Mainstream weirdos is the best way to describe most gamers now. Like no. I’m not gonna critique a game for a black person or white that doesn’t have the gooner look for you. We critque for the game itself
I didn't know serious games were still made with low poly graphics. I love that someone can decide to focus solely on other parts of the experience because graphics is probably the least inportant factor in how fun a game is
Great video! 3D platformers were some of my favorite games growing up! I played the heck out of Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Rayman 2, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper...and probably many more! I did play through A Hat in Time, Mario Odyssey, Yooka-Laylee, Spyro Reignited, Crash N. Sane, and Crash 4 years ago, so I never thought 3D platformers completely disappeared. They're definitely still around, but some of them take more digging to find! Though, I usually have to do a little more research to kind of check the quality of the game. When I was younger, if the N64 box had the Nintendo or Rareware logo on it, it was usually a safe bet that I would enjoy it! 😅 I actually didn't even know about the 3D platformers you mentioned, so I appreciate you giving them attention. I will definitely pick those up as I still enjoy 3D platformers of all kinds!
Spark the Electric Jester 3 is the best 3D sonic game. Everyone who liked the Sonic Adventure games should try it. But if you want something completely different, Lorn's Lure is a unique and innovative platformer. It's in the first person perspective, with a very good atmosphere and interesting setting.
I played a lot of Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, and Donkey Kong 64 when I was a kid. Even if triple A studios aren't really making as many games in the genre these days, I'm happy to see so many indie games I can add to my backlog of 3D platformers I have to play (one day I shall play all the cool ones) :3
I thought 3D Platformers came back in the 2010's? The Crash remakes, the Spyro remakes, Yooka-Laylee, A Hat in Time, Super Lucky Tails, the Pac-Man World remake, Clive and Wrench, and Mario Odyssey are examples
This may sound harss, but the problem was Super Mario 64. After that, every developer tried that type of 3D -formula, but failed miserably. Super Mario 64 was simply too good and unique. Sure, there were Banjo -Kazooie, Spyro The Dragon, Donkey Kong 64, Ape Escape, Rocket Robot On Wheels, and Conker's Bad Fur Day that all were excellent games. But ultimately, concept was too much for developers to handle. They really struggled with free -rolling gameplay -concept on platformers. Losed "red string" when trying it on larger scale, as seen on Banjo -Tooie and Jak And Daxter. While Nintendo has minds to master this type of gameplay, perhaps others should not even try, or they waste years. However Rayman 2 & 3 were superb examples of 3D -platforming done right, courtesy of not doing Mario 64. There is a place for 3D -platformers as seen on current Sonic Generations -game for example, but not for 3D -puzzle platformers outside Kyöto -shi.
I wish I could say the same for on-rail shooters. The genre barely survived when in favor of fps shooters. The death of light gun motion controllers are ditched in favor of VR. VR doesnt feel right for me.
Yeah, light gunners probably have it worse than stealth and 3d plats combined. I haven't personally played one since dead space extraction on the wii if you consider that one.
@@Tenacityfromtheglass ahh Wii, that console is a light gun machine. It turned Resident Evil 4 into a light gun 3rd person survival game, it made Trauma Center move to console and made a sequel to Sin & Punishment(a series that I consider one of the best on-rail light gun games). I had my hope for Gal Gun series but it all went down the drain when I discover Inti Creates would do more Gal Guardians. They are not a bad spin-off but I will miss my arcade-ish on rail games. Ohh on the bright side, I saw around 4-6 on-rail indie games this NextFest. Candy Rangers is such a banger demo. Can't wait for full release. We also got a Star Fox/Afterburner style on-rail shooters like Mirage Feathers, Rainbow Cotton remake and Missile Dancer. Maybe its absolutely dead genre for AAA... ahh, who needs AAA when you can get 3 brand new indies with your $50 cash!!!!
