He also made jumper which is pretty good. and he has some other games there but I haven't played all of them.

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