Posted May 27, 2014
Hello, I am playing Treasure Adventure (again, but last time i didn't finish though I was close..... *cough* no indecent references here). I absolutely adore this game, it mixes great narrative, style, and platforming action with a small bit of rpg-ish character progression. I love that the pixelated 2d view isn't just a means of representation (and poke at nostalgia) but has it's own place in the game's lore! I would like to hear your recommendation for a similar thing, can be indie, doesn't have to be. I'd love if it was something with low system requirements as I have a bad PC atm, maybe something from 1995-2005 era, but any recommendation is appreciated. Can be 2d or 3d. I just yesterday bought Abbe's Oddysey and Psychonauts with the gog gem sale going on, though I'm facing some tech issues with stuttering sound. It seems that Psychonauts is gonna be great for what I'm looking for, when I fix it. Yet to play Abbe, but I was told it's great by friends, plus I remember I liked the demo back in the day.
I never played much platformers (except a lot of Jazz Jackrabit) but seems I missed out. Especially since I like cartoonish things (surreal and wacky the most). Most important for me is for the game to have unique graphical style and some interesting narrative that is not strictly aimed for kids.
Oh btw, I remember a certain game from ages past: "Dreams to Reality", any thoughts on that? Heart of Darkness also comes to mind. Hmm... I'll put or vote those games on the community request board.
And yeah, "Super Meat Boy" is on my wishlist.
On a sidenote: I seem to like platformers for one peculiar reason: because the game is about any movement it seems to find a way to reduce the overblown violence of majority of other titles while still being full of action (as opposed to adventure games, which I also like, but sometimes I want more action!). Ok, there's lots of violence in many titles, but just relatively speaking - there's something more to it than violence. Especially after all the rpgs I played that are: hear NPC telling you who to kill, buy weapon to kill, train skill to kill, go kill 100 people, repeat (the part I like in rpgs the most is exploration: the non-violent part). Not even mentioning shooters.
I never played much platformers (except a lot of Jazz Jackrabit) but seems I missed out. Especially since I like cartoonish things (surreal and wacky the most). Most important for me is for the game to have unique graphical style and some interesting narrative that is not strictly aimed for kids.
Oh btw, I remember a certain game from ages past: "Dreams to Reality", any thoughts on that? Heart of Darkness also comes to mind. Hmm... I'll put or vote those games on the community request board.
And yeah, "Super Meat Boy" is on my wishlist.
On a sidenote: I seem to like platformers for one peculiar reason: because the game is about any movement it seems to find a way to reduce the overblown violence of majority of other titles while still being full of action (as opposed to adventure games, which I also like, but sometimes I want more action!). Ok, there's lots of violence in many titles, but just relatively speaking - there's something more to it than violence. Especially after all the rpgs I played that are: hear NPC telling you who to kill, buy weapon to kill, train skill to kill, go kill 100 people, repeat (the part I like in rpgs the most is exploration: the non-violent part). Not even mentioning shooters.
Post edited May 27, 2014 by CaveSoundMaster