Man 3d platformers. These games are ones I normallt flock to. My personal favorite by far has to be the psychonauts series. A 3d platformer collectathon about a boy who is psychic and has to use his powers to save the world. (There was also a vr game but i haven’t played that.) The first game and its sequel have a great world and characters. I love it.
Astrobot maybe has charme but no fun movement wich is the first thing you should nail as a platformer. If you have an empty room and the character is fun to control,then you have something you can work with. Astrobot is just refferences.
Excelent video and indeed is good to see indie devs this age were N64/PS1 Kids, sometimes you just need to collect all Corn Sodas and beat the bad guy to make a good platformer Although i would disagree on the Sonic Adventure games not felling as fast, while it is true that there are dash pads and automated loops that's where it ends, the amount of shortcuts you can pull of on those games by bouncing, spindashing then jumping or airdashing right before hitting the ground, even with the boost games i never feel the same control and speed that i do with the Adventure games
Thank you! And sorry if I seemed harsh towards Sonic. I'm still a huge fan of sonic, though. I've played everything from the og games to the fanmade ones such as project 06 and roboblast. Sonic has always been a momentum platformer where you start off slow, atleast pre-boost era, and the real enjoyment is earning the right to go fast through mastery of its stages
Of course I remember. I'd rather have the golden age of platformers again than to have this woke modern-day DEI live service slop that we're getting now like Concord, Suicide Squad (etc...).
Luckily, there are gamers out there who still make video games. I feel like we're headed towards another great crash, and the indies are going to be left standing when after the smoke settles.
Recently tried bugs bunny lost in time for the first time. While the ending was somewhat underwhelming, the game itself was a lot of fun and very creative
This video hits home with me. I really like some good mobile ports of platformers. You can play a lot of em with controller hooked up via Bluetooth or just by mobile controls
jack and dexter 1, ratcher and clanks 2, sly cooper 2, super mario sunshine , new super mario bros and bros 3 were the ones i grew up in mid/late 2000s
@@Tenacityfromtheglass (Starshot Space circus fever) That's another odd one It's like banjo but a Juggler kind of rare now I recently got every n64 Platformer loose.
They're still up and running. But good luck expecting one from a big company, especially on a consistent basis like Nintendo who releases every one or two years. To me, it's clear that there's more work needed to make a platformer than it is to make an FPS or an action game.
In what sense do you mean action games, if i may ask? For fans of games like Darksiders, Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, known as Character Action games (or whatever the name is at the moment) the genre is quite dry too these years. They're surprisingly difficult to make because of the way everything the player can do should ideally work well with everything an enemy can do. The player has offensive, defensive and evasive/movement options, and so need the enemies. Plus programming that makes them use those options competently. In recent years there have been Bayonetta 3 and GOW: Ragnarök, but story-wise Bayonetta 3 has a LOT of detractors and people are split on the actual gameplay. GOW by this point is a very different beast from how it started out, to the point there's a large amount of people that don't consider it Character Action. Even still, a lot of effort has to go into considering enemy teamups and setups and taking into account how a player's arsenal grows. There has been Soulstice in 2022 at least, and for upcoming character action games specifically, there's the likes of Genokids, Magenta Horizon, Jamphibian, Mightreya and Enenra: Daemon Core. With Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Immortal and the Death that Follows, and Cookie Cutter having a place somewhere, but another problem there is to get word of such games out there. To make 'em profitable and help out devs so that they can hopefully give more like it.
Bro i been watching yur videos lately and it feels like i found someone who thinks exactly like me, bro its like finding a long lost friend 😅 everyone else i come across on social media is so toxic but dang finally you are a man of culture my friend @Tenacityfromtheglass
I know that Super Kiwi 64, Pumpkin Jack, and Corn kidz 64 are all on Nintendo Switch. Pumpkin Jack is a really good pickup for spooky season, and I believe it's on sale for $7 on Switch
@Tenacityfromtheglass thanks :) sorry for bugging those games look pretty darn awesome, I gave myself the wrong idea I thought those were pc games but I appreciate you letting me know!
