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Aug 18 2017 Anchor

What's the best 2D platformer you ever played and what makes it the best? Â Mine's definitely Trine 2. Awesome gameplay with amazing visuals and it's also pretty easy to play, which makes it a perfect game to relax with.

Aug 19 2017 Anchor

It's tough to choose from platformers I've played cause there's a winner for each category. Allow me to mention some categories and their winner:

Run & Gun:

Contra Hardcorps

All Contra games I played are fun and challenging with varying enemies & bosses + weapons. However, Contra Hardcorps has more in its package i.e unique weapon set for each soldier and branching story and pathways which effectively increases its replay value tenfold

Metroidvania:

La-Mulana

Metroid series has vast areas and rooms + puzzles to be navigated and solved by players. However La-Mulana gives more to player such as trickier puzzles, traps and more puzzle items. This makes La-Mulana the most complex and hardest metroidvania I've ever played

Oh it also has secret sidedungeon

Puzzle Platformer:

Lost Vikings 2

This game is great combination of puzzle and 2D platformer. With three characters to control, each with his own abilities and limitations, player must solve puzzles while bringing all character to exit of each level. The levels are well designed and varied making the game fun and challenging

Okay, I chose three categories for now

Aug 19 2017 Anchor
DarkBloodbane wrote:

It's tough to choose from platformers I've played cause there's a winner for each category. Allow me to mention some categories and their winner:

Run & Gun:

Contra Hardcorps

All Contra games I played are fun and challenging with varying enemies & bosses + weapons. However, Contra Hardcorps has more in its package i.e unique weapon set for each soldier and branching story and pathways which effectively increases its replay value tenfold

Metroidvania:

La-Mulana

Metroid series has vast areas and rooms + puzzles to be navigated and solved by players. However La-Mulana gives more to player such as trickier puzzles, traps and more puzzle items. This makes La-Mulana the most complex and hardest metroidvania I've ever played

Oh it also has secret sidedungeon

Puzzle Platformer:

Lost Vikings 2

This game is great combination of puzzle and 2D platformer. With three characters to control, each with his own abilities and limitations, player must solve puzzles while bringing all character to exit of each level. The levels are well designed and varied making the game fun and challenging

Okay, I chose three categories for now


Huh ... It seems to me you know your stuff! Nice picks, I checked them out. Gotta say, Lost Vikings 2 look the best of 3 to me. :)

Aug 24 2017 Anchor

I don't have a particular standout, but now that you mention it the Trine series is pretty darn good.

Aug 24 2017 Anchor

Mine was the Shank 1,2 and Limbo,Inside from Playdead. Really inspiring games

Aug 25 2017 Anchor
solid_snake17 wrote:

Mine was the Shank 1,2 and Limbo,Inside from Playdead. Really inspiring games


I am also eager to try out Limbo! :)

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