I know Kirby in the forgotten land was the last one I played a couple of years ago. I'm not sure, I didn't play it, but princess peach: showtime might be a platformer
You talk way too slow and monotone. You sound like you're already tired from talking 20 seconds into the video. You can take it as constructive criticism or not. Maybe talk a bit more enthusiastic or energetic next time. I can't sit through this.
Back when games were made for actual gamers, not corporate suits and mainstream weirdos.
Mainstream weirdos is the best way to describe most gamers now. Like no. I’m not gonna critique a game for a black person or white that doesn’t have the gooner look for you. We critque for the game itself
Which mainstream weirdos?
@@TurboTurds30the toxic non woke ones that hate non gooner friendly girl characters and black people for some reason💀 streamers didn’t help this cause
@@mek2472 Why did you feel the need to go political when nobody else mentioned politics?
I didn't know serious games were still made with low poly graphics. I love that someone can decide to focus solely on other parts of the experience because graphics is probably the least inportant factor in how fun a game is
Psuedoregalia is one of those games. It absolutely sings when you play it. It's unreal how fluid and stylish the traversal is
Great video! 3D platformers were some of my favorite games growing up! I played the heck out of Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Rayman 2, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper...and probably many more!
I did play through A Hat in Time, Mario Odyssey, Yooka-Laylee, Spyro Reignited, Crash N. Sane, and Crash 4 years ago, so I never thought 3D platformers completely disappeared. They're definitely still around, but some of them take more digging to find! Though, I usually have to do a little more research to kind of check the quality of the game. When I was younger, if the N64 box had the Nintendo or Rareware logo on it, it was usually a safe bet that I would enjoy it! 😅
I actually didn't even know about the 3D platformers you mentioned, so I appreciate you giving them attention. I will definitely pick those up as I still enjoy 3D platformers of all kinds!
Man, I loved this era of video games. I must've collected about a million cream corns in 'Gwimbly 3: Gwimbly's revenge'😊
Omg, I almost wanted to sell my PC before seeing this. Thank you so much!
Buy a steam deck
I have all original consoles and games because they are my favorite genre.
Spark the Electric Jester 3 is the best 3D sonic game. Everyone who liked the Sonic Adventure games should try it.
But if you want something completely different, Lorn's Lure is a unique and innovative platformer. It's in the first person perspective, with a very good atmosphere and interesting setting.
I played a lot of Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, and Donkey Kong 64 when I was a kid. Even if triple A studios aren't really making as many games in the genre these days, I'm happy to see so many indie games I can add to my backlog of 3D platformers I have to play (one day I shall play all the cool ones) :3
I'd recommend corn kidz 64. It's around $4-$7 and it's such a faithful throwback, it feels like you're emulating an n64 game
I thought 3D Platformers came back in the 2010's?
The Crash remakes, the Spyro remakes, Yooka-Laylee, A Hat in Time, Super Lucky Tails, the Pac-Man World remake, Clive and Wrench, and Mario Odyssey are examples
There was a brief period of resurgence around 2017.
For me 3d/2d platformers are still the essence of gaming. Having fun is all i want from a game.
This may sound harss, but the problem was Super Mario 64.
After that, every developer tried that type of 3D -formula, but failed miserably.
Super Mario 64 was simply too good and unique.
Sure, there were Banjo -Kazooie, Spyro The Dragon, Donkey Kong 64, Ape Escape, Rocket Robot On Wheels, and Conker's Bad Fur Day that all were excellent games.
But ultimately, concept was too much for developers to handle. They really struggled with free -rolling gameplay -concept on platformers. Losed "red string" when trying it on larger scale, as seen on Banjo -Tooie and Jak And Daxter.
While Nintendo has minds to master this type of gameplay, perhaps others should not even try, or they waste years.
However Rayman 2 & 3 were superb examples of 3D -platforming done right, courtesy of not doing Mario 64.
There is a place for 3D -platformers as seen on current Sonic Generations -game for example, but not for 3D -puzzle platformers outside Kyöto -shi.
I wish I could say the same for on-rail shooters. The genre barely survived when in favor of fps shooters. The death of light gun motion controllers are ditched in favor of VR. VR doesnt feel right for me.
Yeah, light gunners probably have it worse than stealth and 3d plats combined. I haven't personally played one since dead space extraction on the wii if you consider that one.
@@Tenacityfromtheglass ahh Wii, that console is a light gun machine. It turned Resident Evil 4 into a light gun 3rd person survival game, it made Trauma Center move to console and made a sequel to Sin & Punishment(a series that I consider one of the best on-rail light gun games).
I had my hope for Gal Gun series but it all went down the drain when I discover Inti Creates would do more Gal Guardians. They are not a bad spin-off but I will miss my arcade-ish on rail games.
Ohh on the bright side, I saw around 4-6 on-rail indie games this NextFest. Candy Rangers is such a banger demo. Can't wait for full release. We also got a Star Fox/Afterburner style on-rail shooters like Mirage Feathers, Rainbow Cotton remake and Missile Dancer. Maybe its absolutely dead genre for AAA... ahh, who needs AAA when you can get 3 brand new indies with your $50 cash!!!!
Man 3d platformers. These games are ones I normallt flock to. My personal favorite by far has to be the psychonauts series. A 3d platformer collectathon about a boy who is psychic and has to use his powers to save the world. (There was also a vr game but i haven’t played that.) The first game and its sequel have a great world and characters. I love it.
Astrobot maybe has charme but no fun movement wich is the first thing you should nail as a platformer.
If you have an empty room and the character is fun to control,then you have something you can work with.
Astrobot is just refferences.
If you haven’t already, try the Toree games and Lunastice. 3d platformers are my favorite genre and there are so many great indie ones out there.
Excelent video and indeed is good to see indie devs this age were N64/PS1 Kids, sometimes you just need to collect all Corn Sodas and beat the bad guy to make a good platformer
Although i would disagree on the Sonic Adventure games not felling as fast, while it is true that there are dash pads and automated loops that's where it ends, the amount of shortcuts you can pull of on those games by bouncing, spindashing then jumping or airdashing right before hitting the ground, even with the boost games i never feel the same control and speed that i do with the Adventure games
Thank you! And sorry if I seemed harsh towards Sonic. I'm still a huge fan of sonic, though. I've played everything from the og games to the fanmade ones such as project 06 and roboblast. Sonic has always been a momentum platformer where you start off slow, atleast pre-boost era, and the real enjoyment is earning the right to go fast through mastery of its stages
Of course I remember. I'd rather have the golden age of platformers again than to have this woke modern-day DEI live service slop that we're getting now like Concord, Suicide Squad (etc...).
Luckily, there are gamers out there who still make video games. I feel like we're headed towards another great crash, and the indies are going to be left standing when after the smoke settles.
Recently tried bugs bunny lost in time for the first time. While the ending was somewhat underwhelming, the game itself was a lot of fun and very creative
thanks for all these recommendations! I want these games so badly
This video hits home with me. I really like some good mobile ports of platformers. You can play a lot of em with controller hooked up via Bluetooth or just by mobile controls
Check out the gamesir g8+. I've never held a controller this premium, and it was made for mobile
jack and dexter 1, ratcher and clanks 2, sly cooper 2, super mario sunshine , new super mario bros and bros 3 were the ones i grew up in mid/late 2000s
And im 20 and i play them first time on my ps2 3 years ago and never looked back to my ps5
@@Sneaky_racoon_sly if u want a good good ps2 game, check out resident evil 4. Need for speed carbon and most wanted are also 10/10 racing games
I recommend Smushi Come Home. Great 3D platformer with charming visuals & music.
Kinda like an indie version of Okami ~
Another really good one is tonic trouble on n64 Basically a Tech demo of rayman 2
I've heard a few people recommend this one so far. I played the great escape, but this one went under my radar
@@Tenacityfromtheglass (Starshot Space circus fever) That's another odd one It's like banjo but a Juggler kind of rare now I recently got every n64 Platformer loose.
They're still up and running. But good luck expecting one from a big company, especially on a consistent basis like Nintendo who releases every one or two years.
To me, it's clear that there's more work needed to make a platformer than it is to make an FPS or an action game.
In what sense do you mean action games, if i may ask? For fans of games like Darksiders, Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, known as Character Action games (or whatever the name is at the moment) the genre is quite dry too these years. They're surprisingly difficult to make because of the way everything the player can do should ideally work well with everything an enemy can do.
The player has offensive, defensive and evasive/movement options, and so need the enemies. Plus programming that makes them use those options competently.
In recent years there have been Bayonetta 3 and GOW: Ragnarök, but story-wise Bayonetta 3 has a LOT of detractors and people are split on the actual gameplay. GOW by this point is a very different beast from how it started out, to the point there's a large amount of people that don't consider it Character Action.
Even still, a lot of effort has to go into considering enemy teamups and setups and taking into account how a player's arsenal grows.
There has been Soulstice in 2022 at least, and for upcoming character action games specifically, there's the likes of Genokids, Magenta Horizon, Jamphibian, Mightreya and Enenra: Daemon Core.
With Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Immortal and the Death that Follows, and Cookie Cutter having a place somewhere, but another problem there is to get word of such games out there.
To make 'em profitable and help out devs so that they can hopefully give more like it.
There are ALOT of really good 3d platformers on pc right now (i tracked development for at least 50 of them). Its absolutely bonkers honestly.
I'm so mad that I've been missing out this entire time
I have all original consoles and games because they are my favorite genre.
My favorite game is Banjo kazooie and the new pennys big breakaway
New Devin Chase vid? Let's goo
Big fan here too. He is an actual gamer with great opinions
The game A hat in time is a great modern 3D platformer.
I can hear ya talk about platformers for 10 more videos
I'm happy to know people like us haven't forgotten how important these games are.
Bro i been watching yur videos lately and it feels like i found someone who thinks exactly like me, bro its like finding a long lost friend 😅 everyone else i come across on social media is so toxic but dang finally you are a man of culture my friend @Tenacityfromtheglass
Pac-Man World 2 was my shit.
I played pac man world on the switch and loved it! I'm gonna have to check this one out
Mario is the only platformer everybody can recognize
Mario is also responsible for a lot of innovation in gaming as well. Hell, the first thumstick was designed around his transition into 3d.
Great video.
you just need to search better. Two great 3D platformers I played recently: hell pie and bang on ballz.
I'm guessing the pc platforming games you mentioned in the video are all on steam?
I know that Super Kiwi 64, Pumpkin Jack, and Corn kidz 64 are all on Nintendo Switch. Pumpkin Jack is a really good pickup for spooky season, and I believe it's on sale for $7 on Switch
@Tenacityfromtheglass thanks :) sorry for bugging those games look pretty darn awesome, I gave myself the wrong idea I thought those were pc games but I appreciate you letting me know!
Eat your wumpa fruit. It's putting me about
I heard that Spark The Electric Jester is good on Switch
I'm gonna check it out
I mean, Aren't they still? A lot of Nintendo games are platformers.
I know Kirby in the forgotten land was the last one I played a couple of years ago. I'm not sure, I didn't play it, but princess peach: showtime might be a platformer
You need to play Astro Bot
Trust me, I want to... badly!
Better buy nikoderiko then
You talk way too slow and monotone. You sound like you're already tired from talking 20 seconds into the video. You can take it as constructive criticism or not. Maybe talk a bit more enthusiastic or energetic next time. I can't sit through this.
Woo, I was the 100th like!!!
I will always have a soft spot for Gex. 🦎